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AlotofdifferenttypesofsoftwarecanbeusedtoenhanceoractlikeCDdrives.Eventhoughsuchsoftwareis
highlyrelatedtoeachother,andinsomecasessomepiecesmaydependontheexistanceofotherpieces(suchas
aCDdevicedriverandafilesystemdriver,whicharebothneededtogetanaccessible,mountedfilesystemfrom
datareadfromadrive),theseparatepiecesarelocatedinseparatesectionsonthissite.
Thisisbecausedifferentpieceshappentobestfitindifferentsectionsonthissite.Forexample,itmakessenseto
haveresourcesfortheISO9660filesystemnearsoftwareforotherfilesystems.Itwasdeemeddesirablethatthe
appropriatelittlepiecesbefoundifthosebestmatchingsectionsweresearched.Theresultsoforganizingthings
thiswayisthatforCDdrives,quitespecifically,thereisalotofhyperlinkingtovarioussections,andsomultiple
pagesmaybeneededforsomefairlysimpletasks.Thealternativewouldbetoduplicatealotofinformationonto
aCDspecificpage,ortoreorganizeCDrelevantcontentsothatotherpagesreferencetheappropriatesectionof
CDcentricpages.ThatlikelywouldhavemadetheCDspecificsectionswelltobequitelarge,andsothe
decisionwasmadetojustacceptthehyperlinkinginordertobeconsistantwiththeorganizationusedelsewhere
onthissite.
Havinggiventhisexplanation,pleaseacceptanapologyrightnowfortheexcessivehyperlinkingthatoneis
probablygoingtoexperience,andpossiblyhasalreadystartedtoexperience,ifthispageisbeingviewed.Sorry.
Havingsaidthat,here'saquickguidetohelpfindsomeofthevarioustypesofsoftwarerelatedtoopticaldiscs:
Fordriversthatarefocusedonmakingaphysicaldevicework,seeCompactDisc:Driverspage(whichis
thispage).
Fordrivers(likeMSCDEX)thatmakeafilesystemmountablewhenitisreadbytheCDdriver,andthen
subsequentlywillmakethedataavailable,seetheSectionoftheDrivedriverspageforDOSISO9660
driversforoptions.Forasimilarfunctionality,whichistoreadthedatafromthefilesystemandtomakea
virtualdriveoutofit,includingaddingsupportforvirtualfunctionssuchasejectingthetray,suchsoftware
isonthispagebecausethesoftwareprovidessupportforthehardwareofthevirtualdevice.Insomecases,
eitherfunctionalitymayseemsufficienttoservetheneeds,socheckbothsections.
ForcreatingandmanipulatingimagesoffilesystemsdesignedforusewithCDs,seetheFileSystempage:
opticaldriveformatsand/ortheArchiverPage'sCDimagessection(inthediskimagessection).Also,the
sectionforwritingtoopticaldiscshassoftwarethatmayalsosupportthis.
Forwritingtoadisc,makesurethatDriversforwritingtoopticalmediaareavailableandthensectionon
softwareforwritingtoopticaldiscs(onthispage).Also,thesectionsonmanipulatingimagesofa
filesystem,discussedwithapreviouspartofthislist,maybeuseful.
Forvirtualdrives:Seethispage.Virtualdrivesmayoftendomorethanhandlingafilesystem,reporting
whetherthevirtualdrive'stray/doorisopenedorclosed,andsoitactsmorelikeaphysicaldrivethanjusta
filesystemdriver.ForWindowsVirtualDrivesin32bitWindows,suchdrivesmayappeartotheoperating
systemjustlikearealdrive,includingshowingupinDeviceManager.
ForplaybackofDVDvideo,seeMultimedia:DVDplayback.ToaccessfilesonaDVD,suchDVD
playbacksoftwaremaybeuseful,assuchsoftwareoftenmakesseparatefilesystemdriversunnecessary
forplayback(andperhapsevenforfilereading).Ifthereisanysoftwarefocusedonaccessingfilesfor
reading,itshouldbeintheDVDFileSystemsarea.
Forplaybackofaudio,seetheCDAudioplaying.
