• A CD-R or CD-RW drive.

• CD Creator Plug-in for the RealOne Player. Follow the instructions in Install a Portable Device to download the plug-in.

• Blank CD-R or CD-RW discs.

• 700 MB or more free disk space.

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

MPEG Layer 3 Audio. A popular compression and file format for digital audio.

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

Set-up

1. Click Burn CD on the My Library Navigation bar, or click on the CD page, or select the Easy CD Creator Plug-in on the Devices page. Any of these will open the CD Creator page and display the following controls:

   

2. Insert a blank CD-R disk into your CD-R or CD-RW drive and select a Mode (Audio or Data).

Note: The Burn CD function can only be used with CD-R disks. CD-RW disks can not be used because they are not universally readable by standard CD players and 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 CD. (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.

Note: Only clips that point to media files that contain audio content and 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 CD) or file space (data CD) still available on the CD, 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 CD. 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 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 CD. If you wish, you can repeat steps 3, 4, 5 & 6 as often as necessary to add, move or delete clips. Custom CDs cannot be modified once they are written and finalized.

Burn CD

7. Click Transfer. The transfer status of your clips will change to Pending and RealOne Player will begin writing tracks to your CD. Once a track has been written, the transfer status will change to On CD.

8. When all tracks are recorded (audio CD), the CD Information dialog box will appear. Enter the Artist, Album Title and Genre information and click OK.

Note: RealOne Player saves the information you enter here, storing it in its own database on your computer. It uses this information to identify a custom audio CD in the future and displays it when you playback the CD. None of this information is saved on the CD except for track numbers and the length of each track.

9. Easy CD Creator will now Finalize your disc. When the CD is finalized and ready to play, it will automatically eject.
   
   If you are using the Easy CD Creator Plus Plug-in you can choose not to Finalize your CD at this time, but the CD will not be playable in a CD player until it is Finalized.

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.

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).

Type or category: Rock, Classical, Country, Sports, Movies, News etc. Pertaining to all media clips.

Set-up

1. Click Burn CD on the My Library Navigation bar, or click on the CD page, or select the Easy CD Creator Plug-in on the Devices page. Any of these will open the CD Creator page and display the following controls:

   

2. Insert a blank CD disk into your CD-R or CD-RW drive and select Audio Mode.

Note: CD-RW disks are not universally readable by standard CD players and 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 within the Clip Organizer.)

4. Browse and select the clips you want to add to the CD. (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.

Note: Only downloadable audio media that is located on your computer or LAN can be added to a CD. Clips that link to media located on the Internet or that are secure and non-transferrable 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 total minutes you have queued so far and the minutes still available on the CD. Clips that exceed the available space are labeled "Will Not Fit" and are not 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 that will be transferred (burned) onto your CD. You can rearrange the tracks by dragging and dropping them up or down in the list, or use 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 CD. If you wish, you can repeat steps 3, 4, 5 & 6 as often as necessary to add, move or delete clips. Custom CDs cannot be modified once they are written and finalized.

Burn CD

7. Click Transfer. The transfer status of your clips will change to Pending and RealOne Player will begin writing (burning) tracks to your CD. Once a track has been written, the transfer status will change to On CD.

8. When all tracks are recorded, you are asked to finalize the disk.  If you are using the Easy CD Creator Plus Plug-in you can choose not to Finalize your CD at this time, but the CD will not be playable in a CD player until it is Finalized. Select Yes to finalize the disk. The CD Information dialog box will appear. Enter the Artist, Album Title and Genre information and click OK. Once a disk is finalized, you can not add more tracks.

Note: RealOne Player saves the information you enter here, storing it in its own database on your computer. It uses this information to identify your custom audio CD in the future and displays it when you playback the CD. None of this information is saved on the CD, except for track numbers and the length of each track.

9. Easy CD Creator will now finalize your disc. When the CD is finalized and ready to play, it will automatically eject.

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

(file formats that are not proprietary and can be converted into audio tracks)

Set-up

1. Click Burn CD on the My Library Navigation bar, or click on the CD page, or select the Easy CD Creator Plug-in on the Devices page. Any of these will open the CD Creator page and display the following controls:

   

2. Insert a blank CD disk into your CD-R or CD-RW drive and select a Data Mode.

Note: Note: CD-RW disks are not universally readable by standard CD players and 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 in  the Clip Organizer.)

4. Browse and select the clips you want to add to the CD. (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.

Note: Only media that is located on your computer or LAN can be added to a CD. Clips that link to media located on the Internet or that are secure and non-transferrable 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 clip list with a "Ready to Burn" status. The Status indicator shows the total file size you have queued to transfer, and the space still available on the CD. Clips that exceed the available space are labeled "Will Not Fit" and are not transferred. When you have finished selecting clips for your CD, click Close to close the Add Clips window.

6. The list of clips you have created defines the files that will be transferred (burned) onto your CD. To delete a clip before a file is transferred, select the clip 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 CD. If you wish, you can repeat steps 3, 4, 5 & 6 as often as necessary to add, move or delete clips. Custom CDs cannot be modified once they are written and finalized.

Burn CD

7. Click Transfer. The transfer status of your clips will change to Pending. If you have selected automatic clip conversion, files will be converted and a copy Cached. RealOne Player will then burn the files onto your CD. Once a file has been burned, the transfer status will change to On CD.

8. When all files are transferred, you can remove the CD from your drive and it is ready to be read or played from any compatible CD-ROM drive or player.

Note: RealOne Player will create file folders and organize the files on the data CD according to the preferences you set in the CD Configuration dialog. (Click Configure in the Command bar to open this dialog; go to the Data CD Advanced Options...)