=**####****************************************************************####**= = = = PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK for Windows = = Version 3.0.079 MAGIX of date 09.04.

2005 = = Runtime Modules = = = = (c) Copyright PoINT Software & Systems GmbH 1994-2005. = = All rights reserved. = = = = This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential = = technology of PoINT Software & Systems GmbH. Possession, use, or = = copying of this software and media is authorized only pursuant to = = a valid written license from PoINT or an authorized sublicensor. = = = = ------------------------------------------------------------------------- = = LICENSE TERMS: = = If not otherwise agreed by a separate individual license agreement, usage = = of the software is based on the "License Terms for SDK Products of PoINT = = Software & Systems GmbH" which are included in the file LICENSE.TXT. = = Before using the software, please read the license terms. Upon exercise = = of the rights granted in the license terms, you agree to the terms of = = this agreement. = = ------------------------------------------------------------------------- = = = = $Workfile:: README.TXT $ = = $Revision:: 28 $ = = $NoKeywords: $ = = = =**####****************************************************************####**= This text file contains the following sections: A. B. C. D. Supported CD recording devices Supported DVD recording devices Software Installation Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting

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================================= A. Supported CD recording devices ================================= At the time PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK (AVSDK) Version 3.0 has been tested with the following recording devices (DAO = disc-at-once). Please read also the comments below. NOTE: Drives supporting CD-R(W) in addition to DVD+R(W), DVD-R(W) or DVD-RAM media are listed in both, sections A and B. IMPORTANT: This list does not always show the full name of the supported recorders, but only the significant part of the name. Especially extensions like 'S' (SCSI), 'E' (EIDE or EXTERNAL), 'A' (ATAPI), 'T' (TRAY), 'I' (INTERNAL) are often ommitted. IMPORTANT: Some CD recorders do not support the disc-at-once recording mode for data or video CDs (in contrast to pure audio CDs). If AVSDK reports recording

problems like "required feature/command not supported" when you try to record a data or video CD, please disable disc-at-once recording. Acer CRW620 Acer CRW620A AOPEN CRW2440 AOPEN CD-RW CRW4048 AOPEN CD-RW CRW5232 AOPEN 8X8 DVD Dual AAN CyberDrv CW078D CD-R/RW CyberDrv CW088D CD-R/RW FREECOM DVD+/-RW8B FREECOM DVD+/-RW8B9 FREECOM DVD+/-RW16B8 FREECOM DVD+/-RW16B9 Generic CRD-BP4 Generic CRD-R800S Grundig CDR100IPW HighTech CD-R1002 HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4120B HP 4020I HP C4324/C4325 HP CD-Writer 6020 HP 6020I HP CD-Writer+ 7100i/e HP CD-Writer+ 72xxi/e HP CD-Writer+ 8xxxi HP CD-Writer+ 9xxx HP DVD Writer 400n HP DVD Writer 420n IDE-CD R/RW IDE-CD ReWritable IMS CDD2000 IMS CDD2600 IOMEGA ZIPCD IOMEGA ZIP CD JVC XR-W1001 JVC XR-W2001 JVC XR-W2010 JVC XR-W2020 JVC XR-W2022 JVC R2626 JVC XR-W2040 Kodak CDR-240 Kodak PCD200 Kodak PCD225 Kodak PCD240 Lite-On LTR-511 LG GMA-4020B LG GMA-4120B Mad Dog MD-8XDVDRW-PM Mad Dog MD-16XDVD9 Matsushita CW-7501 Matsushita CW-7502 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9571 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9572 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9573 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9581

(see Sanyo CRD-BP4) (see Sanyo CRD-R800S)

(not DAO) (firmware rev. 2.xx for DAO)

(not DAO) (firmware rev. 1.07 or higher for DAO) (see below)

Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9582 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9583 Memorex DVD+/-RW True8Xn Memorex DVD+/-RWDL4RWnD2 Mitsbish CDRW226 Mitsbish CDRW226A Mitsbish CDVR-2X4 Mitsumi CD-R CR-2401TS _NEC CB-2100 _NEC CD-RW NR-9100A _NEC CDRW/DVD CB1100A _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A _NEC DVD+RW ND-2100A _NEC DVD+RW ND-2110A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2300A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-2510A _NEC DVD+RW ND-3100A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3450A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3500A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3530A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A _NEC DVD+RW ND-5100A _NEC DVD+RW ND-6100A _NEC NR-7500A _NEC NR-7700A _NEC NR-7800A _NEC NR-7800B _NEC NR-7900A _NEC NR-8500A _NEC NR-9200A _NEC NR-9300A _NEC NR-9400A Nomai 680RW Olympus CDS615 Olympus CDS620 Optima CD-R650 Optorite DVD RW DD0201 Philips CDD521 Philips CDD522 Philips CDD2000 Philips CDD2600 Philips CDD3600 Philips CDD3610 Philips CDD3801 Philips CDD4201 Philips DVDRW208 Philips DVDRW228 Philips OMNIWRITER26 Philips PCA382RW Philips PCRW2010 Pioneer DR-R504 Pioneer DVD-R DVD-R7322 Pioneer DVD-R DVD-R7783 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106

