Creating CDs

Once you are done editing, restoring, and mixing your media files, you can use them to create CDs that are burned in the audio CD format.

Note: you can add both audio and video files to the CD, however just the video file's audio is burned to the disc.

To create a CD, do this:

1.Click the Create CD button to open the Create CD room.
2.Add tracks to the CD by dragging media from the media library to the CD track list view window. You can preview them in the media library before adding them by clicking beside the file.

Note: if you added a media file by mistake, select it and then click to remove it. Click if you want to remove all the media files on the CD.

3.Use the and buttons to order the tracks on the CD to your preference.
4.If required, click on to edit the track information for each added media file. When editing the CD-Text, you can add the song title, artist, album, and writer information, and more. If adding the Album title and the Artist name, and they are the same for each track, select the Apply album information to all tracks and Apply artist information to all tracks options so you don't need to add them for each track.

Note: this track information will only be visible on disc players that support CD-Text reading.

5.Before burning the CD, click on to edit the CD properties as follows:
Normalize volume in all tracks of the CD: select this option to set the volume of all of the audio tracks on the CD to the same level.
Insert audio gap between tracks: select this option if you want to include gaps of silence between each track on the CD. You can specify the length of the gap in the field provided.
6.If required, use the playback controls at the bottom of the window to preview the entire CD before burning it to a disc.
7.When you are ready, put a blank CD in your burning drive, and then click the Burn Now button.
8.In the Burn Settings window, set the following options:
Recording drive: select the burning drive CyberLink AudioDirector will use to burn the tracks to the CD.
Recording speed: set the recording speed used when burning the CD. If you encounter errors during the burning process, try lowering the burning speed.
Number of copies: in the field provided, enter the number of CDs you want CyberLink AudioDirector to burn for you in succession.

Note: if the disc you want to use is not blank and is rewritable, click the Erase Disc option to erase it To erase a disc, select the Quick erase option to erase the disc index contained on the disc, or the Full erase option to erase all of the content the disc contains. Next, click Erase to erase the disc.

9. Click Burn to finish creating your CD and burn it to a disc.