Frequently Asked Questions provide information of limited or specific application. Responsibility for judging the applicability of the information for a specific use rests with the end user.

This is an optical drive that will write both DVDs (Digital Versatile Disk, Data or Video) and CDs. The LightScribe DVD+/-RW / CDRW combination drive can read, write and, using the appropriate media, rewrite a variety DVD and CD media, including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+RW and DVD-RW. DVD+R, DVD-R and CD-R media are compatible with this drive but are a single write media. The DVD+RW, DVD-RW and CD-RW media can be written to multiple times.

Yes, you can. However, there are some CD players that are not compatible with CD-RW media because of its lower reflectivity. Check your player's user guide for compatibility with CD-RW media.

The newer linux machines in the Graduate Computer Lab have cd-rw drives. See our cd burning help page for more information.

The audio presentation portion of our demo is presented as CD Audio. If you have a CD Player option for your computer, you will be able to hear the demo at your computer. Otherwise, any CD player will play the audio tracks of our demo CD.

Linux supports the ISO 9660 (CD-ROM) file system with Rock Ridge extensions (formerly known as "High Sierra". Several vendors provide Debian GNU/Linux in this format. Warning: When installing from CD-ROM, it is usually not a good idea to choose dselect's cdrom access method. This method is usually very slow.

How do I eliminate the DVD playback error, "DVD player Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module Cinmst32.dll," when using the Cinemaster Software DVD in Windows 98? (Edited 12-26-2000--3 articles)

A CD-R (CD Recordable) or CD-RW (CD ReWritable) isn't required for utilizing the DART Karaoke Studio, but you will be missing out on SOME exciting features. If you have a CD-R/RW installed on your system, you'll have the capability of creating your own audio CDs that feature YOU as the lead vocalist for your favorite hits! This process has been greatly enhanced by the addition of the included CD-Recorder 4 Basic version (A $50 dollar value FREE) to guide you in this process.

You don't actually HAVE to have one of these to use the software. However, you'll get very little use out of the program if you can't burn CDs (that is what it's made for, after all). There are users who run DartPro 32 simply for the restoration filters (DeClick and DeHiss) and for the ability to convert MP3 files to WAV files or MID files to WAV files.

For audio CDs, you'll want to work with CD-R rather than CD-RW because you can't play CD-RW discs in normal audio CD players.

For audio/music CDs, you'll want to work with CD-R rather than CD-RW because you can't play CD-RW discs in normal audio/music CD players.

Only MULTIREAD CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can read CD-RW media. Standard CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives cannot read the low-reflectance media used in CD-RW discs.

For CD-R disc: Verbatim, 700 MB, 1x-32x speed. (Please note that CD-R disc will record at maximum 8x speed only.)

Sound Ideas produces several Podcasting & Web Development Products. All wav files on these products can be accessed from both PC and Mac platforms. Mac users can easily access the wav files (for use with software applications like Macromedia Flash), through use of QuickTime 4 (installed with current Macintosh operating systems), or by using an audio editing package like Sound Forge (available from http://www.sonicfoundry.com).

Choose "My Computer"---"Control Panel"---"System"---"Device Manager"--- "CDROM"---"XXXxxxx"---"Settings"

Please download the flash program "XXXXXXXX" and the lastest firmware, close all running programs, then excute "XXXXXXXX" and specify the firmware file, follow the instructions showen on screen and update will complete after shutdown your system and reboot. It is very likely to be resulted from lower DAE capability of the CD-ROM, we suggest to record in lower speed, or extract CD track to hard drive before recording.

It is not definitely necessary to update the firmware unless your computer does encounter any problem.

You need to check whether A/P has supported this function or not. Basically, SpeedBurn drives do support this function with Nero.

Under Windows 95/98/ME/XP/NT/2000 you must make sure that the following settings are enabled/disabled for all CD drives on the user's system (CD Readers and CD Writers): Make sure that your IDE/ATAPI drivers for your motherboard are updated. Some motherboards have an issue sending data to a CDR/DVD if these drivers are not updated. If you have a writing problem, this is one of the first things you should check. Device Manager - IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.