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ii Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Legal Information Legal Information © 1994-2003 Roxio, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this product is subject to your agreement to all of the terms of each of the license agreements included in this package. Trademarks The Roxio logo, the toaster with discs logo, ToastAnywhere, Toast It, and Plug & Burn are trademarks of Roxio, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Legal Information Gracenote is CDDB, Inc. d/b/a "Gracenote." CD and music-related data from Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition ServiceSM © 2000-2003 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB2 Client Software ® 2000-2003 Gracenote. U.S. Patents Numbers #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773, and other patents issued or pending. CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote.
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v Contents Getting Started 1 Introduction 3 About Toast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Where to Find More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What’s New in Toast 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing Toast 6 Titanium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vi Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Contents 2 Toast Basics 3 Miscellaneous General Features 4 Miscellaneous Advanced Features 13 Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing the Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Recorder Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving and Opening Toast Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing Items from the Content Area . .
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Contents Data 5 Making Data Discs 6 Using Additional Data Features 37 What is a Data Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview of Making a Data Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a Data Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Data Disc Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Files or Folders to a Data Disc. . . . . . . .
viii Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Contents Audio 7 Making Audio CDs 8 Making MP3 Discs 9 Using Additional Audio Features 53 What Is an Audio CD?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing Audio CD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview of Making an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a New Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing the Audio CD Format. . . . . .
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Contents Video/Photo 10 Making Video Discs 11 Importing Video from a DV Camcorder (Plug & Burn) 95 79 What Is a Video Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing Video Disc Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Menus and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview of Making a Video Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a Video Disc. . . . . . . .
x Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Contents 12 Using Additional Video Features 103 Exporting Video from an Existing Video Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning Video Menus On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a Video Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making Advanced Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 Introduction In this chapter About Toast 4 Where to Find More Information 4 What’s New in Toast 6 5 System Requirements 6 Installing Toast 6 Titanium 7 About the Toast Main Window 7 Setting Up and Turning On the Recorder 11 Choosing the Kind of Media to Use 11 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
4 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Started About Toast Toast® is award-winning software that helps you make CDs or DVDs. Here are some of the things you can do with Toast: ■ Save your data to CD or DVD ■ Create audio or MP3 discs ■ Create Video CDs (VCDs), Super Video CDs (SVCDs), or DVDs ■ Make backup copies of your discs There are many other kinds of tasks you can perform with Toast. To get the most out of Toast, please read through this guide.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide What’s New in Toast 6 5 What’s New in Toast 6 Usability and Performance ■ Toast It. Save time and burn directly from the desktop - without any initialization or "pre-flight" steps. Toast is now only one click away whenever you need it. ■ ToastAnywhere. Share CD or DVD burners across a network or the Internet with other Toast 6 Titanium users. An entire office or home network can use a single burner. ■ Quick Record.
6 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Started ■ Photo Slideshows. Drag & drop pictures directly from the hard drive or iPhoto library to create fast and easy full screen slideshows on Video CD, Super Video CD, or DVD. Video Features ■ Video CDs & Super Video CDs. Create Video CDs and Super Video CDs with menus and buttons. ■ DVD Authoring. Create simple DVDs with menus, buttons and chapters. Watch them on a home DVD player from the comfort of the couch.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Installing Toast 6 Titanium 7 Installing Toast 6 Titanium 1 Insert the Toast CD into your drive. The Roxio Toast 6 Titanium folder appears on your desktop. 2 Drag the Roxio Toast 6 Titanium folder to the location on your hard disk where you want Toast to be installed. 3 In the new location, double-click the application to launch Toast. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up Toast the first time.
8 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Started Data, Audio, Video, and Copy Tabs Toast helps you easily create different types of discs. Clicking each of these tabs let you perform different tasks: ■ Data tab. Put any kind of file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes, for use on a Mac, PC, or any computer. See Starting a Data Disc on page 39. ■ Audio tab. Make audio CDs or MP3 discs for use on a computer, MP3 player, or home or car stereo system.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide About the Toast Main Window 9 Content Area Content area (in this case, the Audio content area) Record Button Clicking the red Record button lets you begin recording a disc. The Record button has other parts: CD/DVD button Space Indicator Record button Recorder name ■ Recorder Options button Space Indicator. Displays approximately how much of a disc will be full depending on the type of disc you plan to record it to. ■ CD/DVD button.
10 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Started ■ Recorder Options button. The green Recorder Options button displays the different recorders that are available for you to choose from, as well as a link to the Recorder Settings dialog (which lets you change preferences for the selected recorder). ■ Recorder Name. Displays the name of the currently-selected recorder.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Setting Up and Turning On the Recorder 11 Disc Settings Button Click the Disc Settings button You can also click the disc title to open the Disc Settings drawer Setting Up and Turning On the Recorder To set up your recorder for Toast: ■ Make sure your recorder is connected to the computer and turned on. For more information, see the instructions provided by the manufacturer.
