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Contents

Getting Started with Toast 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing The Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The Toast Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Burning Your First Disc With Toast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using the Media Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Changing Recorder Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Saving and Opening Toast Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Erasing Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ejecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Toast It™ Desktop Burning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Technical Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Using Other Toast Features 17

Viewing Information About A Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Saving Disc Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mounting Disc Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ToastAnywhere™ Recorder Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Comparing Files or Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Creating a Temporary Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Making Data Discs 23

What is a Data Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Types of Data Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Overview of Making a Data Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Making a Mac Only Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Compression and Encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Custom Icons and Backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Working With Data Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Disc Spanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Making a Mac & PC Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Making a DVD-ROM Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Making an ISO 9660 Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Importing ISO Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

ISO Disc Naming Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Making a Custom Hybrid Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Making a Mac Volume Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Making Audio Discs 45

What is an Audio Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Types of Audio Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Overview of Making an Audio Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Making an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Working With Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Making a Music DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Working With Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Making an MP3 Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Making an Enhanced Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Making a Mixed Mode CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Exporting Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Making Video Discs 61

What is a Video Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Types of Video Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Overview of Making a Video Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Making a Video CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Making a Super Video CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Making a DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Working With Slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Working With Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Plug & Burn™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

DVD Disc Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

DVD Encoding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Making a DVD From a VIDEO_TS Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Making a DivX Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Exporting Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Exporting Video to the PSP™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Copying Discs 91

Types of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Overview of Making a Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Copying a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Copying a Disc Image File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Copying a BIN/CUE File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Copying a CD-ROM XA File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Copying a CD-i Disc Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Getting Started with Toast

In this chapter

Introduction 2

Installing The Software 2

The Toast Main Window 4

Burning Your First Disc With Toast 8

Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make 9

About CD and DVD Media 10

Using the Media Browser 11

Changing Recorder Settings 12

Saving and Opening Toast Projects 14

Erasing Discs 14

Ejecting a Disc 15

Toast It™ Desktop Burning 15

Technical Support Options 16

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Introduction

Toast 7 is the best way to save, share and enjoy a lifetime of digital music, movies and photos on CD and DVD. Hear your iTunes tracks and classic LPs on an audio DVD. See your iMovie productions in widescreen DVD or DivX discs, and turn your iPhoto library into stunning HD slideshows. Save and secure precious files. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. Do it all with the fastest and most reliable burning software for the Mac OS - Toast.

This guide will help you get started using Toast. The features and capabilities discussed refer to the full Toast retail product. Your version may not have all the features and capabilities if it came bundled with a CD or DVD recorder. The software includes appropriate messages if you have the limited version.

To register your software, choose Help > Product Registration.

For additional information, choose Help > Product Support.

Installing The Software

To use Toast you will need the following hardware and software:

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Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 processor or higher

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Mac OS X v10.3.9 or higher

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300 MB hard disk space

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Up to 15 GB of temporary free disk space during usage

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QuickTime 7 or higher

The latest versions of iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie are recommended.

To install the software:

1 Insert the installation CD into your drive (or if purchased online and downloaded,

double-click on the downloaded .dmg file).

The Roxio Toast window appears on your Desktop.

2 Drag the Toast 7 folder to the Applications folder on your hard disk.

3 In the Applications folder on your hard disk, open the Toast 7 folder and double-click

the Toast icon to launch the software.

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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. If you purchased a boxed version of Toast your CD key is printed on the back of the CD sleeve. If you purchased a downloadable version of Toast, your CD key is sent in the confirmation email.

The software is now installed.

Note This Setup Assistant can be re-run at anytime by choosing Help > Toast Setup Assistant.

Additional Software Installed

The Toast 7 folder also contains the following software:

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CD Spin Doctor audio recording software

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Motion Pictures HD slideshow software

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Discus labeling software

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Deja Vu backup scheduler (located in the System Preferences)

Documentation for these software applications is available online by choosing Help from within each application.

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The Toast Main Window

The Toast main window contains the following components:

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Disc tabs. Choose a tab to select the type of disc you want to create.

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Formats and Settings drawer. Select disc formats and disc settings.

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Media drawer. Choose audio, images and video files to record.

