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- MakeCD is Copyright © 1996 by Angela Schmidt and Patrick Ohly. All rights
- reserved.
-
- This is first non-beta version of MakeCD. There is no manual available
- yet, but with the built in online help, nobody should experience serious
- diffculties using the software.
-
-
-
-
- SPECIAL FEATURES
-
- o Amiga protection bits und file comments in CD-ROM Images
- _________________________________________________________
- NO OTHER MASTERING SOFTWARE SUPPORTS THIS FEATURE AT THIS
- TIME (10.11.96)
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- o Online images (second partition not required)
- o Supports ISO 9660 and Rock Ridge extensions
- o Supports CDTV and CD32 (bootable CD-ROM's possible)
- o All source directory trees for the ISO image are optionally
- put into one distinct subdirectory each in the root of the
- image.
- o Locale support (at this time emglish and german)
- o Online Help (Bubblehelp, can, be disabled)
- o Font sensitive layout
- o Style Guide adhering (opens e.g. on a Public Screen)
- o Easy to use
- o Multisession support
- o Writes both data and audio tracks
- o Modular (other CD-Writers can be added as needed)
- o BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY, especially for non commercial users
- o Compatible (tested on many different configurations)
-
-
-
-
- BUGREPORTS
-
- Please send any bug reports directly to the authors. Bug reports on
- writing CD-ROM's or on the GUI shoud be sent to
- "Patrick.Ohly@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de (Patrick Ohly)". Bug reports on
- creation of CD-ROM images should be sent to
- "Angela.Schmidt@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de (Angela Schmidt)".
-
-
-
-
- WE NEED YOUR HELP AND YOUR FEEDBACK
-
- To adapt MakeCD for as many CD-Writers as possible, we need YOUR
- help. Any testers who are unusally helpful, especially when they
- help to support more CD-Writers, can possibly get a free
- registration.
-
- If you want to help us, please do this:
-
- 1) Open the Hardware window with the menu.
-
- 2. Chose a command set for the CD-Writer you have. If we support your
- CD-Writer already, you can't chose a command set. In this case you
- can stop the test here. Anyway, many thanks for your help.
-
- 3) Turn on the Test-Mode. While this mode is active, the CD-R in
- your CD-Writer WON'T be written to. You can test MakeCD
- (usually) without risk this way. Even though the CD-R won't be
- written to, all data transfers are still done. So it is possible
- to test if your system is fast enough to support safely writing
- to a CD-R.
-
- 4) Try if there are any errors if you write to a CD-R. Unless the
- CD-Writer totally misinterprets the given SCSI commands, there
- is no danger for your CD-R while the Test-Mode is turned on. If
- you get any errors, please try a different commands set.
-
- 5) Please tell us the EXACT description of your CD-Writer and the
- command set that worked for you.
-
- 6) If there wasn't any command set that worked, please set the
- DEBUG tooltype in the MakeCD icon to turn on debugging mode.
- Then restart MakeCD and copy the output that MakeCD writes into
- a console while writing to a CD-ROM. Send us this output then
- and, if at all possible, any documentation about how to control
- your CD-Writer.
-
- 7) Please send all information to <Patrick.Ohly@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>.
- Thanks a lot!
-
-
-
-
- AMIGA PROTECTION BITS AND FILECOMMENTS
-
- Yes, you did not misread this. Finally, it is possible to record
- the Amiga protection bits and file comments on a CD-ROM. Several
- Amiga software developers and the main author of the Rock Ridge
- Interchange Protocol created a standard to record these Amiga
- attributes in Rock Ridge compatible fields.
-
- At this time, AmiCDFS already supports this feature, and we expect
- that soon other CD-ROM filesystems will support Amiga attributes. A
- basic requirement is Rock Ridge support, though.
-
- Now you can finally make backups on CD-R's. The advantage: Fast
- access times and the Amiga attributes won't get lost anymore with a
- suitable filesystem.
-
-
-
- CREATING ISO IMAGES WITHOUT WRITING TO A CD-ROM
-
- Naturally, you can create an ISO image file for each track without having
- to write a CD-R. When setting up the track destination options, you
- activate the "Create image file" option and set a name for the
- destination image file. When you are done setting up all the tracks, you
- click on "Generate Image-Files ..." instead of "Write Tracks ...". That's
- all. Easy, isn't it?
-
-
-
-
- ASYNCHRONOUS RECORDING OF CD-ROM-IMAGES
-
- MakeCD makes it possible to write CD-ROM images WITHOUT having to
- create a temporary disk file. This means that you DO NOT NEED an
- additional 1 GB harddrive to create a CD-ROM.
-
- For many small files the generated data stream may eventually turn
- non continous if your system can not evaluate the source data
- fast enough and the CD-R may turn out to be defective.
