Burning a CD or DVD

You can use the Burn Basket to burn a CD or DVD of your photos and files, to use on a computer. You must have a CD or DVD writer installed in your computer to use the Burn Basket.

With the Burn Basket, you can organize, arrange, and store your photos and files until you are ready to burn them to a disc. Depending on the disc format you choose, you can create your own folders, use existing folders, or have the Burn Basket create the folder structure automatically.

If you want to create a CD of your photos to view on a TV, use the VCD wizard, which creates a CD in the right format for a TV.

To create a CD or DVD:

1. To open the Burn Basket pane, do one of the following:
   • In Manage mode, click View | Burn Basket.
   • In Manage mode, click Tools | Create | CD or DVD.
2. In the Burn Basket, select the device you want to use to create your disc from the Disc Burner drop-down list in the toolbar. The options in this drop-down list depend on the CD/DVD hardware you have on your computer.
3. From the Content Format drop-down list, select one of the following: (The options in this drop-down list depend on the burner you select in step 2. and what file formats it supports.)
   • Data Disc: Creates a standard CD or DVD, on which you can create a folder structure and store photos and files of any type to be used on a computer. Click the Format Options button to specify whether you want to include any ACDSee 12 database information associated with your files.
   • HTML Slideshow: Creates a CD or DVD with a slideshow of any photos and media files copied to the disc. The slideshow is set to start whenever the disc is placed in a CD or DVD drive on a computer in a browser. An HTML Slideshow disc cannot contain multiple folders. Click the Format Options button to specify the options for your slideshow.
   • HighMAT Disc: Creates a HighMAT CD containing a slideshow of images that can be viewed on a HighMAT-capable device. A HighMAT disc contains a graphical interface to help viewers access your files, but may alter your files, or convert them to a different format.
   • MPV Disc: Creates an MPV CD containing a slideshow of images that can be viewed on an MPV-capable device. An MPV disc contains a graphical interface to help viewers access your files, but may alter your files, or convert them to a different format.
4. If you selected the Data Disc format, you can use the left side of the Burn Basket to create a folder structure to organize the photos and files on the disc. To create a new folder, right-click the name of a folder and select New Folder from the shortcut menu. Type a name for the new folder and then press Enter.
5. You can also drag an existing folder into either pane in the Burn Basket. If you drag the folder into the left pane, be sure your cursor is over an existing folder in the folder tree before you release the mouse button.
6. To add photos or other files to your disc, drag them from the File List pane to the Burn Basket, or select the files you want to add and then click Edit | Add to Burn Basket. You can use the buttons on the Burn Basket toolbar, as explained below, to adjust the contents of the Burn Basket, or to save or load projects.
7. When you are ready to create your disc, click Burn.

Burn Basket toolbar buttons

	Format Options	Opens the Format Options dialog box, where you can specify the options for your selected format.
	Add to Burn Basket	Adds the currently selected files or folders to the Burn Basket.
	Remove From Burn Basket	Removes the currently selected files or folders from the Burn Basket.
	Remove All	Clears the contents of the Burn Basket.
	New Folder	Creates a new sub-folder.
	Rename	Renames the currently selected file or folder.
	Save Project	Saves the current contents and settings of the Burn Basket as a project file you can edit later.
	Load Project	Opens a previously saved Burn Basket project.

See also:

1. Creating video files and VCDs

Burning a CD or DVD