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Content area. Add files and folders you want to record to this area.

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Recording Options button. Select recorders and recorder settings.

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Space indicator. Use to estimate how much of the recorded disc will be used.

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Record button. Begin recording your CD or DVD.

Data, Audio, Video, and Copy Disc Tabs

These tabs are used to select the different types of discs that you can create with Toast.

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Data tab. Put any file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes, for use in a

Mac, PC, or any computer. See Overview of Making a Data Disc on page 25.

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Audio tab. Make an audio CD, music DVD or MP3 disc for use in a computer, home or

car stereo, or set-top DVD player. See Overview of Making an Audio Disc on page 47.

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Video tab. Make Video CDs, Super Video CDs, DVD-Video or DivX discs for use in a

computer or set-top DVD player. See Overview of Making a Video Disc on page 63.

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Copy tab. Copy a CD, DVD or disc image file. See Overview of Making a Copy on

page 92.

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The Toast Main Window

Disc Formats & Settings

Select the disc format and settings for your Toast project. You can open and close this drawer by clicking the drawer button to the left of the current disc format.

Drawer button

The disc format list may appear different if your version of Toast came bundled with a CD or DVD burner and does not have all features and capabilities detailed here.

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Media Browser

Choose audio, images and video files to add to Toast projects.

Content Area

The content area is where you add and organize your files to record.

Content Area

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The Toast Main Window

Recording Options

The green Recording Options button displays the different recorders that are available for you to choose from, as well as a link to the Recorder Settings dialog.

The area to the left of the Recorder Options displays the name of the currently selected recorder. If no recorder is found on your computer, Toast will display a message here. If you have more than one recorder, you can click on the name to cycle through them.

Space Indicator

Displays an estimate of how much space will be used on CD, DVD or DVD dual-layer (DL) media. If the indicator is red, the project exceeds the capacity on the blank disc. If you are using the data spanning feature, segments in the indicator show the number of discs that are required to burn the project.

Record Button

The red Record button begins recording the disc.

Space

Indicator

Recording

Options

Record button

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Burning Your First Disc With Toast

This section describes the basic process of making any CD or DVD with Toast.

To make a disc with Toast:

1 Select the disc type. Click the Disc tab at the top of the Toast window that matches the

type of disc you want to make.

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Data tab. Put any file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes, for use

in a Mac, PC, or any computer. See Overview of Making a Data Disc on page 25.

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Audio tab. Make an audio CD, music DVD or MP3 disc for use in a computer,

home or car stereo, or set-top DVD player. See Overview of Making an Audio Disc on page 47.

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Video tab. Make Video CDs, Super Video CDs, DVD-Video or DivX discs for use in

a computer or set-top DVD player. See Overview of Making a Video Disc on page 63.

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Copy tab. Copy a CD, DVD or disc image file. See Overview of Making a Copy on

page 92.

Select the disc format and settings. Click the Formats tab in the left drawer and choose

the disc format and any optional settings.

Add content. Drag and drop files and folders into the Content Area from your hard disk

or the Media Browser. To use the Media Browser, click the Media tab in the left drawer and browse your music, photos and video.

Insert a recordable disc. Insert a blank recordable CD or DVD.

Record the disc. Click the red Record button and choose a recorder from the list and

optional recording settings, such as “Number of Copies.” Click Record to continue.

Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc.

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Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make

Toast can create a wide variety of CD and DVD formats – more than any Mac OS burning software.

Here are some of the most common disc formats.

I want to... Use this format

Back up general data files and folders, such as documents, photos and spreadsheets, to use at a later time only on a Mac.

Back up general data files and folders to use at a later time on a Mac or a PC.

Share photos from my iPhoto library (or any other files) with friends and family.

Listen to music from my iTunes library in my home or car stereo CD player.

Listen to music from my iTunes library in my DVD player.

Watch slideshows and video on my TV (my Mac has a CD burner only).

Watch slideshows and video on my TV (my Mac has a DVD burner).

Make a DVD from an existing VIDEO_TS folder and compress it to fit on the disc.

