• A drive capable of burning CD-R or CD-RW discs.

• Blank optical discs.

• 700 MB or more free disk space (when creating Media or MP3 discs).
   

The speed of a connection, how fast information can be passed to your computer over an Internet or network connection. Sometimes known as bandwidth.

Refers to computer resources (such as drives or files) that are part of a computer, or available on a local area network (LAN).

The final process of creating a CD, where the list of tracks and other reference information used by CD players, is added to the CD. A CD must be finalized before it can be ‘read’ or played by a CD player. Un-finalized CDs, however, can often be read by computers and MP3 players.

M3U is a file format for playlists of audio and video files (usually in MP3 format), used by media players to locate and play media files.

The final process of creating an Audio CD, where the list of tracks, and other reference information used by CD players, is added to the CD. A CD must be finalized before it can be ‘read’ or played by a CD player.

Set-up

1. Click on the CD page or
   Click Burn CD on the My Library Navigation bar or
   Select CD Burning on the Devices page.
   
   Any of these will open the CD Burning page.

2. Insert a blank disc into your CD-R or CD-RW drive and select a Mode (Audio, MP3 or Media).
   
   Note: CD-RW discs can not always be read by standard CD players or CD-ROM drives.

 Select Clips

3. Click Add Clips. The Add Clips dialog will appear listing the clips you have saved in My Library. (Clips are displayed in the same way as they are with the Clip Organizer.)

4. Browse and select the clips you want to add to the disc. (Click on the plus [+] sign, or double-click a group title to open a clip group). To select multiple clips, use the CTRL or SHIFT keys as you would with Windows Explorer or click Select All.
   
   Note: Only clips that point to media files that are located on your computer or LAN can be added to a CD. Clips that link to media located on the Internet will generate an error message and will not be recorded.

5. Click Add Clips on the Add Clips dialog. As you add clips, they are displayed in the track list with a "Ready to Burn" status. The Status indicator shows the minutes (Audio Type) or file space (MP3 or Media Type) still available on the disc, and the total minutes or file size you have queued so far. (Clips labeled "Will Not Fit" will not be transferred.) When you have finished selecting clips for your CD, click Close to close the Add Clips window.

6. The clips you have added are now the tracks/files that will be recorded (burned) on your disc. You can rearrange the tracks by dragging and dropping them in the list, or with the Move Up and Move Down commands available from the right-click menu. To delete a track, select the track and press [DELETE] on your keyboard or use the Delete command in the right-click menu.
   
   Note: At this point, your tracks have not yet been written to the disc. If you wish, you can repeat steps 3, 4, 5 & 6 as often as necessary to add, move or delete clips. CD-R discs cannot be modified once they are written and finalized.

7. Click Options to change any of the options for your burn. See above for the options available for each CD Type.
   
   If you are using RealOne Player Plus you can choose to create a multi-session Data or MP3 CD (a CD you can write more to later even on a CD-R disc). To create a multi-session CD, check Create a multi-session disc in Options  before you begin your burn. Remember, the CD may not be playable in a CD player until it is Finalized.

Burn CD

8. Click Burn CD. The transfer status of your clips will change to "Pending" and RealOne Player will begin writing tracks to your disc. Once a track has been written, the transfer status will change to On CD.
   
   Note: Information from My Library such as Artist, Album and other Clip Info is used to identify a custom audio CD in the future and it will be displayed when you playback the CD. Whether this information is saved on the new CD is dependent on the CD burner you own.

9. The CD Burner will now Finalize your disc (if you have not changed your Preferences as described above). When the CD is finalized and ready to play, it will automatically eject.

10. Insert your new CD into a CD player and enjoy!
     

Local Area Network: A group of local computers and other devices connected by a communications link that enables device in the group to share information and functions.

A technique to manipulate objects. Place the cursor over an object on the screen, click and hold the mouse button, move the mouse to drag the object, and then release the mouse button.

Menu of alternate commands; available when you click the alternate mouse button while using an application. In the majority of cases this is the right button, but may be swapped through your computer controls. The menus are usually context specific (dependent on cursor location).