Ashampoo Burning Studio 9

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Table of Contents Part I Program Information 5 Part II Welcome 5 1 Getting Started...... 7 2 New Features...... at a Glance 10 3 Getting Help...... 11 Part III The Functions 12 1 Burn Files and...... Folders 13 Edit Files and...... Folders 14 Write Options...... 14 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 16 Update an existing...... Data CD 21 2 Backup or restore...... Files and Folders 22 Backup ...... 22 Select Files...... 22 Backup Options...... 24 Backup Writeoptions...... 26 Backup Writestatus...... 28 Restore ...... 28 Select Source...... 29 Restore Options...... 30 Restore Writestatus...... 31 3 Burn or Rip Music...... 31 Create an Audio...... CD 32 Working With...... Playlists 33 Write Options...... 33 CD Recording...... Status 35 Create a MP3 ...... or WMA CD / DVD / Blu-Ray Disc 36 Add Files ...... and Folders 36 Write Options...... 37 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 39 Choose Quality...... And Format 39 Just Copy Music...... Files to a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc 40 Add Files ...... and Folders 40 Write Options...... 41 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 43 Rip an Audio ...... CD 44 Select Source...... 44 Select Tracks...... 45 Rip Options...... 46 Rip Status...... 47 4 Burn Movies...... 48 Create a Video...... DVD 48 Edit Movielist...... 49 DVD Preview...... 50

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Write Options...... 51 DVD Recording...... Status 52 Movie Format...... Options 53 Create a Photo...... Slideshow DVD 54 Edit Slideshow...... 55 Add Background...... Music 56 Change Slideshow...... Preferences 57 Movie Editor ...... 58 Settings ...... 61 Music ...... 62 Transitions...... 63 Set Start- ...... / Endtime 65 Split Video...... 66 Cut Areas...... 67 Duration Of...... Picture Appearance Within The Video 69 Duration Of...... A Single Picture Appearance 71 Navigate Through...... A Movie 73 Themes, Logos,...... Subtitles 76 Burn A Video...... DVD from a Prepared Folder 77 Select Folder...... 78 Write Options...... 78 DVD Recording...... Status 80 Create a Video...... CD (VCD) 80 Edit Movie...... List 80 Write Options...... 81 CD/DVD Recording...... Status 82 Create a Super...... VCD (SVCD) 83 Edit Movie...... List 83 Write Options...... 84 CD/DVD Recording...... Status 85 Copy Movie Files...... to a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc 86 Add Movies...... Files 86 Write Options...... 87 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 88 5 Copy a CD/DVD...... /Blu-Ray Disc 89 Insert Source...... Disc 89 Reading Source...... Disc 90 Write Options...... 90 CD/DVD /Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 91 6 Create / Burn...... Disc Images 92 Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc from a Disc Image 93 Select Image...... 93 Write Options...... 93 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Image Status 95 Create a Disc...... Image from a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc 95 Insert Source...... Disc 96 Options ...... 96 Saving Source...... Disc 96 Create a Disc...... Image from a Project 97 Select Project...... 97 Select File...... Contents 98 Options ...... 98 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Image Status 99

Audio CD...... Image Recording Status 104 MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray...... Disc Image Status 104 WMA CD/DVD/Blu-ray...... Disc Image Status 105 VCD Disc...... Image Status 106 SVCD Disc...... Image Status 106 VIDEO DVD...... Disc Image Status 107 7 Expert-Functions...... 108 Create a Modified...... Copy 108 Edit Files...... and Folders 109 The Cache...... Status 110 Write Options...... 110 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Recording Status 111 Create a Disc...... using Advanced Settings 112 Edit Files...... and Folders 112 Expert Format...... Options 113 Write Options...... 115 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray...... Disc Image Status 116 Expert Format...... Boot Options 117 8 Erase a CD-RW,...... DVD-RW, Blu-Ray Disc 118 Insert Disc ...... 119 Erasing Status...... 119 9 Print and Design...... Covers 120 Acquire images...... 121 Download...... pictures from the internet 123 Choose the Format...... 124 Add Titles or...... Content 125 Choose Free-DB...... Search Result 127 Design the Cover...... 127 New Table ...... 130 New Text ...... 132 Cover Preview...... 134 After the Printing...... 135 Edit the Paper...... Format 136 Choose Paper...... Format 136 Print mulitple...... Objects on one Page 137 Edit the Format...... 138 Review of Format...... Attributes 139 Tool bar ...... 140 Arrange Objects...... 144 Printer adjustment...... 145 Edit templates...... 146 Part IV The Menus 147 1 The File Menu...... 147 2 The Settings...... Menu 149 3 The Internet...... Menu 150 4 The Help Menu...... 151 Part V References 152 1 System Requirements...... 152

III IV Ashampoo Burning Studio 9

2 Supported Formats...... 153 3 Ashampoo ...... Support 153 4 License Information...... 154 Part VI FAQ 154

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1 Program Information

CD/DVD/BD recording components licensed from ashampoo Technology GmbH & Co. KG - http://tech.ashampoo.com

Graphics & Design: Sebastian Strzelecki Animations: Daniel M. Heinze

Help & Documentation: Sven Krumrey

This program may only be used subject to the terms of the License Agreement, which you accepted when you installed the application.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 uses the decmpa library. The source code of the decmpa library is available at http://decmpa.sourceforge.net.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 uses parts of the OggVorbis library. More information about OggVorbis is available at http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis.

MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer Institut and THOMSON Multimedia. 2 Welcome

The easiest way to burn your data, music and movie files to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

Now with video editing and many new features Ø For all your CD, DVD and Blu-ray burning tasks Ø Fast and easy – choose a task and follow instructions Ø New full-featured movie editor – cut and combine videos Ø Cover and label designer for discs and cases Ø Advanced animated slide show editor and burner Ø Burn all kinds of data, music, video and photo discs Ø Copy discs, backup and restore your data Ø Rip music to a variety of formats

Ø Update existing discs, add new data and content

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is a major update that improves almost every aspect of the program, adding many new features and capabilities in every part of the program. It also introduces a new Movie Editor for editing and combining your videos before burning them to DVD. The Movie Editor has functions for cutting, transitions, fades, subtitles, titles and more, plus a point-and-click DVD menu editor with animated themes for creating great-looking interfaces for your DVD movies. The new version also packed with improvements, new features and fine tuning that make all Burning Studio’s functions more powerful and even easier to use.

Easy, not limited Anyone who has ever struggled with complicated disc burning software is always amazed when they try Ashampoo Burning Studio. This is how software should be: Instead of studying complicated manuals you just choose what you want to do and then follow the instructions displayed on the screen. For example, to make a DVD you select Create a Video DVD and the program guides you through the steps of adding clips, building menus and burning the disc. This doesn’t mean the program has been “dumbed down”: Burning Studio is a complete and powerful disc burning suite that also satisfies advanced users with all the tweaking features you expect from less accessible programs.

Just do what you want to do!

Burn Files and Folders!

Backup or Restore Files and Folders!

Burn or Rip Music!

Burn Movies!

Copy a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Create and Burn images!

Experts Functions

Erase a CD-RW, DVD-RW, Blu-ray Disc!

Print and Design Covers

It's so easy that you will love it. Curious? Are you ready to go? Click here to enter the next topic Getting Started and to see the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 from which all major operations will be started. Have fun and enjoy this fast and easy-to-use burning tool!

2.1 Getting Started

In the first program screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you are asked what you would like to do:

Features of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9...

Just to proceed studying this documentation select one of the six major options Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 offers to you in the screen shown above or on the red text links below.

Burn Files and Folders: ...burn your documents easily to a disc.

Create a new CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: ...easily create a new Data disc.

Update an existing CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: ...update an existing Data disc.

Backup and restore files and folders: ...backup and restore your files easily.

Backup files and folders: ... backup your files and folders easily.

Restore your backup: ... restore your backup files and folders easily.

Burn or Rip Music: ...offers you three different functions to burn music to CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs.

Create an Audio CD: You can easily burn a normal Audio CD with just a few mouse clicks. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 burns WAV, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files directly to Audio CDs.

Create a MP3 or WMA CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: You can create MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs which can be played on modern CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc players with MP3 or WMA support.

Just copy music files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: Just create a Music CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc which can played only on your PC.

Rip an Audio CD: With Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can easily rip your audio CDs.

Burn Movies: ...burn movie files directly to disc and to create Video CDs or Super VCDs with just a few clicks.

Create a Video DVD: This option allows you to burn a Video DVD from any of the following formats. ( WMV, AVI, MPEG, ASF, ... ).

Create a Slideshow DVD: This option allows you to create great slideshows of your pictures and music featuring animated graphical menus.

Create and arrange own Video- DVD: This option allows you to edit movies, add subtitles and themes and burn the results in one go.

Burn A Video DVD from a Prepared Folder: This option allows you to burn a Video DVD from a folder that contains the DVD-Video files.

Create a Video CD (VCD): You can easily create Video CDs that can be played on DVD players with VCD support.

Create a Super VCD (SVCD): You can easily create Super VCDs that can be played on DVD players with SVCD support.

Copy Movie Files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: Just burn your movie files which are stored on your PC to a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Discwithout any conversion or re-sampling. These CDs can only be played on a PC.

Copy a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9's copy function is designed for single-session CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs as well as multisession CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. It is also no problem to copy audio CDs.

Note: Please always observe copyright regulations when making copies of commercial CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs!

Create / Burn Disc Images: "Disc Images" are files that contain the contents of a whole CD, DVD or Blu-rayDiscs. There several different formats for these files, such as CUE/BIN, ISO or Ashampoo's own ASHDISC.

Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc from a Disc Image: Creates a CD from a CD Image file. The resulting CD has the same contents as the CD that was originally used to create the CD image.

Create a Disc Image from a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc: Stores the contents of a CD, DVD or Blu-rayDisc in an Image file. These files can later be burned to another CD or with the "Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc from a Disc Image" function.

Create a Disc Image from a Project: This is a special function that allows you to directly create a Disc Image file, without having a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc first.

Expert-Functions: Here you can apply and create CD/DVD/ and BD`s with appropriate expert functions. Create bootable CDs/DVDs/BDs using a boot image of your choice. Within this function file systems may be applied accordingly. UDF 1.02-2.6, ISO 9660 and Joliet are supported.

Erase a CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc: This function allows you to erase the entire contents of a rewritable CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc.

Print and Design Covers: This function allows you to print and design covers for CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Note

Every dialog / program window provides you with direct access to the online help. Just click on the Help button if you need some help. You will find detailed information about the context-sensitive help system in the chapter Getting Help.

2.2 New Features at a Glance

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with a great package of new features

§ New Movie Editor and Movie Player § Play all videos, slideshows and movies in the new Movie Player § New project type: Video Edit DVD with Movie Editor § Create MP3 or WMA CDs from lists of tracks with multiple formats § Preview images are now automatically exported to Cover Editor § New options dialogs for video, audio, decoder, encoder and drive settings § Selectable program skins for user interface § Many user settings are saved and reloaded automatically § Many new burners added to the database § DVD projects are now saved with all slideshows and movies § Automatic check for conflicts with other programs with user warning The new Movie Editor and Movie Player The biggest new feature of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is the Movie Editor, which adds powerful video editing and DVD interface building capabilities to the program. This is not just a little clip trimmer – you probably won’t need any other video editing software. Movie Editor has all the features you need to turn your clip collection and home videos into impressive finished movies. You also get a brand new Movie Player with a significantly improved video rendering engine and a modern graphical interface.

Movie Editor highlights § Edit videos with timeline and preview § Super-easy drag-and-drop editing for videos, subtitles etc. § Graphical timeline for clips, transitions, titles, subtitles and images § Burn finished movies to DVD with animated menus § Ready-to-use themes for DVD menus § Cut clips into separate blocks, trim and extract sections § Assemble multiple clips in a few easy steps § Add titles, subtitles, shaped text etc. § Add images, logos and graphical shapes with fill, borders etc. § Cross-fades and graphical transitions between clips § Fade-in and fade-out for all objects (images, texts etc.) § Live preview your movies in the editor with transitions § Add background music to movies § Rotate images directly in the Movie Editor § Set start and end times for clips (play only part of clip) § Automatic search for scene boundaries

Movie Player highlights § Modern graphical interface, very intuitive with popup control tips § Volume control, display current play position and total time § Clip display with jump to position controls § Full screen mode with quick switch control

Slideshow Editor

The Slideshow Editor makes it a snap to turn your photos into impressive DVD slideshows with animated graphical menus. You can also include video clips in your slideshows. Just select your photos, videos and background music tracks and burn. Here too, you can produce shows instantly by choosing ready-to-use themes or get creative and design your own. Burning Studio comes with a set of attractive themes and you can download more from the Ashampoo website.