Make a DVD from a DivX file. Video tab > DVD-Video format. See Making a

Copy a CD or DVD to another disc. Copy tab > CD/DVD Copy format. See

Data tab > Mac Only format. See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 26.

Data tab > Mac & PC format. See Making a Mac & PC Disc on page 33.

Audio tab > Audio CD format. See Making an Audio CD on page 48.

Audio tab > Music DVD format. See Making a Music DVD on page 51.

Video tab > Video CD format. See Making a Video CD on page 64.

Video tab > DVD-Video format. See Making a DVD-Video on page 68.

Video tab > DVD from VIDEO_TS format. See Making a DVD From a VIDEO_TS Folder on page 82

DVD-Video on page 68.

Copying a CD or DVD on page 93.

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For all data disc formats see Types of Data Discs on page 24

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For all audio disc formats, see Typ es o f Au di o D is cs on page 46.

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For all video disc formats, see Types of Video Discs on page 62.

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For all copy formats, see Types of Copies on page 92.

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About CD and DVD Media

If you have a CD recorder, you can use blank CD recordable (CD-R) media to create CDs. CDs hold about 650 MB of information. Some CD recorders support rewritable (CD-RW) media, which can be erased and reused. Although both CD-R and CD-RW media are work well when creating discs for use on a computer, most home and car stereo players cannot recognize CD-RW media, so you should use CD-R when creating an audio CD.

If you have a DVD recorder, you can use blank DVD recordable (DVD-R or DVD+R) media to create DVDs. DVDs hold about 4.7 GB of information. Some DVD recorders support dual-layer recordable DVDs, which hold about 8.3 GB of information. Some DVD recorders also support rewritable (DVD-RW or DVD+RW) media, which can be erased and reused.

Toast supports all DVD media types: DVD-R/RW, DVD-R DL (dual-layer), DVD+R/RW, DVD+R DL (double-layer), and DVD-RAM (cartridgeless). The type you should choose to record your DVD depends on the capabilities of your recorder and your player.

Most Apple internal SuperDrives only support DVD-R media. Most newer external recorders are multi-format and can handle most of the above media types. You should check with your recorder manufacturer to see which types the device supports.

Although all types are work well when creating DVDs to use on a computer, most set-top DVD players can only recognize some types. You should check with your player manufacturer to see which types the device supports.

Using low-cost generic media can cause errors while burning, or produce a disc that is either unrecognized by the player or have erratic playback. Different brands of the same type can work differently in your recorder or playback device. If you are having problems, you may need to switch to a different brand or type (for example, if using DVD-RW, switch to DVD-R).

You can view information about a DVD, such as the speeds supported and the manufacturer media id, and compare this information to online sources such as (www.nomorecoasters.com) to determine if the media is reputable. See Viewing Information About A Disc on page 18.

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Using the Media Browser

The Toast Media Browser provides quick access to your music, photos and videos. You can easily drag and drop content from the Media Browser into the Content Area.

To use the Media Browser:

1 Click the Media tab in the left drawer.

2 Choose the type of media you want from the first pop-up menu:

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Audio: Browse audio in your iTunes library.

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Photos: Browse photos in your iPhoto library.

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Movies: Browse videos and iMovie projects in your Movies folder.

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TV: Browse recorded TV shows from EyeTV. This option is only visible if you have

EyeTV digital video recorder software installed (see www.elgato.com).

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DVD: Browse non-encrypted DVD-Video discs, mounted disc images, or

VIDEO_TS folders located on your Desktop or in your Movies folder.

Note You can also access discs from set-top DVD recorders or DVD camcorders.

Toast includes special support for these discs, which normally are not usable in the Mac OS. Insert these discs in your recorder while Toast is running, and then import video from them with the media browser.

3 You can filter the media list by choosing a playlist, album, video or specific DVD, title or

chapter from the second pop-up menu.

4 Select any item in the media list and drag it to the Content Area to add it to a disc

project.

You can select multiple items by holding down the Command (Apple) key while clicking, and then drag the entire selection to the Content Area.

You can select groups of items by clicking on the first item in the group and then holding down the Shift key while clicking on the last item in the group, and then drag the entire selection to the Content Area.

