Roxio TOAST 6 User Manual

Getting Started Guide

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Getting Started

Contents

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About the Toast Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Setting Up and Turning On the Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Choosing the Kind of Media to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Toast Basics 13

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

Miscellaneous General Features 19

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

Miscellaneous Advanced Features 27

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

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Making Data Discs 37

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

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Using Additional Data Features 45

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

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Audio

Making Audio CDs 53

What Is an Audio CD?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Choosing Audio CD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Overview of Making an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Starting a New Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Choosing the Audio CD Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Adding Files to Your Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Working with Files in an Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Recording an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Making MP3 Discs 63

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

Using Additional Audio Features 71

Exporting Audio from Different Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Copying Audio Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Digitizing Your LPs or Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Making Advanced Audio Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Video/Photo

Making Video Discs 79

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

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Importing Video from a DV Camcorder

(Plug & Burn) 95

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

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Using Additional Video Features 103

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

Copy

Copying Discs 109

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

Index 115

1 2 3 4

Getting Started

Introduction 3

Toast Basics 13

Miscellaneous General Features 19

Miscellaneous Advanced Features 27

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

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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:

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Save your data to CD or DVD

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Create audio or MP3 discs

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Create Video CDs (VCDs), Super Video CDs (SVCDs), or DVDs

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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.

Where to Find More Information

This guide provides information about getting started with Toast and using the most common tasks. Information about more advanced features is available where noted, and throughout Toast Help.

To a cc e ss To a st He l p, c h o o s e He l p > To a st He lp .

For additional information, choose Help > Product Support.

What’s New in Toast 6

Here’s what’s new in Toast 6 Titanium:

Usability and Performance

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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.

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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.

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Quick Record. Record immediately, without any initialization or

verification steps.

Data Features

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Encryption. Secure your data with 128-bit encryption and password

protection.

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Compression. Compress your data up to 50% more on CDs and DVDs.

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Déjà Vu Backup. Automatically perform scheduled backups to CD,

DVD, networked servers, or web-based storage.

Audio Features

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CD Spin Doctor® 2. Digitize vinyl records and cassette tapes, or record

live audio. Reduce noises, pops and clicks, and enhance the sound with included filters, or add your own 3rd party VST effects. Automatically define tracks and burn a CD with a single click.

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Universal Audio Converter.Turn any audio file that QuickTime can

recognize (e.g., WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, etc.) or any iTunes track into an audio CD.

Photo Features

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Motion Pictures. Turn still photos into stunning media shows with

Hollywood-style pan & zoom effects, cross fades, and soundtracks.

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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

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Video CDs & Super Video CDs. Create Video CDs and Super Video

CDs with menus and buttons.

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DVD Authoring. Create simple DVDs with menus, buttons and

chapters. Watch them on a home DVD player from the comfort of the couch.

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Plug & Burn™. Create VCDs, SVCDs and DVDs directly from your DV

camcorder, automatically and effortlessly. Transfer an entire weekend's worth of video footage with a single click.

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Universal Video Converter. Turn any video file that QuickTime can

recognize (e.g., DV, AVI, MOV, MPEG1/2/4, etc.) into a video disc.

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Disc Extractor. Extract and reuse video from an iDVD or Toast disc.

System Requirements

Toast requires the following system:

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Power Mac G3 or higher

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Mac OS X v10.2 or higher

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200 MB hard disk space

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Approximately 2 GB for every 10 minutes of digital video

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QuickTime® 6 or higher

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CD or DVD recorder (optional with ToastAnywhere™)

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Installing Toast 6 Titanium

To install Toast:

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.

You will be asked to enter a CD key and accept the license agreement.

About the Toast Main Window

The Toast main window contains these components:

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Disc tabs. Click a tab to select the type of disc you want to make.

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Content area. This is where the files you are recording to disc appear.

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Record button. Click this button to begin recording the files in the

content area to disc.

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Disc Settings drawer. This drawer lets you change preferences about

each type of disc you are making.

The Toast main window

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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:

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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.

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Audio tab. Make audio CDs or MP3 discs for use on a computer, MP3

player, or home or car stereo system. See Starting a New Audio CD on page 55 or Starting a New MP3 Disc on page 65.

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Video tab. Make VCDs, Super Video CDs, or DVDs for use on a

computer or home DVD player. See Starting a Video Disc on page 82.

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Copy tab. Copy a disc or image file. See Overview of Copying a Disc on

page 110.

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Content Area

The content area is where you add and organize your files, or where discs you want to copy appear. It is slightly different depending on which kind of disc you are making. To add content, drag your files here. In some views, you can click the Add button to add files from a file dialog. For more information, see Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc on page 14.

Content area (in this case, the Audio content area)

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Record Button

Clicking the red Record button lets you begin recording a disc. The Record button has other parts:

Space Indicator

Recorder name Recorder Options

button

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Space Indicator. Displays approximately how much of a disc will be full

depending on the type of disc you plan to record it to.

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CD/DVD button. Click this button to toggle the type of media that the

Space Indicator shows free space for (CD or DVD).

CD/DVD button

Record button

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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).

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Recorder Name. Displays the name of the currently-selected recorder.

If more than one recorder is connected to your computer, click the name of the recorder to cycle through them.

Disc Settings Drawers

Each of the four tabs (Data, Audio, Video, and Copy) has a settings drawer that allows you to make changes for the selected type of disc.

Disc Settings drawer (Audio disc shown)

Disc Settings button

Setting Up and Turning On the Recorder

Disc Settings Button

Clicking the Disc Settings button in any view opens the Disc Settings drawer. (You can also click the current disc title.)

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:

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Make sure your recorder is connected to the computer and turned on. For more information, see the instructions provided by the manufacturer.