New Slideshow Editor features: § Timeline editing with drag & drop and preview § Cross-fades and graphical transitions between images § Thumbnail preview for fades and transitions § Add background music for the entire show with multiple tracks § Add titles, subtitles, shaped text § Add images, logos and graphical shapes with fill, borders etc. § Fade-in and fade-out for all objects (images, texts etc.) § Rotate images directly in the editor § Ready-to-use themes

Cover Editor The Cover Editor has everything you need for labeling your discs and producing cool covers for jewel cases, slim cases, DVD cases and Blu-ray cases. You can design your own or just enter a title and select one of the pre-designed themes for instant point-and-click results – it also imports track data from your discs automatically. The Cover Editor prints both on a wide range of predefined label formats and directly onto discs on printers that support this function.

New Cover Editor features § Save your own designs as themes and reuse or share them § Export projects as XML files § Scan covers directly from original CD covers § Load covers and graphics from files, the Web or the Windows Clipboard § Attractive new themes with new graphics and layouts § Editor improvements, faster operation § Draw and insert geometrical shapes with borders, fill and transparency § Group elements in the editor to move them together § Free rotation for objects and groups of objects, or snap rotate in 15°, 45° or 90° increments § Print up to 4 CDs on a single page § Printer calibration utility for maximum precision printing, calibration settings are saved for every printer used – you only need to calibrate once § Updated label and printer database with many new formats and printers § Undo function in the Table Editor 2.3 Getting Help

Help documentation

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has a fully context-sensitive help system. To display the online help file just click on the Help button displayed in every screen or select Help in the Help menu at any point to view the topic of this help file most relevant to what you are currently doing. If you get really stuck you can contact Ashampoo Support, but please study the help carefully first -- we've put a lot of effort into making it as comprehensive as possible and chances are you'll find the answer here if you look!

Find required information

Getting started This online help system is designed to make it easy to find what you need quickly and easily. The first time you use the program you should study the topics in the Introduction section; this will give you the grounding you need and help you to understand how the program works.

Help Contents If selecting Help doesn't automatically open the online help at the topic you need the first place to look is in the Contents. If the Contents isn't currently displayed you can display it by clicking on the Contents tab in the left-hand pane of the help window (click on the Show icon in the help toolbar to display the tabs if they are not visible). The help system takes a "learning by doing" approach and you will find topics devoted to all the common procedures that you can perform with the program. Additional useful information is also available in the Reference section.

The Index To display the index just click on the Index tab in the help window (click on the Show icon in the help toolbar to display the tabs if they are not visible). Then either scroll through the list of keywords or enter a keyword in the field at the top. When you have found a keyword that interests you double-click on it to display the topic referenced by the keyword.

Searching If you don't find what you need in the contents or the index you can also perform a full-text search on the entire help system. Just click on the Search tab in the help window (click on the Show icon in the help toolbar to display the tabs if they are not visible). Then type in the word or phrase you want to search for in the field at the top of the search pane and click on the List Topics button to perform the search. 3 The Functions

Here you can select the functions...

Burn Files and Folders!

Backup or Restore Files and Folders!

Burn or Rip Music!

Burn Movies!

Copy a CD/DVD /Blu-ray Disc!

Create and burn images!

Expert-Functions:

Erase a CD-RW, DVD-RW, Blu-ray Disc!

Print and Design Covers for CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc: This function allows you to print and design covers for CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

3.1 Burn Files and Folders

Create a new disc

As its name suggests, a data CD is a CD that contains data i.e. anything that your computer normally stores in file form, such as programs, text files, image files, video and sound files and so on. When you open data CDs in the Windows® Explorer their directory structure looks just like the structure of a hard disk. Burning a data disc is really simple and involves only two basic steps:

1. You have to edit the files and folders you want to burn to CD

2. You can (if you like) adjust the write options for the burning process.

The procedure is similar for a new data disc or for updating an exiting data disc.

Update an existing data disc

If you want to update an existing data disc all following steps are similar. The only difference regarding a new project is that you are prompted to insert the data disc you want to update. In general it is not possible to update an existing Audio CD, because they will be mostly finalized. Audio CDs burned with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will always be finalized. Click here to learn more how to burn a data disc or to update an existing data CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

Note

Updating an existing Data Disc works only with CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs which where burned in Multisession Mode.

3.1.1 Edit Files and Folders

How to edit Files & Folders

Creating a Data CD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing files and folders into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on CD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to open a file just click on the Open button. The document will be open with the associated application.

6. Use the button to the right of the drop down list to go up to the current folder's parent folder. The button is disabled if you cannot go up any further. 7. You can enter the title/label of your CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc in this text field. The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Data CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

9. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red.

10. Depending on the inserted media Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will display automatically on which media the selected files will fit.

11. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

12. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.1.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

After you have finished the project list in the screen before you can now adjust the write options to your needs and preferences. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder Disc-Writer: installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depends on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Edit Files and Folders screen

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

1. Write Speed: If you want, you can set this option to your recorder's maximum speed, but remember that faster recording speeds may result in a slightly degraded performance when reading the CD, particularly with older CD recorders.

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc burning: with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of the folders after recording: disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between your CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc writer and the recordable disc you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or

using higher-quality recordable discs can solve these problems.

changed anymore. 1. Some CD players (the kind in a car or your stereo, not in a computer) cannot read CDs that are not finalized. However, the majority of these devices will accept them. 2. You can squeeze slightly more data onto a CD if you finalize it. So if your files are slightly too big for the CD activating the finalize option might help.

5. Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc In this mode the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc is burned in one go, in Disc At Once mode: instead of burning each track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above) 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.1.3 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information. This is the default display setting.

1. The animated display informs about the recording process. Depending on the settings you made in the previous screen(s) or any problems which might occur you will see most of the animated icons as shown below.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is now preparing the data for the recording process.

The program simulates the recording process, without actually physically writing any data to the disc.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 records now the data to the disc. Please do not stop the process. You will destroy the medium!

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 verifies the contents of the disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This can take a little time.

The program erases the CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray Disc.

Erasing the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc was successfully finished.

The program is storing data in a file. You will see this image for example if you backup your data on a hard drive.

The program now closes the "session" before recording the "leadout".

Congratulations! This icon indicates the successful recording of the disc.

Congratulations! This icons indicates the successful erasing of the disc.

The recording process failed due to several reasons. Note: You have to switch back to the Status Message box if you want to know exactly why the process failed. Just click on Show details on the right hand of the screen.

Note: You can send a prepared problem report to the Ashampoo Team. For further details please see the option Send Problem Report to Ashampoo... in the Help Menu.

2. The Progress bar will show you the progress of the current recording session.

3. Clicking on Show details on the right hand at the top of the screen will switch to another setting where you can see the Status Message box (see below).

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

1. The Status Message box (1) keeps you informed about the current recording process.

2. The Progress bar (2) will show you the progress of the current recording session.

3. Watch what happens, keeping an eye on the level of the Buffer Status (3) display at the bottom of the dialog box. If the display frequently drops down towards the left hand end of the bar (except at the end) you should probably reduce the write speed the next time you record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. You should do a test if you plan to use your computer for other tasks while writing CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs for example downloading files from the Internet. Start the write simulation (see the option Simulate recording before burning: at Write Options) and then keep an eye on the Buffer Status display while you are starting your other applications and work with them.

4. Click on Hide details (4) if you want to switch back to the animated display.

After the recording process is successfully finished you have the following options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit files and folders.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.1.4 Update an existing Data CD

How to update an existing Data CD...

Update an existing Data CD is really simple. First you have to insert the disc that you would like to update.

1. Source Drive If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on you system you are able to select the drive you want to read from the source disc. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected 2. drive and insert the disc you want to update.

3. Click on Next > to proceed to Add / Edit Files and Folders .

4. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

Afterwards follow the steps described in the chapter Edit Files and Folders.

3.2 Backup or restore Files and Folders

Backup Files

As the name suggests, you can backup important files and folders. Generally Backup software is software that is utilized to backup data that resides either locally or remotely to a form of media (CD, DVD, Bluray-Disc) or hard- and removeable-drive that can then be used to restore data if necessary. Click here to get more information about to backup important data.

Restore Backup

You can easily restore your backup files with just a few clicks. Just click here to get more information.

3.2.1 Backup

Backup your data...

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is the efficient way to backup and restore your data and to prevent the loss of data with a few clicks. You can select to backup your files and folders on CD, DVD or Bluray-Disc, hard drive or removeable drive.

· Select Files

· Backup Options

· Backup Writeoptions

· Backup Writestatus

3.2.1.1 Select Files

Select Files...

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is the efficient way to backup and restore your data and to prevent the loss of data with few clicks. You can select to backup your files and folders on CD, DVD or Bluray-Disc, hard drive or removeable drive. Files can be selected for backup from any location that

is directly accessible from your system at the time of the backup. Individual files, complete folders or drives can be selected in any combination from multiple drives, all with exclusion rules based upon file formats.

How to proceed...

1. Select the files or folders you want to backup. Use the menu on the left to select files and folders. If you want to backup data please mark the checkbox next to the appropriate file or folder.

2. Select Next > to set the backup options.

3. By clicking on the < Back button you will be forwarded directly to the main menu.

Exclusion Rules...

Enable you to automatically exclude files and formats from the backup.Within the Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 a list of pre-defined essential rules may be extended and edit within the exclusion rules dialog.

Use the appropriate buttons shown within the dialog above to either Edit, Delete or add exclusion rules. You may reset the Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 exclusion rule list by clicking on the default rules button.

3.2.1.2 Backup Options

Set Options...

Here you can set your personal backup preferences. You can choose the backup location, secure your backup via password and compress the backup. Depending on your needs, one media may be better than the others. The size of your back up folder, which media the computer can read and write to, and the need for portability are all factors in deciding which media will be the best.

Set Backup Location...

Here you can choose where the backup should be stored. On the one hand you can backup files on CD, DVD or Bluray-Disc and on the other hand you can backup the files for example on a hard drive or removeable drive.

1. Select "Record backup on CD/DVD/Bluray-Disc" to burn your backup. By clicking on Backup > a burning dialog opens where you can additionally set the write options.

2. Select "Save backup on hard disk or USB-Stick" to store your backup on a local or external hard drive.

Backup Options...

Here you can select to compress your backup and to set a password.

1. Here you can select to protect your backup with a password. If you want a safe backup you need a safe password. The first step is to choose a password that cannot be guessed easily by someone else. This means you should avoid all passwords like pass, password, genius, hacker, any common Christian names or other obvious words, particularly words that people are likely to associate with you. For example, if you're known for your beautiful mane of red hair it would be a bad idea to use redhead as your password. You get the general idea. These are the first things anyone who wants to hack your data will try out and they provide very little real protection! By clicking on Backup > you can see the following dialog

where you can type-in your password.

2. Select "Use compression" to make your archive smaller, though note that the backup process will take longer.

3.2.1.3 Backup Writeoptions

Set write preferences

After you have finished the project list in the screen before you can now adjust the write options to your needs and preferences.

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc-Writer: If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depends on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Edit Files and Folders screen

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD, DVD or Blu-ray burning: Disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of folders after recording: the disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between your CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc writer and the recordable disc you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or using higher-quality recordable discs can solve these problems.

4. Finalize the CD/DVD/Blu-ray This option usually doesn't need to be changed, since finalizing Disc. a disc prevents you from changing it again later. However, there After discs have been are two circumstances where you might want to create a finalized, they cannot be finalized disc:

5. Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc inIn this mode the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc is burned in one go, Disc At Once mode: instead of burning each track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended

to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

3.2.1.4 Backup Writestatus

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information: This is the default display setting. See CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description.

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

See CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description. After the recording process is successfully finished you have the following options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.2.2 Restore

Restore backups...

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 restores your backups easily with a few a clicks. Please note that

external backup media has to be plugged or inserted.

· Select Source

· Restore Options

· Restore Writestatus

3.2.2.1 Select Source

Select the source of the backup...

In the following image you can see the list of Backups. Simply select the backup you want to restore. If there are backups that are not available please insert the media or the removeable devices. The list will be updated automatically. Select a backup in the list and press the right mouse button to delete the backups from the list.

How to proceed...

1. Select the the backup file you would like to restore. If the backup file is store on a removeable media or device please be sure it is inserted.

2. Select Next > to set the restore options.

3. By clicking on the < Back button you will be forwarded directly to the main menu.

3.2.2.2 Restore Options

Set the restore options...

Here you can set your personal restore preferences. You have the possibility to select the location of the restore and additional overwrite options.

Set the restore location...

Use these options to decide whether your files should be restored at the original location or at a custom location. Use the browse button to select a custom location.

Set overwrite options...

You can select between three different overwrite options:

1. Select the first option to overwrite all files that are older than their backup.

2. The second option always overwrites the backup files.

3. Choose the third option if you do not want overwrite backup files.

3.2.2.3 Restore Writestatus

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.3 Burn or Rip Music

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 enables you to burn your playlists to standard Audio CDs, MP3 or WMA discs with just a few mouse clicks. It´s so easy that you will love it. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 burns WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WMA files directly to Audio CDs.

