Nero Burning Rom 4.0.6.1
Copyright 1995 - 1999 ahead software gmbh
Updated September-21-1999



1. Changes of the new version
=============================
Nero - Burning Rom

* Nero doesn't support 16bit any more.
  ====================================
  The final version with Windows 3.x support is Nero 4.0.3.0

* Recorder support
 + Supporting following ATAPI recorder:
   - Acer CD-R/RW CRW4232A, CD-R/RW CRW4432A, CD-R/RW CRW6206A, CD-R/RW CRW6232A,
          CD-R/RW 4X2X30, CD-R/RW 4X4X30, CD-R/RW 4X2X32, CD-R/RW 4X4X32
          CD-R/RW 2X2X24, CD-R/RW2X2X32, CD-R/RW 4X2X24, CD-R/RW 4X4X24,
          4406U 4x4x6x USB, CD-R/RW 6X4X30, CD-R/RW 6X4X32
   - Actima ARW4420, ARW4424P, G44A24, G44P24, ARW4432P, G44A32
   - Archos MiniCDRW XS4424, MiniCDRW XS4432
   - Artec CD-RW 2W/6R, Frisby
   - A-Open CRW9420, CRW9624
   - Creative CD-RW RW2024E, CD-RW RW4224E, CD-RW RW2224E, CD-RW RW4424E
   - Delta ODE-6121, ODR-6121, OME-W141, OIP-RW2004A, OIP-PW2004A
   - Dysan CDRW-4416, CRW-426, CRW-1426, CDRW-2216, CDRW-4216, CDRW-2224, CDRW 4432
   - Goldstar CD-RW CED-8041B, CD-RW CED-8042B, CD-RW CED-8043B, CD-RW CED-8081B,
              CD-RW CED-8082B
   - HI-VAL H2242, H4242
   - HP CD-Writer+ 8200, CD-Writer+ 7500
   - Imation CD-RW IMW040420, MiniCDRW XS4424, MiniCDRW XS4432
   - Iomega ZIP CD, ZIPCD 650, ZIPCD 4x650
   - JVC XR-W2080/2082, XR-W4080/4082, RW4224, XR-W4424
   - LG CD-RW CED-8041B, CD-RW CED-8042B, CD-RW CED-8043B, CD-RW CED-8081B,
        CD-RW CED-8082B
   - Memorex CDRW-2224, CD-RW2224, CD-RW4224, CDRW-4420, CDRW-4216, CDRW-4416
             CDRW 4424, CDRW 4432
   - Mitsubishi CDRW4420a
   - Mitsumi CR-4802TE, CR-4804TE
   - Philips CDD3801, PCA382RW IDE, IDE-CD R/RW 2x2x24, R/RW 4x4x24, R/RW 4x4x32
             CDD4201, PCRW 406, PCRW 506
   - Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7040A, CD-R/RW MP7060A, CD-R/RW MP8040A
   - Smart&Friendly CD-RW2224, CD-RW4224A
   - Sony CRX510E, CRX120E, CRX140E
   - Traxdata CDR4800, CDRW4424 PLUS, CDRW4432 PLUS
   - Waitec WT2422EI, WT2444EI, WT3244EI
   - Wearness CDRW-1688, CDRW-4424, CDRW-4432
   - Yamaha CRW4416E, CRW6416E
 + Supporting following SCSI recorder:
   - Actima ARW4420S
   - AOpen CRW9420S
   - Delta OIP-RW2004/B
   - Imation CD-R IMR080020
   - JVC XR-W4080S/4082S, XR-RW4424S
   - LaCie CDRW-12432S
   - Matsushita/Panasonic CW-7503
   - Memorex CDRW-4420S, CD-R R820S, CDRW-4416S, CD-RW 12432S
   - Mitsubishi CDRW4420
   - Teac CD-R56S, CS-R58S
   - Traxdata CDR6240, CDRW2224 PLUS
   - Plextor PlexWriter 8/20 (CD-R PX-R820), PlexWriter RW 4/2/20 (CD-R PX-W4220),
             PlexWriter RW 8/2/20 (CD-R PX-W8220)
   - Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7040S, CD-R/RW RW7040S, CD-R/RW MP7060S
   - Sanyo CRD-RW1, CRD-RW2
   - Smart&Friendly CD-R8020, CD-RW4424S, CD-RW12432
   - SONY CRX140S
   - Waitec WT624, WT824, WT4046, CD-R WT2082
   - Yamaha CRW4416S, CRW6416S

