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The photos/images must be on your hard drive to begin with. Then record them to the CD Recorder through your recording software program. Just highlight the files and drag and drop them to the layout area within your recording program and then proceed with the recording.

Joliet is an extension of the ISO 9660 standard, developed by Microsoft, to allow CD discs to be recorded using long filenames. Joliet allows you to use filenames up to 64 characters in length, including spaces, when recording files to a CD disc. Joliet will also record an associated DOS-standard name for each file so that the disc may be read on DOS systems or earlier version of Windows. If you select the Joliet option, filenames up to 64 characters long will be allowed.

It is an international standard describing the file structure for computer files on compact disc. You should use this standard when sharing files on a CD between two different operating systems, Mac and Windows for example. File names are can be up to 8 characters long plus the 3 character extension (example - bobslist.doc). Most recording software should allow you to change the file system from Joliet to ISO 9660 (PC) or HFS to ISO 9660 (Mac).

CD-DA (Compact Disc - Digital Audio) is the official designation for the audio-only format on CD. An audio CD may contain up to 74 minutes and 30 seconds of hi-fi stereo or quadraphonic sound. Sound is converted into binary code by sampling the sound waves at 44.1KHz and storing each sample as a 16 bit number. Each second of hi-fi stereo sound requires almost 1.5 million bits of storage space. The specifications for the layout of a CD-DA are in the Red Book.

First you'll need to determine whether your current software will convert from either MP3 or WAV to CD-DA format. Most pre-mastering software will convert WAV files into CD-DA format automatically. This is true as long as the software is set to create an audio disc and not a data disc.

Some pre-mastering software has the ability to decode MP3 into CD-DA fomat on the fly. This means you won't need any additional software to convert MP3s to listen to them on your stereo. If your software is unable to convert MP3s to CD-DA, you will need to search the Internet for decoder software. This will allow you to convert an audio track or song from MP3 to Wav. You will then be able to record the Wav file from your computer to a CD using the recording software.

Please record responsibly. Before copying anything onto a CD-R or CD-RW disc, please be sure you are not violating Copyright laws. Most software companies allow you to make a back up or archive copy of software. Check your software license agreement for specific details.

Ripping or Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) is recording a song from your CD to your computer. In order to rip songs your CD-ROM or CD-Recorder will need to be capable of Digital Audio Extraction. In ripping a song or audio track you can change it to another digital audio standard, including wav or MP3. Once you have ripped a song from your CD to the computer, you can record the song to a blank CD.

Nearly all CD-R and CD-RW drives support Digital Audio Extraction (DAE), so you can always use the CD Recorder as the source to rip music from the CD to your computer. To determine whether your CD-ROM drive can rip or extract music from a CD and convert to an audio file, you can either use your recording software, which may issue an error message to the effect of 'Drive not capable of Digital Audio Extraction' or a diagnostic program, such as WinDAC.

Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) or 'ripping' is the ability to record or rip an audio track or song from your CD-ROM or recorder to your computer. To copy audio digitally from a CD to your computer, your CD-ROM or CD-Recorder will need to support Digital Audio Extraction.

Not exactly. Recording to a CD requires software and recorder support to write in a similar fashion as a floppy.

If your CD-R/RW drive supports "packet writing" and you have a packet writing software program, you can save files to a compact disc like a floppy. In saving files to a CD with packet writing software, there are issues with recording, sharing and erasing information.

In sharing files written on a CD-RW disc, the other CD-ROM must be capable of MultiRead. In erasing a CD-RW disc, you can only completely erase the CD, unlike erasing a single file from a floppy. If you want to write your files in smaller bunches, you lose a fair bit of space every time you stop and start again.

UDF (Universal Disc Format), a file system standard created by OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association), is used by DVD and most CD-R/RW packet writing software. The specification is intended for both CD-R and CD-RW media. For more information on the UDF standard, please visit the OSTA website at: http://www.osta.org