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Enhanced Music CD Format

    The Enhanced CD format (also known as CD Extra and formerly known as CD Plus) combines audio tracks and graphic files on a CD that can be played using special applications that let you view the graphics while hearing the sound.

When to Choose Enhanced Music CD Format

    • To record the data session of a Blue Book-compatible CD.

When to Choose a Different Format

    • To avoid the complexity of creating a Blue Book-compliant Enhanced CD, use Audio and Mac Volume formats and record in two sessions.
    • If you want more control over layout and what is shared among different platforms (for example, Macintosh and Windows), use Audio and Custom Hybrid formats.

Recording a CD in Enhanced Music CD Format

    Before you record the Enhanced Music CD portion of the disc, record a first session containing the audio portion. Be prepared to use the same CD in the procedure explained below:

    You should have used your authoring system to create the file from one of these sources or structures:

    1 Be sure you have recorded the first session, containing the audio portion, on the CD.
    2 Click Other in the Toast window and hold down the mouse button.
    3 Choose Enhanced Music CD from the pop-up menu that appears.
    4 Drag the Enhanced CD volume to the Enhanced Music CD window.
    • A previously created CD EXTRA directory hierarchy
    • A QuickTime Audio Containable (QuAC) file

    Toast verifies that the volume contains the required data structure for an Enhanced CD. If the structure does not conform to the Blue Book specifications, Toast reports which files or other elements are missing.

    The selected data is displayed in the Enhanced Music CD window:

    If you prefer, you can follow these steps:

    a Click Select.
    b In the Select Volume dialog box, select the volume that contains the required file structure or the QuAC file.
    c Click OK.
    5 Insert the CD containing the audio session into your CD-Recorder.
    6 Click the Record button.
    7 In the Record dialog box, click Write Disc Write Disc closes the CD so that no data can be added at a later date.
    8 When you see the message, "Your disc is ready," click Eject.

 
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