* * * Note: This readme file isn't updated any longer. Please use the HTML help * * instead. * * * cdrtfe 1.3pre2 - cdrtools Frontend ================================== Introduction ------------ cdrtfe is a Win32 frontend for some functions of Jg Schillings cdrtools. With VCDImager VideoCDs can be created. Furthermore, cdrtfe supports the basic funcions of the Mode2CDMaker which makes it possible to create CDs that can contain about 13% more data as usual (Mode 2 Form 2: 738 MiByte instead of 650 MiByte, 795 MiByte instead of 700 MiByte). [1] Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Oliver Valencia Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Oliver Valencia, Oliver Kutsche cdrtfe is free software (GNU General Public License). System requirements ------------------- * IBM compatible PC * Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP (tested with Win95, Win98SE, Win2000, WinXP) * only for Win9x/ME: working ASPI Layer (e.g. Adaptec ASPI 4.60) necessary programs/tools: * cdrtools (cdrecord.exe, mkisofs.exe; optional: cdda2wav.exe, readcd.exe) * cygwin1.dll * sh.exe (under Win9x for on the fly writing) optional programs/tools: * Mode2CDMaker * Mode2/Form2 File Extractor (m2f2extract.exe), dat2file.exe, d2fgui.exe * rrenc/rrdec * VCDImager * madplay * lame * oggdec * oggenc * flac * cdrdao To run cdrtfe you need the cdrtools, at least the files cdrecord.exe and mkisofs.exe. Since cdrtfe 1.1 both cdrtools versions (cygwin and Mingw) are supported, however, at the moment cdrtfe cannot write CDs on-the-fly with the Mingw version under Win9x, ME. If the cygwin version of the cdrtools is used, the file sh.exe is needed to burn CDs on the fly under Win9x, ME. With Win2k and WinXP this is not necessary, however, if sh.exe is found in the cdrtfe directory, it will be used (only with the cygwin version of the cdrtools). sh.exe is not part of the win32 binary packages. It can be downloaded separately (see below). cdrtfe has been tested with cdrdao version 1.1.5 and 1.1.7. cdrdao needs the file cygwin1.dll. The Mode2CDMaker version has to be at least 1.5.1, older version are not supported. dat2file.exe should be abailable, too. The additional error protection needs rrenc. To create VideoCDs the VCDImager is needed, which requires the file cygwin1.dll. MP3 files can be used as source files for Audio CDs, if madplay (0.15.2) is available. To use files in the ogg format oggdec is needed, for files in the FLAC format flac. The encoding of CD tracks into mp3, Ogg Vorbis or FLAC format is only possible, if the respective program (lame, oggenc, flac) is available. If the cygwin version of the cdrtools is used, the file cygwin1.dll is needed. The file cygwin1.dll can either be together with the cdrtools and cdrtfe in one directory or somewhere else in the searchpath. Installation ------------ Download and execute the setup file. Follow the instructions. or Download the current cdrtfe version from the download page. Download all necessary and the desired optional programs and tools: cdrtools, cygwin1.dll, Mode2CDMaker, rrenc/rrdec, VCDImager, madplay, lame, oggdec, oggenc, flac, sh.exe, cdrdao, Mode2Form2 File Extractor Extract all archives into a folder. Start cdrtfe by double clicking the file cdrtfe.exe. If you want to write DVDs, you need a DVD capable version of cdrecord. Read readme_dvd_en.txt for more information. Notes for users of previous versions ------------------------------------ With cdrtfe version 1.0 some changes have been introduced which may affect users of previous versions (0.8 - 0.9.2): * The format of the project files (*.cfp and *.cfp.files) has been changed. Project files created with cdrtfe 0.8 to 0.9.2 cannot be used with cdrtfe 1.0 (and above) any longer. * As settings are now saved to an ini file, cdrtfe 1.0 will ignore settings of an older version which are saved to the registry. This applies to the additional commandline options, too. These settings should be deleted before using cdrtfe 1.0: dialog 'Settings', section 'Save settings', button 'delete' and section 'additional commandline options', button 'delete lists'. * The information needed to use the ShellExtension are now saved at another location in the registry. Before the ShellExtensions can be used with cdrtfe 1.0, they have to be de- activated with the old program: dialog 'Settings', section 'ShellExtensions', button 'deactivate'. Then the old cdrtfeShlEx.dll has to be replaced with the newer version 1.0.0.1 (included with the zip-archive). Now the ShellExtensions can be regsitered again using cdrtfe 1.0 (dialog 'Settings'). Language -------- The file cdrtfe_lang.ini allows to