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Toast will display progress information while the items are being added. If the content is being added from a disc (such as from a set-top DVD recorder) this may take several minutes as it is imported from the disc onto your hard disk.

Imported items from a disc are temporarily stored in the Roxio Converted Items folder in your Documents folder. You can use these items in disc projects or save them to your hard disk by exporting audio or video. See Exporting Audio on page 59 or Exporting Video on page 86. These temporary items can be very large and are automatically deleted when you quit Toast. The original source content is not deleted from your disc.

You can choose to save these temporary imported items for a longer period of time.

To adjust when the Roxio Converted Items is emptied:

1 Choose Toast > Preferences.

2 Click Converted Items.

3 Choose when you want to delete the converted items.

4 Close the preferences.

Changing Recorder Settings

You can view or change your recorder settings, such as which recorder to use, the number of copies to record, and what Toast does after recording is complete.

To change Recorder Settings:

1 Click the green Recording Options button and choose Recorder Settings.

The recorder settings also appear when you click the red Record button.

2 Click the Basic tab to change basic recording settings, including:

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Recorder: Select the recorder you want to use.

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Write Speed: Select the recording speed. By default, Toast will use the best speed,

which is the fastest speed that your recorder and the blank media both support. For example, if your DVD recorder supports 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x, and the blank disc only supports 1x and 2x, then Toast will record at 2x speeds. To choose a specific write speed, first insert the blank disc into your recorder. After a few seconds, the pop-up will list all speeds available for your recorder and the current blank media.

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Changing Recorder Settings

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Number of Copies: Enter the number of copies of the disc you want to make. Toast

will prompt you for blank discs after each copy.

3 Click the Advanced tab to change advanced recording settings, including:

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After Writing: 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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Write Session/Write Disc: Select the session option if you are creating data CDs and

wish to leave the disc “open” to add more data at a later time. See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 26.

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Verify Data: Select this option to verify that the contents of the recorded disc match

the source files and folders on your hard disk.

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Simulation Mode: Select this option if you want to simulate the process of recording

a disc. You might do this to make sure that the write speed you have selected is appropriate for your computer.

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Buffer Underrun Prevention: Select this option to turn on buffer underrun

prevention. A buffer underrun error occurs when your hard disk is unable to send data fast enough to the recorder while recording, causing the blank disc to be unusable. This option is available only if your recorder supports buffer underrun prevention.

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DAO/TAO: DAO (Disc-At-Once) audio recording allows pauses of varying lengths

of up to 8 seconds between tracks. This option also allows for CD-TEXT. TAO (Track-At-Once) recording requires a pause of 2 seconds between all tracks.

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Display Recorder Settings Before Writing: Select this check box if you want to

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

4 Click the last tab to see information about the currently selected recorder.

5 When you are finished, click OK.

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Saving and Opening Toast Projects

You can save a Toast project and open it at a later time for recording to disc.

To save the current project:

1 Choose File > Save.

2 Type a file name and select a location to save to.

3 Click Save. Saved Toast disc projects end in “.disc".

To open a saved project:

1 Choose File > Open.

2 Select the Toast project file you want to open.

3 Click Open. You can also double-click on the Toast project file to open it.

Note Toast saves pointers for the files and folders in the content area. If you move

or delete any of the original items from your hard disk, Toast may not be able to find them when you open the project. To save a single file containing all source files, you should save as a disc image. See Saving Disc Images on page 18.

Erasing Discs

If you are using rewritable CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM media, you can erase the entire contents of a disc and re-record to it. Erasing a disc cannot be undone.

To erase a rewritable disc:

Insert the disc into the recorder.

1 Choose Recorder > Erase.

2 Choose the way you want to erase the disc:

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Quick Erase: This erases the disc faster than the standard erase option, but the disc

can only be re-recorded with Toast.

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Erase: This erases the disc so it can be re-recorded using any burning software.

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Ejecting a Disc

You can eject a disc from a recorder in any of these ways:

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Choose Recorder > Eject.

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Click the Eject button to the left of the recorder name.

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In the Recorder Settings dialog, click Eject.