Create an Audio CD

Creates a CD that you can play on a normal CD player, for example the CD player in your living room or your portable CD player. These are the kinds of CDs you normally buy in stores. About an hour of music fits on an Audio CD. Click here to see how to create an Audio CD with just a few clicks.

Create a MP3 or WMA disc

Copies your MP3 files to a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. MP3 discs can be played by CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc players with MP3 support. Since MP3 files are very small, you can fit a lot more music on an MP3 CDs than you can on a normal Audio CD. The actual amount depends on the quality (bitrate) of the MP3 files, but as a rule of thumb about 12 hours of music with decent quality can fit on a single CD. Click here to see how to create a MP3 disc with just a few clicks.

Just copy music files to a CD

Simply copies your music files to a data CD. These kinds of CDs are very similar to MP3 CDs, but you can also add files in other format (WMA, Ogg Vorbis, ...). The CDs can usually only be played on a PC. In particular, they will probably not work with a normal living room CD player. Click here to see how to copy your music files with just a few clicks to a CD.

Just Rip an Audio CD

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 allows you to rip tracks of your Audio CD just by several clicks and with freedb support. The intuitive user interface is based largely on self-explanatory imagery controls that allow you to concentrate on your music conversion task rather than overwhelm you with software-specific terms. Click here and rip your Audio-CD with only a few clicks.

3.3.1 Create an Audio CD

How to create an Audio CD...

1. Select the music files that you want on the Audio CD.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the Audio CD.

Note

Before you start creating your Audio CD just keep one important fact in mind. There' s a big difference between a Data disc and an Audio CD: You can only record a complete Audio CD as soon audio tracks have been written to a CD the disc is automatically "finalized", which means that no more tracks can be added.

3.3.1.1 Working With Playlists

How to work with Playlists...

In this screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can create your playlist you want to burn on a Audio CD. It' s really simple.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on CD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. Use the Move Up buttons to change the order of the tracks.

5. Use the Move Down button to change the order of the tracks.

6. If you want to listen to the track before you burn them to CD just select the track and click then on the Play button. The track you are listening to is not normalized (see below). It´s the original track. 7. Click on the Stop button to stop the playing of the current track.

8. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 enables you to Normalize (the) volume of all tracks of the current playlist "on-the-fly". This function puts an end to annoying fluctuations in volume between tracks from different sources. When you use this function Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 analyzes the music and automatically adjusts the volume of all tracks to the same optimum maximum level.

9. According to the length of the tracks you add to your playlist, this figure displays the duration for a standard Audio CD.

10. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red.

11. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

12. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.3.1.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

Before you proceed just keep one important fact in mind. There' s a big difference between a Data

CD and an Audio CD. You can only record a complete Audio CD as soon audio tracks have been written to a CD the Disc is automatically "finalized", which means that no more tracks can be added. So please plan your entire project before recording. You can't add any more tracks after recording an Audio CD! Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD-Writer: If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the Audio CD. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Working With Playlists screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the Audio CD. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Make sure your playlist is complete before recording an Audio CD! You can only record a complete Audio CD as soon audio tracks have been written to a CD the disc is automatically "finalized", which means that no more tracks can be added. This means that you should always make sure that your playlist includes all the tracks you want to record before you select the Write CD > function!

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable. 2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc burning: with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording

process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

5. Burn CD in Disc At Once In this mode the CD is burned in one go, instead of burning each mode: track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.3.1.3 CD Recording Status

CD Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the CD recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information: See CD/DVD Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description.

CD Recording Status with detailed status messages

See CD/DVD Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description. After the recording process is successfully finished you have the following options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.3.2 Create a MP3 or WMA CD / DVD / Blu-Ray Disc

How to create a MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc...

Copies your MP3 files to a CD. MP3 CDs can be played by CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc players with MP3 support. Since MP3 files are very small, you can fit a lot more music on an MP3 CDor DVD than you can on a normal Audio CD. The actual amount depends on the quality (bitrate) of the MP3 files, but as a rule of thumb about 12 hours of music with decent quality can fit on a single CD. Creating an MP3 disc is done in three steps:

1. Select the MP3 files that you want on the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the MP3 disc.

3.3.2.1 Add Files and Folders

How to add Files & Folders

Creating an MP3 or WMA disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing files and folders into the project list. Please keep in mind that the size of the files is only estimated, the actual results may differ a little.

Important: It may take a little while to convert bigger quantities of sound files to another format. Please be patient.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to listen to your audio file select one and click on the Play button.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting MP3 CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

9. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red. If the content will fit on a DVD/Blu-ray Disc instead of a CD, the benchmark will be changed from MB to GB.

10. Depending on the inserted media Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will display automatically on which media the selected files will fit.

11. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

12. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.3.2.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the edit files and folders screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of the folders after recording: CD after the recording (the files on the CD are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on CD are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between you CD writer and the CD recordable you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or using higher-quality CDs can solve these problems.

4. Finalize the This option usually doesn't need to be changed, since finalizing a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. disc prevents you from changing it again later. However, there are After discs have been two circumstances where you might want to create a finalized disc: finalized, they cannot be 1. Some CD players (the kind in a car or your stereo, not in a changed anymore. computer) cannot read CDs that are not finalized. However, the majority of these devices will accept them. 2. You can squeeze slightly more data onto a CD if you finalize it. So if your files are slightly too big for the CD activating the finalize option might help.

5. Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray DiscIn this mode the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc is burned in one go, in Disc At Once mode: instead of burning each track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.3.2.3 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.3.2.4 Choose Quality And Format

Choose Quality and Format of the MP3 / WMA

Just choose the output format and the bitrate of your files. Please keep in mind that higher bitrates provide better quality but on the other hand these files require more space at your CD / DVD.

3.3.3 Just Copy Music Files to a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc

How to copy music files to a Disc...

Simply copies your music files to a data disc. These kinds of discs are very similar to MP3 CDs, but you can also add files in other format (WMA, Ogg Vorbis, ...). The discs can usually only be played on a PC. In particular, they will probably not work with a normal living room CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc player. Creating a music disc for the PC is done in three steps:

1. Select the music files that you want on the disc.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the disc.

3.3.3.1 Add Files and Folders

How to add Files & Folders

Creating a Music disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing files and folders into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on the disc. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to listen to your music file just select one and click on the Play button. 6. Click on the Stop button to stop the playing of the current track.

7. Use the button to the right of the drop down list to go up to the current folder's parent folder. The button is disabled if you cannot go up any further. 8. You can enter the title/label of your CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc in this text field (7). The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

9. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Music disc.

10. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red. If the content will fit on a DVD/Blu-ray Disc instead of a CD, the benchmark will be changed from MB to GB.

11. Depending on the inserted media Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will display automatically on which media the selected files will fit.

12. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

13. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.3.3.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc-Writer:If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2.

Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the edit files and folders screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc . It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of folders after recording: the CD after the recording (the files on the CD are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on CD are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between you CD writer and the CD recordable you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or using higher-quality CDs can solve these problems.

4. Finalize the CD/DVD/Blu-ray This option usually doesn't need to be changed, since finalizing a Disc. disc prevents you from changing it again later. However, there After discs have been are two circumstances where you might want to create a finalized, finalized disc:

they cannot be 1. Some CD players (the kind in a car or your stereo, not in a changed anymore. computer) cannot read CDs that are not finalized. However, the majority of these devices will accept them. 2. You can squeeze slightly more data onto a disc if you finalize it. So if your files are slightly too big for the disc activating the finalize option might help.

5. Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc In this mode the disc is burned in one go, instead of burning in Disc At Once mode: each track individually. For data discs this is not much of a

difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.3.3.3 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.3.4 Rip an Audio CD

How to rip an Audio CD...

The rip function of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 extracts (rips) tracks from audio CDs and saves them on your hard disk in different formats (WAV, WMA). It´s so easy - lets start now and select a source.

Select Source Select Tracks Rip Options Rip Status

3.3.4.1 Select Source

Read Options...

Before you extract your audio files you can easily set some read options. This screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple to understand.

In the first step you will be asked to insert the CD from which you want extract the audio files if you have not done it. If you have inserted the audio CD please click on Next > to proceed.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will now read the Audio CD. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is now trying to access the CD you have inserted. Make sure that the CD you have inserted is really an audio CD. Otherwise you will get an error message. If you have unfortunately inserted a data CD, Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will stop the process and ask you again to insert an audio CD.

2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu.

4. Click on Next > to select the tracks you want to rip from your Audio CD.

After accessing the audio CD, Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will try to fetch the information which are stored on the audio CD directly from the Internet.

3.3.4.2 Select Tracks

Get Song Titles...

At first Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will tries automatically to fetch the information which are stored on the audio CD directly from the Internet. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 connects to the database from freedb.org. The service is completely free and anonymous, meaning that you don't have to register in any way.

Why should you use this feature?

In the days before PC's when the compact disc standard was created the designers unfortunately failed to make any provision for storing title, artist and other information. This is a pity, since the digital CD medium is theoretically perfect for storing all sorts of interesting additional data together with the music.

freedb.org is one of the solutions to this problem. It is a online database system (like others) that stores all the information missing on CDs - mainly the names of the albums, tracks and artists. For more information about this online service see freedb.org

Note: If you are not currently connected to the internet one of two things will happen:

1. If you have enabled the "auto dial" feature in your internet connection settings Windows® will automatically bring up your internet connection. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 can then contact the music database.

2. If you do not have an internet connection at all or "auto dial" is disabled then Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will not be able to contact the music database. In this case a small message with a description of the problem is displayed and the CD information fields are simply left blank. You can either enter the information yourself afterwards or just continue without it.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will try to fetch the information if they are available.

It might failed due to several reasons: Maybe the audio CD you want to read is too old or currently not listed in the database or you are extracting audio files from a CD which has no readable information stored, e.g. a sampler or mix CD from a friend.

Select Tracks... Now you can select the tracks you want to read from the audio CD. You can enter individual track by clicking Rename. You can select each individual track by placing a mark in the appropriate check box on the left hand. By default all tracks are selected. If you click on Select None none of the tracks will be read from the CD which in fact does not really make any sense. Clicking on Next > brings you to program screen where you can select the output format and addional settings. Clicking on < Back brings you to you previous screen where you can select the source.

3.3.4.3 Rip Options

Read Options...

1. Select an output Here you specify where the output files should be stored. By default, the files location: are stored in a folder on your desktop.You can also choose what the program should do if it wants to create an output file, but a file with the same name already exists. The existing file can either be renamed, or it can be moved to the recycle bin.

2. Select an output Here you decide what kind of file you would like to create (WAV, format WMA). You select a file format by selecting the format in the drop-down menu.

3. Select Rip You can click on the Change Options button which brings up a dialog where Options you can specify your own encoding settings. Note that the dialog is slightly different depending on which output format you have selected.

When you are done with the settings, click on the Rip > button at the bottom of 4. Start to rip the page to begin the rip process.

3.3.4.4 Rip Status

Ripping Status with animated display

This dialog shows you the current ripping status for your selected files

1. An easy to read rip-status window and real-time display of the entire cd-ripping process. This status bar indicates the progress for the complete extracting process.

2. If the ripping completed succesfully you will see this image and can open directly the destination folder or you can go back to the main menu.

Go to the main menu

Open Output folder will bring you to the destination folder where the created files will be stored.

3.4 Burn Movies

With Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can create your very own movie CDs or DVDs. The following types of CDs or DVDs are supported:

Burn A Video DVD from a Prepared Folder

This option allows you to burn a Video DVD from a folder that contains the DVD-Video files. The folder must contain VOB, IFO and BUP files which are usually created by DVD authoring software. The folder is often called VIDEO_TS.

Create A Video CD (VCD)

A Video CD is a special kind of CD that can be played by many DVD players. Only Video CD compatible MPEG-1 files (.mpg) can be burned to these kinds of CDs (the program will automatically check whether a file is compatible and displays a warning message if it is not).

Create a Slideshow DVD This option allows you to create great slideshows of your pictures and music featuring animated graphical menus.

Create and arrange own Video- DVD This option allows you to edit movies, add subtitles and themes and burn the results in one go.

Create A Super VCD (SVCD)

The Super Video CD is an advanced form of the Video CD. It usually has better quality and you can fit longer movies on one CD. Only Super Video CD compatible MPEG-2 files (.mpg or .vob) can be burned to these kinds of CDs (the program will automatically check whether a file is compatible and displays a warning message if it is not).

Copy Movie Files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Simply takes your movie files and stores them on a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. These kinds of discs can usually only be played with your PC, much in the same way that you play files from your hard disk.

3.4.1 Create a Video DVD

How to create a Video DVD

There's no easier way to collect the videos from your computer and to save them on a Video

DVD, which can be shown on each Home Cinema system and DVD Player. Just choose your favored movies, select a video for the navigation menu and start the writing. Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 is able to convert all common formats into perfect Video DVDs. Just enjoy this sophisticated way of making your videos available!