   (for a complete list of supported recorder please refer to:
   '4. Supported recorders as of...')

* New CD formats
 + CD-ROM UDF and UDF/ISO (Bridge)
 + Video CD creation

* CD-Copy
 + Drag&Drop of audio tracks directly from audio CD into the
   audio compilation.

* Other features
 + Setting of audio track limits (wav-splitting).
   Useful to divide one huge WAV-file into several tracks.
 + Audio filter:
     Stereo widening
     Fade In/Out
     Normalize
     DeClick
     Hiss reduction
     20 band graphical equalizer
 + Nero Cover Editor
 + Support of Japanese DOS characters
 + ISO9660 and Joliet volume descriptor could be edited seperately
 + New harddisk backup feature, that allows to burn sector by sector
   copies of a harddisk on CD. Such backups allow the restoration of
   the entire system state (all partitions and fully configured operating
   systems)! These harddisk backups can be restored with a DOS program
   called NRESTORE.
 + Support of writing MP3 files on the fly to audio CD
   (see '6. Burning  MP3 files (.mp3) with Nero')
 + Nero Wizard for simple CD creation
 + 30 times ultrafast MP3 encoding
 + MS-Audio support
 
* Languages
 + Chinese
 + Danish
 + Dutch
 + English
 + French
 + German
 + Italian
 + Japanese 
 + Norwegian
 + Portuguese
 + Russian
 + Spanish
 + Swedish


2. Changes in previous versions that you should be aware of
===========================================================

Version 3.0
~~~~~~~~~~~
* New CD formats
 + HFS CD
 + Hybrid CD
 + Bootable CD
 + Mode 2 track-at-once
 + Writing ISO compilation as disc-at-once
 + Audio CD with CD-Text (supported only by some recorders)

* CD-Copy
 + Copy "on-the-fly" from CD-ROM drives
 + Option to ignore bad TOC type (Useful to make a backup of some
   special CD formats like: Data, x*Audio, Data, in one session.)

* Other features
 + Multiple track selection
 + CD format checking
 + Graphical display of compilation size
 + Option to remove silence at the end of stored audio tracks
 + Option to save audio tracks with different sample rates
   (44.1kHz, 22.05kHz, 11.025kHz), different number of channels
   (mono/stereo) and different number of bits per sample (8 or
   16 bits). This feature is currently only available if the
   jitter correction is turned off.
 + Nero now "remembers" more user settings like (speed test,
   simulate, burn and ISO options)
 + Oversize feature, to write more than 74 min (depends on recorder,
   only available for Teac (50s/55s) and Yamaha SCSI recorders)
 + Capability to play sounds after simulating/burning/erasing
 + Audio CD-player controls in 'Save track' dialog with the ability
   to play sounds analog and digitally. Digitally means, the sound
   is read from the device via DAE and then directly sent to the
   sound card(!). Another nice feature is the display of index positions
   and the ability to jump to index position if the recorder supports
   this feature. BTW: The audio CD player will always stop after playing
   one song.
 + Option to eject the CD after the burnprocess manually
 + Speed selection for some CD-ROM drives

Version 2.0
~~~~~~~~~~~
* CD-ROM
 + Multisession with track linking
 + Mixed Mode
 + User definable file select filter
* Audio-CD
 + Graphical representation of audio files
 + Audio index setting
 + Optional jitter and CRC-correction
* CD-Copy
 + Complex read-error handling
 + Optional jitter and CRC-correction
* Images
 + Track-at-once and disc-at-once
 + Importing ISO 9660, HFS-images and others
 + Writing third party images, also from other platforms

