3.
Choose a setting from the Action drop-down list:
• Choose Burn audio to begin recording audio to your CD when you click Start. You must close the disc before it can be played
in an audio CD player.
• Choose Test, then burn audio to test whether your files can be written to the CD without encountering buffer underruns.
Recording begins after the test if it is successful.
• Choose Test only to test whether your files can be written to the CD without encountering buffer underruns. No audio is
recorded to the CD.
• Choose Close disc to close your disc without adding any audio when you click Start. Closing a disc allows your files to be
played on an audio CD player. You cannot add tracks to a CD once it has been closed.
• Choose Erase RW disc to erase a rewritable CD when you click Start.
4.
Select your burning options:
• Select the Buffer underrun protection check box if your CD recorder supports buffer underrun protection. Buffer underrun
protection allows a CD recorder to stop and resume burning.
Buffer underrun protection can create a disc that can be played in CD players but may contain a bit error where burning
stopped and restarted. Consider clearing this check box when creating a premaster disc.
• Select the Erase RW disc before burning check box to erase a rewritable CD before you begin burning.
• Select the Close disc when done burning check box to close the CD after burning. Closing a disc allows your files to be played
on an audio CD player. You cannot add tracks to a CD once it has been closed.
• Select the Eject disc when done check box to eject the CD automatically when burning is complete.
• Select the Burn selection only check box to burn only the selected region. Clear the check box to burn the entire project.
• Select the Render temporary image before burning check box if you want to render your CD project to a temporary file
before recording. Prerendering can prevent buffer underruns if you have a complex project that cannot be rendered and
burned in real time.
Note:
The rendered temporary file will remain until you modify your project or exit. If an image file exists when you Open the Burn
Disc-at-Once Audio CD dialog, the check box is displayed as Use existing rendered temporary image.
5.
From the Drive drop-down list, choose the drive for burning CDs.
6.
From the Speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to burn. Choosing Max uses your drive’s fastest possible
speed; decrease the setting if you have difficulty burning because of buffer underruns.
7.
Click Start.
Important:
Once the CD writing begins, cancelling the write operation renders the CD unusable.
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