(not DAO) (firmware rev. 1.07 or higher for DAO)

(not DAO)

Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-109 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K11 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12 Pinnacle RCD-1000 Pinnacle RCD5040 Pinnacle RCD4X4 Pinnacle RCDW226 Plasmon RF4000 Plasmon RF4100 Plasmon RF4102 Plasmon CDR4220 Plasmon CDR4240 Plasmon CDR4400 Plasmon CDR480 Plextor CD-R PX-R412 Plextor CD-R PX-R820 Plextor CD-R PX-W4220 Plextor CD-R PX-W8220 Plextor CD-R PX-W8432 Plextor CD-R PX-W124 Plextor CD-R PX-W1210 Plextor CD-R PX-W1610 Plextor CD-R PX-W2410 Plextor CD-R PX-W4012 Plextor CD-R PX-W4824 Plextor CD-R PX-W5224 Plextor CD-R PX-320 Plextor DVDR PX-504A Plextor DVDR PX-708A Plextor DVDR PX-712A Plextor DVDR PX-716A Ricoh CD-R/RW MPxxxx Ricoh DVD/CDRW MPxxxx Ricoh DVD+RW MP5308D Ricoh DVD+RW MP5316D Ricoh MP6200A Ricoh MP6200S Ricoh MP6201S Ricoh MP6201S Ricoh RO-1420 Ricoh RW5120A SAF CD-R2004 SAF CD-R2006 SAF CD-R4006 SAF CD-R8020 Sanyo CRD-BP4 Sanyo CRD-R800S Sanyo CRD-RW1 Sanyo CRD-RW2 SCSI-CD ReWritable Sony CDU920 Sony CDU924 Sony CDU926 Sony CDU928 Sony CDU948 Sony CD-RW CRX10U Sony CD-RW CRX120 Sony CD-RW CRX130

(firmware rev. 2.xx for DAO)

(not DAO) (not DAO) (not DAO) (see below !) (firmware rev. 3.00 or higher) (firmware rev. 1.03 or higher for DAO)

(see below !) (not DAO) (see below !)

(not DAO) (not DAO, see below !)

Sony CD-RW CRX140 Sony CD-RW CRX145 Sony CD-RW CRX0811 Sony DRU110A Sony DVD RW DRU-500A Sony DVD RW DRU-510A Sony DVD RW DRU-530A Sony DVD RW DRU-700A Sony DVD RW DW-D22A Sony DVD RW DW-U10A TDK DVDRW880N TDK DVDRW882N TDK DVDRW1616EX TDK DVDRW1616N Teac CD-R50S Teac CD-R55S Teac CD-R56S Teac CD-R58S Teac CD-W216E Teac CD-W512S Teac DV-W50E Teac DV-W58D Teac DV-W516D Traxdata CDR4120 Traxdata CDR6120 Traxdata CDRW2224 PLUS Traxdata CDRW2260 Traxdata CDRW2260+ Traxdata CDRW4260 Traxdata CDRW4424 PLUS Traxdata CRW2260 PRO Waitec WT2036EI Waitec WT2422 Waitec WT2444 Waitec WT4046 Waitec WT412 WPI CDR-432 WPI CDR-632P Yamaha CDR100 Yamaha CDR102 Yamaha CDR200 Yamaha CDR400 Yamaha CRW2100 Yamaha CRW2200 Yamaha CRW2216 Yamaha CRW2260 Yamaha CRW3200 Yamaha CRW4260 Yamaha CRW4261 Yamaha CRW4416 Yamaha CRW6416 Yamaha CRW8424 Yamaha CRW8824 Yamaha CRW-F1E

(firmware rev. 1.0f or higher for DAO) (includes all variants like 400 and 600)

(not DAO) (not DAO) (not DAO)

(firmware rev. 1.04 or higher for DAO) (see below !)

