cd burn software to add data session for enhanced cd
Reply #13 – 2008-06-12 18:18:28
This is how I've been doing it for years:HOW TO CREATE A MULTI-SESSION AUDIO CD WITH BURNATONCE: 1. Burn the audio CD portion: Click 'Settings > Device Settings'. Now tick 'MultiSession' in the Device Settings window. Now add your audio CD as per normal by clicking 'Mastering > Audio CD'. Click Compile when you're finished adding audio files. When the audio CD portion is complete the disc will eject. 2. Close Burnatonce. Start Burnatonce. Re-load the disc if it's still ejected. Now click 'Settings > Device Settings'. Now un-tick 'MultiSession' in the Device Settings window. 3. Burn the data CD portion: Now add your data CD files as per normal by clicking 'Mastering > Data CD'. After adding your data CD files click 'ISO Settings' and tick 'Add new session'. You must now manually un-tick 'Import Session' otherwise it won't work! Click Compile when you're finished adding data files. When the data CD portion is complete the disc will be finalized, and eject. Note: 'Import Session' is not required and can't be used since it's only for merging two data sessions. 4. Finished, you've created a multi-session audio CD (a.k.a. CD EXTRA disc). Test it on both your computer and audio CD player to make sure it works. Tip: You can forgo allot of settings changes in Burnatonce by instead using the freeware Burrrn to make the audio CD portion. In Burrrn just un-tick Close CD then you can simply go directly to step #3 in the Burnatonce instructions to write the data CD portion. This is the method I use and it's a tidbit quicker, and there's less of a chance of forgetting to enable/disable settings in Burnatonce. Note: Not all burner drives support the creation of multi-session discs even though they're advertised as supporting them. Such is the case with some Sony/NEC Optiarc DVD burner drives. Also some drives won't be able to load the data CD portion of the disc.