User manual FARSTONE VIRTUALDRIVE PROFESSIONAL 10

[. . . ] VirtualDrive® Pro User's Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademarks FarStone®, VirtualDrive®, VirtualDrive® Network and VirtualDrive® Professional are trademarks of FarStone Technology, Inc. [. . . ] Step 3: Previewing your Slideshow The Slideshow can be viewed in the preview window accompanied by your background music, so you can decide if you are happy with the results. Click the Preview button 57 below the preview to preview your movie/video in full screen mode. When in full screen preview mode, click Enter or Esc button on the keyboard to return. Step 4: Burning your Slideshow to disc Choose the final settings before burning. Note: Please refer to the final step in chapter 5. 3 Creating a Movie/Video for detailed instructions on how to choose the final settings. 58 Chapter 6 Working with VirtualDrive® 59 Chapter 6 Working with VirtualDrive® 6. 1 How to Make an Image An Image file (with . VCD extension) is actually a Virtual CD or VCD that can be inserted into a virtual CD drive. There are two ways to make an Image file: building from a real (physical) disc and burned from a disc project created in CD/DVD Burning. 6. 1. 1 Making an Image from a Project You can make an Image (VCD) from a CD/DVD project created in CD/DVD Burning program. Launch the CD/DVD Burning program either from Backup Make Date CD/DVD or Multimedia Create an Audio(MP3) CD Open a project. Set the default recorder to the Imager Recorder. 4. Do either of the following: Select File Burn. Click the Burn icon 5. Verify that the selected hard drive has sufficient free space to store the new Image, and then use the file browser button to select a location to save the new Image file. (If no new name is entered, the new Image will use the name of the folder in which it is to be stored as the Image file name. ) 60 6. Enter a description of the new Image in the description box. (Optional) You can set a password for Image files. The password will be required if you attempt to insert the Image or view the content of the Image. (Optional) If the CD does not have an auto-run file, you can specify a program to run when the Image is inserted. You can use the Browse button to locate the executable program. Using Data Compression will save hard drive space but will also require a longer Image building time. 61 7. 8. A dialog box will display the attributes of the Image about to be created. Select Next to begin building the Image or Back to edit your settings. When the Image has been successfully built, select Finish to close the Build Image window. 6. 1. 2 Making an Image from an Existing Disc With VirtualDrive®, you can build an Image (VCD) from almost any type of disc, including: · CD-ROM · Audio CD · DVD-ROM · Video CD · Mixed-Mode CD · Photo CD · DVD Video · Multi-Session CD (unprotected) · CD-Extra · CD-Text · CD-Cops VirtualDrive® supports DVD-ROM games, encyclopedias, multimedia content and other large file formats. To start making an Image: Select VirtualDrive® from the VirtualDrive® Pro main interface and then Create VCD. There are different cases depending on the disc type being built: Case 1: Building an Image from a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video or Photo CD. Case 1: Building an Image from CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video or Photo CD If you are using a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video or Photo CD to build your Image, follow the steps below: 1. 62 2. Verify that the selected hard drive has sufficient free space to store the new Image, and then use the file browser button to select a location to save the new Image file. (If no new name is entered, the new Image will use the name of the folder in which it is to be stored as the Image file name. ) 3. Select the CD read method and use Data Compression if desired. [. . . ] If a data track is followed by a music track, the gap is two or three seconds. Session At Once (SAO): This method writes data to the disc in a single operation, and finalizes the session at the end of the process. A "Session-at-Once" recording is similar to a "Disc-at-Once". The only difference is that the disc is not closed after a "Session-at-once" recording, and you can write a further session on the disc at a later date. [. . . ]