Somecommontasksmayincludereadingdata,writingdata,Tasksmayinclude:Readingdata,writingdata,
playingaudioCDmusic
[#rodriver]:Drivers:Readonly
DOSCDROMdrivers
Thisisalistofthehardwaredrivers.AsoftwareextentionlikeMSCDEXwillalsobeneeded.(See
FileSystemdriverspage'sISO9660section.)
SolutionsthatworkwithATAPIIDECDROMdrives(whicharethemostcommontype)include
thefollowing.(SomemaynotworkaswellwithCDAudio,especiallyifhavingmultipledrivesand
SHSUCDX/NWCDEX).
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Thissectioncouldusealittlebitofcleanup.
QCDROM
http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/qcdrom.htmlhttp://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/file/qcdrom42.zip(Old
URLforQCDROMdescribingwhyauthormadefilenotworkwithFreeDOS.Alsotruefor
otherapplicationslikeSHSUCDX.)http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/qdma.htmlQCDROMV2.6
DOSUltraDMACDROMDriver(download).SupportsUltraDMA.Thewebpagesays"can
runoneortwoCDROMorDVDdrivers"butthebundledREADME.TXTsaysitcansupport
uptothree.InadditiontosupportingfastermethodthroughUltraDMA,documentationsaysit
uses2368bytes.ItseemsthatspeedimprovementcanbeobtainedwithQDMAQDMA
versionV4.0wasthelasttoworkwithFreeDOS.http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/qdma.html
eventuallybecameknownas"QCACHEV5.7(QDMAmergedwithQCACHE)DOS
UltraDMADiskDriver/Cache"
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/(IspartofFreeDOSmaybe?)
VIDE
http://www.benq.com/drivers/storage_drivers.html(OldBenQURLisnow404)
BenQ'sUSAsitehasdriverssection.BenQ's"Service&Support"pageletsonechoose
DriversforOpticalStoragedevices.ChoosingaCDROMmaythenleadtobeingableto
download"SelfextractingZIPfilecontainingdevicedriverfileforMSDOSOnly,setup
program,andreadmefilesinfivelanguages(English,Spanish,German,Italian,andFrench)."
Thelinkedtofile,APICD214.EXE(version2.14),aselfextractingzipfile,containsVIDE
CDD.SYS(andPKZip2.04g).
Teac
NowinvalidURLhttp://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/cdrom_drives/ide_cdrom_drivers.htm
(TeacDesktopIDECDROMDrivers)pageusedtopointstoaURL(thatbecameinvalid
first)forTEAC_CDIDOSdriver(
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/downloads/drivers/68edos11.exe).Fortunatelyaforumpost
linkedtotherightURLforTeacdrivers.Alsoavailableisdocumentation.(Thatlinkgoes
througharchive.org.)(Copyoffile,unmodified,hasbeensavedlocally.)
http://www.teac.com/consumer_electronics/CDPlayers_And_Recorders.htmlTEACLogo
TEACpageClickingon"support"wentto:TEACAmerica'sTechnicalSupportCenterpage,
whereHTMLsourceledtolinktoInternal/ExternalCDROMDrives(alsolinksfor:
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/dt_dvdr_drives/ide_dvdr.htm">DVDRecorderDrives,
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/sl_ide_dvd_cdrw/dvd_cdrw_combo.htm">SlimLine
DVDROM/CDRWDriveCombo,
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/dvd_drives/dvd_drives.htm">DVDROMDrives,
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/dt_ide_cdrw/ide_cdrw.htm">DesktopInternalIDECD
RWDrives,http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/sl_ide_cdrw/sl_ide_cdrw.htm">SlimLine
InternalIDECDRWDrives,
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/usb_cdrw/usb_cdrw.htm">USBCDRWDrives,
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/pcmcia_cdrw/pcmcia_cdrw.htm">PCMCIACDRW
Drives,http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/firewire_cdrw/firewire_cdrw.htm">FireWireCD
RWDrives,http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/scsi_cdrw/scsi_cdrw.htm">SCSIInternal
CDRWDrives,http://www.teac.com/DSPD/support/scsi_cdr/scsi_cdr.htm">Internal/External
CDRDrives,andsomeotherdrivetypesthatdidn'tsoundlikeopticaldrives)
XCDROM
http://johnson.tmfc.net/freedos(UPDATED)XCDROMUltraDMACDROMDOSdriver
DirectorywithVersion2.2.Thedocumentationhadatleastsectionsthatreadverysimilarto
thenewerQCDROMdriver's."xcdrom.sys(GPL,byJackREllis,expectedsomewherein
2006)"
GCDROM
"SATANativeIDECD/DVDROMdriverforDOSfromGigaByteTechnology"withsource
codederivedfromXCDROM.Executable(availablelocally),source(availablelocally,zipped
ingcdrm23s.zip)
AtapiCDD
http://wiki.fdos.org/Main/AtapiCDDhttp://www.mailarchive.com/freedos
devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00262.html
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/atapichk.exe
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/atapichk.c
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/atapichk.makATAPIcodebasedonpublic
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domainCcodefromHaleLandis'ATADRVRATAPICDD.SYSATAPICDD.SYSv0.2.1416
bitUniversalDOSmodeIDE/ATAPICD/DVDdrivehttp://www.msfn.org/board/ipb_seo.php?