12 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Started Compatibility between media and playback devices To make sure that the CD or DVD media you are using is compatible with your playback device, check the manufacturer instructions included with them. Compatibility between media and recorders To make sure that CD or DVD media is compatible with your recorder, check the manufacturer instructions included with them.
13 Toast Basics In this chapter Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc 14 Choosing the Recorder 14 Changing Recorder Settings 15 Saving and Opening Toast Projects 18 Clearing Items from the Content Area 18 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
14 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 2: Toast Basics Getting Started Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc This section describes the basic process of making any CD or DVD with Toast. 1 Select the disc type. Click the tab matching the type of disc you want to make with Toast. ■ Data tab. Put any kind of file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes, for use on a Mac, PC, or any computer. See Starting a Data Disc on page 39. ■ Audio tab.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Changing Recorder Settings 15 A pop-up menu appears, displaying the recorders you can record to. Select the recorder.
16 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 2: Toast Basics Getting Started ■ Number of Copies: Enter the number of copies of the disc you want the recorder will make. Toast will prompt you for blank discs after each copy. 3 Click the Advanced tab. In the Advanced tab, you can change the following settings: ■ After Writing: From this pop-up menu, select what you want to do with the disc after recording it. Toast can mount the disc on the desktop, eject the disc, or prompt you for either.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Changing Recorder Settings ■ Audio Write Mode: Displays the mode of recording for the ■ DAO. Short for “Disc-At-Once,” this method of recording allows pauses of varying lengths of up to 8 seconds between audio tracks. Choose this option if you are making audio CDs to be commercially reproduced. Some recorders cannot record in DAO mode. ■ TAO.
18 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 2: Toast Basics Getting Started Saving and Opening Toast Projects You can save a project or open existing projects. Note Toast saves pointers for the items in the content area so that you can continue working on them later. If you move or delete any of the original files or folders from your hard disk, Toast will not be able to find them. To open an existing project: 1 Choose File > Open. 2 Select the Toast file you want to open. 3 Click Open.
19 Miscellaneous General Features In this chapter Sharing Recorders Over a Network (ToastAnywhere) 20 Sending Files or Folders to Toast from the Desktop (Toast It) 22 Erasing a Rewritable Disc 23 Ejecting a Disc 23 Setting Toast Preferences 24 Viewing Detailed Disc Information 24 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
Getting Started 20 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 3: Miscellaneous General Features Sharing Recorders Over a Network (ToastAnywhere) The ToastAnywhere™ feature helps you share CD or DVD recorders across a network or the Internet with other Toast 6 Titanium users. An entire office or home network can use a single recorder. Note If someone else on your computer network has shared their recorder, you can record any kind of data to that recorder.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Sharing Recorders Over a Network (ToastAnywhere) ■ When you are finished, click OK. Recording to a Shared Recorder To record from Toast to a shared recorder: 1 Set up your disc as you normally would. 2 At the bottom of the Toast window, click the green Recorder Options button. A pop-up list appears, displaying names of any recorders connected to your system and any shared recorders on the same local network. 3 Choose the name of a shared recorder.
Getting Started 22 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 3: Miscellaneous General Features Sending Files or Folders to Toast from the Desktop (Toast It) The Toast It™ feature lets you automatically send files or folders to Toast from anywhere on your desktop. Note This feature works regardless of whether Toast is running. If Toast is not running, it launches automatically. To turn Toast It on or off: 1 Choose Toast Titanium > Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Erasing a Rewritable Disc 23 Erasing a Rewritable Disc Caution If you have copied extremely sensitive data to a rewritable disc (such as private personal information), you may want to destroy the disc rather than choose the option of erasing it and re-recording over the data. To erase a rewritable disc: 1 Insert the disc into the recorder. 2 Choose Recorder > Erase.
24 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 3: Miscellaneous General Features Getting Started Setting Toast Preferences To set Toast Preferences: 1 Choose Toast Titanium > Preferences. The Toast Preferences dialog appears. 2 In the General tab, you can choose these options: ■ Place Toast icon on the Dock. To keep the Toast icon on the Dock—even when it is not running—select this check box. ■ Install “Toast It” Contextual Menu.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Viewing Detailed Disc Information Name of the disc label (if any) ■ Type of disc (for example, Data CD-R or Audio CD) ■ Track names ■ Start track information ■ Track size (or length of track) ■ Session information Erasing ReWritable Discs If your recorder has rewritable capabilities and the disc in the currently selected recorder is rewritable, the Erase feature in the Disc Info window is active.
