CDR Burning

[NaSTy]

<br><br><< <i>Thanks for asking the question Iceman and thanks for the answer NaSTy!! </i> >><br><br><BR>Arrrr stop it Hansaman you'll give Iceman a big head. Let me take all the credit for this one <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Iceman]

On some of the new Yamaha drives you can burn an image (not a CD image but a real image) on to unused space on the CD-R. I was wondering if there is any software that can do this as I am sure you dont need special hard ware to do it.<BR><BR>If oyu dont know what the hell i am going on about here is an example of what the cds look like once thay have a picture burnt onto the back of it.<BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.yamaha-online.de/index-it.php">CD Picture</a>

[NaSTy]

Nero 5.5x or later has DiscT@2<BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/computer/extra/handbook/how2use_pic.pdf">Here read this</a> -->May take a while to load

[Colin]

That does look pretty awesome... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>I thought it was hardware dependant... I'll browse through that PDF tonight though, maybe I can make my good ole Yamaha 16x CD-RW burn those pictures as well! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Hansaman]

That is very good news to hear!!! I have a Cendyne CD-RW drive with NERO 5.5 and I just check the Nero Info Tool and found that I have the correct version (5.5) and that it will write text and pictures to disks. Very cool!!<BR><BR>Thanks for asking the question Iceman and thanks for the answer NaSTy!!<BR><BR>H.

[Iceman]

I deserve some of the credit as I did ask the leading question<BR><BR>BTW does it only work on Yamaha drives

[NaSTy]

Actually you deserve all the credit. Coz it wasn't untill you asked the question that I wanted to find out<BR>how to do this. So I searched the net for ages and every blood site talked about image files.<BR>Then finally I found it

[NaSTy]

<br><br><< <i>BTW does it only work on Yamaha drives </i> >><br><br><BR>I'll try find out

[NaSTy]

<img src="http://www.yamaha.ca/computer/images/MInstrument_L.jpg"><BR>I think you might be right Iceman<BR><br><br><< <i>DiscT@2 is an original Yamaha-only feature that allows text and images to be drawn on the unused portion of a CD-R disc. </i> >><br><br>

[NaSTy]

<br><br><< <i>Recorders use a process called EFM (Eight to Fourteen Modulation) to burn data on a CD-R. This data shows up on the areas that the laser burns or leaves blank, known as pits and lands. It is the pits which make the recorded parts of a CD look darker than the parts which stay blank. So that the CRW-F1 can create very fine zones (0.1 micrometer minimum) in different shades, Yamaha has bypassed the EFM process which restricts zone size to between 3T (0.83 micrometers at 1.2 m/s) and 11T (3.05 micrometers at 1.2 m/s). The DiscT@2 system enables the laser to burn pits of varying length and breadth, so different shades can be burned onto the CD. On a tattooed CD-R, there will be a zone with data encoded by the EFM process and another corresponding to the blank data-free spaces, where graphics and text will be visible</i> >><br><br>

[NaSTy]

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.yamaha.ca/computer/support/faq/disc103.html">Frequently Asked Questions About DiscT@2</a>

[Iceman]

Damn I'll have to get a Yamaha then!!