Edit the Movielist Watch and configure the DVD Preview DVD Recording Status 3.4.1.1 Edit Movielist

How to edit the movie list...

Creating a VideoDVD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing movie files into the project list. Important note: Please keep in mind that some projects will require a large quantity of temporary disk space. Check your free space first to avoid problems end errors. 1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on the disc. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. You can remove files using the Remove button.

3. Use the Move Up buttons to change the order of the movie files.

4. Use the Move Down button to change the order of the movie files.

5. If you want to have a look on the movie just select the movie and click on the Play button.

6. You can enter the title/label of your DVD in this text field (7). The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

7. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Movie DVD.

8. The colors of the bar indicate the possible quality of the videos.Too many or big videos at one disc might decrease the results in sound and vision. By adding or deleting files you can customize your project and adjust the quality. The results are shown for single and double layer

format.

9. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

10. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 7.

3.4.1.2 DVD Preview

DVD Preview The DVD preview provides an opportunity to check out the upcoming menus of your project. Take a first look at the superior animations which will introduce your videos. To navigate through the DVD menu just use the remote control or click at the options right inside of the preview. Depending on your system performance the generation of the preview can take some time. You don't have to wait until the preview is finished, the Next button initiates further steps.

Choosing your themes Themes can make a great visual impact, giving your project a personal touch. Just choose one out of nine different motives with a double-click and enjoy the first preview of your menu. The progress bar indicates the progress of this process. You don't have to wait until the preview is finished, the Next button initiates further steps.

If you don't want a menu to introduce your videos, just enable the option "No menu".

Remote Control The remote control offers the possibility to navigate through the DVD menu. Every menu item will be displayed at the push of a button.

Play Video Just click the Enter / Play button to watch the video straight away without using the DVD menu.

3.4.1.3 Write Options

Set write preferences

After you have select the files for Video DVD in the previous screen you can now adjust the write options to your needs and preferences. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD-Writer: If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD or DVD. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD or DVD recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Select Folder screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the DVD. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very

powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD or DVD with burning: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of the folders after recording: disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between your CD/DVD writer and the recordable disc you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or using higher-quality recordable discs can solve these problems.

4. Finalize the CD/DVD. This option usually doesn't need to be changed, since finalizing a After discs have been disc prevents you from changing it again later. However, there are finalized, two circumstances where you might want to create a finalized they cannot be disc:

5. Burn CD/DVD in Disc At In this mode the CD is burned in one go, instead of burning each Once mode: track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.4.1.4 DVD Recording Status

DVD Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the DVD recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information: This is the default display setting.See CD/DVD Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description.

DVD Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same DVD again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.4.1.5 Movie Format Options

Movie Format Options To allow a outstanding display quality and international compatibility Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 offers the opportunity to switch between PAL (European standard of TVs) and NTSC ( American and Japanese standard).

You are also able to change the configure the Screen Format. Choose 16:9 if you own a Widescreen or 4:3 for a Normal Screen.

3.4.2 Create a Photo Slideshow DVD

Create a Photo Slideshow DVD Creating a Photo Slideshow DVD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. There are just a few settings which are remarkable.

The Main Menu 1 Title: This is place to label your DVD. This is the title of the whole DVD, not of the slideshow movie. Just click into this area and insert your title into it.

2 Click Create Slideshow to open the Slideshow Editor menu which continues the process.

3 It's also possible to combine Slideshows and movies at one DVD. Click Add Movie to browse through your files to add some movies to your project. See here

4 This is the place for the new Movie Editor. Click here to edit movies and add them to your DVD.

5 This list contains of your movies, slideshows, etc.. If you start a project this list is empty, of course.

Edit Slideshow

Add Background Music Change Slideshow Preferences 3.4.2.1 Edit Slideshow

Edit your Slideshow

Don't worry, it's not getting complicated! Once again, we've tried to keep everything well arranged.

1 Choose Add to open the the menu where you can select the pictures of your slideshow. The Delete button deletes the selected picture. But that's not all! Click at a picture (over several) and drag and drop to change the running order.

2 Transitions allow a more interesting way of arranging the sequence of your pictures. It's not reasonable to show every slideshow in the same slide duration. Sometimes you might need a longer appearance of the picture itself, sometimes extensive, moody transitions achieve a much better effect. The default value Random Transition offers the greatest variety but there are far more settings to get the best out of it. See here for more details!

3 To bring the slideshow to perfection, you can also add background music.

4 This little player offers a player of your slideshow. Let's have a first look at the results!

5 Themes, logos and subtitles can make your slideshow much more impressive. See here for more details!

If you're satisfied with your slideshow and the preview, click at Save to to resume and the slideshow will be added to your Video-DVD.

Add Background Music Change Slideshow Preferences

3.4.2.2 Add Background Music

Add Background Music

Once you've clicked at Add a new window with an empty list will appear. Click at Add to open an explorer to browse through your files and to select your tracks. The tracklist (your selected songs) can be edited, too. Click at a track and choose Add, Remove or Move Up and Move Down to change the running order. Click OK to proceed.

A little player at the bottom of the menu provides a quick preview of your sound files.

Klick at adjust slideshow to music to enter the slideshow preferences.

3.4.2.3 Change Slideshow Preferences

Change Slideshow Preferences There are several options to adjust the settings of your Slideshow. Let's have a look at the most important ones:

1 The duration of the Slideshow can be adapted to the length of your tracklist. Choose Adapt slideshow to music duration and your slideshow will start and end with the Music. There is also an option to loop the music (e. g. to play it twice). Just enter your choice behind number of times to loop music.

2 With this roll bar you can regulate the duration of the transitions. It is also possible to enter the duration directly into the box on the left of the roll

bar.

3 With this roll bar you can regulate the duration of the slides (means: of the pictures). It is also possible to enter the duration directly into the box on the left of the roll bar.

4 The famous Ken Burns effect simulates a kind of virtual camera which flies across your pictures. Check the mark in front and enjoy!

5 Transitions to put a little variety into the slideshow. Random transitions are set up are default value but you can also choose another (single) transition, of course. In this case, just uncheck the box in front of Random Transition and choose one of the transitions. A little preview screen on the right will help you to choose the most suitable.

Click OK to proceed.

3.4.3 Movie Editor

Movie Editor

The biggest new feature of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is the Movie Editor, which adds powerful video editing and DVD interface building capabilities to the program. This is not just a little clip

trimmer – you probably won’t need any other video editing software. Movie Editor has all the features you need to turn your clip collection and home videos into impressive finished movies. You also get a brand new Movie Player with a significantly improved video rendering engine and a modern graphical interface.

Cool! Where can I find it? Choose Create and arrange own Video DVD (filed under Burn Videos and Photos) and Create Movie (s. picture below) in the following menu.

The Movie Editor Basics We did our very best to develop a powerful tool which is also easy to use. A first look at the Movie Editor should be enough to get the first results.

Add (s. picture below, inside the red box): The start of all your activities; click at this button and add movies or photos to your project.

1 If you have already added a movie (or picture) this is the place to add pictures, subtitles and shapes. See here for more details!

2 The main screen shows you as things are now. Where is your position within the movie file? How do your effects and cuts look?

3 Themes, Logos, Subtitles: Movies can be much more impressive if themes, logos or subtitles are includes. Those inserts may comment or explain the content of the movie. Our art directors did their very best to offer a professional selection of graphics. See here for more details!

4 The added movie will be displayed by thumbnails on a filmstrip. You are able to move through the movie by clicking above the filsmtrip. You position will be display by a red flag and a red line and the film-time. To pick a certain point / moment just click one slightly above the filmstrip or double click at the filmstrip itself. This point will now be labeled with a green flag. The main screen will now show the movie exactly a this point. See here for more details!

5 The Player offers the opportunity to have a first look at an exact preview of your project. With a click at fullscreen preview (s. picture below) the player opens in much bigger dimensions.

6 Welcome to the cutting section! This area offers sophisticated ways to cut your movies comfortably. Please take a look at the links below for more details!

Set Start- / Endtime Split Video Cut Areas

3.4.3.1 Settings

Settings There are some general settings which can be tuned individually to ease your work with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 . Within the Cover Editor just click at Settings (Common) and enter the menu. In this place you can change the default values like the length of impression of elements inside of the movie.

How long will the pictures appear by default? How long will be subtitles inserted before they disappear again? Just click at the scroll bars, hold down the left mouse button and pull it to the right value. Click at OK to proceed.

If you're in trouble with the correct right position of your subtitles (there may some trouble relating to different movie or conversion formats), check Show safe zones for placing subtitles. Those zones will be displayed in the Movie Editor from now on.

3.4.3.2 Music

Music Once you've clicked at Music of the Movie Editor menu (s. picture below), a Musicmanager window appears with an empty list at the left in which the music titles of your choice will be added.

On the right of the menu there are the main feature buttons which are rather self-explanatory. Click at Add to open an explorer, browse through your files and choose the music titles. Click at a track and use Remove, Move Up, Move Down and Randomize to change the running order of your songs. Click at OK to proceed.

If you want to play background music instead of the sound of your clips just check the box in front of the monotonous point (at the top of the music list, s. picture below).

There is also a useful player at the bottom of the menu to preview your files, just click at a song to select and at the Play button.

3.4.3.3 Transitions

Transitions

There is also the possibility to join your movies with transitions. This might be useful if you want to add short clips and combine them to a bigger movie. Click at Transition at the Movie Editor (s. picture below) to set up the transition of your movies.

A little menu will open in which further settings of your transitions can be defined. The default value is No Transition (this should fit for most of the video DVDs). If you transitions between the videos just uncheck the mark in front of No Transition to get some. Now you can choose your transition from a scrolling list on the left (s. picture below). A little preview screen at the right helps to select the best transition for your purpose. The duration of the transition can be defined with a little slider below. Click at OK to proceed.

3.4.3.4 Set Start- / Endtime

Set Start- Endtime Sometimes recorded movies start with advertisements, trailers, etc.. To trim your movie to the proper start- and end-time, just click at the Start-/Endtime button of the Movie Editor menu (s. picture below).

A new editor opens in which you can set up the start- and endtime in just a few clicks. To start the process you have to define the starting point of your movie. The Set starttime button (s. picture below, (1)) is activated by default, so you just need a left mouse click to define it. The starttime will be symbolized by a green line and flag (3). If there are problems to pick up this moment, please take a look at Navigate through a movie.

Now it's turn time to define the endtime. There are two options: a) Click at Set endtime (2) and click left to set up the endtime. b) Right-click at the proper time to set up the endtime. The endtime is now symbolized by a red line and flag (4). Click at OK to proceed.

3.4.3.5 Split Video

Split Video If you want to split up a movie into two parts this is the feature to do so. Just enter the Movie Editor, add a movie and select the Split Video button (s. picture below).

Now you're just one click away to define the splitting point. Just click at the point to split and it will be marked with a green line and a splitting symbol (s. picture below). If there are problems to pick up this moment, please take a look at Navigate through a movie. Click at Split Movie to proceed.

3.4.3.6 Cut Areas

Cut Areas Many films are ruined by advertisements, trailers or unnecessary lengths. If you want to remove those parts this is the feature to do so. Just enter the Movie Editor, add a movie and select the Cut areas button (s. picture below).

A new editor opens in which you can set up the start- and endtime of the area which will be deleated in just a few clicks. To start the process you have to define the starting point the area. The Set starttime button (s. picture below, (1)) is activated by default, so you just need a left mouse click to define it. The starttime will be symbolized by a green line and flag (3). If there are problems to pick up this moment correctly, please take a look at Navigate through a movie.

Now is turn time to define the endtime of the area to be deleted. There are two options: a) Click at Set endtime (2) and click left to set up the endtime. b) Just right-click at the proper time to set up the endtime. The endtime is now symbolized by a red line and flag.

Once you've defined an area it will look like the one one the picture above. Click at Remove area (4) and it will be displayed in a much brighter red, it is now indicated as deleted area. Click at OK to proceed and you'll return to Movie Editor, the deleted scene will be already gone.

There is also the possibility to remove multiple areas. Just repeat the steps which were described above (define start- and endtime, remove area). You'll see several red areas which show the different deleted scenes. After you're finished, just click at OK to proceed.

3.4.3.7 Duration Of Picture Appearance Within The Video

Duration Of Picture Appearance Within The Video There is also the opportunity to fade in pictures, texts and and shapes to your movies. Just click at the adequate button left of the main screen (s. picture below, red arrow).

Shortcuts may help you to arrange your objects (shapes, pictures, etc.) properly. Hold down Strg to align your object to the middle of the picture, the Alt key enables you to align several parallel objects.

Those elements can be edited as well. Just have a right-click at the image / text / shape and have a look at the context menu. Most of the point are self-explantory but Change display display duration might need a closer look. Two sliders help to define the display times of the element. How long should the element be displayed? How long should it fade in and out? Just push the sliders to the values of your choice and click OK to proceed.