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27 Miscellaneous Advanced Features In this chapter Making a Multisession Disc 28 Saving a Project as an Image File 29 Mounting an Image File on the Desktop 30 Creating a Temporary Partition 30 Comparing the Contents of Two Files or Folders 32 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
28 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Advanced Features Getting Started Making a Multisession Disc A session is a recorded area on a disc that contains one or more music or data tracks. A disc can have either a single session or multiple sessions, and a disc with multiple sessions is called a multisession disc. Note A multisession audio CD is not recommended. Only the tracks recorded in the first session are playable on most home or car stereo CD players.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Saving a Project as an Image File Saving a Project as an Image File Instead of recording a data, audio, video, or copy project to CD or DVD media, you can save it as an image file. An image file is a single file, saved on your hard disk, that contains ALL the data and formatting information needed to create a CD or DVD.
30 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Advanced Features Getting Started Mounting an Image File on the Desktop You can mount a previously created image file on desktop. Most image files can be mounted. Mounted images function like any other disc and are write-protected. Note If this is the first time you are mounting an image file to the desktop after installing Toast, Toast will prompt you to enter the administrator password.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Creating a Temporary Partition 31 To create a temporary partition: Choose Utilities > Create Temporary Partition. The Create Temporary Partition dialog appears. 2 Enter a name and size for the partition. Choose a size that is appropriate for the size of the disc you are making with the partition. 3 From the On pop-up menu, choose the hard disk or network folder where you want the temporary partition to reside.
Getting Started 32 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Advanced Features Comparing the Contents of Two Files or Folders You can compare the contents of two folders or two files to see if they match. You might do this to double-check that original files are identical to a copy you made of them. Note Compare differs from the verification that Toast performs after recording a disc.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Comparing the Contents of Two Files or Folders 33 The Compare dialog opens. Getting Started 2 From the Compare pop-up menu at the top of the dialog, choose whether you want to compare two files or two folders. 3 In most situations, it is recommended to leave the Ignore .DS Store check box selected. 4 Click the Original button.
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37 Making Data Discs In this chapter What is a Data Disc? 38 Overview of Making a Data Disc 38 Starting a Data Disc 39 Changing Data Disc Settings 39 Adding Files or Folders to a Data Disc 40 Working with Files and Folders in a Data Disc 41 Recording a Data Disc 43 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
38 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 5: Making Data Discs What is a Data Disc? A data disc is a CD or DVD that contains files or folders. You can back up any of these items to CD or DVD media as long as the size of the item does not exceed the capacity of the disc.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Starting a Data Disc 39 Starting a Data Disc To start a data disc: ■ Click the Data tab. The Data content area displays. Data Changing Data Disc Settings You can optionally change different settings for your data disc. An important setting to choose is whether to make a Mac Only disc (usable only on Macintosh computers) or a Mac & PC disc (usable on both Macintosh and Windows computers).
40 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 5: Making Data Discs What Is a Mac & PC Disc? A Mac & PC disc is a cross-platform data disc that contains Macintosh and Windows data, and is usable on either operating system. Macintosh data will also be visible to Windows users. Note For information about making advanced types of crossplatform discs, see Making Advanced Data Discs on page 49.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Working with Files and Folders in a Data Disc 41 Each file or folder you add appears as a separate row in the Data content area. Note Adding files or folders to Toast does not move or change the original files on your hard disk. Toast simply creates pointers to items on the hard disk.
42 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 5: Making Data Discs Organizing Files or Folders on a Data Disc You can organize files or folders in the Data content area just as you would do with files and folders on the hard disk. (This does not change the location of the original files on your hard disk.) To organize files or folders: ■ Drag and drop selected files or folders into a folder to add them to that folder.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Recording a Data Disc 43 Recording a Data Disc When you have finished organizing your files and folders in the Data content area, you are ready to record it to a recordable CD or DVD. Note Before recording, you can select a different recorder or change recorder settings. For more information, see or Choosing the Recorder on page 14 or Changing Recorder Settings on page 15. To record your disc: Click the red Record button.
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45 Using Additional Data Features In this chapter Choosing Which Mac OS Can Read Your Disc 46 Compressing a Mac OS Only Data Disc 46 Encrypting a Mac Only Data Disc 47 Copying a Data Disc 48 Scheduling Automatic Backups 48 Making Advanced Data Discs 49 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
46 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 6: Using Additional Data Features Choosing Which Mac OS Can Read Your Disc When you are making a data disc, you can determine whether the data disc is usable on ALL Macintosh computers or only Macintosh computers running Mac OS 8.1 or later. To choose which Macintosh operating systems can use your data disc: 1 Click the Disc Settings button (or the disc title). The Disc Settings drawer opens.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Encrypting a Mac Only Data Disc 47 The disc opens into a folder, which contains the compressed file containing the contents of the disc. 3 Double-click the compressed file. The file will de-compress and you will be able to view the contents. Encrypting a Mac Only Data Disc If you are planning to record a Mac Only data disc, you can encrypt your data with 128-bit encryption and protect it with a password. To encrypt a Mac Only data disc: 1 Set up your data disc.
