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Formats

• CDs and DVs can be used to store music, video or data:

• Both CDs and DVDs are available in -R and -RW variants - the latter being re-writable (allegedly up to 1,000 times).
• To play music in a car or a standard audio CD player, you'll need files in uncompressed format (i.e. *.aiff, *.cda, *.wav) although some of these players can play *.mp3 or one of the other compressed file formats.
• There will almost certainly be data loss (and therefore some quality loss) if a music track is converted from audio CD format (*.cda) to MP3 (*.mp3) and then back.

Windows

Burning a Music CD from an existing CD

1. Open:

Easy Media Creator 10,

Easy CD & DVD Creator or

Toast.

2. Click on Audio or Music (on the PC 'File' menu).
3. Insert audio CD to be copied into the CD writer.
4. Open CD and select the tracks/files you want to copy.
5. Drag the selected files to the Toast or Creator window.
6. Rearrange your tracks as you want in the Toast or Creator window.
7. Click the record button.

Burning a audio CD from music on a PC hard drive

1. Open Creator/Toast.
2. Select audio.
3. Select the add button (+ sign) and browse for the tracks/files or drag them to the Creator/Toast window.
4. Click the record button.

Burning a CD from iTunes

1. Create a playlist in iTunes.
2. Insert a blank CD into the CD writer.
3. Click the burn CD button.

Creating Data CDs

1. Select Data CD.
2. Drag files to the window or browse for them.
3. Click record.

Burning DVDs

Burning DVDs is essentially the same process as burning CDs. Easy Media Creator and Toast can be used to burn DVDs by selecting 'DVD' from the menu options in each program.

Mac OSX

Direct from iTunes

Music can be recorded directly to CD from the iTunes library:
1 Click the iTunes icon in the Dock.
2 Select the playlist for recording.
3 Insert a blank disc. (For highest compatibility with CD players, use a CD-R disc.)
4 At the top of the iTunes window, click Burn CD.

Recording Data from Files

Files and folders can be recorded onto CD using the Finder:
1 Insert a blank disc in the Combo drive.
2 In the dialog that appears, enter a name for the disc.
3 Drag files and folders to the disc icon that appears on the desktop.
4 Choose File > Burn Disc, or select the disc and drag it to the Burn Disc icon in the Dock.

More Information About Recording CDs

For information about how to use iTunes to record music files on a CD-R disc, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help.
For instructions on using DVD Player, open DVD Player and choose Help > DVD Player Help.

Linux

• Fedora (Nautilus).
• Ubuntu (Sound Juicer).