3.4.3.8 Duration Of A Single Picture Appearance

Duration Of A Single Picture Appearance The Movie Editor offers the possibility to add and edit movies (of couse) - and pictures as well. Just click at Add, choose a picture and it will be displayed just as a movie (s. picture below). To define the duration of the picture appearance just right-click at the movie and select Edit or click at the picture (to select) and click at the Edit button.

Just pull the slider to the value of your choice and choose Ok to proceed.

3.4.3.9 Navigate Through A Movie

Navigate Through A Movie The added movie will be displayed by thumbnails on a filmstrip. You are able to move through the movie by clicking above the filsmtrip. You position will be display by a red flag and a red line and the film-time (s. picture below). To pick a certain point / moment just click one slightly above the filmstrip or double click at the filmstrip itself. This point will now be labeled with a green flag. The main screen will now show the movie exactly a this point.

The Navigation Bar Navigating like this might be nice and easy but some cuts, subtitles, fade ins, etc. need a more accurate method. To accomplish this comfortably we've developed the navigation bar which is positioned below the main screen (s. picture below). The classic design will help you to use it intuitively.

The functions at a glance (l.to r.):

Search cuts backwards : Comparing the single pictures of your movie sequentially, Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is able to find the cuts of the movie (in this case from your flag / position backwards).

15 frames back: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 moves 15 frames backwards from your flag / position. This might help if you're rather close to a certain point but single frame navigation would be too time-consuming.

Frame backwards: Every mouse click at this button moves just one frame backwards from your flag / position. If you're really close to your destination point, you won't miss it this way.

Search cuts forwards : Comparing the single pictures of your movie sequentially, Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is able to find the cuts of the movie (in this case from your flag / position forwards).

15 frames forwards: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 This feature moves 15 frames forwards from your flag / position. This might help if you're rather close to a certain point but single frame navigation would be too time-consuming.

Frame forwards: Every mouse click at this button moves just one frame forwards from your flag / position. If you're really close to your destination point, you won't miss it this way.

The Zoom Sometimes you need a closer look at your video files. Click at the zoom buttons and your file(s) will be displayed in greater dimensions (e.g. extended timelines).

Drag and Drop Movies If you want to change the running order of your movies (or pictures), you're just a drag and drop away. Just select a file with a left mouse click, hold down the mouse button unless the file is at its new place and release the mouse button again.

3.4.3.10 Themes, Logos, Subtitles

Themes, Logos and Subtitles Movies can be much more impressive if themes, logos or subtitles are included. Those inserts may comment or explain the content of the movie. Our art directors did their very best to offer a professional selection of graphics. You can find them at the upper right of the Movie Editor (s. picture below).

What is it all about? Just imagine a news broadcast. There is usually a logo of a TV station of the TV station on the upper left and some subtitles containing breaking news down to the right. Those two elements together are called theme.

How can I add and delete those objects?

You're just one click away! Just choose an object (subtitle, theme, logo) and click at it. Immediately, the object will be inserted and is displayed at the main screen. Editing those objects is easy as well. Just double click to edit subtitles, drag and drop to change a position or push and pull the small white boxes at the edge of each object (s. picture above) to change its size. The length of appearance of these objects can be edited as well. For very object a timeline is displayed below the filmstrip (s. picture below). To edit the time of appearance, take a right click and choose edit or hold the mouse just at the start / end of this line (a double arrow will appear) and pull it to the right length while holding the left mouse button.

3.4.4 Burn A Video DVD from a Prepared Folder

How to burn a DVD from a prepared Folder ...

This option of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 allows you to burn a Video DVD from a folder that contains the DVD-Video files. The folder must contain VOB, IFO and BUP files which are usually created by DVD authoring software. The folder is often called VIDEO_TS. Creating a video DVD from a prepared folder is done in three steps:

1. Select the folder with the files.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the disc. 3.4.4.1 Select Folder

How to select Files & Folders

Creating a Video DVD from a prepared folder with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by selecting the prepared folder which contains the necessary files to create the Video DVD.

1. Click on the Browse button search for the folder which contains the files.

2. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

3. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9. 3.4.4.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Select Folder screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the DVD. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

3. Verify written files and If this option is selected, the program will verify the contents of the folders after recording: disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files). If any errors are found this is usually an indication that there is some sort of incompatibility between your CD/DVD writer and the recordable disc you are writing to. Decreasing the write speed or using higher-quality recordable discs can solve these problems.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.4.4.3 DVD Recording Status

DVD Status with animated display

DVD Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same DVD again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.4.5 Create a Video CD (VCD)

How to create a Video CD ...

1. Select the MPEG-1 files that you want on the CD.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you) .

3. The program burns the Video CD.

3.4.5.1 Edit Movie List

How to edit the movie list...

Creating a Video CD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing movie files into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the movie files to your project list you want to burn on CD or DVD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. Use the Move Up buttons to change the order of the movie files.

5. Use the Move Down button to change the order of the movie files.

6. If you want to have a look on the movie just select the movie and click on the Play button.

7. You can enter the title/label of your CD or DVD in this text field (7). The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Movie CD.

10. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

11. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.4.5.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

After you have finished the project list for your Video CD in the screen before you can now adjust the write options to your needs and preferences. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD-Writer: If you have more than one CD or DVD recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD or DVD. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD or DVD recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Edit Movie List screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD or DVD. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable. 2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD or DVD with burning: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

3. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

4. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 5. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.4.5.3 CD/DVD Recording Status

CD/DVD Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the CD recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information: This is the default display setting. See CD/DVD Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description.

DVD Recording Status with detailed status messages

See CD/DVD Recording Status in the chapter Burn Files and Folders for a detailed description.

After the recording process is successfully finished you have the following options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your movie list.

Write same CD/DVD again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.4.6 Create a Super VCD (SVCD)

How to create a Super VCD (SVCD) ...

1. Select the MPEG-2 files that you want on the CD.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the Super VCD.

3.4.6.1 Edit Movie List

How to edit the movie list...

Creating a Video CD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing movie files into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the movie files to your project list you want to burn on CD or DVD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click at New Folder to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. Use the Move Up buttons to change the order of the movie files.

5. Use the Move Down button to change the order of the movie files.

6. If you want to have a look on the movie just select the movie and click on the Play button.

7. You can enter the title/label of your CD or DVD in this text field (7). The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Movie CD.

10. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

11. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.4.6.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

After you have finished the project list for your Super Video CD in the screen before you can now adjust the write options to your needs and preferences. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the edit Movie List screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD or DVD. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable. 2. Simulate recording before If this is the first time you're recording a CD or DVD with burning: Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 it's a good idea to check this option. Then the program will just simulate the recording process, without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

3. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

3.4.6.3 CD/DVD Recording Status

CD/DVD Status with animated display

DVD Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your movie list.

Write same CD/DVD again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.4.7 Copy Movie Files to a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc

How to copy movie files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc ...

Simply takes your movie files and stores them on a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. These kinds of discs can usually only be played with your PC, much in the same way that you play files from your hard disk. Creating a CD with movie files is done in three steps:

1. Select the files that you want on the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

3.4.7.1 Add Movies Files

How to add Files & Folders

Creating a Movie CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing movie files into the project list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to have a look on you movie file just select one and click on the Play button.

6. Use the button to the right of the drop down list to go up to the current folder's parent folder. The button is disabled if you cannot go up any further. 7. You can enter the title/label of your CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc in this text field (7). The title/label cannot be longer than 16 characters.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Movie disc.

9. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a

project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red. If the content will fit on a DVD/Blu-ray Disc instead of a CD, the benchmark will be changed from MB to GB.

10. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

11. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.4.7.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc-Writer:If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on your system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Add Movie Files screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc . It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

they cannot be 1. Some CD players (the kind in a car or your stereo, not in a changed anymore. computer) cannot read CDs that are not finalized. However, the majority of these devices will accept them. 2. You can squeeze slightly more data onto a CD if you finalize it. So if your files are slightly too big for the CD activating the finalize option might help.

5. Burn CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc In this mode the CD is burned in one go, instead of burning each in Disc At Once mode: track individually. For data CDs this is not much of a difference, because they only contain a single data track. However, if Disc-At-Once mode is deactivated for Audio CDs there may be very short periods of noise between the individual audio tracks. Because of this, it is recommended to use Disc-At-Once mode for Audio CDs.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

7. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 8. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.4.7.3 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.5 Copy a CD/DVD /Blu-Ray Disc

Please always observe copyright regulations when making copies of commercial CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs! Ashampoo Burning Studio 9's copy function is designed for single-session CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs as well as multisession CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. It is also no problem to copy Audio CDs with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9. You can choose between the normal copy mode and the "on-the-fly" copy mode. The normal copy mode copies the data to the hard disk first and then burns it on a CD or a DVD. The "on-the-fly" copy mode copies the data directly from the source CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc to a blank CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc without storing the data on the hard disk. Please note that "on-the-fly" copying requires two CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc drives. See the topic Insert Source Disc for more information.

3.5.1 Insert Source Disc

How to insert the source disc ...

The first step is really simple. First you have to insert the disc that you would like to copy to a disc image and select the drives for reading the source disc and burning the copy.

3. If you have more than one drive installed and select for example a CD-ROM drive for reading the source drive and your CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc writer for burning the disc you can enable the Copy on the fly option. Just set a mark into the checkbox. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will copy the content of the disc without saving it temporarily on your hard disc.

4. Click on Next > to proceed with the reading process.

5. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.5.2 Reading Source Disc

How to read the source disc ...

What's coming next? Right! The source disc will be read.

1. The Progress Bar will show you the progress of the current reading session. Depending on the stored data on the source disc and on the speed for reading the disc this can take a few minutes. When the reading process is completed you are prompted to click on Next to proceed with the write options.

2. Clicking on Stop will cancel the reading process and will bring you back to the previous screen where you select the source drive and insert the source disc.

3.5.3 Write Options

Set write preferences

In this screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can adjust the write options for the copying process. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Insert Source Disc screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

3. If you agree in the settings Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 has adjust automatically or after you have done your personal settings click on the OK button to confirm your adjustments and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above). 4. If you don't want to change any settings, just click on the Cancel Button and go back to the Write Options dialog (see above).

3.5.4 CD/DVD /Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.6 Create / Burn Disc Images

"CD Images" are files that contain the contents of a whole CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. There several different formats for these files, such as CUE/BIN, ISO or Ashampoo's own ASHDISC. The program supports the following operations for CD images:

Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc from a Disc Image

Creates a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc from an image file. The resulting CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc has the same contents as the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc that was originally used to create the disc image.

Create a disc image from a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Stores the contents of a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc in a disc image file. These files can later be burned to another CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc with the "Burn a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc from an Disc Image " function.

Create a disc image from a project

This is a special function that allows you to directly create a disc image file, without having a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc first. The way this works is that the program lets you specify the disc contents in the same way as if you wanted to burn a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. However, instead of actually burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc at the end, the program will directly create the image file. The result is the same as if you had burned the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc and then created an image file from it.

3.6.1 Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc from a Disc Image

How to burn a disc from an image file ...

Creates a disc from a disc image file. The resulting CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc has the same contents as the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc that was originally used to create the disc image. To create a CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc from an image file you perform the following steps:

1. Select the image file.

2. Specify some recording options (or let the program choose them for you).

3. The program burns the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. 3.6.1.1 Select Image

How to select an image...

The first step is really simple. All you have to do in this screen is to select the disc Image path.

1. Click on the Browse button to add the image file. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the disc Image file you want to write to CD.

2. Click on Next > to proceed to adjust the write options.

3. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.6.1.2 Write Options

Set write preferences

In this screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can adjust the write options for the burning. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder

Disc-Writer: installed on you system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Select Image screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

3.6.1.3 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.6.2 Create a Disc Image from a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc

How to create a CD Image from a CD ...

Stores the contents of a CD in a CD Image file. These files can later be burned to another CD with the "Burn a CD from a CD Image" function. To create a CD from an image file you perform the following steps:

1. Insert the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

2. Specify a path and name for the image file and select the type of the image file.

3. The program creates the file.

3.6.2.1 Insert Source Disc

How to insert the Source Disc...

The first step is really simple. First you have to insert the disc that you would like to write to a disc image.

3. Click on Next > to proceed to adjust the options.

4. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.6.2.2 Options

Preferences...

Now you have to select the name and path of the disc Image file and its type.

1. Click on the Browse button to bring up a dialog where you can choose the file path. Please select the disc image file format. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 2. Disc Image supports 3 different image file types. See below.

3. Click on Next > to proceed.

4. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 supports 3 different image file types:

CUE/BIN This is one of the most widely used formats. Two files are created: one small file with the extension .cue that contains a description of the CD structure and one big file with the extension .bin that contains the actual data. Every type of CD can be stored in the CUE/BIN.

ISO This kind of image file is more limited, as it can only be used for simple data CDs (i.e. CDs containing only normal files and folders).