url=
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darklogic.org%2Ffdos%2Fprojects%2Fatapicdd%2Fatapicdd.0.2.14.zip
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/pnp/isapnp125.zip
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/atapicdd.0.2.14.zip
ATAPICDD.SYS(foundfromacollectionongrcsite)Documentation
forumpostsayingsourceisonfdossite:http://fdos.sourceforge.net/refersto
http://www.fdos.orgbutitisbettertovisithttp://sourceforge.net/projects/fdos/.FromtheCVS.
TOOGAMhasplacedatapicdddirectory'sfilesinatap216s(atapicdd2.16source)zipfile.
ToshibaCDROMdirver,needs6K,supportsspindowntiming
Describedhere:description
USB_CD
TextfileandSystemfilethatarenotlistedinthedirectory.Assumedtobefreelysharabledue
toitsmentiononMGDX'ssite:Linkstodrivers.
http://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/
AtapiCDDhttp://www.darklogic.org/fdos/projects/atapicdd/(nolongervalidpage)with
sourcecodehttp://wiki.fdos.org/Main/AtapiCDD
http://osdir.com/ml/emulators.freedos.devel/200506/msg00041.html
http://johnson.tmfc.net/freedos/usbdrv.htmlhttp://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/usbdrv.html
http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/file/usb18.ziphttp://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/file/usb18.exe
USBDrv?
OAKCDROM
Some32bitversionsofWindowsuseit.Perhapssaferinsomeways(lesslikelytohangthe
system)andabletodetectdriveswell?Usesmorememory.Q293185referstoit.Q190303
doesaswell.Q186892:Insufficientconventionalmemorydoesaswell.Win98Resourcekit
callsit"GenericdevicedriverforATAPICDROMdrives.
OtherCDROMdriversonWindows98startupdisk
Win98Resourcekitgivesadescriptionof"RealmodeAdaptecCDROMdriver."to
Aspi2dos.sys,Apsi4dos.sys,Aspi8dos.sys,Aspi8u2dos.sys,andAspicd.sys.Itgivesa
descriptionof"Mylex/BuslogicCDROMdriver."forBtcdrom.sysandBtdosm.sys.
32bitWindowsdrivers
CDROM(readonly)
Realdrivers
Driversmaycomewiththeoperatingsystem.Thissitedoesnothaveadditionaldrivers
meantforaccessingphysicalCDROMdisks.However,Win9xusersmayfindthe
Win9xCDfilesystemdriverofsomeuse.ItactsjustlikeaCDdriver,butisplacedin
thatsectionbecauseitmountsaudioCDsdifferently,creatingasortofvirtualfile
system.
[#wvrtdriv]:Windowsdriversforvirtualopticaldrives
Thissoftwarenotonlysupportsthemountingofafilesystem(suchasthesoftware
foundontheFilesystemsarea),butalsomimicsthefunctionalityofadrive,suchas
openingandclosingofthedrivetray.
SoftwarefromMicrosoft
KB916902(Revision1.5)linkstoMicrosoftVirtualCDROMControlPanel
packageReview.Thishasbeenstoredlocallyaswin32/xpvcdc21.exe(adirect
copysavedin2007)andzippedlocallyaswin32/xpvcdc21.zip(longerfilename,
savedin2016).
