MakeCD Feature List

The MakeCD Feature List is subject to change without notice.

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(1) not supported by all drives and not implemented for Panasonic and Sony drives -- see list of supported drives for details
(2) if supported by drive
(3) requires mpega.library which is not part of the MakeCD distribution
(*) features currently (9.7.98) not found in any other Amiga CD writing software

General

• write modes supported:
  • Disc-At-Once (DAO) (1)
  • Session-At-Once (SAO) (2)
  • Track-At-Once (TAO)
• support for ATAPI and SCSI CD-R/RW drives
• file systems supported:
  • ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2, Amiga
  • Rock Ridge incl. Amiga Extensions
  • Multisession/Multivolume in TAO and SAO
  • CDTV/CD32 discs
• multi-threaded data reading, converting and writing with adjustable buffer management for optimal performance and safety
• user configurable interface: novice and expert mode, font and screen user-definable, external programs for notification when
  • error occurs
  • required medium insertion
  • disc writing finished
• (*) context sensitive AmigaGuide help and bubble help
• manual and online texts in German and English, plus many translations done by volunteers into: (*) Danish, Finish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, soon Spanish
• uniform project editing for DAO and TAO, flexible switching of write mode
• load and save projects
• (*) AIFF-CD file interchange of complete CDs with audio editing software (supported by Samplitude CD; SoundProbe and AudioLabs16 are very interested)

Data and Image File Handling

• direct CD to CD-R copying, multiple source discs possible
• on-the-fly writing of ISO tracks
• import (any frequency, mono/stereo, 8/16 bit, uncompressed/u-law/a-law) of
  • AIFF
  • AIFC
  • (*) AIFF-CD
  • MAUD
  • WAVE
  • CDDA
  • Samplitude HDP
  • ISO image files
  • (*) MPEG-A (3)
• data conversion on-the-fly or with temporary images
• export (with automatic selection based on file name suffix) of images in
  • AIFF
  • AIFC
  • (*) AIFF-CD
  • MAUD
  • WAVE
  • CDDA
• automatic usage of temporary images if already available
• flexible deletion of temporary images:
  • immediately to reduce required disk space in TAO
  • after CD for multiple copies
  • not at all to keep images for latter reproduction
• one hard disk image

CD Writing Options

• Track Types (all data track types also raw):
  • Audio with/without Preemphasize
  • CD-ROM Mode 1
  • CD-ROM Mode 2
  • CD-XA Mode 2, Form 1
  • CD-XA Mode 2, Form 2
• Disc-At-Once:
  • automatic data sector encoding
  • session fixation (2)
• Track-At-Once (TAO):
  • incremental
• indices in audio tracks:
  • in DAO
  • in TAO (2)
  • fast scanning of source audio CD for indices with all CD-ROM drives
• ISRCs and Medium Catalog Number in DAO and TAO (2)
• automatic TOC type selection
• automatic target disc size checking
• writing in test mode or after test
• configurable writing speeds
• extensive informations while copying data:
  • current action
  • transfer speeds
  • passed time and estimated time left
  • buffer usage
• automatic eject after writing and tray opening if new source CD required (configurable)

CD-R/CD-RW Manipulation

• fixation of disc or session
• CD-RW erase types (2):
  • full disc, blank data
  • full disc, fast
  • last session
  • last track
  • session/disc fixation
• repairing damaged discs (2)
• ejection of source or target discs
• detailed listing of disc contents, saveable as ASCII text

Audio

• playing of audio from images or CD with:
  • Amiga sound chip
  • AHI
• on-the-fly writing of all supported file formats
• automatic mono to stereo, 8 to 16 bit conversion
• fast frequency resampling
• export into many different formats (see above)

CD-ROM

• low memory requirements
• fast source directory scanning
• flexible inclusion of previous tracks
• on-the-fly writing
• configurable Rock Ridge and ISO options
• configurable CDTV/CD32 options
• bootable with CDTV/CD32

Patrick Ohly and Angela Schmidt

This document was generated on 19 July 1998 using the texi2html translator version 1.52.