ASHDISC This is Ashampoo's own image file format. Like CUE/BIN, it can be used to store all kinds of CD, but it has the advantage that only a single file is created, instead of two.

3.6.2.3 Saving Source Disc

How to save the Source CD...

This screen differs from the other CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status screens you already know.

You will first see only one animated icon which indicates the "Saving source disc to image..." process.

After the saving process of the disc image is finished you have the following two options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Open output folder Opens the folder where the output file(s) have been stored.

3.6.3 Create a Disc Image from a Project

How to create a CD Image from a Project ...

This is a special function that allows you to directly create a disc Image file, without having a disc first. The way this works is that the program lets you specify the disc contents in the same way as if you wanted to burn a disc. However, instead of actually burning the disc at the end, the program will directly create the image file. The result is the same as if you had burned the disc and then created an image file from it. To create an image file you perform the following steps:

1. Select the kind of disc the image file is for.

2. Select the contents of the image file.

3. The program creates the file.

3.6.3.1 Select Project

How to select a Project ...

In the first screen for this function group of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you are asked what kind of disc Image you want to create. Click on the appropriate icon or item in the list as shown below.

Data CD, DVD, Opens the project window where you can edit files and folders. Blu-ray Disc

Audio CD Opens the project window where you can edit your playlist.

MP3 or WMA CD, Opens the project window where you can edit your playlist.

DVD, Blu-ray Disc

Video CD Opens the project window where you can edit your movie list.

Super Video CD Opens the project window where you can edit your movie list. Burn A Video DVD Opens the dialog where you select the folder which contains the from a Prepared necessary files Folder

After editing your project you proceed by clicking on the Next > button. The Options screen will open where you can choose the path and the format for your Disc Image.

3.6.3.2 Select File Contents

How to select file contents ...

After selecting the kind of disc the image file is for, you have to specify the contents of the file. This screen depends on the type of disc you create - it is the same as the screen you would get if you wanted to directly burn that kind of disc. Please read the corresponding chapters of this documentation for detailed information about these screens:

Data CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Audio CD

MP3 or WMA CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Video CD

Super Video CD

Video DVD 3.6.3.3 Options

Preferences...

Now you have to select the name and path of the disc Image file and its type.

3. Click on the Save CD Image> button the create the CD Image.

4. Clicking on < Back will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 supports 3 different image file types:

ISO This kind of image file is more limited, as it can only be used for simple data CDs (i.e. CDs containing only normal files and folders).

ASHDISC This is Ashampoo's own image file format. Like CUE/BIN, it can be used to store all kinds of CD, but it has the advantage that only a single file is created, instead of two.

3.6.3.4 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with animated display

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc image recording status. You can switch between two settings for the display of the information. This is the default display setting.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is now preparing the data for the recording process.

The program simulates the recording process, without actually physically writing any data to the disc.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 records now the data to the disc. Please do not stop the process. You will destroy the medium!

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 verifies the contents of the disc after the recording (the files on the disc are compared with the original files). This can take a little time.

The program erases the CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray Disc.

Erasing the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc was successfully finished.

The program is storing data in a file. You will see this image for example if you backup your data on a hard drive.

The program now closes the "session" before recording the "leadout".

Congratulations! This icon indicates the successful recording of the disc.

Congratulations! This icons indicates the successful erasing of the disc.

Note: You can send a prepared problem report to the Ashampoo Team. For further details please see the option Send Problem Report to Ashampoo... in the Help Menu.

2. The Progress bar will show you the progress of the current recording session.

3. Clicking on Show details on the right hand at the top of the screen will switch to another setting where you can see the Status Message box (see below).

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with detailed status messages

1. The Status Message box (1) keeps you informed about the current recording process.

2. The Progress bar (2) will show you the progress of the current recording session.

4. Click on Hide details (4) if you want to switch back to the animated display.

After the recording process is successfully finished you have the following options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.6.3.5 Audio CD Image Recording Status

CD Status with animated display

CD Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.6.3.6 MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.6.3.7 WMA CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are

correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.6.3.8 VCD Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.6.3.9 SVCD Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc ImageRecording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Image Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.6.3.10 VIDEO DVD Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop . 3.7 Expert-Functions

Functions for Experienced Users

Experienced users can now also build their own bootable discs by importing a boot image. In addition to this you can also choose the file system you want to use for data discs and generate it directly. Supported file system options include ISO 9660 levels 1 and 2, ISO 9660 Windows (Romeo), Joliet and UDF (1.02, 1.5, 2.50, 2.60).

Modified Copies and Bootable Discs

Now you can include additional files in a copied disc without re-building the entire disc. The unique new Modified Copy function allows you to select additional files and folders that will be inserted into the copy on the fly when you burn the disc. You can also make modified copies of bootable discs. This makes it much easier to create updated versions of bootable installation discs because you don’t have to go through all the steps of building the disc – everything you need, including the boot image, is already there. The Modified Copy function supports CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs.

Create a Modified Copy

Create a Data CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc using advanced settings

3.7.1 Create a Modified Copy

Modified Copies and Bootable Discs

Edit files and folders Create a Data CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc using advanced settings

Write Options

3.7.1.1 Edit Files and Folders

How to edit Files & Folders

Creating a Data CD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing files and folders into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on CD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to open a file just click on the Open button. The document will be open with the associated application.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Data CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

9. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red.

10. Depending on the inserted media Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will display automatically on which media the selected files will fit.

11. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

12. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.7.1.2 The Cache Status

The Cache Status The cache status indicates the status of your compilation and the caching of your project. 3.7.1.3 Write Options

Set write preferences

3. Current Write Options Depends on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Edit Files and Folders screen

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

without actually writing any data to the CD-R physically. If anything goes wrong, you'll get an error message. You won't waste a disc.

6. Copy all data to hard disk Select this option if you use a slower computer system or if you image first: recognized write errors while you simulate the recording.

3.7.1.4 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Recording Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.7.2 Create a Disc using Advanced Settings

Create a Disc using Advanced Settings

How to create a Data CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc using advanced settings

Set write preferences

3.7.2.1 Edit Files and Folders

How to edit Files & Folders

Creating a Data CD with Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is really simple. You start the complete procedure by editing files and folders into the project list.

1. Click on the Add button to add the files to your project list you want to burn on CD. A browser dialog will open in which you can browse for

the files you want to add to the list.

TIP: You can also use Drag&Drop to add files and folders directly from the Windows Explorer® or Total Commander into the project window of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

2. Click on New Folder if you want to create a new folder.

3. You can remove files using the Remove button.

4. You can rename files using the Rename button.

5. If you want to open a file just click on the Open button. The document will be open with the associated application.

8. According to the number and sizes of the files in your project list, this field displays the estimated size of the resulting Data CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

9. The colors of the bar change from dark blue to a brighter blue. If a project will not fit on the disc, the colour at the end of the bar will change into red.

10. Depending on the inserted media Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will display automatically on which media the selected files will fit.

11. Click on Next > to proceed with the write options.

12. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the start screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

3.7.2.2 Expert Format Options

How to create a Data CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc using advanced settings...

In the expert options you can provide the mode in which format your data is written on the CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc. These options affect also the file name length, the allowed fonts for the description and the maximum depth of directories. The ISO standard is recommended for CDs, the UDF standard is normally used for DVDs.

Choosing the right level of the ISO standard...

Format Possibilities ISO 9660 – Level 1 File names are restricted to eight characters, upper case letters, numbers and underscore; maximum depth of directories is eight ISO 9660 - Level 2 File names are restricted to 31 characters, variety of additional characters, maximum depth of directories is eight ISO 9660 - Level 3 File names are restricted to 128 characters, no maximum depth of directories ISO 9660 – Windows (Romeo) File names are restricted to 128 characters, no maximum depth of directories (rarely used)

Choosing Joliet... Joliet is the name of an extension to the ISO 9660 file system which relaxes the filename restrictions. Joliet accomplishes this by supplying file names up to 64 characters and even non-Roman characters. The maximum depth of directories is not restricted. Joliet-Discs can only be read by Microsoft Windows, Linux und Mac OS X.

Choosing the right revision of the UDF standard...

UDF revision Usability UDF 1.02 Format is used by DVD-Video discs UDF 1.50 Supports rewritability on CD-R/DVD-R media UDF 2.50 Added support for rewritability on Blue-ray Discs UDF 2.60 Added support for writability on Blue-ray Discs

Advice: If you choose ISO 9660 - Level 3 and UDF as well, your disc can be read even by older systems.

How to create bootable CD/DVD/Blue-ray Discs... This is a special function that allows you to directly create a bootable CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc from your image. Just enable this option, browse to find your image and choose the Boot-Image type. Please keep in mind that only boot images will work which contain already the files and the directory structure. Images from a boot CD or floppy disk will do best. Files which are added by Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 will not be factored in the booting process. Note: NT/2000 oder XP boot images should be created using the "ISO 9660 Level 1" (works best). The boot image type should be of the same size and image type like the original boot image.

3.7.2.3 Write Options

Set write preferences

In this screen of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you can adjust the write options for the burning. Using Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 you even have the ability to select how many discs you want to create.

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder Disc-Writer: installed on you system you are able to select the drive you want to use for burning the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the appropriate disc.

3. Current Write Options Depend on inserted disc. If you adjust your personal settings, the options will be displayed in this screen too.

4. Click on the Change Options button if you want to adjust your personal settings for the burning process.

5. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the Select Image screen.

6. Click on Write CD > (6) to record the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. It's a good idea not to perform any other processor-intensive activities with the computer while recording is in progress.

Change write preferences

Note: Some recent high-speed CD recorders are no longer able to record at 1x speed. This is because at this low speed their very powerful lasers would damage the CD-R disc and make it unusable.

3.7.2.4 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Disc Image Status

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with animated display

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Recording Status with detailed status messages

Go to the main menu

Go back This will bring you back to the project window where you can edit your playlist.

Write same CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc again This will bring you back to the Write Options screen.

Verify the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc This is a useful feature if you want to be absolutely certain that the files on the disc are correct (for example if you make a backup of important files).

If you want to order new recordables discs online, just click on the item which brings you to the Ashampoo CD /DVD Shop .

3.7.2.5 Expert Format Boot Options

How to create a Data CD/DVD/Blue-ray Disc using advanced settings...

Choosing the right level of the ISO standard...

The maximum depth of directories is not restricted. Joliet-Discs can only be read by Microsoft Windows, Linux und Mac OS X.

Choosing the right revision of the UDF standard...

Advice: If you choose ISO 9660 - Level 3 and UDF as well, your disc can be read even by older systems.

3.8 Erase a CD-RW, DVD-RW, Blu-Ray Disc

How to erase a CD-RW, DVD-RW and BD-RE ...

This function allows you to erase the entire contents of a rewritable disc. This is done in two steps:

1. Insert the CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc to erase.

2. The program erases the disc.

3.8.1 Insert Disc

How to insert the Source Disc...

Insert the CD-RW, DVD-RW and Blu-ray Disc to erase.

1. CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc-Writer:If you have more than one CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorder installed on you system you are able to select the drive you want to use for erasing the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly or contact the Ashampoo Support. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. 2. Just click on the Open Tray button to open the tray of the selected drive and insert the rewritable disc.

3. If the Quick Erase option is checked, the disc will be erased quickly (usually less than 10min). If the option is unchecked, erasing a disc might take up to an hour.

4. Clicking on the < Back button will cancel the current process and will bring you back to the main menu.

5. Click on Erase CD > to erase the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc.

CAUTION: When you have clicked on Erase CD >, you will be asked if you really want to erase the content(s) of the disc. When you confirm by clicking on Yes the program will begin erasing the CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc. All data will be lost and is not recoverable!

3.8.2 Erasing Status

The last dialog displayed for this process shows you the animated disc erasing status. After the erasing process is finished you have the following two options. Just click on the appropriate item as shown below:

Go to the main menu

Erase an other disc This will bring you back to the Insert Disc screen.

3.9 Print and Design Covers

Discs labeled with felt pen scribbles were yesterday. Now you can design and print cool labels, case covers and booklets in no time. The new Label Designer comes with a stack of professional themes and it can import track and data lists directly from the disc you want to label. If you’ve ever struggled with label design software you will be amazed at how easy it can be. Just enter a title and any other data and then select one of the pre-designed themes. Your data is entered in the theme automatically and you’re ready to print. You can also design your own labels from scratch, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to.

· Point-and-click label design

· Ready-to-use themes – just enter your title data

· Import track data from your disc

· Design and create: o Disc labels o Booklets o Covers for jewel cases, slim cases, DVD and Blu-ray cases

· Add your own backgrounds, text objects, images and data tables

· Fast alignment and editing tools for images and text

Choose the Format Add titles or content Choose Free-DB search result Design the Cover Cover Preview After the Printing Choose the Paper Format ced-format-editor-sheet ced-format-editor-items ced-format-editor-measures Review of Format Attributes Tool bar 3.9.1 Acquire images How to acquire images Burning Studio 9 allows different ways of getting your own pictures into new designs.

