Copyright: Copyright © 2000 by H+H ZfRk - GmbH
Citation: Copyright © 2000 by H+H ZfRk - GmbH


  Information, Updates, Support, etc.

The Virtual CD 3 information file, stored under Start\Program Files\Virtual CD 3\Read Me, contains the latest information on the current version of Virtual CD, as well as a continuously updated list of questions, frequently asked about the program.

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  Glossary

ACM	The Audio Compression Manager from Windows manages the techniques available on your computer for compression of audio data. The number and selection of · CODECs available depend on individual system configurations.
Audio CD	CDs with this format contain audio tracks only (as opposed to data tracks).
Audio track	The data stored on a CD is divided into tracks. On a music CD, the individual tracks are referred to as audio tracks.
Buffer	With the Virtual CD Editor, you can create customized CDs with tracks from a number of different source CDs. To do this, the tracks selected from the physical CD are stored in a buffer memory so that you can load the next physical source CD, and so on until you have collected all the tracks you wish to have in your custom · image file.
CDDA	This stands for "CD Digital Audio", the format used for music CDs.
CDDB	This is a database service available through the Internet for automatic retrieval of information about music CDs, including artist name, album title and track titles.
CD-Extra	CDs with this format have two separate sessions: the first session contains audio tracks and the second session contains data that can be read by your computer.
CDI	This stands for CD-Interactive. CDs with this format are used for interactive content, such as videos.
CODEC	This is an abbreviation for COmpressor – DECompressor, and generally designates modular software programs that compress and expand data. CODECs are linked in operating systems and exist for all types of data, including audio and video data. Virtual CD uses audio CODECs for compressing audio data.
Data track	The data stored on a CD is divided into tracks. Tracks that contain data, as opposed to music, are referred to as data tracks.
Definition file	When you work with the Virtual CD Editor to create a custom CD, the definition file is where the Editor saves the information about how you want to create your new virtual CD.
Image, image file	An image, consisting of one or more files, is basically a "virtual CD". It can be created as an exact replica of a physical CD, for example using the Virtual CD Image Wizard, or as a customized image containing your choice of data, created using the Virtual CD Editor. The symbol for an image in the Virtual CD Management program is not equivalent to an image; it simply represents the file or files that make up the image.
Mixed Mode CD	Mixed Mode is a CD format that includes both a data track and a number of audio tracks. This format is often used for games.
Session	In the structure of a CD, a session defines an area that contains a number of tracks. Some CD formats, such as CD-Extra, have more than one session; these are also referred to as multisession CDs
Single Data Track CD	This is the normal data CD format.
Virtual CD	The virtual CD symbols on the right-hand side of the Virtual CD Management program window represent the · image files that contain the data from CDs.
Virtual Drive	Virtual CD makes a number of virtual drives available. These drives are represented as CD-ROM drives, but do not exist physically. Each drive requires one drive letter, which means you can have up to 22 virtual CD-ROM drives—26 letters minus A through D, which are reserved for physical floppy disk, hard disk and CD-ROM drives.