IMDisk
See:LTRData:ImDiskVirtualDiskDriverwhichcancreatevirtualharddisk,
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floppyorCD/DVDdrivesusingimagefilesorsystemmemory.
[#daemontl]:DaemonTools
DaemonToolsforolderoperatingsystems
3.47isthelastversionforWin9x,andhasalsobeenknowntoworkquite
wellwithWindowsXP.(Ithasbeenknowntohaveissueswherethedrive's
CDaudiowon'tplayinCDPlayer,orperhapsitwillseemtoplayeachtrack
forasecondbutitonlyplayssilenceandthenmovesontothenexttrack.
ThismayberelatedtosimultaneousFirefoxsessionsandrunningoutof
systemmemory,butifso,closingFirefoxwouldn'tfixtheissue.Rebooting
would.)DaemonToolsv3.47(DaemonTools3.47downloadpage)Daemon
Toolsdownloadpagetrayicons.zip
WindowsVistaandnewer
DAEMONToolsLitev4.40.1(withSPTD1.76)webpagenoted,Note:
Windows2000isnotsupportedfromthisversion.Thetwoversionsof
DAEMONToolsLitethatappeartohaveofficiallysupportedWindows7
andWindows2000wereverisons4.35.5and4.35.6.DaemonToolsLite
4.35.6Legacy(supportsWindows2000)(downloadpage)offersa
downloadtotheInstallerforDAEMONToolsLitev4.35.6.However,
newerversionscitedimprovementsofbugfixesincludingHandlesleaks
(althoughthatparticularfixnoteditwaswiththeSidebarGadget).
PerhapstheolderDaemonTools3.47mightworkbetterforWin2K(and
XP),whileusersofWindowsXPandnewermaybebetterservedwitha
newerversion.
DaemonTools3.47'sinstallermaybeblockedbytheProgram
CompatabilityAssistantsoftwareinWindowsVista(and,presumably,
newer).WindowsErrorReportingmayreferpeopletotheDTSoftLtd.
websitetolearnmoreaboutDaemonTools,whichisaURLabout
Windows7compatability,evenifrunningunderWindowsVista.Thispage
suggeststhatversion4.35.5ofDAEMONToolsLite(and4.35.0306of
DAEMONToolsPro)forfullsupport,andacknowledgesversions4.30.4of
DAEMONToolsLite(and4.30.0305ofDAEMONToolsPro)forBeta
support.
Microsoft'sWin7compatabilitypageforDaemonToolsProAdvanced,
focusedon32bitindicatesthat4.0iscompatiblewithWin732bit,
althoughclickingonthe64bittaborgoingtoMicrosoft'spagefor
CD/DVDUtilitiesincompatiblewith64bitWindows7notesthatthe64bit
softwareisnotedasbeingincompatible.However,thatmaybeoutdated
informationaboutversion4.0sinceDTSoftLtd.'sWindows7pagenotes
supportcameinwithsomenewerversions,andEarlierDAEMONTools
products'versionsdonotprovideanysupportforOSWindows7.
Nero
SomeversionsoftheNeroCDburningsoftwarecomewithsupportforusingdisk
imageslikeadrive.Forfurtherdetailsonthissoftware,seetheCD
burning/writingsection.
Disktrayhandlingsoftware
[#cdrsebrl]:CDR.EXEpackagebyChrisMorseSebrell
zipofCDR.EXEpackagebyChrisMorseSebrellwasmadetopreserveanoldarchive
foundatCodeGurupageonCDRwhichdiscussesthecodeabitfurther.
CDR(writable)drivers
SeeCDwritingsoftwareforWindows.
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[#cdrdrivr]:Drivers:Writingtoopticalmedia
SupportforwritingtovariousdevicestendstobebuiltintoCDwritingsoftware.(Ifsoftwaredoesn't
supportaspecificdevice,thesolutiontendstobetousedifferentsoftware.Forthosewhomsuchchanges
affect,supportfornewerdrivestendstobethemostimportantupgradeintroducedwithnewerversionsof
CDwritingsoftware.)SomesoftwaremayexceptthatASPIissupported.