There are four possibilities:

From Clipboard inserts pictures from the clipboard of your system into Burning Studio 9 .

From Internet offers a menu to enter an URL and load and import a picture from the internet. See here for more details!

From file opens an explorer-type menu to browse through your files and add it to your current project for usage.

From Scannner or Camera enables you to connect external sources and to import pictures to your current project. Please choose select source first to choose the proper device.

Click Ready to proceed!

3.9.1.1 Download pictures from the internet

Burning Studio 9 offers also the opportunity to download pictures directly from the internet. Just enter the URL of the picture (right-click at a picture, choose copy shortcut, e.g. http://www.google.de/intl/de_de/images/logo.gif, paste) and click OK.

3.9.2 Choose the Format

How to choose the right format If click at print and design covers a menu will open, containing the common standard formats. We´ve collected 6 multiple types starting from the classical CD type (Jewel case) up to the newest Blu-ray case. Just mark the checkbox in front of your choice. Notice: You are also able to choose multiple types and and use them in this process. Select two or more type and proceed at Next.

Whereupon do you want to print? Once you've selected a cover type, a dropdown list (see picture below) in the middle becomes active. Please choose the medium to print upon there. The standard paper-size A4 is the default value but there are several different formats which are associated to the chosen cover type. Select your medium and click next to continue.

How to edit paper formats?

3.9.3 Add Titles or Content

How to add titles and content Music CDs or a data DVDs without a track list aren't the real McCoy. Burning Studio 9 permits useful and sophisticated functions to create your covers without great efforts.

Titles, subtitles and content Click at the arrays behind Title and Subtitle to type in your information. There is also a little bar below to choose the Content of disc (music, data, backup, etc.), just click at the right type. This selection will affect the default formats of prospective tables (if you choose for example a music CD Burning

Studio 9 will propose length instead of size).

Table It's really easy to create a table and to add new rows. Click at New Row to add a new one (or the first) row. Of course you are also able to Remove a row or to Remove All of them (if you discard to create a table at this moment) by clicking at the monotonous buttons.

Import from Disc If you've ever tried to type a tracklist from a 30-song pop CD (including artist, track name and manually you already know there's no end of trouble. To disburden you to do so, we've created the Import from Disc feature. Just insert your CD / DVD / Blu-ray into your drive and click at the Import from Disc button. Burning Studio 9 now tries to readout the titles / filenames from your media. If Burning Studio 9 cannot find anything in your audio CD, it tries to contact the online data base http://www.freedb.org/ in order to look for items with a similar number of tracks and track lengths. In case there are multiple search results, look here for further information!

3.9.4 Choose Free-DB Search Result

Choose Free-DB search result If Burning Studio 9 cannot find any track names on your audio CD, it tries to contact (if you're online) the online data base http://www.freedb.org/ in order to look for items with a similar number of tracks and track lengths. If there are multiple search results to choose from (there might be different CDs with a related structure, Special Editions of the same CD, etc.) take a look at the results and select the one which matches best. Click OK to proceed!

3.9.5 Design the Cover

Design the cover Now it's up to you to design and print cool labels, case covers and booklets in a little time. There are three main group of objects of this menu which might be of interest.

1 New Image adds a new picture to your cover. Once you've clicked at the button a new explorer appears to browse and to select your files. Please distinguish image from background. A picture will be added as an object and can be placed everywhere, a background is stretched to the whole format.

Background adds a new background to your cover. Once you've clicked at the button a new explorer appears to browse and select your files. The background will be stretched to the whole format.

New Text adds a textbox with a default text to your cover. After a double click the text is ready to be edited. Click here for more details!

New Table adds a new table to your cover. You can edit every row and column by clicking at it.Click here for more details!

New Shape is a simple but effective way to add forms like rectangles, stars and rectangles to your pictures. Just choose a shape, color and linear blend a pull it to the correct size and position- ready!

Acquire is the best picture import centre of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9. Scan, download or copy it just from the clipboard! See here for details!

2 Burning Studio 9 offers a variety of great themes you are free to use. Click at one theme and it will be integrated automatically.

If there are several objects (tables, pictures, etc.) you are able to manage them opening the Objects tab. This menu (next to the themes) offers an easy access to those objects. Especially if there are diverse objects which are positioned close to each other, this feature is just great. A left mouse click enables you to edit this object, a right mouse click opens a dialogue similar to the tool bar.

The templates offer the opportunity to use a design again and again. Just save your design as a template at the last step! See here for details!

3 The tool bar grants a quick access to a lot of useful features from the picture editing and program option field. Click here for more details!!

3.9.6 New Table

How to add a new table A table might not the optical sensation of your project but the contents and the formatting can be edited individually as well. With a few clicks you are able to create the customized table of your choice.

Formatting and Alignment

These six buttons offer well-known functions to format your texts.

1 bold formatting 2 italic formatting 3 underlined formatting 4 left-aligned formatting 5 centered formatting

6 right-aligned formatting

Fonts and Colours

1 Select the font of your text here 2 Select the colour of your text here

How to add and remove cells

1 inserts a column 2 inserts a row (just below your cursor position) 3 inserts a row at the end of the table 4 deletes a column 5 deletes a row 6 clears the cell content of a row

How to move a row up or down / Visible Columns

If you click at row once it will be highlighted. You can move it within your table by clicking at Move Up oder Move Down.

You are also able to define the Visible Columns (those ones which are actually shown at your cover). Set or remove the checkmarks to set up your table.

3.9.7 New Text

How to add und edit a new text Burning Studio 9 offers many possibilities to edit and format your texts individually.

Clicking at Text will open up a common text editor containing lots of functions to achieve your expectations (see below for details).

There are also some auto text options which can ease your job. If there is already existing data (e.g. imported from disc or a table you've created manually) Burning Studio 9 can add these facts automatically. Just click at Title, Content-Type, etc. and it will appear just at your cover.

How to format a text

These six buttons offer well-known functions to format your texts.

1 bold formatting 2 italic formatting 3 underlined formatting 4 left-aligned formatting 5 centered formatting 6 right-aligned formatting

Fonts and Colours

1 Select the font of your text here 2 Select the colour of your text here

Symbols, Additional Charakters and URLs (uniform resource locator)

1 Add symbols and additional characters here 2 Add URLs (e.g. http://www.ashampoo.com/) here

Circular Text

Clicking at Circular Text will open a new text editor which is similar to the one for normal text (see explanation s above for details). After you have edited and formatted your text, click at OK to proceed and and your circular text will appear at your cover.

The circular text is surrounded by a box which will not appear at your cover, it was only designed to edit the circular text. If you click at one the marks of the box and hold the mouse button you are now

able to change the amount of curvature. 3.9.8 Cover Preview

Cover Preview The cover preview provides a first look at your efforts. You may see potential faults and remove them by clicking at Back to redo some steps of this process again. If you are satisfied with the result you are ready to print. There is also the alternative to print your cover with cutmarks (in top left-hand corner in the picture below) to cut it out easier.

The actual printing process starts by clicking at the Print button upside the preview windows.

If you want to adjust your printer first (especially if your first results weren't satisfying) click at Printer adjustment first (at the upper right of the picture). See here for more details!

After the Printing

3.9.9 After the Printing

After the Printing After the printing process there are four options to proceed. You can go Back to the Main Menu to start something new (in this case, Burning Studio 9 offers an opportunity to save your project), Save the Project; to start an New project or to Load (an already existing) project.

If you want to keep the design just choose Save as template for further usage. You will be able to use it at the Design the Cover menu by clicking at the templates tab (s. picture below).

3.9.10 Edit the Paper Format

How to choose the accurate paper format It's quite essential to select the correct paper format in order to print it properly. The A4 Sheet is the most common, so we've decided to set it as default.

Whereupon do you want to print? Once you´ve selected a cover type, a dropdown list (see picture below) in the middle becomes active. Please choose the medium to print upon there. The standard paper-size A4 is the default value but there are several different format which are associated to the chosen cover type. Select your medium and click next to continue.

How to edit paper formats?

3.9.11 Choose Paper Format

Choose Paper Format It's quite essential to select the correct paper format in order to print it properly. The A4 Sheet is the most common, so we've decided to set it as default. You are also able to define your own formats, of course. Just type a Name and add the Width and Height of it.

Media Type: It's also important to choose the correct medium. There are three possibilities:

Sheet of paper: The most common medium, an ordinary sheet of paper

Label / Insert: There are many different Labels / Inserts from miscellaneous producers. If you want to use one those mediums, just choose this option.

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disk: The cover will be printed directly on the disc. Please keep in mind that you have to choose the proper printer and paper tray. Not every printer offers this possibility, study the manua of your printer first.

Number of Pages: It's not possible to print a DVD Case and a Blue-ray Case together on one page, there is not enough space for it. On that account please define also the number of pages.

How to print multiple items on one page 3.9.12 Print mulitple Objects on one Page

Print mulitple Objects on one Page After you've defined whereupon your project will be printed, now it’s the turn to configure what will be printed on a page. Just mark the checkbox of the object (e.g. a Slim case) you wish to be printed on the page. Please keep in mind that Burning Studio 9 cannot guess the size of format you are going to create so keep a sense of proportion before trying to print 10 cases at one A4 sheet. There are several inserts and labels which are designed to include two or more shapes (e.g. CDs). Please take a look at the packing of those products to receive further information.

Edit the Format 3.9.13 Edit the Format

How to edit a format Now it's up to you to define your format. Once again, we've tried to keep it as simple as possible. Please keep in mind that wrong input might cause bad printing results. Please try to enter the measures correctly to achieve the best results! Of course, we know that editing a format sometimes is sometimes a little confusing, but Burning Studio 9 was designed to be clearly arranged. If you edit a measure a preview on the left on the menu shows a first impression of the whole format. Your changes will be accented with a blue line. The details will be shown in a second preview on the right. In this window the measure itself and the consequences of changing a value are shown. What you see is what you get!

Enter the following measures Distance from top: The distance from the top of the page to your format

Distance from left: The distance from the left margin of the page to your format

Width: The width of your format

Height: The height of your format

Width (Fold): The meaning of this value depends on the selected source format. It's the spine for DVD and Blu-ray cases and the width to the folding for a booklet.

Background Overlap: If you use special insert or label, sometimes a white margin remains after the printing process. This might be caused by imprecise templates or measure details given by the producer. To avoid this Burning Studio 9 offers the possibility to print a little bit over the edge ( up to 1,5 cm).

Review of Format Attributes

3.9.14 Review of Format Attributes

Review of Format Attributes To get a general idea about the new format and its preferences, Burning Studio 9 offers a last overlook at the attributes. Please check the details of your new format and click Finish to proceed or Back to change the preferences.

3.9.15 Tool bar

Tool Bar The tool bar offers a great variety of tools to create and edit ambitious covers. These features are also available with a right-click at an object (in this case, object means an image, a table, etc.).

The Tools (from left to right)

New Project: Opens a new project. You are also able to save the results of your active project before.

Open project: Opens an explorer window and show already existing projects.

Save project: Saves your project with the current settings.

Undo: Undoes your last input

Redo: Redoes your last input

Cut: Cuts out highlightened objects

Copy: Copies highlightened objects

Paste: Pastes objects of the cache to your cover

Duplicate: Adds highlightened objects directly to your cover

Delete: Deletes highlightened objects from your cover

Zoom all objects: Downsizes the top view until your whole project is displayed

Zoom in: Zooms in to show more details of your cover

Zoom out: Zooms out to offer a better overview

Zoom selection: Zooms in highlightened objects

Sent to front: If there are several objects in your projects (e.g. a a table, a background and several pictures) sometimes it's helpful for objects to come to fore. Click at an object and this button to sent it to front.

Send to back: If there are several objects in your projects (e.g. a a table, a background and several pictures) sometimes it's helpful for objects to move over to the background. Click at an object and this button to sent it to back.

Turn left: Rotates highlightened objects by 90 degrees to the left

Turn right: Rotates highlightened objects by 90 degrees to the right

Flip vertical: Flips highlighted objects vertically

Flip horizontal : Flips highlighted objects vertically

3.9.16 Arrange Objects

How to arrange Objects It's not always so easy to arrange several objects (pictures, tables, etc.) properly. Sometimes it looks weird and and confusing to see objects which are quite (but not really) in the middle of the picture. Once again, we've developed something helpful. Burning Studio 9 supports three shortkeys for a well-balanced arrangement.If you click at an object while keeping the left mouse button pressed you can arrange it freehand.

STRG: The middle of the cover is displayed by dashed red lines (horizontally and vertically) If you move you object next to these lines, it will simply cling to it. This adhesion is common with the other features coming up.

STRG + SHIFT: Additional to the middle lines of the page also the centres of the objects are displayed.

