Questions concerning burning / copying / creating
When writing the Lead-In and Lead-Out the progress bar display is missing.
Writing the Lead-In and the Lead-Out is carried out autonomously by the CD Writer , i.e. the CD Writer program has no control over it. For many CD burners there is also no possibility to check how far the CD Writer has got with writing the Lead-In or the Lead-Out. This is why there is nothing showing in the progress bar display.
Can my CD burner handle DAO mode?
Numerous CD Writer can not handle burning in DAO mode. You can check this in CD-Recorder->Choose CD-Recorder to be checked. For the following CD burners this can be corrected by a firmware update:
HP 7100, Philips CDD3610, Mitsumi 4801
DAO Mode can not be handled by the following types of CD Writer :
Acer CRW1420, Hightech CD-R2006, Kodak 2600, Kodak 2801 IDE, Mitsumi CR2600TE, Mitsumi CR2800TE, CR2801TE, Olympus CDS630E, Sony CDU926S, Sony CDU928E
Both the following burners can handle DAO mode but Nero does not support this mode for these burners: Mitsumi CD-2200CS, Mitsumi CR-2201CS
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Can Nero be used to copy DreamCast CDs?
You can find information on this in Can Nero be used to copy GD-ROMs?
CAn you burn CD-Extra CDs with Nero?
Creating CDs in the CD-Extra (also known as CD-Plus, Enhanced CD) is not supported by the current Nero version. There are no plany to create CDs in this format in the near future either, as demand is relatively low and the programming effort is very extensive, as among other things, numerous options would have to be set (Composer, Language, Music genre, key, etc. (***)) and numerous file structures would have to be designed according to specification.
If you want to get audio and data tracks onto a CD, then you can use Nero to creaate MixedMode CDs. The disadvantage of MixedMode CDs is that the 1st track is a data track which has the effect that an Audio CD Player can not start reading until the second track .
If you do not need the additional information as shown under (***) but just want to burn a CD on which the last track is a data track and all previous ones in contrast are audio tracks, then you can create a sort of "CD-Extra for the porr".
To do so, please proceed as follows:
- Select Audio CD and burn on an emtpy CD with the following settings:
In the register card burn in the field behind burning method remove the tick marking Disk-At-Once so that you can burn in the TAO (track-At-Once) mode.
In the register card burn in the field CD fixation also remove the tick.
- Then select CD-ROM (ISO) and burn on the smae CD with the following setting:
In the register card File options set the format Mode 2/XA .
A CD written in this way behaves exactly the same way as an Audio CD in an Audio CD Player but is contacted by the computer as a data CD as well. Warning: The format created is NOT CD-Extra, as the sepcific data contents of a CD-Extra (see ***) are not included.
Can you use Nero to copy CD-Extra CDs?
With the current Nero version this is not possible. In one of the following Nero version however this will be possible. Unfortunately we do not yet know when copying CDs in the CD-Extra format with Nero will be possible.
Can Nero be used to copy DVDs?
The current Nero versions can not yet handle copying DVDs.
Can Nero be used to copy Karaoke CDs?
Yes and no.
There are two different types of karaoke CDs:
- Karaoke CDs in Video CD format. A CD of this kind only contains video clips. CDs of this kind can be copied with Nero . A few types of CD Writer however can not write such CDs.
- Karaoke CDs in CD+G format. Read the information on this in CD+G in the glossary. CDs with this format can not be copied with the current Nero version. Only a few (high quality) types of CD Writer are even able to write CDs of this kind (correctly).
Can Nero be used to burn MP3 audio data onto an audio CD?
In short: Yes
Since Nero 4.0.5.0 Nero can burn the audio files which are present in MP3 fomat onto an audio CD. In this case the MP3 files can be handled in exactly the same way as the WAV files. Nero automatically converts these files.
Can Nero be used to copy GD-ROMs?
In short: No.
GD-ROM CDs can not be copied or written with normal CD burners.
- as a GD-ROM can contain more information than a CD-R/RW (90 minutes instead of 112+4 minutes). There are special writable CD-Rs; these however are only sold to official DreamCast developers and are not available to the general public. And anyway, a GD burner would be necessary.
- The statement that the first DreamCast games could be copied may be correct but this was only possible because these games did not yet use the outer area with the high write density.
- You can also forget the idea of writing DreamCast CDs on DVD-R/RWs as the DreamCast console can not read off of DVD-R/RWs.
Can Nero be used to create Photo CDs?
In short: No
Reason: The Photo CD format is a standard defined by the Eastman Kodak Company to save and read picture files. The format has been kept quite simple and could be created quite easily. The licence fees that would have to be paid so that Nero can create CDs of this kind would significantly increase the price of Nero . This is why the creation of CDs of this kind is not supported.