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After a moment, Toast should automatically detect the recorder and display its name at the bottom of the window.

If Toast does not display the name of the recorder, click Recorder Not Found. After a moment, the recorder name should appear. (If the recorder does not appear, check the cable and/or the power cord.)

You are now ready to make a disc.

Choosing the Kind of Media to Use

Many kinds of blank CD and DVD media are available in the marketplace. The type of disc you should use can be determined by two key compatibility factors:

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Compatibility between the type of media and the playback device

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Compatibility between the type of media and the recorder

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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.

What if I am having problems even though my compatibility seems good?

Sometimes, different brands of media can work differently in your recorder or playback device. If you are experiencing repeated problems with one kind of media, another brand may give you different results.

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

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Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc

This section describes the basic process of making any CD or DVD with To a s t .

Select the disc type. Click the tab matching the type of disc you want to

make with Toast.

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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.

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Audio tab. Make audio CDs or MP3 discs for use on a computer,

MP3 player, or home or car stereo system. See Starting a New Audio CD on page 55 or Starting a New MP3 Disc on page 65.

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Video tab. Make VCDs, Super Video CDs, or DVDs for use on a

computer or home DVD player. See Starting a Video Disc on page 82.

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Copy tab. Copy a disc or image file. See Overview of Copying a Disc

on page 110.

Change disc settings. Click the Disc Settings button to open the Disc

Settings drawer, which allows you to change optional settings for each type of disc.

Add files to the content area. If you have selected a Data, Audio, or

Video disc, add files that you want to record to disc. If you have selected the Copy tab, you can add an image file or your disc.

Record the disc. Click the red Record button to make your disc.

Choosing the Recorder

You can choose the recorder you want to use to record files to disc from To a s t .

To choose the recorder:

1 At the bottom of the Toast window, click the green Recorder Options

button.

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A pop-up menu appears, displaying the recorders you can record to.

2 Select the recorder.

Changing Recorder Settings

Before you record a disc, you can view or change the settings the recorder uses when it records your disc, including:

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Which recorder is selected (if you have more than one connected)

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Number of copies of a disc to record

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What Toast does after a recording is complete

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Recorder-specific settings and information

To change recorder settings:

1 Choose Recorder > Recorder Settings (or click the green Recorder

Options button, and choose Recorder Settings).

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Recorder Options button

2 Click the Basic tab. In the Basic tab, you can change the following

settings:

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Recorder: Displays the name of the recorder you are recording to.

To change the recorder, select it from the pop-up menu.

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Write Speed: Displays how fast the recorder records the disc. To

change write speed, select the speed from the pop-up menu. By default, Toast will record to the best write speed possible depending on the speed of the media and the recorder you are using.

You may need to change the write speed if the blank disc you are using is optimized for a lower drive speed, or if your recorder records at a faster rate than your hard disk can process

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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:

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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.

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Close Disc: Select this check box to finalize the disc so that Toast

cannot record any further sessions to the disc. (A session is a single recording.) This is useful for making data discs that you would like to record data to in more than one session.

Uncheck this check box if you want to record more than one session to the disc.

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Verify Data: If you are making a data disc, select this check box to

automatically verify the contents of a disc against the same data on your hard disk after recording the disc.

Uncheck this check box if you do not want to automatically verify the contents of a data disc after recording.

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Simulation Mode: Select this check box if you want to simulate the

process of recording data or audio on a disc. You might do this to make sure that the write speed and other factors that you have set up for your recorder are correctly in place before you start to record to actual media.

Uncheck this box if you want to record to an actual disc.

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Buffer Underrun Prevention: Select this check box to turn on

buffer underrun prevention. A buffer underrun is an error in which your hard disk is unable to send data fast enough to the recorder during a recording. This causes errors that make a blank disc unusable.

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Audio Write Mode: Displays the mode of recording for the

recorder. Choose the option that best fits the type of recording you want to make:

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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.

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TAO. Short for “Track-At-Once,” this method of recording

requires a pause of 2 seconds between tracks (depending on your recorder). You cannot record CD-TEXT in this mode. For more information, see Turning on CD-TEXT

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Display Recorder Settings Before Writing: Select this check box if

you want Toast to display the Recorder Settings dialog each time you click the red Record button.

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Uncheck this check box if you want Toast to begin recording immediately after you click the red Record button.

4 To see information about the currently selected recorder, click the tab

that matches the name of the recorder.

5 When you are finished, click OK.

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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.

To save the current project:

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Choose File > Save.

To save a project using a different name:

1 Choose File > Save As.

2 Type a file name, and select a location for the project.

3 Click Save.

Clearing Items from the Content Area

You can clear all items or selected items from the content area.

To clear items from the content area:

1 In the content area, select the items you want to clear.

To select all, choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).

2 Press the Delete key on your keyboard (or choose Edit > Clear).

Toast clears the content area of any selected items.

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

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Toast 6 Titanium Getting Started Guide

Chapter 3: Miscellaneous General Features

Getting Started

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. This will take longer than any recording with a recorder connected directly to your computer.

To share your recorder with other Toast 6 Titanium users over a network:

1 Choose Toast Titanium > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog appears.

2 In the Preferences dialog, click the Sharing tab.

3 In the Sharing tab, click the Start button.

4 Do one of the following:

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If you want other Toast 6 Titanium users on the network or Internet to have unlimited access to your recorder, click OK.

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If you want to establish a password that users must type in to access the recorder connected to your computer, click Set Password. A dialog box appears, where you will be asked to enter the password. Click OK when you are finished.

To unshare your recorder or change your password:

1 Choose Toast Titanium > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog appears.

2 In the Preferences dialog, click the Sharing tab.

3 In the Sharing tab, do one of the following:

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To unshare your recorder, click Stop.

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