ALT: This one focuses on the objects. The

outlines of the objects are shown (virtually extended) by red lines to arrange them in parallel or adjoining. 3.9.17 Printer adjustment How to adjust a printer Not every printer does its job the same way. There may be some differences especially concerning the paper feed.Burning Studio 9 offers an opportunity to adjust the printout generally. If a printout isn't positioned correctly at the paper (or CD) you can move the printout virtually to the best position to compensate your printers quirks . It will be saved for further usage and can be adjusted for every printer, format or medium in its own parameters .

3.9.18 Edit templates How to edit templates This feature was designed for the advanced user pirmarily. If you want to edit your templates again, this is the place to do it. Just enter the Design the Cover menu, open the Templates tab und right-click at the template you want to edit (s. picture below). A context menu will show the options Change template, Edit Template, Create a new Template and Delete Template.

The choice Edit Template will open a new editor which is rather similar to the Design the Cover menu. There is also a line of tabs with templates of all formats (s. picture below). You are now able to edit your templates (add or remove images, backgrounds, tables., etc) all at once and save them for further usage.

4 The Menus

> Menus

The topics in this section provide a quick reference to the functions in Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 's menus.

1. The File Menu.

2. The Settings Menu.

3. The Internet Menu.

4. The Help Menu.

4.1 The File Menu

The File Menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 gives you quick access to this following functions:

How to burn files and folders ...

Here you can choose if you want to Create a new CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc or if you want to Update an existing CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

How to backup or restore files and folders ...

You have the following options: Backup Files Restore Files

How to burn or rip music ...

You have the following options: Create an Audio CD

Create a MP3 or WMA CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Just copy music files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc Rip an Audio CD

How to burn movies ...

You have the following options:

Burn A Video DVD Create a Photo Slideshow DVD

Create and arrange own Video- DVD Burn A Video DVD from a Prepared Folder

Create a Video VD (VCD)

Create a Super VCD (SVCD)

Just copy movie files to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

How to copy a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc ...

Here you start Ashampoo Burning Studio 9's copy function which is designed for single-session CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs as well as multisession CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

How to create and burn Disc Images ...

You have the following options:

Burn a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc from a Disc Image

Create a Disc Image from a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Create a Disc Image from a Project

Expert Functions ...

Here you start Ashampoo Burning Studio 9's erase function for CD-RWs and DVD-RWs .

How to erase a CD/DVD/Bd-Re ...

Create a Modified Copy Create a Disc using Advanced Settings

Print and Design Covers for a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc...

Create and Print Covers for a CD/DVD/Blu-ray-Disc

How to open a Project ...

This function allows you to load a project file that you have saved previously. A project file contains the CD options you have made and the contents you have selected for the CD.

How to save a Project ...

Stores the current project in the same file in which it was saved before. This option is only available if the project already has a filename associated (i.e. if the project was loaded from a file or if it has been stored with "Save project as" before).

How to save a Project as ...

Stores the current project (the choices regarding the disc type and the selected disc content) in a file.

Exit ...

Exits Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

4.2 The Settings Menu

The Settings Menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 enables you adjust several program settings:

Recording ...

Gives you access to additional settings. You can select whether the disc should be ejected automatically after the recording session or not. You can select whether the tray should be closed automatically before verifying.

Graphics ...

Enables / Disables the hardware acceleration of system.

Drives...

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 uses a sophisticated drive search to start quickly. Sometimes a drive cannot be found. In this case check the box and try again!

Folder for temporary files ...

This option allows you to specify the folder that the program will use to store temporary files. There should be at least 800 MB for CD images,4.4GB for single layer DVD images and 8.1 GB for double layer DVD images of free hard disk space in that folder. By default your systems standard temporary folder is used (which usually resides on drive C:).

Languages ...

You can choose between different languages for Ashampoo Burning Studio 9. The program has to be restarted to activate the new language setting

Appearance ...

You can choose between different skins for Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

Configure News Channels ...

Opens a dialog that allows the configuration of the service channels. Service channels provide you with news on updates and a variety of topics.

4.3 The Internet Menu

The Internet Menu menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 contains a list of Internet links with which you can buy or register the program and access Ashampoo's website and online support offerings. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is being distributed as shareware! See License Information for further details.

Buy/Register Starts the free online registration procedure. You must register the program to be eligible for free updates when they become available! This option is only displayed after you have purchased the program and entered your full version key code. Only displayed in the shareware version. Connects you to the Ashampoo website and opens the page with which you can purchase the program.

Recommend program to a friend and get full version Enables you to automatically recommend the program to a friend by e-mail. PROFIT FROM YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend your favorite software and get presented a full version key! How to make it: In your personal customer area (under "recommendation") you choose one of your registered programs and simply recommend it to friends, relatives, neighbours, etc. With 9 confirmed recommendations you automatically receive your personal full

version key for the recommended program.

Ashampoo Homepage Connects you to the Ashampoo Website.

Ashampoo Products Connects you to the Product-Information page at Ashampoo's website.

Today's Special Offers Connects you to the Ashampoo website and displays special offers and featured advertising links to products and services that users of Ashampoo programs may find useful or interesting.

Ashampoo free Serviceletter Connects you to the Ashampoo website page at which you can subscribe to our free e-mail serviceletter with information about Ashampoo products, updates and special offers.

Online-Updates Connects you to the Ashampoo website page where you can check for online updates of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

4.4 The Help Menu

The Help Menu of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 gives you quick access to this options:

Contents Displays this help file.

Troubleshooting Opens the Troubleshooting window. It provides suggestions to solve common errors, that can occur while using the application. The window automatically appears when an error occurs to assist with the problem. This behaviour can be configured by pressing the "Settings..." button.

Send Problem Report to Ashampoo... Opens a prepared HTML form with some information about your system and some data from the log file. An e-mail program is

required to send the problem report.

Buy / Register... Opens a dialog with options to buy and to register the software. Connects you to the Ashampoo website on which you can purchase the program. You can also use the free online registration procedure. You must register the program to be eligible for free updates when they become available! If you use an unregistered shareware version you have the opportunity to get a trial key free of charge.

About... Displays information about the program.

5 References

References ...

This section contains more general information about Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.

1. Systems Requirement

2. Supported Formats

3. Ashampoo Support

4. License Information. 5.1 System Requirements

Requirements Operating System: Windows® XP, Windows Vista™ As a user of Windows® XP you have to be logged in with full administration rights.

Computer: Any computer that runs one of the above operating systems at a reasonable speed, graphic adapter min.resolution 800 x 600 and 16-bit High color, CD/DVD/BD-Writer. Recommended for burning Video DVDs and Slideshow DVDs: DirectX 9 capable GPU with hardware pixel shader v2.0, min.resolution 1024 x 768 with 128 MB graphics memory and 32-bit (True color) display.

CPU: 1200 MHz (or higher) x86 CPU, 3000 MHz recommended for burning Video

DVDs and Slideshow DVDs.

RAM and disk space: 128 MB RAM, Hard Disk Space 85 MB, additional space for image and temporary files (5 GB recommended). Recommended for best performance: 512MB RAM or more.

Software: Windows Media Player 9 or higher recommended, DirectX 9.0c required for GPU acceleration.

5.2 Supported Formats

Supportes formats ...

Supported file system options include ISO 9660 levels 1 and 2, ISO 9660 Windows (Romeo), Joliet and UDF (1.02, 1.5, 2.50, 2.60).

5.3 Ashampoo Support

Technical Support ...

At Ashampoo we believe that support is part of the product. We provide free online support for all our products, including freeware, shareware and trial versions! If you have any problems with or questions about Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 please contact our support hotline staff at one of the addresses shown below. Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 comes with driver support for virtually all current CD recorders. If you have one of the few recorders not supported by the program please check our Website regularly. We are continually publishing new and updated driver files as and when they become available. Note: If any problem occurs you can also use the opportunities in the Help Menu or Internet Menu to send a prepared problem report directly to the Ashampoo support team.

Ashampoo contact addresses:

Website: http://www.ashampoo.com Support page: http://www.ashampoo.com/support E-mail support: [email protected] Bug reports: [email protected] Suggestions: [email protected]

Mail address:

ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG Felix-Wankel-Str. 16

26125 Oldenburg Germany 5.4 License Information

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is being distributed as shareware!

How the trial periods work: The first free trial period ends 10 days after you installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 9. After 10 days you will be prompted to register to continue using the program for a further 20 days. This procedure is completely free and without any obligation; however, if you do not register after the 10-day trial period you will not be able to continue using the program. When the complete trial period of 30 days has ended the program will be deactivated.

How to obtain the Trial Key: To obtain the Trial Key for Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 just select Buy / Register in the Internet menu and follow the instructions displayed. 6 FAQ

Problem A "medium error" occured while recording a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. There are many possible reasons why this problem can occur.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Lower write speed

Proceed as usual until you are at the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page. Insert a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. Click on the button "Change Options...". Select a lower write speed. Try to start with a low speed. If burning with the low speed works, try it next time a higher one. Click on "OK". You can now see the changed the write speed in the lower part of the page.

B. Try a different brand of CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burners can have problems burning on some brands of CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. You can try out a different brand and see if it works better. Note that some CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burner manufacturers publish lists of recommended media on their websites.

C. Try a different drive

Some problems can be resolved by trying a different drive if you have more than one drive in your computer. You can choose a different drive on the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page.

D. Update the firmware of the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burner

The websites of many burner manufacturers provide information on how to install a firmware update. These updates can solve problems with the burner. Please read the provided

information carefully before installing an update.

E. Check for program updates

Problem A buffer underrun occured. Your computer was not able to deliver data fast enough to record the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Lower write speed

B. Enable "Copy all data to hard disk image first"

Proceed as usual until you are at the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page. Insert a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. Click on the button "Change Options...". Check "Copy all data to hard disk image first". Click on "OK". You can now see a message in the lower part of the page that you enabled this option.

C. Try a different drive

Some problems can be resolved by trying a different drive if you have more than one drive in your computer. You can choose a different drive on the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page.

D. Close applications that are not needed.

Check which application you don't need right now, and close them.

Problem Errors were ignored while burning a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. Errors occurred while burning a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. These were ignored during the burning process to ensure that the burned disc is still readable. However, the files/audio tracks that couldn't be burned correctly might not work as expected. It is important to note that the verify option will not report these errors.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Check the details view of write status page for more information on errors.

Click on "Show Details" on the write status page during CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burning to see the details. Click on "Hide Details" to hide the details view and to return to normal view.

B. Check if another program opened the file

Close all programs that might have opened the file. If the file still cannot be accessed, restart the computer and try again.

Problem An error occured while recording a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. There are many possible reasons why this problem can occur.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Check for program updates

A new program version might be available that might offer a solution for the problem.

B. Try a different drive

Some problems can be resolved by trying a different drive if you have more than one drive in your computer. You can choose a different drive on the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page.

C. Update the firmware of the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc burner

The websites of many burner manufacturers provide information on how to install a firmware update. These updates can solve problems with the burner. Please read the provided information carefully before installing an update.

Problem An error occured while reading a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. There are many possible reasons why this problem can occur.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Check if CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc is copy-protected.

Ashampoo Burning Studio does not support copying copy-protected CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. Please look on the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc itself or its case for more information regarding

copy protection.

B. Check if the surface of the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc is dirty.

If it is dirty and read errors occured, cleaning the surface can help. One way to clean the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc is (at your own risk!): Hold the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc by the edge. Use clean, lint-free cloth. Wipe the surface carefully starting at the center and moving outward to the edge. Don't wipe in circles, as this might damage the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. For more information on cleaning CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc, search for "cleaning CD/DVD" using your favorite internet search engine.

C. Try a different drive

Some problems can be resolved by trying a different drive if you have more than one drive in your computer. You can choose a different drive on the "Insert CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc" page.

Problem An error was found during the verification of the recorded CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc. This means that some files weren't recorded correctly.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Try and burn another disc.

Click on "Write another disc" in the menu on the write status screen when the burning process is finished.

B. Lower write speed

C. Try a different brand of CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc

Problem The application cannot access the file because it is being used by another application.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

Check if another program opened the file

Close all programs that might have opened the file. If the file still cannot be accessed, restart the computer and try again.

Problem There is not enough free space on the disk. This error message indicates that there is not enough free space on your hard disk.It does not refer to the space on the CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc.

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

A. Free up some space on your hard disk

The "disk cleanup" wizard of Windows can offer some help: Go to "My Computer". Right click on the hard disk, for example "Local disk (C:)". Click on "Properties". Click on "Disk clean".

B. Change folder for temporary files

To change the folder where temporary files are stored, open the "Settings" menu and choose the option "Folder for temporary Files..."

Problem How can I execute the Burning Studio with a user account that does not have Administrator rights? (Windows 2000, XP, 2003)?

Answer Here are some things that you could try to solve the problem:

First install the Burning Studio using an Administrator account.

The registry value "allocatecdroms" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon must be set to 1.

If entries in the start menu of the individual users are needed then they must be created manually.