Version 1.1
~~~~~~~~~~~
+ User settable audio pause length for all recorders
  that support this feature in track-at-once (TAO)
  or that support with disc-at-once (DAO). Also ISRCs
  can be set. See recorder specific notes for details.
+ Joliet support.
+ Copying CDs is much faster as reading is done at
  the maximum speed supported by your recorder and
  system. Also, Nero uses disc-at-once whenever possible.
+ Supports CD-ReWritables with the Ricoh MP6200 
  and MP6201.
+ CD-Copy (from recorder to HD) is supported for 
  . all recorders (see list below).
  . selects best write mode (DAO or TAO) depending on
    recorder capabilities and selected format (CD-ROM 
    or Audio). 
  . CD-ROM, Audio-CDs, Mixed-Mode-CDs, Mode 2 CDs. 
    Exceptions see list below.
+ Audio tracks can be read as wave-files.


3. Nero Multi-Mounter for Win 95 and Win NT 4.0
===============================================

The Multi-Mounter is installed with the installation
process of Nero. Select any connected CD-ROM or 
CD-Recorder in the Explorer. Use your right mouse 
button to get to the properties of the inserted multi-
session CD. There the new property sheet 'volumes' 
allows you to select any of the existing volumes.

Features:   
- Includes Volume Mounter and Nero IO Driver for 
  Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
- Auto-insert notification is automatically disabled 
  during burn process. 
- Drive letter access is possible also on NT.
- Co-existance with other file system drivers of 
  Easy CD Pro V1.2, Easy CD Pro V2.0, WinOnCd V3.0, 
  Corel CD Creator V2.00, Sony CD-RFS 1.0.



4. Supported recorders as of September-21-1999
==============================================

Acer CR-1420C, *CD-R/RW CRW6206A, CRW620, *CRW622, *CD-R/RW CRW4232A,
     *CD-R/RW CRW4432A, *CD-R/RW CRW6206A, *CD-R/RW CRW6232A, *CD-R/RW 2X2X6,
     *CD-R/RW 2X2X24, *CD-R/RW 2X2X32, *CD-R/RW 4X2X24, *CD-R/RW 4X4X24,
     *CD-R/RW 4X2X30, *CD-R/RW 4X4X30, *CD-R/RW 4X2X32, *CD-R/RW 4X4X32,
     *CD-R/RW 6X4X30, *CD-R/RW 6X4X32
Actima *ARW4420, ARW4420S, *ARW4424P, *G44A24, *G44P24, *ARW4432P, *G44A32
AOpen CDW620, *CRW622, *CRW9420, CRW9420S, *CRW9624
Archos *MiniCDRW XS4424, *MiniCDRW XS4432
Artec *CD-RW 2W/6R, *Frisby
BTC *BCE621
CalDigital CDR4X12
Caravell CDR-N820S
Creative *CD-RW RW2024E, *CD-RW RW4224E, *CD-RW RW2224E, *CD-RW RW4424E
Cyber Drive *CDRW602
Delta *CDE6121, *ODE-6121, *ODR-6121, *ODR6121, *ODE-8141, *OME-W141, *CDR6121,
      OIP-RW2004/B, *OIP-RW2004A, *OIP-PW2004A
Dynatek CDRW-426, CDE260R
Dysan CR-1420C, CR-620, *CDRW-4416, *CRW-426, *CRW-1426, *CDRW-2216, *CDRW-4216,
      *CDRW-2224, *CDRW 4432
Goldstar *CD-RW CED-8041B, *CD-RW CED-8042B, *CD-RW CED-8043B, *CD-RW CED-8081B,
         *CD-RW CED-8082B
Grundig CDR100IPW
HP 4020, C4324/C4325, 6020, *7100, *7110, *7200, *7220, *8100, *8110, *8200,
   *7500
Hightech CD-R1002, CD-R2004, CD-R2006, CD-R2006PLUS, CD-R4006, *CD-R426
Hi-Val *2x6x2 Rewriteable, *CDU928E, *H2242, *H4242
Imation *CD-RW IMW040420, CD-R IMR080020, *MiniCDRW XS4424, *MiniCDRW XS4432
Iomega *ZIP CD, *ZIPCD 650, *ZIPCD 4x650
JCCOM *JCD-62RW
JCI *JCD-62RW, *CDRW-622
