User manual FARSTONE VIRTUALDRIVE NETWORK 2005

[. . . ] VirtualDrive Network 2005 Windows 2000 SP4/XP/2003/Server 2003 ® User Guide FarStone Technology Inc Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the express written permission of FarStone Technology Inc. FarStone grants to you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program (The "SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the Software is installed on a network or more than one user can run the Software at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each user or workstation. Trademarks FarStone, Rapid Cache® are registered trademarks of FarStone Technology Inc. [. . . ] Check the 'Eject the VCD' check box if you want the CD to be ejected from the CD drive. When the Build has competed, then click on Next to open the System Settings dialog. To continue, click on Next to open the Build VCD window. Step 12 If any audio player application is using physical drive, close it now and begin building the Audio VCD. Step 13 With the VCD successfully built, click on OK to exit the Build popup then click on Finish to close the VCD Build window. 40 3. 3. 4 Building VCDs from Mixed-Mode CDs Follow the steps below: Step 1 Select the physical CD drive then select Next. Step 2 Select the CD read method and the CD record method. The default read method "Normal' is successful for most CD formats. If a VCD has been successfully built but does not run properly, use the "Intelligent extraction" read method. If you know which protection is on the CD, you can choose to build with that protection in using Other Protected CD type. 41 Using data compression will save hard disk space but will require a longer VCD build time. Select Record Data Tracks to include only the data tracks of the mixedmode CD in the VCD. Select Record Audio Tracks to include only the audio tracks of the mixedmode CD in the VCD. Select both Record Data Tracks and Record Audio Tracks to include both the Audio and Data Tracks in the VCD. Step 3 If you have selected Record Audio Tracks, select Next button will open Select Tracks window. (If selecting Record Data Tracks only, the Build VCD manager will go directly to Step 5. ). Select the audio tracks to be included in the VCD by checking the appropriate boxes in the Tracks list. Select Volume to set the Preview track's volume level. Step 4: Select Next to begin the build process. Please refer back to steps 4 - 8 in section 4. 1 to complete the building process. 42 3. 3. 5 Conversion Between an ISO 9660 Image File and a VCD File You may convert an ISO 9660 image file into a VCD file as well as convert a VCD file into an ISO 9660 image file. Step 1 Select File on the menu bar, then Convert to open the Convert File window. Step 2 select the file browser button to open the Windows file browser and locate the ISO or VCD file. Step 3 Select the desired ISO file, then select Open to continue. Step 4 Select Convert to start the conversion. 43 Note Audio VCD, DVD and compressed VCD files cannot be converted into ISO file. 3. 4 Managing VCDs in the VDN Server 3. 4. 1 Adding VCD folders (CD Jukebox) Before VCDs can be added to the VDN server, a folder or CD Jukebox must first be created to hold the VCDs. Step 1 Right click on the blank space in right panel of the VDN Administrator window and select New Folder. (The same function can also run from the Menu bar by selecting File Folder New). VCD Step 2 Type in the new VCD folder name and description, then select Create to add the folder. When you have finished adding new folders select Cancel to close the window. 44 or by selecting File Step 3 Save the new configuration by select save on the Menu bar and select Save. VDN Clients will see the new configuration only after refreshing their screen or restarting the Client program. 3. 4. 2 Changing a VDN Folder Description Open the Folder Properties dialog by right-clicking on the VDN Folder icon then selecting the VCD Folder, or select File->VCD folder->VCD Folder Properties from the Menu bar. The Folder Properties dialog only allows the description of the VCD folder. 3. 4. 3 Adding VCDs to a VCD Folder You can add an existing VCD from your local network or from the Internet. Adding VCDs from the Local Network: Step 1 To add VCD files into a VCD folder, select the VCD folder name listed on the left side of the VDN Administrator program window. Then right click on the blank space in right panel of the VDN Administrator window. The same function can also be accessed from the Menu bar by selecting File -> VCD files ->Add. [. . . ] If you still possess the old version, you can download the newer one from our website. Q7: VirtualDrive® auto-plays the contents of virtual CD at system startup. Uncheck Enable CD autorun box from View-> Miscellaneous settings in VirtualDrive menu bar. Settings -> Q8: Can VirtualDrive® automatically eject all inserted VCDs from virtual drive(s) after the computer restarted? [. . . ]