48 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 6: Using Additional Data Features 2 When the disc icon appears on the desktop, double-click it. The disc opens into a folder, which contains the encrypted file containing the contents of the disc. 3 Double-click the encrypted file. Mac OS will prompt you for the password. 4 Enter the correct password. The file will de-crypt and you will be able to view the contents.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Making Advanced Data Discs 49 Making Advanced Data Discs The Disc Settings drawer for the Data tab contains advanced features that allow you to make these additional kinds of discs: ■ UDF. Make a DVD-Video from a VIDEO_TS folder, or a data CD or DVD usable on computers with UDF reader software. ■ ISO 9660 discs. Make a data disc that is usable on multiple operating systems, including Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux, and DOS. ■ Custom Hybrid.
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54 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 7: Making Audio CDs What Is an Audio CD? An audio CD is a CD that contains audio tracks and is playable by CD players, some MP3 disc players, computers, and even some DVD players. You can add most kinds of audio files to an audio CD—Toast automatically converts them to CD tracks during recording.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Overview of Making an Audio CD 55 Overview of Making an Audio CD 1 Start an audio disc. Click the Audio tab to begin setting up your audio disc. 2 Choose the Audio CD format. In the Disc Settings drawer, make sure to select Audio CD. 3 Add audio files to your audio CD. You can add almost any kind of audio file to the Audio content area. 4 Record your audio CD. When you are finished adding and organizing your audio files, you can record your audio CD.
56 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 7: Making Audio CDs Choosing the Audio CD Format To choose an audio CD: 1 In the Audio tab, click the Disc Settings button (or the disc title). The Disc Settings drawer opens. 2 To choose an audio CD, select the Audio CD option. Turning on CD-TEXT CD-TEXT is a feature that allows you to store text information like the disc title, artist name, and track titles on an audio CD.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Adding Files to Your Audio CD 57 Adding Audio Files from the Hard Disk You can add audio files to your audio CD in any of these ways: ■ With the Audio tab selected, drag audio files from any location on your hard disk to the Audio content area. ■ With the Audio tab selected, click the Add button. The Open dialog appears, where you can browse your hard disk for audio files. Select the files and folders you want to add, then click Open.
58 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 7: Making Audio CDs Adding Audio Files from iTunes To add audio files from iTunes: 1 Make sure the Audio tab is displayed in Toast. 2 In any iTunes view, select the audio files you want to add to Toast. 3 Drag the selected audio files from iTunes into the Audio content area in Toast. Toast adds the audio files to the Audio content area. After you begin recording the final disc, Toast automatically converts audio files to AIFF where necessary.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Working with Files in an Audio CD 59 Previewing Audio Files You can preview audio tracks in any of these ways: ■ Click to the left of the title of a track to preview it. Play Icon ■ Use the Player Controls. Using the Player Controls: The Play Controls allow you to play, stop, or pause any audio file, as well as go back and forth through the audio files in the Audio content area.
60 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 7: Making Audio CDs If the CD does not have a name, Toast prompts you to identify it. To have Toast search for album, artist, and track information, click Internet to search for the database. 4 If you have an Internet connection, Toast connects to the online database. If the search is successful, Toast adds the information to the Audio content area and the database it shares with iTunes®.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Working with Files in an Audio CD 61 To view or edit information for an audio CD track: ■ Select a track in the track list, wait a moment for its highlight color to change, and type a new title. ■ Double-click the name of the audio CD (or choose Disc > Get Track Info). The Audio Info dialog appears. In the Disc tab, you can enter Title and Artist information. When you are finished, click OK.
62 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 7: Making Audio CDs Recording an Audio CD When you have finished organizing your audio files in the Audio content area, you are ready to record your audio CD. Note Before recording, you can select a different recorder or change recorder settings. For more information, see or Choosing the Recorder on page 14 or Changing Recorder Settings on page 15. To record your disc: 1 Click the red Record button.
