User's Guide

Step 3: CD image selection

To write a CD, you must select a CD image file previously extracted from a CD extraction application,
or select a directory that contains WAVE, MPG, MP2, or MP3 files.

Select CD image: 

You can type the name of an image file directly into the edit zone, or click to browse CD image files across your computer.

You can also drag-drop an image file from the explorer to this window.

Blindwrite accepts CD images of 4 formats:

Select a Folder:

To burn an audio CD, you can type the name of a folder directly into the edit zone, or click , to browse for folders across your computer. All the audio files with a proper format will be included in the creation of an audio CD.

A folder selection window like this one will pop up.

The MP* files need to be verified before writing.

This operation takes significant time, up to 2 minutes depending on your computer speed and the number of files the selected folder includes. If the folder contains more MP3 files than an audio CD can contain, BlindWrite tries to best fit the CD, up to 79:50:00.

All the files are inserted in the CD layout in alphabetic order. Currently there is no editor available to customize the audio CD layout created by browsing a folder for audio files.

MP3 - WAV file support:

The audio engine of Blindwrite currently supports WAVE files (*.WAV), and all layers of MPEG 1 audio files (*.MPG, *.MP2; *.MP3). The audio decoder is fully built-in. No third party component is required - only Blindwrite.

The output format of the audio file MUST be 44100 Hz, Stereo, 16 bits/samples (if applicable). Down/up sampling and format conversion is not (yet) implemented.

Audio files can be inserted in a CD layout automatically (by selecting a folder containing audio files, or manually, with all the audio files referenced inside a CUE file.

Sample declaration of a CUE file:
FILE "K:\MP3\Faithless - Insomnia (Monster Mix).mp3" MP3
TRACK 01 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Important note:
* MP3 files must be checked carefully before writing. This process may take up to one minute to complete.

* MP3 decoding takes some significant processor time. We have collected the following results:

Information:

not detailed.