Can Nero be used to copy photo CDs?
To a certain extent. If the CD has only been written on once, then the CD can be copied. If, however, further pictures have been added to the Photo CD , then this CD is now a multisession CD which can not be copied by the current Nero version.
Can Nero copy video CDs?
Nero can copy Video CDs. However this is not possible with all CD burners, e.g. not with the JVC XR-W2040.
Can Nero burn on CD burners which can be found in the network connected?
No. CD Writer, which are connected to the computer via the network can not be used for burning.
Can Nero burn ISO images?
Nero can burn images of type ISO.
In the current Nero version the parameters of the ISO file still have to be entered.
- Type of image: Data Mode 1 (assuming that it is a Mode 1 image)
- Block size: 2048 Bytes (corresponds to the sector size of a Mode 1 image)
- File precursor and length of the image trailer: 0 Bytes (assuming that the image file only contains ISO data and not other special information has been entered)
- no Scrambled (i.e. it is not an image which was especially created for old Philips CD Writer )and no Swapped (assuming that the files contains the Bytes in the correct order.
The settings are based on the assumption that it is a normal ISO Mode 1 image file. This can be checked by opening the file with a Hex Editor. For File-Offset 08000hex (corresponds to Block 16 where the ISO ([p]rimary [v]olume [d]descriptor is saved). If there is a text there such as "CD001", then burning with the above mentioned method should work.
Is Nero capable of burning BIN Images?
Nero can burn images of type BIN, i.e. files with the file extension .bin if there is only one track in the binary file. With .bin files the sectors are stored including the RAW data.
In the current Nero version the parameters of the BIN files must also be entered. These are:
- Type of Image: Data Mode 1 (assuming that it is a Mode 1 Image), otherwise Data Mode 2.
- read raw data: yes (then the block size is automatically set to 2352 bytes)
- File precursor and length of the image trailer: 0 Bytes (assuming that the image file only contains ISO data and not other special information has been entered)
- no Scrambled (i.e. it is not an image which was especially created for old Philips CD Writer )and no Swapped (assuming that the files contains the Bytes in the correct order.
What setting do you need to copy most CDs?
To copy CDs you are best to use the following settings.
- Do not carry out direct copy but burn via image. Depending on the quantity of data you may need up to 800 MB of free memory on the harddisk.
- Use the CD Writer as a reading device as many reading options are only CD Writer can be supported (Exception: see right at the bottom)
- Some CDs are oversized. Either you use 80 minute blanks or you activate the overburn option. Unfortunately there are burners which do not support either. Further down there are a few answers on this.
- Read speed: Depending on the quality of the CD burner or the read speed should be set according to how clean the CD is. It is safest in general to read with 1x. Depending on the quality of the burner and the flawlessness of the blank, a higher read speed can be selected.
- Read options:
- max. number of unsuccessful read trys: 3 In the case of scratched CDS or low quality CD burners the number should be increased.
- Read Media catalog number and ISRC Reading (slower) activated. But not every drive can read this information.
- Illegal TOC-type activated (if possible)
- In data track: For read errors, activate continue copy . For Mode 1 and Mode 2 respectively Read raw data if possible and write data uncorrected .
- In audio track: Read audio data with sub channel and ignore read error set (providing the latter option is available). The option use audio correction in contrast should not be activated (or not until Nero Version 4.0.5.6).
- The CD Writer should be able to burn in DAO mode.
- The write speed used depends on the quality of the CD burner and the blank used. For safety's sake burn at 1x. However bear in mind that some blanks made for copying at 4x, 6x or even higher speeds may possibly no longer be suitable for burning at 1x and can cause problems when writing and sometimes not until reading the written CD.
- How long it takes to copy a CD with intentional errors depends on the read drive used. Numerous drives give up relatively quickly and others don't. For CDs with intentional errors drives are better which give up relatively quickly and continue. Some (often high quality) drives in comparison are unsuitable for copying CDs of this kind because it can take hours until any progress is made at all (due to the burner internal correction attempts). In a very few cases it makes more sense to use the CD-ROM drive as the read device.
The burn speed set and the actual burn speed are not the same, why?
This case occurs if a burner recongises that the burn speed set is not possible on the blank inserted. Some burners turn the speed down, some even turn it up (!) (from 1x to 2x). As the majority of types of CD Writer do not check the permissble speed while simulation but not until the actual burning process it is possible that the write speed changes between simulation and burning.
Nero asks before every burning process what the maximum speed is that a burner can write at (not what the minimum speed is).
Why can't I burn a CD in DAO mode?
There are several reasons for this problem.