63 Making MP3 Discs In this chapter What Is an MP3 Disc? 64 Choosing MP3 Disc Media 64 Overview of Making an MP3 Disc 65 Starting a New MP3 Disc 65 Choosing the MP3 Disc Format 66 Adding MP3 Files or Folders to Your MP3 Disc 66 Working with MP3 Files in an MP3 Disc 68 Recording Your MP3 Disc 70 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
64 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 8: Making MP3 Discs What Is an MP3 Disc? An MP3 disc is a CD or DVD that contains audio files in the MP3 file format and is playable by MP3 disc players, computers, and some DVD players. You should only use MP3 files to build an MP3 disc. MP3 files are compressed and take up far less space than audio tracks on an audio CD, which tend to be approximately ten times larger than an equivalent MP3.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Overview of Making an MP3 Disc 65 Overview of Making an MP3 Disc 1 Start a new MP3 disc. Click the Audio tab to begin setting up your audio disc. 2 Choose the MP3 Disc format. In the Disc Settings drawer, select MP3 Disc. Make sure you have selected MP3 disc. 3 Add MP3 files to Toast. Add MP3 files to the Audio content area. 4 Record your MP3 disc. When you are finished adding and organizing your MP3 files, you can record your project to disc.
66 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 8: Making MP3 Discs Choosing the MP3 Disc Format To choose an MP3 disc: 1 In the Audio tab, click the Disc Settings button (or the disc title). The Disc Settings drawer opens. To choose an MP3 disc, select MP3 Disc. Changing Advanced Data Disc Settings For a complete list of advanced data tasks available from the Data Disc Settings drawer, see Making Advanced Data Discs on page 49.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Adding MP3 Files or Folders to Your MP3 Disc 67 Note If you have only one recorder connected to your computer, you should copy the MP3 files to your hard disk (by dragging them or to the desktop), then add them to Toast from the hard disk. For more information, see Adding Files or Folders to a Data Disc on page 40. To create an MP3 disc from a source disc: 1 Insert the source disc into the source drive.
68 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 8: Making MP3 Discs Working with MP3 Files in an MP3 Disc Once you have added MP3 files or folders to the Data content area, you can organize them in different ways: ■ Creating a new folder ■ Organizing files or folders ■ Renaming a file or folder ■ Removing files or folders Creating a New Folder for Your MP3 Disc You can create and organize folders in an MP3 disc just as you would do on your hard disk.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Working with MP3 Files in an MP3 Disc 69 Renaming an MP3 File, Folder, or Disc To rename a file, folder, or disc in an MP3 disc: 1 Click the item briefly. After a moment, the item will become selected. 2 Type a new name for the item. 3 To go to the next item for renaming, press Tab. To rename the item, press Enter. Removing MP3 Files or Folders You can remove MP3 files or folders from the Audio content area.
70 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 8: Making MP3 Discs Recording Your MP3 Disc When you have finished organizing your audio files in the Audio content area, you are ready to record them to a recordable CD or DVD. Note Before recording, you can select a different recorder or change recorder settings. For more information, see or Choosing the Recorder on page 14 or Changing Recorder Settings on page 15. To record your MP3 disc: 1 Click the red Record button.
71 Using Additional Audio Features In this chapter Exporting Audio from Different Sources 72 Copying Audio Discs 74 Digitizing Your LPs or Cassettes 74 Making Advanced Audio Discs 75 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
72 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 9: Using Additional Audio Features Exporting Audio from Different Sources Toast lets you export audio from any of these sources and then save it to your hard disk as an AIFF file: ■ Audio CD ■ iTunes® ■ Any QuickTime® video file Exporting Audio from an Audio CD Audio You can export an audio track from an audio CD and save it directly to your hard disk as an AIFF file.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Exporting Audio from Different Sources 4 In the Save As field, you can optionally enter a new name for the first audio file you are exporting. (Only the first file exported to your hard disk will have a new name.) 5 From the Where pop-up menu, choose the location on your hard disk where you want to export the files to. 73 Exporting Audio from iTunes You can export audio files from iTunes® to any location on your hard disk.
74 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 9: Using Additional Audio Features The Disc Settings drawer opens. 2 In the Disc Settings drawer, select the Audio CD option. 3 Drag a QuickTime video file to the Audio content area. Toast automatically extracts the audio portion from the QuickTime video file, and converts it to AIFF. 4 Click the Export button (or choose Disc > Export Audio). The Save As dialog appears, with the name of the first selected file displayed in the Save As field.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Making Advanced Audio Discs 75 To get full-text search help: ■ In CD Spin Doctor, choose Help > CD Spin Doctor Help. Making Advanced Audio Discs The Disc Settings drawer for the Audio tab contains features that allow you to make these types of discs: ■ Enhanced Audio CD. Make an audio CD that contains audio tracks and enhanced content such as photos or videos.
