CD and DVD Drives

An optical storage medium such as a CD or DVD can store audio and video files, respectively. DVD's are also capable of storing images and other data.

October 2010.

I think it means it's not rewritable.

No, While ripping DVD's is a common activity performed by many software programs, even many advanced computer users don't know how to rip a DVD. Ripping DVDs (geek-speak for copying onto your PC's hard-drive) is good for making a backup of their content, or watching them on your PC , iPod, iPhone, Zune etc.

No, ripping DVD is just remove the copyright protection of the DVD. It will not harm the content of the DVD.

Often, DVD Ripper software can convert the DVD to popular video formats while ripping the DVD(for example: Daniusoft DVD ripper), therefore you can watch your video on your iPod, iPhone, Mac machine.

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A CD-RM used to be able to store up to 650MB of information. CD-ROMs are now able to store up to 700 MB of data or 80mins. of Audio. and hold music like mac lethal and AC/DC

Removable storage media refers to CD's, DVD's, Floppy discs, USB drives. Non-removeable storage media refers to RAM, and Hard Drives. So where the storage media's are found depends upon which you are 'talking' about; but generally non-removable inside the computer, removable outside of the computer.

Super multi dual layer refers to a certain type of CD/dvd burner. With this type of burner, you can write any type of media, including CD, dvd, and RW at a high rate of speed because there are two layers of silicone to write to instead of one.

Compact disc players are under ever growing pressure from items like mp3 players, electronic music, smart devices that talk to each other. Much like books have never gone away since the advent of computers and computer readers, I think compact discs will be around for a while yet. The first sign of an item in stress is when companies no longer product them.

A VCR (videocassette recorder) is an electromechanical device for recording and playing back full-motion audio-visual programming on cassettes containing magnetic tape whereas a DVD player is is an optical disc technology.

what is a disc used for

It would depend on what KIND of CD you want to make. The blank CD itself is the least expensive part; purchased in bulk, they go for 15-20 cents apiece. Assuming you already have a CD/DVD burner and software in your computer (most machines manufactured in the last 10 years include these), you can create CDs of document, picture, music or software files for no additional cost.

If you're asking about producing a music CD as a recording of yourself or your band, the cost escalates. You can use a computer as a digital audio workstation (DAW).

If you just want to record yourself, all you may need is a USB microphone and the software. Condenser mics with USB outputs are available from most musical instrument vendors (Check out: American Musical Supply, Full Compass, Musicians' Friend, Sweetwater, zZounds, Music 123) For the software, Audacity is a decent first choice and it can be downloaded for free.

If you also need to have a second input for a guitar or keyboard, there are small USB/Firewire preamp-interface units with 2 inputs (such as the PreSonus Aspire) also available rather inexpensively from the above vendors.

You will also want a good pair of headphones and some speakers that are of better quality than those provided with most computer systems. The above vendors often sell packages that include the interface, a good microphone and the speakers.

If you need to record an entire band, you will need a somewhat more sophisticated system. Professional software (Cakewalk, Sonar, SoundForge, ProTools etc.) which includes mastering (post-recording) software to put the finishing touches on your recording. Pro software also allows for plug-ins to add any number of effects, loops and/or instruments (as you can afford them).

You will also a better interface (with at least 8 inputs) or, possibly, more than one.

Whichever route you need to go, plug in your microphones, connect the interface to a USB or Firewire port and spend some time learning how to use the software. There's lots of on-line help about how to get the most out of your recording rig. Once you have something listenable, You can then 'press' the CDs on your own computer one at a time. Or, you can purchase a CD duplicator (from one of the above vendors or most any computer vendor such as PC Connection or Tiger Direct). Make sure it has the Lightscribe feature so that it can print professional looking labels on the CDs at it duplicates them.

Be aware, however, that there's a steep learning curve to all of this and, if you do your recording in a room that is less than acoustically ideal, the finished product may not be much to listen to. Demo quality at best.

If you want a professional recording, you will have to book space in a studio, hire the engineer and maybe a producer (a great idea if you can afford it since an experienced, impartial producer can make the difference between marketable music and just plain noise). You will then end up with a master CD from which you can duplicate yourself as noted above. Or, there are any number of companies that will dupe your disks in lots of 250, 500, 1,000 or more, including jewel cases and liners, for reasonable cost. Cost per disk goes down the more you order.

You should also be aware that, if you are recording covers of other people's music, you will need to pay royalites. Some newer music cannot be covered without direct permission from the copyright holder (usually a recording company). Performance rights for most music, however, can be purchased on-line through the Harry Fox agency (www.harryfox.com/index.jsp) at 9.5 cents per song per disk with a minimum of 250 disks.

