Quick start

When you run Karaoke DVD Burner for the first time you will see  Create Disc Wizard . You may also invoke the wizard using  Create Disc Wizard  toolbar button or command from  File  menu ( ). 

   

 Adding songs 

 

   The first step is to add songs to your disc. Karaoke DVD Burner allows you to add songs directly from CD+G disc or may use karaoke files from your hard drive. 

   

 To add songs from CD+G disc: 

 1. Click  Read CD+G disc  button. 

 

   

 Add CD+G Disc Track  dialog box will be displayed. If you have a CD+G disc inserted in your drive you will see the list of tracks. Karaoke DVD Burner uses FreeDB internet database to display track names. If no internet connection is available only track numbers will be displayed. 

 If you have more than one CD/DVD drive select the proper one from  Device  list. 

 2. Check the songs you would like to add to DVD disc and select the way folders will be created. Following modes are available: 

 

 

   

 songs will be added to the current folder 

   

 a new folder will be created and songs will be added there (this is best if you would like to organize your DVD by CD+G disc names) 

   

 a new folder will be created for every artist (this works only for discs for which track list has been downloaded) 

   

 a folder with the first letter of the artist name will be created (this is best for creating alphabetically ordered DVD); this mode also works only when track list is available 

 

 

 3. Click  OK  when ready. Karaoke DVD Burner will save the files to the hard disc. Please note that this process may take some time, as video encoding is a complex task. 

   

 To add multiple songs from the hard drive using Smart Add: 

 1. Click  Smart Add  button. 

 

   

 Smart Add  dialog box will be displayed. It allows to scan the hard drive for karaoke songs and add them to DVD structure. 

 2. Select the disc folder on the hard drive that contains the songs. If you would like to include subfolders make sure to check  Include subfolders  option. Also pick the type of the files you would like to add. 

 3. Karaoke DVD Burner can use ID3 from MP3 files or can parse the filenames to determine artist name and song title. If you have ripped the songs with the software that writes ID3 tags to MP3 files (Power CD+G Burner does this), then check  Read title/artist data from ID3 tags in MP3 files . If you ID3 tag is available Karaoke DVD Burner may use the filename to extract the names. Choose the correct naming template from the list below. 

 4. Select the way folders will be created. Following modes are available: 

 songs will be added to the current folder 

 a new folder will be created and songs will be added there (this is best if you would like to organize your DVD by CD+G disc names) 

 a new folder will be created for every artist (this works only for discs for which track list has been downloaded) 

 a folder with the first letter of the artist name will be created (this is best for creating alphabetically ordered DVD); this mode also works only when track list is available 

 4. Click OK. Karaoke DVD Burner will scan your disc and will add the files to DVD structure. 

   

 To add files from a single folder: 

 Click  Add Files  button and choose the files to add. The files will be added to the current folder. 

 Once you have added the songs, you may proceed to the next step. To do this, click the Next > button. 

   

 Choosing menu style 

 Now you need to decide how the menu on your DVD disc will look like. Karaoke DVD Burner comes with several predefined menu styles, you may also create styles of your own. 

 

   The look of the disc is determined by current style. To change the style simply select it from  Style  list -- the preview window will be updated immediately. You may change the number of rows and columns that can appear on a single screen (this matters if your DVD contains a large number of songs). If you would like to define your own style use  Style Editor . 

 It is important to define the television standard you will be using -- it should be NTSC for USA, Canada, Japan, and PAL for Europe and most of Asia. If you are not sure what television standard should you use please consult your DVD player manual. 

 Show track numbers  checkbox enables display of title numbers for each of the songs on the menu screens. 

 Once the menu looks the way you like it, you are ready to proceed to the final step. Click Next > . 

 

 Creating and burning DVD disc 

 The final step is creating and burning DVD disc. First <Karaoke DVD Burner> needs to convert all files to video format, create menus, and author the DVD disc. Once it is done it will burn DVD disc. 

 

   

 To burn a DVD disc: 

 1. Your computer need the be equipped with DVD writer to burn DVD disc. If you have more than one drive select the correct one from  Current burner  list. 

 2. Insert blank DVD disc if you have not done so already. You may need to click Refresh button for the program to  re-scan  the disc. 

 3. Select desired burning speed. 

 4. If you would like to come back to this compilation later, make sure that  Save the compilation before burning  is checked. 

 5. Click  Finish . 

   When  Create compatible disc  is selected, Karaoke DVD Burner writes at least 1 GB of data to the disc. This ensures that the disc will be read by all DVD players. You may turn this off if you are burning the disc for testing purposes. 

 

   <Karaoke DVD Burner> will now start converting files. This process can take a long time if your disc contains a lot of songs (MPEG-2 encoding is a complex process and needs time). Once the files are converted <Karaoke DVD Burner> will burn the disc. 

   Note: If your computer is not equipped with DVD writer you sill may create DVD file structure for testing purposes (you may play it from your hard disc with a software DVD player).