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79 7 Making Video Discs In this chapter What Is a Video Disc? 80 Choosing Video Disc Media 80 Understanding Menus and Buttons 80 Overview of Making a Video Disc 81 Starting a Video Disc 82 Changing Video Disc Settings 82 Adding Video or Slideshows to a Video Disc 84 Editing a Video File in the Video Content Area 88 Editing a Slideshow in the Video Content Area 90 Working with Content in a Video Disc 92 Recording a Video Disc 93 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
80 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs What Is a Video Disc? A video disc is a CD or DVD that contains videos or photo slideshows and is playable on a DVD player or computer. Supported Video and Photo File Formats You can use any video file or photo file format that is also recognized by QuickTime®. See www.apple.com/quicktime Toast will automatically convert files where appropriate at recording time.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Overview of Making a Video Disc 81 Overview of Making a Video Disc Making a video disc involves these steps: 1 Start a new video disc. Click the Video tab to begin setting up your video disc. 2 Change the settings of your video disc (optional). You can change settings for your video disc, or you can leave your last settings untouched—Toast remembers the last settings you used. An important setting is whether to make a Video CD, Super Video CD, or DVD.
82 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs Starting a Video Disc To start a new video disc: ■ Click the Video tab. The Video content area displays. Video/Photo Changing Video Disc Settings You can change different settings for your video disc. The important settings to change are the type of disc, video standard, and type of encoding. To change video disc settings: 1 In the Video tab, click the Disc Settings button (or the disc title). The Disc Settings drawer opens.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Changing Video Disc Settings ■ 83 SVCD (Super Video CD): CD-Recordable disc in the SVCD format, which can be played in many newer-model DVD players. An SVCD holds approximately 15-20 minutes of video and results in higher video quality than the VCD format, but is not as good as the video quality in the DVD format. Note While VCD and SVCD discs can be played by most newer DVD players, many older DVD players will be unable to play these types of discs.
84 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs Note Regardless of which Video Quality setting you choose, Toast automatically adjusts the encoding rate to use all available space on a disc. Putting less content on a disc will provide better quality than more content. This has no effect on recording time.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Adding Video or Slideshows to a Video Disc 85 Adding Video from the Hard Disk You can add video from the hard disk in any of these ways: ■ With the Video tab selected, drag video files from any location on your hard disk to the Video content area. ■ With the Video tab selected, click the Add button. The Open dialog appears, where you can browse your hard disk for video files. Select the files you want to add, then click Open.
86 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs 3 Drag and drop the iMovie reference file into Toast. Toast adds the movie to the Video content area. Note For more information, see the documentation provided with these applications. Adding Photos from the Hard Disk You can add one or more photos to a video disc from the hard disk. When adding photos, you can either make a new slideshow or add photos to an existing slideshow.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Adding Video or Slideshows to a Video Disc 87 Video Slideshow Adding Photos from iPhoto To add photos from iPhoto to Toast: 1 Make sure the Video tab is displayed in Toast. 2 In your iPhoto Library, select one or more photos you want to add to Toast. 3 You can add a new slideshow or add photos to an existing slideshow: To add a separate slideshow to the Video content area, drag the selected photos from iPhoto into an empty part of the Video content area.
88 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs Editing a Video File in the Video Content Area You can edit a video file in these ways: ■ By trimming the video so Toast includes only the portions you want recorded to your final disc ■ By setting the picture of the menu button for this video Trimming Video You can trim a video file to determine which portion of the video Toast records to disc. This does not affect the original video file on your hard disk.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Editing a Video File in the Video Content Area 89 The video to the right of the Finish marker will not be included in the final video disc. Cropped video (not recorded to disc) Video that Toast will record to disc Cropped video (not recorded to disc) Setting the Button Picture for a Video File You can select a specific frame of a video file as the button picture that appears in a menu when you view the disc on a TV.
90 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs 3 4 You can choose the frame of video you want to use as a button picture in either of these ways: ■ In the video preview window, drag the Playhead back or forth to preview the video until you find the video frame that you wish to include. ■ Press the Play button to play through the video. When you find the video frame you wish to include, click Pause. Click the Set Button Picture button.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Editing a Slideshow in the Video Content Area 2 In the Edit sheet, click the Slideshow tab. 3 Set the picture of the menu button for this slideshow: ■ 91 In the list of photos, click the photo you want to use as the menu button picture, then click the Set Button Picture button. The photo you selected appears in the Button Preview. 4 ■ If you want automatic transitions based on number of seconds, choose the number of seconds.
92 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs ■ Click Add. The Open dialog appears, where you can browse for photos on your hard disk. When you locate the photos, select them and click Open. The photos you added are now part of the slideshow. 6 To remove photos, select the photos you want to remove, and click Remove. (This does not remove the original photos from your hard disk or iPhoto.) 7 When you are finished editing your slideshow, click OK.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Recording a Video Disc 93 The Edit sheet appears, containing information about the video or slideshow. The Text tab displays information that will be displayed on the menu about this video or slideshow: ■ Video or slideshow file name. Displays the filename of this item. ■ Title of video or slideshow. Displays the title of this item as it will appear next to the button on the final menu. You can enter a new title. ■ Date.