- your CD Writer can not burn in DAO mode. You can check this, by in CD-Recorder->Choose CD-Recorder .
- You burn an audio CD and at least one audio-track originates from a CD. Then the DAO mode is deactivated unless you are burning on the image recorder.
- You are burning a CD in a certain format which your CD Writer can not burn in DAO mode. Many CD Writer can not handle burning Mixed Mode CDs in DAO mode.
Why is it only possible to burn at 2x and not at 4x?
The CD Writer can burn on CD-RWs at 4x. During the burning dialog however only 2x is
- IT is only since the beginning of 1999 that 4x CD-RW recorders have become popular. Many CD-RWs can only be written on at a max. of 2x. Nero asks the CD Writer at what speed the blank can be written on. If 2x is now returned, then as a general rule it is due to one of the following:
- a blank is inserted which can be recorded with a max. of 2x. These are in particular the CD-RWs which only comply with the Orange Book Part III v1.0. Only CD-RWs subsequent to the v2.0 standard can be written at 4x.
- some CD Writer can not write on some 4x-CD-RWs at 4x but only at 2x. For example the blanks supplied withe the Traxdata 4424 Plus (make Ritek) can only be written at 2x, even though they are sold as being 4x capable.
- some CD Writer do not ask the blank for the max, recording speed but have a table with all blanks which can be written on at 4x. A list of this kind can never be up to date. Please ask the vendor of your CD-burner for makes of blank which your CD Writer can write on at 4x.
- the blank which was last inserted could only be written at 2x. This message can also appear if there isn't a blank inserted anymore.
- then CD-RW was inserted at an unsuitable time. Some CD Writer give wrong values if the speed query is carried out while the CD is logging in.
- There are also some CD Writer, which can only write at 2x on certain brands of CD-Rs and not at 4x, even if 4x has been selected. For example, the Acer 4x4x32 recorders can only write on Princo CD-Rs at 2x. The same applies for the Tevion burners which were sold in October 1999 in Germany by Aldi.
How do you make CDs for MACS with Nero?
A description of how CDs of this kind can be created is in the Help of Nero .
Comment: So that Nero can create CDs of this kind, a SCSI harddisk with an HFS Partition (<600MB) is necessary, as although Nero can burn the Macintosh file system HFS, it doesn't understand it.
Nero can not yet burn shared Hybrid CDs burn, i.e. it is not possible to use Nero to burn a CD so that the files which can be seen in the HFS area of the CD can also be read from in the ISO area of the CD. Unless you burn the files twice onto the CD.
How do you make CDs that can be read with a Macintosh?
CDs for Macintosh are usually written in the HFS file system. This format is not supported by the current Nero version.
Procedure:
- Start by setting the standard ISO9660 options and not others (no Joliet, ISO Level 1, Mode 1, ..).
Unfortunately this means that special signs such as the tilde ('~')etc. will have disappeared or become an underline ('_'). One user told us that the character key ASCII can also be used. But when doing so please note: Many files on such CDs can not be read in DOS as the ASCII character set also permits small letters. Files which have small letters in the file name can not be read in DOS! Presumably not in Windows either, if Joliet is not active.
- Apart from that, the file versions may not be written on CD:
To do so, set the value of the following registration entry to 0:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\General\AddISOFileVersion
Note: The files on the CD are only seen as text files on the MAC.
Why isn't it possible to make a driect copy from the CD drive to the CD burner?
Copying on-the-fly-from CD-ROM drive to CD Writer is not possilbe, i.e. the option direct copy in copy options can not be selected.
This option can only be selected if the drive with the source CD is not the selected CD Writer and the source drive can read at at least 2x.
If the CD-ROM drive can not be selected as a source drive, then it is for one of the following reasons:
- Nero does not recognize the CD-ROM drive
- Nero does not see the CD-ROM drive
- The drive is too slow.
Assuming that the 3rd point can be excluded, then please proceed as follows:
- Please check if Nero sees the drive. The point CD-Recorder->Automatic CD-ROM drive recognition must be selectable in this case. If so, then please go to detect unknown CD-ROM drives.
- Nero thus doesn't se your CD-ROM drive. It often helps to install a certain driver:
In 95/98: The Nero ASPI-driver: Can be downloaded from the ahead Web-Site
In Windows NT: Following ASPI-driver: ftp://ftp.lsil.com/pub/symchips/scsi/drivers/Windows_Drivers/WindowsNT/I386/Tools/ntaspi.exe
- If the drive still can't be found, then please go to page: problems in recognizing the CD-ROM drive.
What blanks are most suitable for CD burning?
For information on this, please read on in problematic CD-R/RW (and: Power calibration area, burned CDs can not be read everywhere)