There are many more variables surrounding the successful production of a Video CD or DVD than when creating a standard data or music CD or DVD. The reflective properties of the media become a larger variable when creating a Video CD or DVD, due in part to the type of laser used to read it. Problems can usually be attributed to:

FastEZ CD and DVD Maker requires a computer with a Pentium II compatible or better processor running at 300Mhz or faster with at least 64 MB of RAM and running Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Me, NT 4 Service Pack 6, 2000, or XP. Installation requires 40 MB of free hard disk space, but burning a CD may require up to 2 GB of disk space free. Additionally, your screen must be capable of displaying 16-bit color at 800 by 600 resolution or higher. (Back to top)

There is software to play audio CD's (cdp), VCD's (MpegTV, US$10 shareware), and a free MP3 player (X11amp).

No. This is because the pits of a DVD are far smaller than those on a CD and require a laser of smaller wavelength than the CD uses.

In order to play any of these formats, you must have a player that will play that format. Many computers now come with DVD drives in which case you could play DVD. If your player is not DVD compatible, it will not play DVD.

A DVD-Video player cannot play CD-i discs, since it does not include all of the CD-i logics such as the required operating system in ROM, the CPU and the appropriate audio and video decoding ICs. Most DVD-Video players however can play Video-CDs, but they use an internal playback application instead of the CD-i application that is stored on every Video-CD disc. Hence, CD-i specific additions such as menu screens or subtitles will not be shown.

For Video CD, your DVD player must be capable of playing VideoCD 2.0 discs. Check the specifications page in the instructions included with your DVD player to see if the VCD format is supported. Your DVD player must be compatible with the type of DVD or CD disc used to record your title. Many DVD players are not compatible with some brands of -R, -RW, +R or +RW discs. Your DVD player must support the speed at which you burned your media.

You can find a complete list of supported drives here. We are continually adding support for new CD and DVD burners. If you drive is not in our list, contact us through our technical support(Back to top)

Q1: My drive is recognized by Windows (Device Manager, My Computer), but unfortunately it can't read / write any DVDs. When I insert a disc, the program I use will report that there is no disc in the drive. It only recognizes CDs, but not DVDs. In this case the drive might be defect. Please contact your dealer (place of purchase) for assistance Please check the jumper setting on the rear of both the CD-RW and DVDRW to make sure there is no conflict with other peripheral devices.

No, you must import a CD to a Kaleidescape Server before you can play it. You can import a CD with the Movie Player 2, the Music Player, or the now-discontinued Reader.

Yes, CDG music will play in any CD player, DVD player, or personal computer. However, the lyrics will not be displayed on your TV screen or computer monitor screen.

LimeWire does not have built-in CD burning capabilities, however other programs do, and your operating system may have CD-burning capabilities. If you would like to burn CDs, you would need to obtain a program that burns CDs or locate that feature of your operating system. You will also need to know the location that your files are downloaded to in order to use them.

Prior to creating a CD or DVD, FastEZ has to convert all the files involved to one common format. Depending on the type of file involved this might require just one or several conversion passes to achieve this format prior to creating the image that FastEZ will burn to the CD or DVD. During this time it might appear that FastEZ has stopped responding, (Windows Task Manager may even report the same thing) however based on experience it can take upto 80mins. for some of the more involved formats.

Kaleidescape Movie Players and Music Players provide reference-quality audio and video output that is comparable to the very best CD and DVD players that are available today.

The advanced settings allow you to mess around and make quite some noise. However.. most I don't understand what most options mean so I suggest if you're interested you'll ask in the bbMPEG usergroup. Of course DC precision, motion search vectors and such things are obvious candidates to change. For VCD it's simple: CD size in Kilobit (multiply with 1024 to get from MB to KB and with 8 to get from KB to KBit) / 1374 = number of seconds.

In order to view on screen lyrics on your television, you need a CDG or CD+G compatible player. If you insert an ABCD's Custom Karaoke Disc into a non-cdg compatible player, you will hear the music but will not see any on screen lyrics. Please understand that most DVD players are not CDG compatible and while they will play the music, they will not display the words on the television screen.

No. Well actually yes, but not correctly. A CD+G disc will generally play the music on a DVD karaoke player, but no words will be displayed. This is because the '+G' part of a CD+G is the graphics layer which only works on dedicated karaoke CD+G players. Some karaoke players are also combination CD+G and DVD karaoke players. These types of players will play both discs but they will be clearly marked on the karaoke player that they can play both formats.

No. karaoke DVD and karaoke CD+G discs are different formats. They will only play in the same karaoke player if it is a combination DVD and CD+G karaoke player. The only discs that will work in a CD+G karaoke player are CD+G discs (also known as CDG, CD G or anything like that).

Check your DVD player instruction manual, check to see if your player is VCD and CDR compatible. It may also tell you on the front of your DVD player. Check your DVD has been set up correctly, and programmed to play on the right channel of your TV also check connections are connected properly.

Yes! All of the lab machines have the necessary software and hardware installed. Here are step-by-step instructions for using the CD/DVD burners: Copy the files you wish to place on the CD to the D: drive. Only files on the computer itself can be burned onto a CD; we don't advise burning files from a network drive such as H: or T: as this can result in write failures. Run the Roxio Easy CD Creator software, and then insert a blank disk into the drive.