94 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 10: Making Video Discs Why Video Encoding Takes Time Encoding for VCD, SVCD or DVD can be time consuming. Video files are very large and need to be compressed (encoded) to fit on a CD or DVD. It can take up to several minutes for each minute of video. Can I continue to work while Toast encodes video? Video/Photo You can continue to do work, but it will lengthen the encoding time. Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
95 Importing Video from a DV Camcorder (Plug & Burn) In this chapter What Is Plug & Burn? 96 Quick Plug & Burn 97 Other Ways of Using Plug & Burn 98 Connecting Your DV Camcorder to the Computer 99 Using the Video Player Controls to Cue the Tape 100 Importing Video into Toast from a DV Camcorder 100 Completing a Video Project After Importing 101 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
96 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 11: Importing Video from a DV Camcorder (Plug & Burn) What Is Plug & Burn? Plug & Burn™ helps you import video into Toast from your DV camcorder and record it to disc. What Are the Different Ways of Using Plug & Burn? There are different ways to use Plug & Burn: ■ Quick Plug & Burn. You want to immediately record the video from the tape in your DV camcorder to disc. ■ Plug & Burn with additional content.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Quick Plug & Burn 97 Quick Plug & Burn This section explains the quickest way of recording video from a DV camcorder to a disc. 1 Connect your DV camcorder to your computer via a Firewire cable. Make sure it is turned on and switched to playback mode. When Toast detects the DV camcorder, an icon appears in the Video content area. 2 If you want to Toast automatically rewind to the beginning the tape before importing, select the Rewind check box.
98 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 11: Importing Video from a DV Camcorder (Plug & Burn) Video Recording begins, with a progress bar displaying the progress of the recording. Other Ways of Using Plug & Burn In addition to a Quick Plug & Burn, there are additional ways of using Plug & Burn: Video/Photo Overview of Plug & Burn with Additional Content 1 Plug. Connect your DV camcorder to the computer. 2 Import. Import the video from the DV camcorder into Toast. 3 Add.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Connecting Your DV Camcorder to the Computer 99 Overview of Plug & Burn with Additional Content and Full Editing 1 Plug. Connect your DV camcorder to the computer. 2 Import. Import the video from the camcorder into Toast. 3 Add. Add any other video or slideshows. 4 Edit. Choose which portions of the video files from the DV camcorder you want Toast to put on the final disc. 5 Burn. Record your video disc.
100 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 11: Importing Video from a DV Camcorder (Plug & Burn) Using the Video Player Controls to Cue the Tape Once Toast is displaying the DV camcorder connected to your computer, you can use the Video Player Controls to fast-forward or rewind to the exact point where you want to begin importing video from the tape. Video from the DV camcorder displays in the Video content area.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Completing a Video Project After Importing 101 In real time, the DV camcorder plays back while Toast captures the video to a video file on your hard disk. When the DV camcorder reaches the end of the tape (or you stop it), Toast stops importing the video, saves the video file, and adds it to the Video content area. Completing a Video Project After Importing After importing video into Toast, you have these options: ■ Add other content to your video project.
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103 Using Additional Video Features In this chapter Exporting Video from an Existing Video Disc 104 Turning Video Menus On or Off 104 Copying a Video Disc 105 Using Motion Pictures 105 Making Advanced Video Discs 106 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
104 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 12: Using Additional Video Features Exporting Video from an Existing Video Disc You can export video from an existing video disc to the hard disk. To export video to the hard disk: 1 With the Video tab displayed, insert the video disc into a drive. 2 When the disc icon appears on the desktop, do one of the following: ■ To export all video files from the disc, drag the disc icon into the Video content area.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Copying a Video Disc ■ If you want the first video or slideshow on the video disc to begin playing back immediately without showing any menus, uncheck the Menus check box for the type of video disc you are making. ■ If you want your video disc to have menu and button navigation, make sure the Menus check box is selected for the type of video disc you are making.
106 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 12: Using Additional Video Features Making Advanced Video Discs ■ Video Disc with Data Content. Make a video disc that contains video and/or slideshows and enhanced data content in the DVD-ROM or CD-ROM area. The video portion of the disc is playable in a DVD player, and the data content is playable on a Mac or PC. ■ DLT Tape recording. Record to DLT tape, a kind of media you can send to a DVD production house to use as a master for DVD duplication.