PatinCouffin
SupportedbyBlindwrite?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatinCouffin
AdvancedSCSIProgrammingInterface(ASPI)drivers
HerearesomeoptionsforthosewhomaybeseekingASPIdrivers:
[#neroaspi]:Nero
SomeoldversionsofNerohavebeenknowntoinstallASPIdriversthatremainevenafter
uninstallingNero.Thiswouldseemtobeadiscouragablepractice,exceptforthefactthat
Nero'sdriverswouldoftenworkbetterthanotherASPIsolutions(evenwhenusingother
softwareprograms).
ftp://ftp6.nero.com/NeroASPIdt.exe?
Adaptec's
Adaptec'sWindowsASPIdriversversionv4.71.2forWin98/NT4/ME/2K/XP.A
informationalpageforASPIv4.71.2cautionsagainstusingthisversionforWin95.
Adaptec'sASPIlayerversion4.60(1021)(ASPI32.EXE)forWin95andNT.Therelated
informationalpageforAdaptec'sASPI4.60(1021)cautionsthatthisis*not*forWin2Kor
newer(includingnotforWinME),asitwillcauseconflictswiththoseneweroperating
systems.ThepagesaysthisiscompatiblewithNTand95,andisfor9xandNT(butnotfor
ME).Fromthisdescription,itseemsitmightbeokayforWin98.
GoldenHawkTechnology
GoldenHawkTechnology'sdownloadpagehasareferencetoGoldenHawkTechnology's
ASPIdriverinstallationkit(licensedfromNexiTech).Thesedriversarealreadyincluded
withCDRWINversions3.8Fandhigher.
ftp://64.251.26.164/pub/goldenhawk/download/aspight.exe
PinnacleSystems
ftp://ftp.pinnaclesys.de/driver/pc/InstantCDDVD/ASAPI.exe
FrogASPI
Thismaynotbehostedonotherwebsites,normayitbesold.However,thesoftwareisfree.
http://www.frogaspi.org/download.htm#frogaspi
ASPI_ME
GibsonResearchCompany'spageonASPI_MEdiscussesaprogramthatwasoncedistributed
fromthatsite.
ForceASPI
http://www.radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htmForceASPI1.7installsAdaptec'sASPI4.6.
ForceASPI1.8mayexistandinstallanewerversion.
OtherASPIdrivers
http://www.goldenhawk.com/ide.htmreferstohttp://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/aspi.htm
http://www.lsilogic.com/support/support+drivers/scsi/ntaspi.html
http://www.lsilogic.com/support/support+drivers/scsi/w2kaspi.html
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/alphant/symbios_aspi.zipncfrefersto:
http://www.initio.com/support/indexdownload.htm
ASPIdriversmaycomeintoplay.(Storehere,orintheCDwritingdriverssection?).See
http://www.nu2.nu/aspi/#wherehttp://www.goldenhawk.com/download_body.htmGoldenHawk's
downloadpagereferstoGoldenHawkTechnology'sASPIdriversforWin95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP
Ifoneisn'ttryingtowritetoopticalmedia,thenperhapsdriversforreadingCDswillbemorehelpful.
MostCDandDVDwritingunitscanusestandardCDROMdriverstobeabletoreadmedia.
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[#optdscwr]:Software:Writingtoopticalmedia
Theinformationat][CyberPillar][:Writingtodiscscoversotheroperatingsystems.
Generaloverview
SoftwareforwritingopticaldiscstendtosupportthefunctionofDriversforwritingtoopticalmedia
andinteractingwiththedrive,oftensupportingfeaturessuchashandlingbufferoverrunswiththe
drive.
Additionally,softwareforwritingopticaldisksmayormaynotalsosupportthehandlingofimages
(and/orrealtimehandling)offilesystemsforCDsand/orfilesystemsforDVDs.Thistendstobe
trueontheMicrosoftWindowsplatform.ForLinux,thesoftwarethatmakesfilesystems(suchas
mkisofs)tendstobedifferentthantheactualCDwritingsoftware(cdrecord/cdio),althoughonetype
ofprogrammaybeabletoinvoketheotherinordertoaccomplishbothtasks.(growisofsmaybe
abletodoboth.)