select the language used by cdrtfe. The default setting is English. When cdrtfe_lang.ini is missing the default language is German. You can add any language you wish. See cdrtfe_lang.ini for more information. Beginning with cdrtfe 1.1pre2 the language can be changed during runtime (menu 'Extras') provided that the file cdrtfe_lang.ini is present and contains at least two language profiles. Since cdrtfe 1.2 the currently selected language is saved to the cdrtfe.ini. So, on a multi user system (like WinXP), each user can specify his preferred language. Usage ----- It is quite simple to use cdrtfe. Just add files or folders to the file list, adjust the settings, select the writer and click the 'Start'-Button. Then a CD will be written according to the settings of the actual tab sheet. You can add files or folders by using the buttons, the context menu or by drag and drop. It is also possible to use cdrtfe with commandline options (see below). Project files ------------- cdrtfe's current status can be saved in project files: Open the menu 'Project', select the entry 'Save project' and enter a name for the project file. All settings (including all selected files and folders) will be saved. The settings will be written to the file <name>.cfp. The files you have added to a CD or XCD project (including the directory structure) and the audio and video tracks selected in the Audio CD and VideoCD project will be saved to the file <name>.cfp.files. If no files have been added, <name>.cfp.files will not be created. With 'Load project' from the project menu you can load project files into cdrtfe. There is also a commandline option to do the same. Hint: As the storage is file orientated cdrtfe cannot detect changes within the source files. New files, for example, will not be added automatically to the project. cdrtfe can only detect when a source file listed in <name>.cfp.files is missing. In this case an error message will be displayed. Settings loaded from a project file override settings which have been loaded during the start of cdrtfe. With version 1.0 the file format has changed. So project files created with older versions of cdrtfe cannot be used any longer. Beginning with version 1.1 it is possible to load and save the file lists seperately from the settings. The entry 'Defaults' loads the default settings from the file cdrtfe.ini without changing the file lists. The entry 'Clear all' load the default settings and clears all file lists. General hints ------------- * Hints, messages or the output from the commandline programs are displayed in the memo in the lower part of the main window. There is a small button at the lower right corner of the memo which opens a bigger window for the output. Right-click the button to open a context menu which offers to clear the output window or to save the output. * A right click on the drive selection combobox opens a context menu which allows to open or close the selected drive. * If no CD writer is found, you still can create images with cdrtfe. * If the writing speed is not set, cdrecord will write with the highest speed possible. If the speed is set to 0, the lowest possible writing speed will be used. * After the selected action has been startet, a button 'Abort!' will appear which stops the execution of the commandline program. Attention: This only makes sense during the 10 second countdown before the writing process starts. If mkisofs, Mode2CDMaker or cdda2wav have already written some data to the disk, these files will not be deleted automatically, wenn you stop the execution by clicking 'Abort!'. * The function 'Show capacity' (tab sheet 'CD-Infos') does not work correctly in all cases and should not be used with normal CD-ROM drives. Otherwise totally wrong values could be the result. * Further information regarding the DVD support in the file readme_dvd_en.txt. * cdrtfe needs write access to the program folder or the user directory to write temporary files (file lists, ...). This is the reason that it cannot be run from a read only medium (e.g. CD). With cdrtfe 1.1pre5 it is now possible to add the entry 'AskForTempDir=1' to the cdrtfe.ini, section [General]. Then the program will ask for a folder in which it will write the temporary files. * Unless specified otherwise, cdrtfe will use %TEMP%\image.iso as default for image files and %TEMP%\ as temporary folder for wave files. * When cdrtfe runs the commandline tools the taskbar entry displays the progress of the current action (if possible): [I: x%] Image creation. mkisofs : progress of image creation Mode2CDMaker: progress of e...
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