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109 Copying Discs In this chapter Overview of Copying a Disc 110 Copying a Disc with Only One Recorder 110 Copying a Disc with Two Drives 111 Copying an Image File to Disc 112 Using Advanced Copy Features 113 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
110 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 13: Copying Discs Overview of Copying a Disc Toast helps you make an exact copy of an existing single-session disc. If you try to copy a multisession disc, this procedure copies only the first session. (A single-session disc is a disc that has been recorded to once and then “closed” so that it cannot be recorded to again.) You can copy a disc even with only one recorder.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Copying a Disc with Two Drives 111 If Toast detects a disc you can copy, the volume name of the disc appears in the Copy content area. Otherwise, insert the disc you want to copy. 2 Click the red Record button. 3 When prompted, insert a blank disc into the currently selected recorder. Toast displays a progress bar as it copies your disc.
112 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Chapter 13: Copying Discs Copying an Image File to Disc An image file is a single file, saved on your hard disk, that contains ALL the data and formatting information needed to create a CD or DVD. The Disc Image format in the Data tab lets you record an image file to disc. Preserving Dates on a Disc Image Before you get ready to record, decide whether you want to preserve the creation and modified dates associated with the files contained in the disc image.
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Using Advanced Copy Features 4 Click the red Record button. 5 When prompted, insert a disc into the currently selected recorder. 113 Toast displays a progress bar as it copies your image file to disc. Using Advanced Copy Features The Disc Settings drawer for the Data tab contains advanced features that allow you to make these additional kinds of discs: ■ Bin/Cue files. Make a disc from a Bin and Cue image file pair. ■ Multi-track CD-ROM XA.
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115 Index 128-bit encryption 47 A adding files or folders to data disc 40 files or folders to MP3 disc 66 files to audio CD (from audio CD) 57 files to audio CD (from hard disk) 57 files to audio CD (from iTunes) 58 files to MP3 disc (from hard disk) 66 iMovie project to video disc 85 photos to video disc (from iPhoto) 87 photos to video disc from hard disk 86 slideshows to video disc (from hard disk) 86 slideshows to video disc from iPhoto 87 video to video disc (from hard disk) 85 advanced audio disc f
116 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index B backups scheduling 48 BIN CUE copy 113 buffer underruns 16 C cassette tapes, digitizing 74 CD Super Video CD format 83 VCD format 82 CD Spin Doctor 74 CD-i 113 CD-TEXT 56 choosing media 54 closing a disc 16 comparing two files or folders 32 compatibility media and playback device 11 media and recorder 11 compressing a disc 46 connecting DV camcorder to computer 99 content adding to audio CD 56 adding to data disc 40 adding to video disc 84 content area 7
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index sending files to Toast from 22 digital video hard disk space needed 6 importing 100 digitizing LPs and cassettes 74 Disc Settings button 11 Disc Settings drawer 7, 10 disc tabs 7, 8 discs 42, 69 choosing the type 11 closing 16 compressing 46 copying 110 ejecting 23 erasing 23 multisession 28 overview of making 14 renaming for data disc 42 renaming for MP3 disc 69 DLT tape 106 DV camcorder connecting to computer 99 importing video from 100 DV tape cuing 100 DVD 8
118 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index getting help 4 using 4 I image file copying 112 making disc from 112 image files 29 mounting on desktop 30 preserving dates 112 properties of 29 reasons to make 29 iMovie 85 importing video from DV camcorder 85, 100 information where to find more 4 installing Toast 7 Internet track-naming database 59 iPhoto, importing photos or slideshows from 87 ISO 9660 data disc 49 iTunes adding files to audio CD from 58 exporting audio from 73 L LPs, digitizing 74 M
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index O opening Toast project 18 P PAL 83 photos adding to slideshow 87 adding to video disc from hard disk 86 adding to video disc from iPhoto 87 including originals on video disc 84 playback devices compatibility with media 11 Player Controls 59 Plug & Burn 85 definition 96 overview of other methods 98 Quick Plug & Burn 97 ways of using 96 preventing buffer underruns 16 Q QuickTime 6, 54 exporting audio from a QT video file 73 R rearranging order of slideshows 92
120 Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index system 6 rewritable discs erasing 23 S saving project to image file 29 Toast project 18 scheduling backups 48 sessions recording more than one 28 settings changing 14 data discs 39 video disc 82 sharing, a recorder with another Toast user 20 simulation mode 16 slideshows 80 adding to video disc from hard disk 86 adding to video disc from iPhoto 87 editing 90 rearranging order 92 setting menu button for 90 viewing info 92 Space Indicator 9 starting audio CD
Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide Index adding enhanced content to 106 adding iMovie project to 85 adding photos from hard disk 86 adding photos from iPhoto 87 adding to from hard disk 85 changing settings 82 definition 80 DVD format 83 encoding 83 exporting video from 104 how it plays on TV 80 including photo originals 84 recording 93 starting 82 television standards 83 working with content 92 video menus turning on or off 104 Video tab 8, 14 VIDEO_TS folder 106 W write speed 15 Downloaded from www
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