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Drag the disc icon from the Desktop to the Trash in the Dock.

Toast It™ Desktop Burning

The Toast It feature helps you easily send files or folders to Toast from anywhere on your Desktop or in any folder on your hard disk. Toast does not need to be running to use Toast It – the software will be launched automatically.

Toast It automatically chooses the best Disc tab and format depending on the source file or folder. For example, if your source is audio files, Toast will select the Audio tab. If your source is a DVD-Video VIDEO_TS folder, Toast will select the Video tab.

To use Toast I t:

1 Select files or folders on your Desktop or in any folder on your hard disk.

2 Press the Ctrl key and click the selected files or folders.

A pop-up menu appears.

3 From the pop-up menu, choose Toast It.

The files or folders are sent to Toast.

Choose Toast It for a disc image if you want to record it to a disc. You can also choose Mount It from the pop-up menu if you just want to mount the image.

The Toast Setup Assistant installs the Toast It (and Mount It) menu by default.

To turn Toast It on or off:

1 Choose Toast Titanium > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog appears.

2 In the General tab, select Use Toast It Menu to turn it on.

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Technical Support Options

Unlimited Self Help Options

Roxio provides a variety of self help tools, including our virtual agent, a searchable knowledge base of support articles with troubleshooting tips, and discussion forums with other users that can help you get the most out of your Roxio products.

You'll find answers to most of your questions at http://support.roxio.com, or you can choose Help > Product Support from within Toast.

Alternate Support Options

Alternate support options such as e-mail or telephone support may be available on a limited or paid basis for your Roxio product. Please visit our Web site at http://support.roxio.com to find out what options are available for your product.

Contacting Roxio

Log in to our Customer Web portal to submit a request for assistance or to find support contact information for your location. You can find the customer Web portal at http:// selfserve.roxio.com.

Using Other Toast Features

In this chapter

Viewing Information About A Disc 18

Saving Disc Images 18

Mounting Disc Images 19

ToastAnywhere™ Recorder Sharing 20

Comparing Files or Folders 21

Creating a Temporary Partition 22

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Viewing Information About A Disc

You can view detailed information about a blank or recorded disc in your recorder.

This feature works only with CD or DVD recorders. You will not be able to view disc information about a blank DVD if your computer only has a CD recorder.

To view disc information:

1 Insert a blank or used disc into the recorder.

2 Choose Recorder > Disc Info.

The Disc Information dialog appears. This Media section contains information about the disc itself (such as space available, supported write speeds, and manufacturer id) and the Details section contains information about the contents of the disc (such as individual tracks or sessions, CD-TEXT, and ISRC codes). See About CD and DVD Media on page 10.

3 If the disc you have inserted is a Video CD or a Super Video CD, you can extract the

videos directly from the disc by selecting an item in the Details section and clicking Save As.

Saving Disc Images

Instead of recording a project to disc, you can save it as an image file. An image file is a single file, saved on your hard disk, which contains all the data and formatting information needed to create a CD or DVD. Image files contain all source data (as opposed to saved Toast projects which contain only references to the data).

You may also want to use an image file to avoid having to use a blank disc. Mounted image files appear and behave like an actual disc in your computer. For example, you can create a disc image for a DVD-Video project and preview the output using the DVD player in your Mac without having to burn it to disc. If you are satisfied with the results, you can then burn this image file to a disc. If not, you can simply delete the file and start again, and you have avoided using any blank media.

Disc images have an added benefit of being faster to access than a disc in your drive and may offer longer battery life for notebook users. See Mounting Disc Images on page 19.

You can create disc images from any Toast disc type.

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Mounting Disc Images

To save a project as an image file:

1 Set up your disc project as you normally would.

2 Choose File > Save As Disc Image.

3 Type a file name and select a location to save to.

By default, Toast creates Mac disc image files, which are compatible with the Toast image mounter and the Disc Utility program included in Mac OS X (except for audio CD images). You can also use Toast to create cross-platform (Mac & PC) disc image files by choosing File > Save As BIN/CUE.