JVC XR-W2010, XR-W2020, XR-W2022, R-2626, XR-W2040, XR-W2042, *XR-R2060, *XR-W2080/2082
    *XR-W4080/4082, *RW4224, *XR-W4424, XR-W4080S/4082S, XR-RW4424S
Kodak CDR-240, *2600, *2801 IDE
LG *CD-RW CED-8041B, *CD-RW CED-8042B, *CD-RW CED-8043B, *CD-RW CED-8081B,
   *CD-RW CED-8082B
LaCie CDRW-12432S
Lite-On *LTR-511
Matsushita/Panasonic CW-7502, *CW-7582, CW-7503
Memorex CRW-620, *CR-622, *CRW-1622, CRW-2216, *CRW-2642, *CRW-4216, *CDRW-2216, *CDRW-2224,
        *CD-RW2224, *CD-RW4224, CDRW-4420S, *CDRW-4420, CD-R R820S, *CDRW-4216, *CDRW-4416,
        CDRW-4416S, *CDRW 4424, *CDRW 4432, CD-RW 12432S
Mitsubishi RW226, CDVR2X6, CDVR4, CDVR4X4, CDR4X12, CDVR, *CDRW4420a, CDRW4420
Mitsumi CD-2200CS, CR-2201CS, CR-2401TS, *CR-2600TE, *CR-2800TE, *CR-2801TE, *CR-4801TE
        *CR-4802TE, *CR-4804TE
MMagic *MCR-265
Nomai 680RW
Oaktech *OTI-975 Socrates
Ocean *RW260
Olympus CDS615E, CDS620E, CDS630E
Optima CD-R 1300, CD-R 650
Philips/IMS CDD2000, CDD2600, *CDD3610, CDD3600, Omniwriter26, *Omniwriter26A,
            *Omniwriter International, *PCA267CR, PCA350RW, *VersaWriter 3100, *CDD3801
            *PCA382RW IDE, *IDE-CD R/RW 2x2x24, *R/RW 4x4x24, *R/RW 4x4x32, *CDD4201,
            *PCRW 406, *PCRW 506
Pinnacle RCD 4X4, RCD 4X12, RCD5020, RCD5040, RCDW226
Pioneer CD-WO DW-S114X
Plasmon CDR4220, CDR480
Plextor CD-R PX-R24CS, PX-R412C, PlexWriter 8/20 (CD-R PX-R820), RW 4/2/20 (CD-R PX-W4220)
        PlexWriter RW 8/2/20 (CD-R PX-W8220)
Ricoh RO-1420C, MP6200S, MP6201S, MP6211S, *MP6200A, *CD-R/RW MP7040A, CD-R/RW MP7040S,
      CD-R/RW RW7040S, *CD-R/RW MP7060A, *CD-R/RW MP8040A
Sanyo CRD-RW1, CRD-RW2
Samsung *CD-R/RW SCW-230
Smart & Friendly CD-RW226, CD-R426 SCSI, CD-R2004, CD-R2006 Plus, CD-R2006 Pro, CD-R4006
                 CD-R4012, CRD-R800S, CD-R8020, *CD-RW2224, *CD-RW4224A, CD-RW4424S,
                 CD-RW12432
Sony CDU920S, CDU924S, CDU926S, Spressa 960S/9611S, *CDU928E, CDU948S, ROX5004,
     *CRW100E, *CRX110E, *ROX5004, *CRX510E, *CRX120E, CRX140S, *CRX140E
Teac CD-R50S-000, CD-R55S, CD-R56S, CD-R58S
That's Write! thats3600, FastX 820S
Traxdata CDRW2260 PRO, CDRW2260EL PRO, CRW2260 PRO, *CDRW2260+, CDRW4260 PRO, CDRW4120,
         CDR6240, *CDR4800, *CDRW2224 PLUS, *CDRW4424 PLUS, *CDRW4432 PLUS
USDrives *CDRW62D
Verbatim *MCA-CDRW 226
Vuego *CDW6206
Waitec WT2036, *WT2036EI, WT4046, WT412, *WT2422EI, WT624, WT824, *WT2444EI, *WT3244EI,
       CD-R WT2082
Wearness *CDR 622, *CDRW-622, *CDRW-642e, CDR-432, CDR-632P, *CDRW-1688, *CDRW-4424,
         *CDRW-4432
Yamaha CDR100, CDR102, CDR200, CDR400, *CDR401, CRW2260, CRW4260, *CRW4001, *CRW2216E,
       CRW4216S, *CRW4216E, CRW4216S, *CRW4261, *CRW2216E, *CRW4416E, CRW4416S,
       *CRW6416E, CRW6416S

(* No Windows 3.1x support for ATAPI recorders)


5. More recorder infos...
=========================

HP 4020
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.

HP 6020
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.
- The maximum audio read speed is 4x.

HP CD-Writer+ 7100
- Nero does not support Mode 2 DAO
- Due to a problem of this recorder with firmware
  version 1.00, writing in DAO mode is disabled.
  TAO mode is used instead.

HP CD-Writer+ 8100
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO.