------------------------------Specific comments/restrictions: ------------------------------- Grundig CDR100IPW,

HP 4020I, HP C4324/C4325, IMS CDD2000, Kodak CDR-240, Mitsumi CD-R CR-2401TS, Mitsbish CDVR-2X4, Philips CDD2000, Plasmon CDR4220, WPI CDR-432 Firmware revision 1.20 does not support sub-indexes and reverses the audio channels; use revison 1.25 or above; this revision can be obtained from Philips (philips.com in the world wide web) - JVC XR-W1001, JVC XR-W2001, Pinnacle RCD-1000 Those JVC drives which do not support DAO write all tracks at once; therefore no link blocks (no errors or noise) is added between audio tracks; only between lead-in area and first track and between last track and lead-out area link blocks are inserted; link blocks at these positions normally do not cause errors and the resulting discs are perfect Catalog numbers (UPC/EAN) and ISRC are not supported by these drives - JVC XR-W2010, Pinnacle RCD5040 Catalog numbers (UPC/EAN) and ISRC are not supported by these drives. - Kodak PCD225, Philips CDD522 Firmware revisions 1.04 to 1.06 theoretically support DAO recording, too, but in practise it does not work reliably; therefore drives with these firmware revisions should not be used at all - HP 7100i/e 7100i is an ATAPI drive. 7100e is connected to the printer port of a PC. This drive drive did not work reliably at 2x speed during our tests. Please check carefully the performance of your system by simulating the recording of several disks at 2x speed. In case that problems occur, record at 1x speed. The drives do not allow to modify the length of pauses at the beginning of tracks in track-at-once mode. The default length is 2 seconds. - HP 72xxi/e 72xxi is an ATAPI drive. 72xxe is connected to the printer port of a PC. If you use this drive, please check carefully the performance of your system by simulating the recording of several disks at 2x speed. In case that problems occur, record at 1x speed. The drives do neither support DAO, nor do they allow to modify the length of pauses at the beginning of tracks. The default length is 2 seconds. - HP 8xxxi The HP 8xxxi drives are ATAPI drives.

The drives do neither support DAO, nor do they allow to modify the length of pauses at the beginning of tracks. The default length is 2 seconds. HP 9xxx The drives do neither support DAO, nor do they allow to modify the length of pauses at the beginning of tracks. The default length is 2 seconds. _NEC NR-7500A This drive does not support sub-indexes and cannot record more than about 90 tracks in disc-at-once mode. HP CD-Writer+ 7100i/e, HP CD-Writer+ 72xxi/e, HP CD-Writer+ 8xxxi, HP CD-Writer+ 9xxx, Philips CDD3600, Philips CDD3610, Philips CDD3801, Philips PCA382RW, Philips CDD4201, IDE-CD R/RW, IDE-CD ReWritable, IOMEGA ZIPCD, IOMEGA ZIP CD, SCSI-CD ReWritable, Traxdata CDRW2260+, Traxdata CRW2260 PRO, Traxdata CDRW2224 PLUS, Traxdata CDRW4424 PLUS, Waitec WT2036EI, Waitex WT2422, Waitex WT2444, WPI CDR-632P The drives do not allow to modify the length of pauses at the beginning of tracks in track-at-once mode. The default length is 2 seconds. Matsushita CW-7501, Plasmon CDR4240 These drives do not correctly disconnect from the SCSI bus during recording. Ricoh RO-1420 This drive does not correctly disconnect from the SCSI bus during recording.

Furthermore RO-1420 does not support copy protection bits (see on-line help). Copy protection will always be on. - Sanyo CRD-BP4 The drive does not support sub-indexes on audio CDs. - Sony CDU920, Sony CDU924, HighTech CD-R1002, Olympus CDS615, Olympus CDS620, Optima CD-R650, SAF CD-R2004, Sony CDU948 Catalog numbers (UPC/EAN) and ISRC are not supported by these drives - Sony CDU928 This drive does not support DAO, but it allows to vary the

