Expert Format Options

How to create a Data CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc using advanced settings...

In the expert options you can provide the mode in which format your data is written on the CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc. These options affect also the file name length, the allowed fonts for the description and the maximum depth of directories. The ISO standard is recommended for CDs, the UDF standard is normally used for DVDs.

Choosing the right level of the ISO standard...

Format	Possibilities
ISO 9660 û Level 1	File names are restricted to eight characters, upper case letters, numbers and underscore; maximum depth of directories is eight
ISO 9660 - Level 2	File names are restricted to 31 characters, variety of additional characters, maximum depth of directories is eight
ISO 9660 - Level 3	File names are restricted to 128 characters, no maximum depth of directories
ISO 9660 û Windows (Romeo)	File names are restricted to 128 characters, no maximum depth of directories (rarely used)

Choosing Joliet...

Joliet is the name of an extension to the ISO 9660 file system which relaxes the filename restrictions. Joliet accomplishes this by supplying file names up to 64 characters and even non-Roman characters. The maximum depth of directories is not restricted. Joliet-Discs can only be read by Microsoft Windows, Linux und Mac OS X.

Choosing the right revision of the UDF standard...

UDF revision	Usability
UDF 1.02	Format is used by DVD-Video discs
UDF 1.50	Supports rewritability on CD-R/DVD-R media
UDF 2.50	Added support for rewritability on Blue-ray Discs
UDF 2.60	Added support for writability on Blue-ray Discs

Advice: If you choose ISO 9660 - Level 3 and UDF as well, your disc can be read even by older systems.

How to create bootable CD/DVD/Blue-ray Discs...

This is a special function that allows you to directly create a bootable CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc from your image. Just enable this option, browse to find your image and choose the Boot-Image type.