Short description for CDWriter/2
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CDWriter/2 is a PM front end for CDrecord/2.

Visit the cdrecord homepage for further information about cdrecord:
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/nthp/employees/schilling/cdrecord.html

You can find the  OS/2 homepage of cdrecord at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/


CDWriter/2 is primarily intended to create audio CD's. Nevertheless 
most of the CDRecord/2 options can be enabled through CDWriter/2.
CDWriter/2 eases the process of selected and defining the order of the 
WAV files to create an audio CD.

The first page of the main window is intended to select the 
files to be written on the CD. If the option "Use full path" on the
second notebook page is checked, the files are added using
the complete path. Otherwise only the filename is added
to the list of selected files (lower part). 

The order of the individual files can be changed, and the list
can be saved (The list file which is created can be specified
on the command line so it will be loaded automatically. The 
extension for the list file has to be .lst!). In this case
this list overrides any file settings stored in the INI file.

As the list file is only an ASCII file, the initial 
file can be generated using the command: DIR /B > tracks.lst 

To create a command file which invokes cdrecord, press the "Create CMD"
button (the one with the little document on it) (Or choose File/Create command
file).  You can run the command file at any time to create your CD.

The file is created in the directory which is currently selected, if no
path is provided together with the name of the command file. If a path is
supplied with the name, the file is created there.  To create and start the
file press the run button. 

To run CDRecord/2 without creating a command file, press the run button
(the one with the little green man) or choose File/Create CD

The second page is for some CDrecord/2 options which are needed 
to create a CD. These options are stored in the file cdwriter.ini
By default the ini file is created in the directory where cdwriter.exe
resides. If an INI file is specified on the commandline 
(e.g. cdwriter aDifferentINI.ini) this INI file will be used.
Thus you can have different INI files for different purposes/CD's


Options page
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A short description for each option can be optained
when leaving the mouse over the option's text for
a moment.


CDRecord options 
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(for a detailed explanation see the cdrecord documentation)

Programpath:    select the location of cdwriter.exe 

SCSI Device:    The device of your CD writer 

Speed:          Speed at which to write the CD (depends on your CD writer)

Pregap:	        Amount of pregap for all but first sector. This is usefull
                for creating audio CD's without the annoying gap between
                each track. Set the value to zero (cdrecord/2 documentation
                says this is only for TEAC drives)
Eject disc:       Eject disc after writing is finished

Dummy write:      Do everything with laser turned off

Emphasis:         Audio files are recorded with emphasis)

Swap audio data:  Audio data is byte-swapped

Verbose           Show more information during write

Files are audio files: This will prefex all files with the flag -audio

Create multis session CD's: Include the -multi switch 

Write with DAO:    Include the -dao switch (starting with CDRecord/2 8a19)

Fileswitch         A switch can be defined which is included before each file 
                   (e.g. the -data or -xa1 switch)

CDWriter/2 options
------------------

Save file list in INI file
   The last selected file list is stored in cdwriter.ini. If 
   a .lst file is specified on the command line the list file
   will override the settings in cdwriter.ini

Close VIO window
   Close the VIO window in which CDRecord/2 is run after the
   program has finished. When checking this option you will
   not be able to see any error messages from CDRecord/2

Use full path for files
   When adding a file, the complete pathname of the file is used
   (and passed to cdrecord)


The following options are only valid
when creating a command file

Change drive & directory
   Include command to change drive and directory at the beginning
   of the command file which is created to start cdrecord. This 
   is useful when not working with complete path names for the files

Increase EMX file handles
   This is required for older versions of cdrecord to be able 
   to handle more than 14 tracks. This will include the
   file SET EMXOPT=-h120 in the command file


Disclaimer
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The author does not take any responsibility for what may or may 
not happen when using this program.

This program is freeware. You can freely distribute and copy it.

The author can be contacted via Thomas.Kellerer@iname.com

Have fun


History
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V 1.0 Initial version
V 1.1 Rework GUI, add more options
V 1.2 Add file prefix
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