+------------------------------------------------------------------------- | $Id: MakeCD.txt,v 1.4 1996/11/14 09:16:46 angela Exp $ +------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 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 . 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/ *** EOT ***