Configure

• Settings
  • Recorder

    Use buffer size, MB

    Defines the memory capacity that DVD/CD Toys uses as a RAM buffer. This buffer is a second memory that enhances the physical buffer in the recorder. The large buffer size can reduce the chances of buffer underrun and improve the quality of the burnt disk.

    Enable using BURN-Free technology

    This option turns on the buffer underrun protection during data recording. This prevents decay of the recoded media when data cannot be read at speed required for a contiguous recording. Burning will stop and start again once the data are received. This option should always be turned on excepted for the recorders that do not support BURN-Free technology. Most recorders manufactured after 2001 support BURN-Free technology in one way or another.
    
    Despite this technology allows you not to get concerned with devastation of the recording buffer, keep in mind the fact that burning a DVD disk at a 12X speed requires a data stream at a speed at least 17 MB/sec and that active usage of this technology reduces the quality of the burnt disk. That's why the best solution is to lower the writing speed if the computer is planned to be used during the burning or if the data will be read from a slow source (e.g. network).

  • Filesystem

    ISO Level 1

    Sets the level of compatibility to standard ISO9660 filesystem for the image creation or the disk burning. The 1st level corresponds to the older and most widely used version of the standard. Filenames will be converted and will contain only upper case latin letters, numbers and underscore. The length of a filename will be truncated to 8 characters, and its extension to 3 characters. The size of the file cannot exceed 4 GB. This level should be used in case when recorded disk is to be used on operating systems or hardware, which do not support more recent versions of the ISO9660 standard.

    ISO Level 2

    It matches to level 1 excepted for one thing - maximal filename size is increased to 31 characters.

    ISO Level 3

    In addition to level 2 it allows to use lower letters and other symbols in filenames. Besides that, it allows the recording of files with size exceeding 4GB. This is the level recommended for OS/2 and eComStation.

    Generate Joliet directory records

    Turns on the creation of information using the Joliet standard in addition to ISO9660. This is useful when filenames contain national symbols if the disk is to be used in Windows, OS/2, or eComStation.
    
    Warning: To be able to use Joliet information in OS/2 or eComStation the /W parameter has to be specified to the compact disk filesystem driver CDFS.IFS.

  • Directory used to hold temporary files
    The directory in which there will be temporary files is necessary for DVD/CD Toys operations. On a disk where this directory is located, there should be a lot of space and its file system should support long file names. If the standard system temporary directory does not respond this requirement, it is possible to specify other directory by pressing the button Select....
  
  
• Tools

  Location of the CDRECORD.EXE

  Location of the READCD.EXE

  Location of the CDDA2WAV.EXE

  Location of the MKISOFS.EXE

  DVD/CD Toys is a graphical interface to CDRTools. Thus it is necessary to specify the location of the programs from this package by pressing the button Select..., located near by the description of each program.

  Trace tools output

  This option opens a window, which will contain all the messages generated by the programs used by DVD/CD Toys. Message tracing might be useful for the observation of DVD/CD Toys activity and for collecting information before contacting the support.
  
  Warning: This option does not affect the tools already launched by DVD/CD Toy. Program needs to be restarted to change the trace mode in this case.