IMS/Philips CDD2000
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.

IMS/Philips CDD2600 
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.
- The maximum audio read speed is 4x.

Philips CDD3610
- Nero does not support Mode 2 DAO
- Due to a problem of this recorder with firmware
  version 1.00, writing in DAO mode is disabled.
  TAO mode is used instead.

JVC XR-W2010, XR-W2020, XR-W2022
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for CD-ROMs
  and Audio-CD, but uses track-at-once for
  Mixed-Mode-CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.
- In some configurations you may encounter
  problems during burning (not simulation).
  If this happens, try turning off Auto-Insert.
- If getting SCSI errors by copying Mixed-Mode CDs,
  turn off reading audio data with sub-code.
- The unofficial firmware version 2.05 sometimes
  causes problems at the end of writing in track-
  at-once mode.
  Please use the official released Firmware version
  1.51 instead!

JVC XR-W2040/2042, XR-W4080/4082
- Supports CD-ReWritables.

Mitsumi CD-R CR-2201CS
- DAO is not supported. CD-Copy uses TAO.
- Does not support variable pause and ISRC.

Mitsumi CR-2401TS
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.

Mitsumi CR-2600TE, CR-2801TE, CR-4801TE
- Recorder does not support DAO, except CR-4801 up from
  firmware 2.01.
- CD-Copy uses track-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause with TAO.

Optima CD-R 1300
- Recorder does not support DAO.
- CD-Copy uses track-at-once for all CDs.

Pinnacle RCD 4X4
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.

Pioneer CD-WO DW-S114X
- CD-Copy uses track-at-once for all CDs.
- Does not support variable pause and ISRC.

Plextor CD-R PX-R24CS
- Recorder does not support DAO.
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports ISRC but not variable pause with TAO.

Plextor PlexWriter 8/20 (CD-R PX-R820)
- Recorder supports 8x write speed.

Plextor PX-W4220-T with firmware >= 1.02
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO.

Plextor PX-W8220-T
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO.

PlexWriter RW 4/2/20 (CD-R PX-W4220)
- Supports CD-ReWritables.

Ricoh RO-1420C
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.

Ricoh MP6200, MP6201, MP6200A, CD-R/RW MP7040A
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports ISRC but not variable pause with TAO.
- Supports CD-ReWritables.
- MP7040A: Supports writing with 4x to CD-RW media
           (please check CD-RW media specification).

Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7040S, CD-R/RW RW7040S, CD-R/RW MP7040A,
      CD-R/RW MP7060A, CD-R/RW MP7060S
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO mode.
- Supports writing with 4x to CD-RW media
  (please check CD-RW media specification).

Sanyo CRD-RW2
- Write speed 12x. Please check for appropriate CD-R media.
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO mode.

Sony CDU920S, CDU924S
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.

Sony CDU948S
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO.

Sony CDU926S
- Recorder does not support DAO.
- CD-Copy uses track-at-once for all CDs.