-
- Please try with the Test-Mode first, if everything if fast enough
- to work correctly. You can try to increase the buffer size and
- reduce write speed to a minimum. Watch the buffer fill level while
- writing to check if there are any bottle necks that need your
- attenton.
-
-
-
-
- COPYING AUDIO TRACKS
-
- You can copy audio tracks without any problems, but -if you copy without
- an intermediate data file- you have to check yourself that the source
- drive sends audio data in the same speed as recorded by the destination.
- Many CD-ROM drives transmit CDDA data in single speed mode. In this case
- you have to configure the CD writer to use single speed by setting the
- appropriate hardware option. If you forget to do that, the data stream
- may be interrupted eventually.
-
- As the source drive cannot pause after it has started to deliver CDDA
- data, direct copying of audio data is a fairly time critical issue. You
- should definitely try it in test mode first.
-
-
-
-
- OUR TODO-LIST
-
- Would you like to know what we intend to do with MakeCD in the
- future? This is our TODO-List.
-
- o Add multisession support for ISO images
- o Integrate optional limit to a directory depth of eight levels
- (ISO 9660 standard)
- o Support all known CD-Writers and drives
- o Recovery-Mode for incompletely written CD-R's
-
-
-
-
- RESTRICTIONS OF THE UNREGISTERED VERSION
-
- Compared to the registered version, the unregistered version has a
- few built int restrictions:
-
- - The name of the CD-ROM and the "Publisher" cannot be changed.
-
- - You can write a maximum of ten tracks to a CD-R.
-
-
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
- =========================================================================
- All prices here are introductory offers valid until 31.dec.96 only.
- Please check any available updates then for new pricing information.
- =========================================================================
-
- As we think that about DM 200,- to 400,- is a very painful amount of
- money for a non commercial user to spend on this, we thought up something
- to still make some profit (as all the other vendors of mastering
- software):
-
- There are three classes of licensing. The more "commercial" the user uses
- our software (and the more money he makes with it), the higher his or her
- registration fee will be for MakeCD. Non commercial users pay only a
- little. User who burn CD-ROMs for anyone for a fee pay a currently common
- amount. User who have their mastered CD-ROM's duplicated commercially at
- a CD manufacturer (and usually sell them) pay a fee that has to be
- negotiated with the authors individually. We can think of several ways to
- license MakeCD here. Just contact us!
-
- We hope that this is a fair compromise. Why should someone who creates
- CD-ROM's just for fun pay the same amount as someone who makes large
- amounts of money on duplicating and selling CD-ROM's?
-
- Please remember that development of MakeCD could not have been done
- without investing considerable amounts of money. If you use the software,
- consider registering seriously and support further development and
- enhancements to MakeCD as they will be costly, too!
-
- 1) Private, non-commercial usage
- There is a one time registration fee of DM 50,- (until
- 31.dec.96). Any CD-ROM's created with MakeCD may only be used
- for your private non-commercial needs. "Publisher" cannot be
- modified.
-
- 2) CD-ROM recording service, non-commercial duplication. The
- one time registration fee is DM 300,- (until 31.dec.96). This is
- in the range of other currently available software of this type
- for the Amiga. The recored CD-ROM's may be sold to the
- repsective customers who may not re-duplicate them again for
- commercial purposes. CD-ROM's created by MakeCD with this
- license may not be used as masters for pressing CD-ROM's. An
- exception is the non-commercial duplication with CD-R's.
- "Publisher" cannot be modified.
-
- 3) CD-ROM Manufacturer, commercial duplication.
- We don't have a standard price for this at this time. Please
- contact either Angela Schmidt or Patrick Ohly. We'll work up a
- license together then. This license allows you to press CD-ROM's
- with masters created by MakeCD. You will also be able to change
- "Publisher" as needed.
-
- The Application-ID field will always contain the serial number
- (which isn't the same as the registration number) of the registered
- version.
-
-
-
-
- UPDATES
-
- MakeCD is still in development. You will find the latest versions of
- MakeCD, new drivers for CD-Rs etc. on the homepages of the authors or
- directly under "MakeCD.html" in these pages.
-
-
-
-
- CREDITS
-
- Heinz Wrobel
- Valuable suggestions for a GUI that is easier to use.
- English translation of this Readme file.
-
- Klaus Melchior
- Frank Zündorff
- Great/many bug reports.
-
-
-
-
- AUTHORS OF MAKECD
-
- Angela Schmidt
- Klosterweg 28/I501
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
-
- Telephone: +49 721 695307 E-Mail:
- Angela.Schmidt@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
- http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uk8b/
-
-
- Patrick Ohly
- Weechstr. 1, WG E0/1
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
-
- Telephone: +49 721 615662 E-Mail:
- Patrick.Ohly@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
- http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~un60/
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