Software Guide

68 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide
Working with Audio CDs
Sonic DigitalMedia Plus enables you to create
audio CDs that play in your car or home CD player,
and on PCs. You can create two main types of
music CDs:
■ Uncompressed — Typical CD format like
you would purchase on a commercial CD.
This type of CD will hold 10 to 20 songs
depending on their length.
Uncompressed files can be burned on CD-Rs
(which play in most home and car stereos, DVD
players, and computers) or CD-RWs (which play
only in some stereos, DVD players, and
computers).
The procedure for creating this type of CD is
described in “Creating audio CDs” on page 69.
■ Compressed — Files are burned to a disc
using a compressed file format (MP3, WMA,
or M4A). The smaller file format enables you
to fit approximately ten times as many songs
onto the disc (depending on length and
format).
Compressed files can be burned to CD-Rs,
CD-RWs, DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs, DVD-Rs and
DVD-RWs (select models only). Compressed files
can only be played on computers, CD players,
or DVD players that support the file format you
use to create the disc (MP3 is most commonly
supported). For file format compatibility,
check the documentation for the device where
you intend to play the disc. You may hear a slight
loss of sound quality using compressed audio
files.
The procedure for creating this type of CD is
described in “Creating jukebox discs” on
page 70.
For more compatibility information, see “Disc
Features and Compatibility Table” on page 76.
Both Sonic programs create closed-session music
CDs, which means you must record all music files on
one CD in one recording session. Music files can be
recorded repeatedly on a rewritable CD-RW disc,
but all previously recorded files must be erased first.
CD-R discs cannot be erased.
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Verifying audio disc recorded without errors
When copying or burning audio files to CD, it is
recommended that you use Sonic DigitalMedia Plus
because it includes a feature that confirms that your
disc has been created without errors.
This data verification feature is enabled by default.
To check the status of the write verification feature in DigitalMedia Plus:
1 Open the DigitalMedia Plus program by
clicking Start, All Programs, Sonic, and
then DigitalMedia Home.
2 Click Tools, and then Options.
3 In the Options window, click Copy.
4 Ensure the Verify copied data discs option is
checked.
5 Click OK.
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