lengths of pauses. However, even if the length is set to 0, 2 run-out blocks are always added between subsequent tracks. Additionally, the current versions of the drive do not work under Windows NT. - SAF CD-R4006, Yamaha CDR400 The comments below are valid for firmware revision 1.0a only. In firmware revision 1.0b or above, all of these problems are solved. With firmware 1.0a, these drives do not disconnect from the SCSI bus during writing. Thus, the SCSI bus is permanently claimed by the drives, communication with other connected drives cannot take place. In other words, these drives must be connected to a separate SCSI adapter. DO NOT connect any other drive to the same bus. Otherwise writing will not be reliable because Windows forces hard resets on the SCSI bus if the other drives do not respond. The software prints "Drive not ready" in this case. With firmware 1.0a, ISRC codes and catalog numbers (UPC/EAN) are not correctly recorded by the drives. - Yamaha CDR100, Plasmon CDR4400 Firmware revision 1.08 adds noise to the end of the last audio track; either set the copy protection bit for all tracks or try to get a new firmware revision to avoid the click noise ================================== B. Supported DVD recording devices ================================== PoINT CD/DVD Audio Video SDK (AVSDK) Version 3.0 has been tested with the following DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) recording devices. AOPEN 8X8 DVD Dual AAN FREECOM DVD+/-RW8B FREECOM DVD+/-RW8B9 FREECOM DVD+/-RW16B8 FREECOM DVD+/-RW16B9 HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4120B HP DVD Writer 400n HP DVD Writer 420n LG GMA-4020B LG GMA-4120B Mad Dog MD-8XDVDRW-PM Mad Dog MD-16XDVD9 Matsushita DVD-RAM LF-D310 Matsushita DVD-RAM LF-D521 Matsushita DVD-R SW-9501 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9571 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9572 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9573 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9581 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9582 Matsushita DVD-RAM SW-9583 (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R ) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW)

Memorex DVD+/-RW True8Xn Memorex DVD+/-RWDL4RWnD2 _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A _NEC DVD+RW ND-2100A _NEC DVD+RW ND-2110A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2300A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-2510A _NEC DVD+RW ND-3100A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3450A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3500A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A _NEC DVD_RW ND-3530A _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A _NEC DVD+RW ND-5100A _NEC DVD+RW ND-6100A Optorite DVD RW DD0201 Philips DVDRW208 Philips DVDRW228 Pioneer DVD-R7211 Pioneer DVD-R DVD-R7322 Pioneer DVD-R DVD-R7783 Pioneer DVD-R DVR-U201 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-109 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K11 Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12 Pioneer DVR-S201 Plextor DVDR PX-504A Plextor DVDR PX-708A Plextor DVDR PX-712A Plextor DVDR PX-716A Ricoh DVD+RW MP5308D Ricoh DVD+RW MP5316D Ricoh RW5120A Sony DRU110A Sony DVD RW DRU-500A Sony DVD RW DRU-510A Sony DVD RW DRU-530A Sony DVD RW DRU-700A Sony DVD RW DW-D22A Sony DVD RW DW-U10A TDK DVDRW880N TDK DVDRW882N TDK DVDRW1616EX TDK DVDRW1616N Teac DV-W50E Teac DV-W58D Teac DV-W516D

(DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW ) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R ) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R ) (DVD +R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD +RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW )(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW) (DVD-R,-RW,+R,+RW)(CD-R,-RW)

======================== C. Software Installation ========================

--------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows 3.1x --------------------------------------PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK does not work in Windows 3.1x and it cannot be installed on this platform. ------------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows 95/98/Me ------------------------------------------IMPORTANT !! Disable the Auto. Insert Notification (see control panel -> system -> device manager -> CD-ROM -> <your recorder> -> properties -> setting) for the recorder. RESTRICTION OF WINDOWS 95 !! In older versions of Windows 95 (up to 4.00.950a) PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK can support only one connected ATAPI drive. In case you are using one of these versions and if you want to connect a CD-ROM drive and an additional CD recorder (e.g. Sony CDU928E), please connect both drives to the same IDE channel. Configure the CD-ROM drive as IDE master and the recorder as IDE slave. PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK will then find and support the recorder. ASPI LAYER !! ATAPI drives are fully supported in Windows 95/98/Me. Unfortunatelly some software products install an incompatible ASPI manager which makes it impossible to access ATAPI drives. In case that PoINT CD/DVD Audio/Video SDK does not find ATAPI drives although available, please solve the problem by either installing an ASPI update e.g. from Adaptec (www.adaptec.com) or, in extreme cases, install Windows 95/98/Me again over the existing installation to replace incompatible by original modules. USB or FireWire (IEEE-1394) DRIVES !! Windows 95 does not support USB or FireWire drives. -----------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows NT 3.5x -----------------------------------------USB or FireWire (IEEE-1394) DRIVES !! Windows NT does not support USB or FireWire drives. --------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows NT 4 --------------------------------------IMPORTANT !! Install service pack 4 or higher. USB or FireWire (IEEE-1394) DRIVES !! Windows NT does not support USB or FireWire drives. --------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows 2000