Sony CDU928E
- Recorder does not support DAO.
- CD-Copy uses track-at-once for all CDs.
- With firmware version 1.0f or earlier, CD-Info
  gets wrong session information from recorder.

Sony CRX100E, CRX110E, CRX120E, CRX510E, CRX140E, CRX140S
- Supports writing audio CDs with CD-Text info in DAO mode.

Teac CD-R50S-000, CD-R55S, CD-R56S, CD-R58S
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports variable pause and ISRC with TAO.
- CD-R56S supports 6x write speed.

That's Write! FastX 820S
- Recorder supports 8x write speed.

Yamaha CDR100, CDR102
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- CD-Copy of Mixed-Mode CDs not supported.
- Does not support variable pause and ISRC.

Yamaha CDR400, CDR200
- CD-Copy uses disc-at-once for all CDs.
- Supports ISRC and variable pause with TAO.

Yamaha CRW4001
- Supports CD-ReWritables.

Yamaha CRW4260, CRW2260, CRW2216E, CRW4416E
- Supports CD-ReWritables.
- CRW4416E and CRW4416S support writing with 4x
  to CD-RW media (please check CD-RW media specification).


6. Burning  MPEG3 files (.mp3) with Nero
========================================

MPEG3 audio files (with the extension .mp3) have become one of
the favourite file formats of the internet community, if compressed
audio data is to be transmitted. That’s why Nero now supports burning
of MPEG3 files. These files can now be dragged and dropped into Nero
audio compilations just like wave files (.wav) or audio tracks (.cda)
can.

Nero is able to burn MPEG3 files "on the fly". That means it’s now
possible to without having to convert first of all the files into wave
format or storing the uncompressed audio data into a cache file first.
The maximum burning speed for MPEG3 files depends highly upon the
speed of your processor, since uncompressing MPEG3 files requires lots
of floating point operations. As a rule of thumb can be said, that a
100 Mhz Pentium processor is capable to uncompress MPEG3 data at about
2x speed. A faster 250 Mhz Pentium II processor should be able to
decode MPEG3 data at 4x or even more quickly. MPEG3 files can currently
only be played under Windows 95, 98 and NT. Under Windows 3.1 some
multitasking capabilities are not available, that are required for
asynchronous MPEG3 playback.

MPEG3 files from the internet may be sometimes damaged. These problems
might cause crackling noises. If such damaged MPEG3 files are dragged
into a Nero audio compilation, then Nero will display a warning. There
will be another warning in the Nero’s log file telling, that Nero lost
synchronization within the MPEG3 file. There might also be MPEG files
with the extension ".mp3" that cannot be decoded by Nero at all. Such
files are probably either severly damaged or contain another audio file
format like MPEG 2.0 or any other unsupported sound format. Nero’s
MPEG3 library currently supports only standard MPEG3 files (that means
ISO MPEG 1.0 layer 3, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo).


7. How to get technical support
===============================

Send e-mail to support@ahead.de 
or visit us at http://www.ahead.de
or fax  +49 7248 911 888 anytime

Tel: 0190 871086 (only for Germany)
