User manual PLEXTOR PLEXTORMANAGER2K

[. . . ] Plextor CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW Software Suite and Utilities For Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, NT, 2000 Plextor Manager Version 1. 07 August 2000 Congratulations! Plextor Manager 2000 is a remarkable suite of software utilities that help you get the most from your Plextor drive. Plextor Manager 2000 puts more features at your fingertips and makes them easier to use than ever before. This manual will show you how to begin using Plextor Manager 2000 for greater productivity--and more fun! This page intentionally left blank. ii Plextor Manager 2000 User's Manual Table of Contents 1. Plextor Manager 2000 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You see the CDDB text box. Figure 7: Connecting to the CDDB Database 5. If desired, click on the Get Server List arrow to obtain a list of CDDB servers, then select the location to connect to. Now insert the audio CD into your Plextor or a generic MMC-compliant drive. (It must be the default playback drive. ) You see another screen with a message indicating you are connecting. MVP 2000 downloads the disc data for you and shows it in the MVP 2000 display window. When you play the CD, you also see the song name scroll across the screen. You can now eject the disc, insert another disc, and repeat steps 9 and 10 above. When finished updating MVP 2000 with information about new discs, click on the Options button again. If desired, click the CDDB icon in the CDDB text box to connect to the CDDB home page. Your Internet browser shows the home page, where you can get more information about artists and albums. NOTE: CDDB information is stored on your PC in a small text file and is shared between MVP 2000 and Audio Capture 2000. So once you link to CDDB to extract disc information using either of these two applications, you do not need to do it again for that disc. From that point, MVP 2000 and Audio Capture 2000 have access to the information in the text file, even if you're no longer connected to the master CDDB database via the Internet. Plextor Manager 2000 User's Manual 25 Section 3. Running MVP 2000 This page intentionally left blank. 26 Plextor Manager 2000 User's Manual 4. Running Audio Capture 2000 Audio Capture 2000 lets you extract audio tracks from an audio CD directly to your hard drive. You can save them as digital WAV files or encode them in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. You can vary the sound quality, select multiple or single tracks, and rename tracks as you are saving them. You can also perform error correction to eliminate pops, clicks, and hissing. Audio Capture 2000 Application Controls Figure 8 shows the main controls for the Audio Capture 2000 application. Figure 8: Audio Capture 2000 Controls · About: Click to view information about this application. · Track Selection Window: View track information, or click a track to select it for capture. · Scroll Bar: Click and drag the button to scroll through the list of titles or tracks on the disc. Plextor Manager 2000 User's Manual 27 Section 4. Running Audio Capture 2000 · Select Source Drive: Click and choose a source drive from which to capture audio. · Set Level of Error Correction: Click and drag to select error correction level. (Not supported by non-Plextor drives. ) · Capture Track(s): Click to begin capture or encoding. [. . . ] a) The Software contains trade secrets and in order to protect them you may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form. YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, ADAPT, TRANSLATE, RENT, LEASE, LOAN RESELL FOR PROFIT, DISTRIBUTE, NETWORK OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED UPON THE SOFTWARE OR ANY PART THEREOF. b) YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE TO MAKE UNAUTHORIZED COPIES OF ANY COMPUTER PROGRAM OR OTHER WORKS. You shall defend, indemnify and hold Plextor harmless from any loss, damage, claim or liability incurred by Plextor as a result of any unauthorized copies of third-party computer programs or other works made by you with the Software. " 3. [. . . ]