--------------------------------------IMPORTANT !! Install service pack 1 or higher. IMPORTANT !! On systems with multiple processors, install service pack 2 or higher. ------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows XP ------------------------------------IMPORTANT !! Install service pack 1 or higher. --------------------------------------Remark for installation on Windows 2003 ---------------------------------------none============================================ D. Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting ============================================ This sub-section offers some hints for the configuration of adapters, recorders and hard disk drives. PLEASE READ IT VERY CAREFULLY since most communication and performance problems are caused by wrong configurations. For a reliable data transfer from hard disks to recorder, it is necessary to read from the hard disk and to write to the recorder in parallel, not in turn. Parallel operation is guaranteed if hard disk and recorder(s) are connected to different and independent FireWire, SCSI, USB and/or IDE channels. Generally, parallel data transfers are supported best by bus master SCSI host adapters like Adaptec AHA-1540/2940 and more recent models as well adapters from Symbios Logic. Parallel data transfers are also possible in case that hard disk and recorder are connected to different IDE channels, especially if DMA mode is enabled. Note that a special bus master IDE driver must be installed on Windows 95, NT 3.5 and NT 4.0 platforms for your system in order to enable the DMA mode. If your recorder provides enough cache memory (200kB * speed), you may also use a less expensive PIO SCSI adapter like Adaptec 1505, 1510, 1520 and most other adapters for ISA bus. If you use a PIO adapter then the disconnect/reconnect function of the adapter MUST be enabled. Please refer to the user manual of your SCSI adapter for more information. --------------------Performance problems: --------------------Performance problems cause buffer under-run, write errors or, if the recorder provides a buffer under-run protection, low recording speed.

The following hints may help to improve the performance: ** * IDE hard disk ** On Windows 95/NT3.5/NT4.0 platforms, install the special bus master IDE driver for the chip set of your PC in order to enable the DMA mode for the hard disk. Contact your dealer or the manufacturer of the PC for more information. On Windows 98/Me platforms, enable the DMA mode for the hard disk in the device manager. ** * IDE/ATAPI recorder ** Enable the DMA mode for the recorder as already described for the IDE hard disk. Do not connect the recorder to the same channel than the hard disk. ** * SCSI hard disk or recorder ** Enable sync. data transfers and the disconnect/reconnect function for the drive(s) in the BIOS setup program of the SCSI adapter, provided a BIOS exists. Refer to the user manual of the SCSI adapter for more information. On Windows 95/98/Me platforms, enable these features in the device manager, too. ----------------------Communication problems: ----------------------Communication problems on hardware level cause hard resets, timeouts, aborted commands, selection failures, drive-not-ready conditions, and many more errors. Less critical communication problems may also result into degraded performance. This software generates an error message in these cases. Communication problems on software level are caused by bugs in device drivers or, especially on Windows 95/98/Me platforms, by applications accessing the recorder in parallel to this software. These problems may cause the same failures than problems on hardware level, and they may result in software crashes. Windows tries to recover from communication problems by retrying the failed operation, and by disabling the sync. transfer mode for SCSI adapters. Usually, there is no notification about the failure. Because of this strategy, it is often possible to read from recorders, although errors occur. However, for recording on sequential media (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, ...), this strategy does not work since commands used for recording cannot be repeated. ** * FireWire and USB problems ** Check the cabling of the bus concerned.

Disconnect other devices connected to the same FireWire or USB adapter. If this solves the problem, check the configuration of the bus, especially the total lenght of cables and the sum of the electrical currents consumed. Refer to the user manual of the adapter for more information. ** * IDE problems ** Check the cabling of the IDE channel concerned. Provided a second device is connected to the same IDE channel, disconnect the second device. If this solves the problem, check the configuration of the second device. For more information, refer to the user manual of your PC. ** * SCSI problems ** Disable the sync. data transfer for all devices connected to the SCSI bus concerned. This is done in the BIOS setup program of the SCSI adapter, provided a BIOS exists. Refer to the user manual of the SCSI adapter for more information. On Windows 95/98/Me platforms, disable the feature in the device manager, too. If this solves the problem, the cabling of the bus is wrong (e.g. too long) or bad, or the bus is not correctly terminated. The mistake most commonly made is to use passive terminators and inappropriate cables for SCSI-II or SCSI-III busses. ** * Other problems ** On Windows 95/98/Me platforms, disable the Auto. Insert Notification feature in the device manager for the recorder and, if present, for any additional CD-ROM drive which is connected to the same IDE channel or SCSI bus. Check for applications accessing the recorder in parallel to this software. Terminate or, if not possible, de-install such applications. This especially includes other recording software and virus scanners.