Manual
Nero Burning ROM
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1.1
About the Manual
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1.2
About Nero Burning ROM
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1.3
Working With the Program
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Starting the Program
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User Interface
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3.1
Main Screen
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3.2
New Compilation Window
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3.3
Selection Screen
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Data Disc
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4.1
Compiling Data Disc
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4.1.1
Defining Options
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4.2
Compiling a SecurDisc disc
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4.3
Nero DiscSpan (UDF) Compilation and Nero DiscMerge Tool
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4.3.1
Creating Multiple Discs with Nero DiscSpan
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4.3.2
Remerge and Copy Data with Nero DiscMerge
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4.4
Check Point Media Encryption CD/DVD
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4.5
Saving Data Track
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Audio CD and Audio Files
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5.1
Compiling Audio CDs
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5.1.1
Customizing Properties of the Audio File
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5.1.2
Defining Options
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5.2
Mixed Mode CD and CD EXTRA
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5.2.1
CD-Extra Settings
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5.3
Automatic Music Recognition
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5.3.1
Identifying Audio Files
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5.4
Copy Audio CDs to Hard Drive
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5.4.1
Save Audio Tracks to Hard Drive Window
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5.5
Convert Audio File Format
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5.5.1
Encode Files Window
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5.5.2
AIF and WAV Encoding Options
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5.5.3
MP3 Lame Encoding Options
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5.5.4
MP3 and MP3PRO Encoding Options
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5.5.5
Nero Digital Encoding Options
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5.5.6
OGG Vorbis Encoding Options
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Video
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6.1
Compiling DVD-Video
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6.2
Compiling an AVCHD Video Disc
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Table of contents
Table of contents
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Table of contents
6.3
Compiling a BDMV-Video Disc
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Bootable Disc
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7.1
Requirements for Booting From a Disc
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7.2
Bootable Disc Template
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7.3
Creating and Burning a Bootable Disc
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Loading Image File
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LightScribe
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9.1
CD Label Editor Window
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9.2
Printing LightScribe Label
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Labelflash
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10.1
Burn Label Screen
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10.2
Printing Labelflash Labels and DiskT@2
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Burn Compilation
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11.1
Choose Recorder Window
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11.2
Burn Settings
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11.3
Starting the Burn Process
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11.4
Burning With Image Recorder – Creating an Image File
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Copying a Disc
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12.1
Methods of Copying
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12.1.1
On-the-fly Copying
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12.1.2
Copy Over Image
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12.2
Copying Disc
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12.3
Copy Settings
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12.3.1
Image Settings
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12.3.2
Copy Options
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12.3.3
Read Options
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Erase Rewritable Disc Window
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Configuration Options
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14.1
Compilation Settings
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14.2
Cache Settings
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14.3
Expert Features
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14.4
Ultrabuffer Settings
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14.5
LightScribe Settings
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Technical Information
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15.1
System Requirements
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15.2
Disc Types
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15.3
Disc Formats
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15.4
Audio Formats and Codecs
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15.5
Video Formats and Codecs
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15.6
Image Formats
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15.7
Formats for Playlists
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Glossary
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Index
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Contact
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1.1 About the Manual
This manual is intended for all users who want to learn how to use Nero Burning ROM. It is
process-based and explains how to achieve a specific objective on a step-by-step basis.
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1.2 About Nero Burning ROM
The powerful burning software Nero Burning ROM allows you to burn your data, music and
videos to disc. Nero Burning ROM gives you full, customized control of your burning projects.
You can − among other things − define the file system, the length of the file name and the
character set; you can also change the disc label. And of course, you can also customize the
Nero Burning ROM toolbar and change the keyboard shortcuts.
Despite its wide range of features, Nero Burning ROM has remained an easy-to-use burning
program that creates discs in just a few steps. You select the disc type to be burned
(CD/DVD/Blu-ray), define the project type, add the required data and then start burning.
Using Nero Burning ROM you can save audio files from an Audio CD to the hard drive. In the
process, the files are encoded, i.e. converted into a format that the computer can read. The
Audio CD can be automatically identified with Gracenote. So called metadata such as title,
genre, and track title are accessed by the Gracenote Media Database and associated to the
tracks. That way you have audio files that are accurately and fully named after the encoding
process.
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Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®.
Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related
content delivery. For more information, please visit www.gracenote.com.
1.3 Working With the Program
The main function of Nero Burning ROM is to select files and folders and to burn them to a
disc. This is done in three basic steps:
In the New Compilation window, select a disc type and the disc format and set the
options on the tabs.
In the selection screen, select files that you want to burn.
Start the burn process.
See also
Main Screen → 9
Compiling Data Disc → 18
Compiling Audio CDs → 36
Mixed Mode CD and CD EXTRA → 44
Compiling DVD-Video → 62
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