Audio & Data Music CD Burner 1.40 FAQ

1. How many songs can I burn on a CD?
2. Can I add more songs on a CD that I created using ADM CD Burner later?
3. What type of blank media should I use to create a CD?
4. I get a saying that I have exceeded the disc capacity. I know the disc is new or has enough empty space.
5. The software is unable to read my playlist file. Why?
6.

It won't finish the burn or I end up with an unusable CD!

7. The CD writing was successful, but it won't play in my home or car stereo CD player!
8. I get an error message saying 'Component MySearchFile.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid'
9. I am seeing the message "runtime error '68': device unavailable"
10. Can I put data files such as word documents, image files such as JPG, GIF into my CDs?
11. I have further questions regarding CD-R.

 

1. How many songs can I burn on a CD?
 

Most CD Burners only support the creation of normal audio CDs. However, Audio Data Music CD Burner can create both normal audio CDs and data CDs.

When creating an audio CD, you should be able to put about 13 to 20 songs per CD. The main limit is that a CD-R can only hold 74 or 80 minutes of audio. The actual time of an 80 minute CD is actually less that 80 minutes.

Burning an 80-minute CD-R requires that your CD-Recorder hardware supports it. Not all CD-recorders support 80 minute CDRs! If you are not sure, consult your CD-recorder's documentation or visit the manufacturer's website for help.

For Data CD, you can fit hundreds of songs in a single disc. If you have a collection of MP3 files with an average of 5 MB each, you can fit 130 of them in one single 650 MB disc!

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2. Can I add more songs on a CD that I created using ADM CD Burner later?
 

It depends. If you are creating a data CD, you can always put new songs on the CD later as long as it has not been closed. Please refer to the 'Creating Multi-Session Disc' in the Help documentation that comes with the software for more info.

Audio CDs are recorded in TAO (Track-at-Once) recording mode and ADM CD Burner always closes the CD at the end of the burning process. So for audio CDs, you won't be able to add more songs later. You should have all your songs arranged before burning.

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3. What type of blank media should I use to create a CD?
 

If you want the CD to be usable on any standard home or car stereo, you should use a blank CD-R disc. You can use CD-RW, but they are only supported by some of the more modern audio CD players.

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4. I get a message saying that I have exceeded the disc capacity. I know the disc is new or has enough empty space.
 

Press the 'Reread CD' button to recalculate the disc empty space. Please note that the ADM CD Burner allocates about one minute from the total time available to separate each track. So if you have a 74 minutes CD, the software only allows you to use up to 73 minutes of recording time.

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5. The software is unable to read my playlist file. Why?
 

Your playlist file is probably corrupted. Recreate a new playlist.

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6. It won't finish the burn or I end up with an unusable CD!
 

You may be having buffer-under run problem. The CD recorder must have a non-interruptible stream of audio data. If it is interrupted the burn will fail.

Buffer under-runs are a common problem with CD writers. A buffer under-run occurs when not enough data is streamed to the drive from the system. Buffer under-runs are very uncommon using CD Burner. The software has a very efficient multi-threaded buffering system. There are some things you can do to prevent this problem from happening by:

1) Disable other processes running as background tasks (virus scan, screen-saver, etc...)

2) Try using a lower write speed especially on slow systems.

3) Don't run other applications while recording (especially on a slow system).

4) Try not to access the hard disk - I/O resources are needed by the writer and CDR software.

5) Don't record from a network connection if at all possible - the network data transfer rate may be too slow.

6) Install more memory - this will prevent heavy hard-disc swapping during recording.

7) Disable auto-insert notification for the CDR. Please refer to the Help documentation that comes with ADM CD Burner on how to do this.

8) Select the "Cache Image Before Writing" option on the Options window if you are burning Data CD or select "Cache/Decode files locally" if you are burning Audio CD

9) Try test burns before doing actual burns!

Doing any of these things will help you 'burn' more successfully and create less coasters. Most problems occur on slow systems with high write speeds (less data gets processed on time).

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7. The CD writing was successful, but it won't play in my home or car stereo CD player!
 

Did you make sure to use a CD-R disc? Many people mistakenly use a CD-RW. Some newer audio CD players will support CD-RWs, but when in doubt use a CD-R!

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8. I get an error message saying 'Component MySearchFile.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid'
 

This error is caused by an incomplete installation of ADM CD Burner particularly the incomplete registration of MySearchFile.ocx during ADM Burner installation.

First, make sure the file is present in your SYSTEM32 folder (for Windows XP) or SYSTEM (for Windows 98). If it's missing, you can download it from our website via the link below and save it into your system folder as described above.

http://www.digitalborneo.com/downloads/MySearchFile.ocx

If you are using Windows XP, it's normally located at

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

If it's there, you'll need to register the file so that your operating system knows they are present.

Go to Start > Run... then type

Regsvr32 MySearchFile.ocx

Press 'OK'. A message should pops up and tell you if it's registered correctly or not.

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9. I am seeing the message "runtime error '68': device unavailable"
 

If you using a CD/DVD writer combo drive, unfortunately ADM CD Burner doesn't have comprehensive support for such drive yet. You shouldn't receive that error if you are using a CD Writer drive.

To get around this, put an audio CD into the drive before you start the software. This tells the software you do have a CD Writer even though if it's not fully supported. The error should disappear.

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10. Can I put data files such as word documents, image files such as JPG, GIF into my CDs?
  Unfortunately the current version of ADM CD Burner only supports audio data file such as MP3, WAV and WMA. It doesn't accept other data files besides those three.
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11. I have further questions regarding CD-R.
 

You can visit Andy McFadden's CD-Recordable FAQ.

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