SpecificSoftware
Cdrtools(Cdrecord)
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/redirectstothemainCDRToolspage(whichoddlyhasthewords
oldandprivateintheURL,butseemstobeapublicpage).
Thisbecameanearly,popularsolutiontowritingCDsunderLinux.
OtheroptionsforUnixishsystems
cdio,growisofs,mkhybrid.Seehttp://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#burnCD
SoftwareforDOS
GoldenHawkTechnology'sDOSsoftwarecalledDiskAtOnce(DAO)(obtainedfrom
CDRWinpage?),http://www.freeweb.hu/doscdroast/index.html
[#wincdwrt]:CDwritingsoftwareforWindows
Onemayneed...
ASPIdrivers
ASPIdriversmaycomeintoplay.(Storehere,orintheCDwritingdriverssection?).
See#aspidrvr(orhttp://www.nu2.nu/aspi/#where).
OnesitethatmaybeofinterestinmakingbootableCDsis:BartLagerweij'sBootableCD's
pagehyperlinkstoresourcesincludingBartLagerweij'swaytocreatebootableCDRoms.
Herearesomeotheroptions:
[#blindwrt]:BlindWrite
Anotherhomepage:WWW.BlindWrite.Com.
Tutorial
Apparentlyhttp://www.vsosoftware.fr/download.php?
url=http://vso.nerim.net/blindwrite_full_setup.exewasonceavalidURLtopget
BlindWrite4.57.Now,BlindWrite4.57.(Zippedlocally.)Downloadpagefor
BlindWrite4.57(verifiedtobeidenticaltozippedlocalcopy).
BlindWrite_BWABuilder5(zippedlocally).
Ibelievetheprogramand/orfunctionalityofBlindReadmaybecontainedinthe
BlindWritesoftwaredistributionfile.
[#nero]:Nero
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Ahead.deandnero.comserveashomepagesforNero.(Atleastsomeearlierversions
wereknownasNeroBurningROM,apunontheideaofburningaCDRwhichthen
actsasaROM,andthehistoryofwhenthecityofRomeexperiencedfiresduringthe
timeoftheCaeserknownasNero.
Nerohasanexcellenthistory.NotonlywasitoneofthefewoptionsforWindows3.1,
buttheearlierversionscontainedASPIDriversfromNerowhichseemedtooften
providesuperiorcompatability.
Today,Nerohasbeenknowntooffersomefreesoftware:NeroFree9andNero
BurnLite10.TheNeroBurnLiteFree(English)pageallowsadownloadforthose
willingtoshareanEMailaddress.
[#cdrwin]:CDRWin
CDRWinDownloadPagee.g.http://goldenhawk.digitallatinum.com/download/cdr40g
a.exe
[#imgburn]:ImgBurn
ImgBurnisthesuccessortoDVDDecrypter,withreducedfunctionalitysoastocomply
withappeaselegalconcernsbroughtupbyMacrovision.ThisisFreewarecompatible
withWine,Win9x,WinNT4,andnewerversionsofWindows(includingWindows7
andWindows2008).Thissoftwaresupportscreatingandwritingimagesinmultiple
formatsincludingtheeverpopular*.ISO,themoreinformative*.BIN/*.CUE,andmore
formats.Theprogramhasalsobeenknowntowork(onaparticulardriveandoperating
system)whenInfraRecorderdidn'twork,soitmayhaveitsusefornicerhardware
compatibility.
Inaforumpost,theauthorofthesoftware,knownasLightningUK!,wasaskedabout
sourcecodeavailabilityandnoted,Nevergonnahappen,sorry.InanotherForumpost,
theauthorLightningUK!noted,ImgBurndoesn'tusesubchanneldata.Itwon't
writeitanditwon'treadit.Ifit'spresentinanimage,itjustgetsdiscarded.Also,
statedwas,Iverymuchdoubtthat'llchange.
TheImgBurnchangelogreferencesCLI,soapparenltyitdoeshaveacommandline
interface.
[#infrarec]:InfraRecorder
OpensourcesoftwareforWin2K/XP+
Otheroptions
Wikipedia'slistofopticaldiscauthoringsoftwareprovidesmultipleoptions.
[#cdaudpla]:PlayingCDAudio
SeeCDaudioplaybacksoftware.

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