Preferences: CD Burning

OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Default Recordable Drive

Select the default drive from the drop-down list.

Drive Information... Show specifications for the default drive.

Write Speed: Select the desired CD write speed from the drop-down list. (The drop-down list shows the available speeds for the default drive. Select Fastest Available to optimize the speed when multiple drives are available.

Test Mode: When enabled (checked), your drive will go through all the actions of burning a CD but will not actually write anything to the blank disc. This mode can be use to determine the best Speed (above) without having to loose any discs to "buffer underrun" errors or other issues.

Recordable Drive Options

Select preferred CD writing options. (Some options may not be available with the selected drive.) Options are applied to the active CD-recordable drive.

Eject the CD at the completion of each burn: The CD will be ejected at the end of each CD writing session, whether the CD has been finalized or not.

Always use 'Quick Erase' to erase re-writable CDs. When using RealOne Player to clear a CD-RW, 'quick erase' (the wiping out of the TOC) will be used rather than reformatting or otherwise destroying the existing files.

Enable buffer underrun protection. Turns on underrun protection feature of your drive (if available, see Drive Information above). The CD write speed is actively adjusted to prevent buffer underrun, but the audio quality may be impaired.

Always use Track at Once (TAO) for audio CD burning (Default is Off): Turns off Disk at Once (DAO) burning which is much faster but may cause problems on some drives. If your drive does not support DAO burns, the TAO option will be automatically selected and unavailable for change.

Temporary file location

Click Browse to select a different location for RealOne Player to use when burning media. Pick your locations carefully as burning can require up to 700MB of space or more.