Mounting Disc Images

You can mount a previously created image file. Mounted images behave like an actual physical disc inserted into your CD or DVD drive and appear on the Desktop.

If this is the first time you are mounting an image file after installing Toast, Toast will prompt you to enter the administrator password. Once you have done this, you no longer need to enter the password to mount an image file. If you do not have administrator privileges, you will not be able to mount image files with Toast.

To mount an image file from the menu:

1 Choose Utilities > Mount Disc Image.

2 Select the image file you want to open.

3 Click Choose.

An icon of a disc will appear on your Desktop when the image is mounted.

To mount an image file with Mount It:

1 Control-click on the image file and choose Mount It from the menu.

Toast does not have to be running to mount the image.

To unmount an image file:

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Drag the disc icon to the Trash in the Dock.

Warning Do not drag the disc image file to the Trash unless you want to delete the image file from your hard disk.

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ToastAnywhere™ Recorder Sharing

The ToastAnywhere feature helps you share CD or DVD recorders across a network or the Internet with other users. An entire office or home network can use a single recorder.

To share your recorder with other users over a network:

1 Choose Toast > Preferences.

2 Click the Sharing tab.

3 Click Start. If you want to establish a password that users must type in to access the

recorder connected to your computer, click Require Password. A dialog box appears, where you will be asked to enter the password. Click OK when you are finished.

Other Toast, Jam or Popcorn users will now be able to request access to your recorder provided that Toast is running on your machine and your recorder is not in-use.

To record from Toast to a shared recorder:

1 Set up your disc project as you normally would.

2 At the bottom of the Toast window, click the green Recording Options button.

A 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.

4 To access a shared recorder at any location on the Internet, choose Other Shared

Recorder. A dialog appears, where you can enter an IP address.

5 If the person who is sharing their recorder set a password, you must enter the password

in the dialog box that appears.

6 Click the red Record button.

The person sharing their recorder will be prompted to insert a blank disc. Toast displays a progress bar as it records your disc over the network.

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Comparing Files or Folders

You can compare the contents of files or folders to see if they match. You might do this to double-check that the original files are identical to a copy you made of them.

Compare differs from the verification that Toast performs after recording a disc. Verification only compares source data to a recorded disc, while Compare can compare any two data sets, such as 2 files, folders, or hard disks. Compare checks each individual file when comparing the data, while verification compares only blocks of data. Both are accurate, but Compare is more precise and can usually tell you exactly which file is missing or damaged.

To compare folders or files:

1 Choose Utilities > Compare.

2 Choose whether you want to compare folders or files from the pop-up:

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Compare Folders: Compares any two folders, hard disks, CDs or DVDs.

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Compare Files: Compares any two files.

3 Click Original.

4 Select the original data you want to compare and click Choose.

5 Click Copy.

6 Select the copied data you want to compare and click Choose.

7 Click Start.

You will see a progress bar that tracks the comparison. Any data that is in the original but missing from the copy will appear in the list.

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Creating a Temporary Partition

You can create a temporary partition on your hard disk that can be used to set up data you want to record to a disc. Temporary partitions allow you to have better control over the layout of your data and how its windows are arranged and displayed.

To create a temporary partition:

1 Choose Utilities > Create Temporary Partition.

2 Enter the size for the partition. Choose a size that is appropriate for the disc that you

intend to make from the partition. For example, 650 MB is suitable for a CD and 4300 MB is suitable for a DVD.

3 Choose the file system format for the partition:

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Mac OS Extended: This is the best choice for discs to be used on Mac OS 8.1 or

later, including any Mac OS X system.

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Mac OS Standard: This is for discs to be used on computers running Mac OS 8 or

lower.

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UNIX File System: This is for discs to be used on the UNIX operating system.

4 Click OK.

Toast mounts the partition on the Desktop. You can add files or folders to this partition.

To record it to disc, you can use the CD/DVD Copy format and select the partition from the Read From menu. See Copying a CD or DVD on page 93.

You can also use temporary partitions in Custom Hybrid and Mac Volume discs. See Making a Custom Hybrid Disc on page 41 or Making a Mac Volume Disc on page 43.

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