Then, of course, you have to actually SELL the disks, but that another whole issue entirely.

The compact disc is a spin-off of the much less successful Laserdisc technology. In 1979, Sony and Philips Consumer Electronics set up a joint task force of engineers to design a new digital audio disc. The task force, led by prominent members Kees Schouhamer Immink and Toshitada Doi, progressed the research into laser technology and optical discs that had been started by Philips in 1977.

You can not reburn a CD-R, this requires a CD-RW (CD-ReWriteable). You would burn the CD the first time normally, but make sure not to click 'Finalize' or else you will not be able to re-write. Place full CD in tray, and burn like normal, data should be overwritten.

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There exists an entire industry of computer geeks who are looking for ways to proved copy protection so that people can't do exactly what you're describing. They want you to BUY the application rather than make copies of it. Depending on the level of copy protection involved, it can be as simple as copying the disk or copying the application and associated files all the way up to virtually impossible. Some companies don't worry about it, others have imbedded a small amount of data at a specific address on a CD. When the CD is copied, the data isn't technically in a file, so the data isn't copied. During installation, the application may search the disk for that data using their own direct addressing methods and if the data isn't there or the wrong information is there, the application will fail and may actually cause damage on it's way down, depending on how malicious the programmer was. In general, if you don't already know how to do it, don't bother.

A device for reading discs on which data is stored. They use a light laser which detects bumps and dips on the surface of a disc. these bumps and dips make up binary code which is interpreted by a computer of some sort. Optical drives include CD / DVD / Blu-Ray Disc readers or writers, as well as the already obselete HD DVD players

Well, that depends because their are different advantages and disadvantages to a certain type of a DVD. So, instead I am going to type the advantages and disadvantagesfor the most common DVD. Well they work better and are faster and also have advances in technology. The disadvantages are that it can be expensive to buy a DVD player. Also they tend to break more easily. So, those are the advantages and disadvantages of a DVD. If their are more advantages or disadvantages please edit this!

If you're unable to open the drive, use a small paper clip to insert it in a very small hole in the front panel of the CD-ROM drive. Use a small paperclip and insert it in the hole. You will feel a sprocket type of wheel. Once you feel that you can push the wheel, do so, the tray will open slightly. You can then pull out the tray entirely using your fingers. If the drive was working properly and is no longer reading, most likely the drive is bad or corruption of the CD-ROM drivers. To eliminate the damaged drive, go to Driverguide, find the drivers for CD-Rom's and reinstall them, you may already have the divers on a CD which came with the computer. There's no charge for signing up. If that doesn't work, you can swap another CD-ROM from an older computer or purchase one at a local computer parts store. "Best Buy" stores usually has very good prices or try EBay. It's very simple to exchange. Open the case, look for the 4 small screws, 2 on each side of the case. Make sure you have the settings correct on the CD-ROM drive. Look at the back of the drive once you pull it out. You'll see 3 settings marked as CS, MA or SL. MA is Master drive, SL is the Slave drive, CS is sometimes used a s Auto, however, it is best to move the "Jumper" ( a very small 2 pin connector, usually black in color, sometimes it varies) it looks like a small square that connects 2 pins. Place this jumper in the same position as the former CD drive. Make sure that the IDE connector cable, Grey in color, is connected the same way. The grey cable has a RED line on one side, meaning PIN#1 which is the pin closest to the power supply cable. Note-make sure the power supply cable is also attached to the 4 pin connector. This may also be your problem if you recently removed or made changes to the cables or jumpers. The RED side of the grey cable needs to be the side which goes into pin#1. If you have 2 devices both connected as Master or Slave, your drives will not function. 1 drive must be Master, the other Slave. Both devices must also be aligned with the RED line on the grey cable connected to PIN#1 on both devices.

Answer-- Microsoft Windows XP

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click System and Maintenance, and then click System,

3. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

4. In Device Manager, expand DVD/CD-ROM drives, right-click the CD and DVD devices, and then click Uninstall.

5. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to remove the device, click OK.

6. Restart the computer.

After the computer restarts, the drivers will be automatically installed.

See if reinstalling the drivers fixed the problem.

CDR

CDRW

DVDR

DVDRW

Blueray

The highest I've seen was a 52x.

A standard CD will hold 700 mb of music if it is burned as a data disc which if your average mp3 file is 4 mb comes out to roughly 175 songs however if the disc is burned as a music CD using i tunes or another program it will only hold 80mins of audio, it varies but it will hold about 20 songs of average length.

The main functions of a CD-ROM drive involve reading data on a compact disk and writing data on the same. This drive also makes it possible to boot a computer from a cd with a bootable installation.