Category:CD and DVD Burning Guides
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Burning DDP Images to CD/DVD discs
AUDIO PROJECTS (Windows)
Audio-CD
GEAR lets you write audio CDs that are fully compatible with the CD Audio specification...
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Audio-CD with Track Introductions
Wouldn't it be nice to give that special person a personalized music CD with introductions to the songs, letting them know how much the song, and ultimately they, mean to you?
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Copy CDs
With GEAR, it's easy to back-up or copy your favorite audio CDs or CD/DVD-ROM discs!
- Required: CD media: GEAR Software (any) DVD media: GEAR DVD, GEAR Video, GEAR PRO Professional or Mastering Edition
- Note: GEAR cannot be used to copy 'copy-protected' media, including copy-protected DVD-Video discs
Create MP3 CD
By creating a MP3 CD or WMA CD, you can fit many more songs on a single disc than you would with a normal CD-Audio disc
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Burn DDP Image of Audio CD to CD-R
Record DDP Image of an Audio-CD to CD-R
- Required: GEAR PRO Mastering Edition
Enhanced CD
Record an Enhanced CD, a.k.a. CD-Extra - Music CD with CD-ROM content (multi-session)
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Rip Audio-CD to WAVE, MP3 etc
Could it be any easier to rip audio CDs to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, PCM, or MPEG Audio?
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Edit audio files
GEAR's built-in audio editor, capable of editing WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, or MPA files in a number of ways
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Split audio files into multiple files
GEAR's Audio Editor can be used to split your wave/mp3 files into shorter length files for use in Audio-CD project.
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
VIDEO PROJECTS (Windows)
Capture Video
GEAR Video can capture video through any standard Firewire (IEEE-1394) interface, or from webcams and video capture boards
- Required: GEAR Video
Edit Video
GEAR Video can edit your video clips, create photo slideshows with animated transitions
- Required: GEAR Video 8.1
Author DVD-Video Disc
DVD Authoring is the process of choosing the video segments to include on the disc, as well as creating the menus
- Required: GEAR Video
- Encode Video to MPEG-2 for DVD
Author a Video CD (VCD)
Most DVD players can play VCD discs, which are recorded to CD. The video quality is similar to VHS tape
- Required: GEAR Video
- Encode Video to MPEG-1 for VCD
Author a Super Video CD (SVCD)
A Super Video CD can hold about 35 to 60 minutes of video, along with a stereo audio track
- Required: GEAR Video
- Encode Video to MPEG-2 for SVCD
Create DDP image and properly add CSS
Creating a DDP to send off to a replication facility with CSS made in GEAR is easy just follow these simple steps...
- Required: GEAR PRO Mastering Edition v7.03rc14 or higher
Create DDP Image of double-layer DVD-Video with automatic layer-break detection
GEAR PRO Mastering Edition can create a DDP images of a double-layer DVD-Video titles
- Required: GEAR PRO Mastering Edition v7.03rc14 or higher
Write DLT tape set for a double-layer DVD-Video with automatic layer-break detection
GEAR PRO Mastering Edition can write double-layer DVD-Video titles to DLT tape for mastering
- Required: GEAR PRO Mastering Edition v7.03rc14 or higher
DATA PROJECTS (Windows)
Burn to multiple drives
Copy DVDs
With GEAR, it's easy to back-up or copy your favorite audio CDs or CD/DVD-ROM discs!
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version – (Note: GEAR CD-RW cannot copy DVD media)
- Note: GEAR cannot be used to copy 'copy-protected' media, including copy-protected DVD-Video discs
Create CD-ROM / DVD-ROM
When creating CD-ROM discs, we recommend using the hybrid ISO/UDF file system. GEAR CD-RW users should use ISO only
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version – (Note: GEAR CD-RW does not support DVD media)
Create MP3 CD
By creating a MP3 CD or WMA CD, you can fit many more songs on a single disc than you would with a normal CD-Audio disc
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Create an ISO Image from a CD/DVD disc
Create an ISO image of a data track from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM disc
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Enhanced CD
Record an Enhanced CD, a.k.a. CD-Extra - Music CD with CD-ROM content (multi-session)
- Required: Any GEAR Windows version
Upload your DDP image via FTP
GEAR PRO Mastering Edition allows you to upload your DDP images directly to your mastering/replication facility
- Required: GEAR PRO Mastering Edition
GEAR PRO UNIX/Linux Guides
Create a Disc using Fixed Packet Writing
All images shown are from GEAR PRO Linux 5.02, being run on SuSE Pro 9.1
- Required: GEAR PRO UNIX / Linux 5.02 or higher
Create a Disc using Variable Packet Writing
All images shown are from GEAR PRO Linux 5.02, being run on SuSE Pro 9.1
- Required: GEAR PRO UNIX / Linux 5.02 or higher
Pages in category "CD and DVD Burning Guides"
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