I have an audio-only file in TIFF format that I want to burn to a DVD. (The file is a bit too large to fit on a CD.) Further, I want the DVD I described to be playable on an ordinary, home CD/DVD player.
I haven't been able to figure out how, if at all, I can do this on Toast 9. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Dave
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I think you mean AIFF format. The audio CD format doesn't work with DVD discs. I can tell you a way to do this so it plays on DVD players, but not on audio CD players. To make it work on a video DVD player choose DVD video as the format in Toast's Video window, drag in the audio file, prepare the menu the way you want and burn your DVD. You'll have what Toast calls a music DVD. When inserted in the DVD player it plays the music while showing a single frame on the TV screen.
If you want this to play on an audio CD player you need to split the file to burn to two discs. You can create these two tracks using CD Spin Doctor and then send to Toast's audio CD setting to burn one track at a time to a CD.
If you want this to play on an audio CD player you need to split the file to burn to two discs. You can create these two tracks using CD Spin Doctor and then send to Toast's audio CD setting to burn one track at a time to a CD.
QUOTE (tsantee @ Oct 23 2009, 07:40 AM) 
I think you mean AIFF format. The audio CD format doesn't work with DVD discs. I can tell you a way to do this so it plays on DVD players, but not on audio CD players. To make it work on a video DVD player choose DVD video as the format in Toast's Video window, drag in the audio file, prepare the menu the way you want and burn your DVD. You'll have what Toast calls a music DVD. When inserted in the DVD player it plays the music while showing a single frame on the TV screen.
If you want this to play on an audio CD player you need to split the file to burn to two discs. You can create these two tracks using CD Spin Doctor and then send to Toast's audio CD setting to burn one track at a time to a CD.
If you want this to play on an audio CD player you need to split the file to burn to two discs. You can create these two tracks using CD Spin Doctor and then send to Toast's audio CD setting to burn one track at a time to a CD.
Oops! Right on, I meant AIFF. Second, my being computer semi-literate but not being at all CD/DVD player literate (never owned one), I assume that it's now common to find single-unit, combined CD and DVD players, that these are common currency. Is this correct? I want the burned disc to be playable by others (whom I don't know) with little or no fuss on their part.
Third, what you say about making a CD player-playable disc has me a bit confused. I guess I can figure out how to split the file. But, the part about then sending *each* track to Toast and then "burn one track at a time" stopped me. Would the result be a sort of stereo CD? Also, I'd appreciate some step-by-step about how to burn first one track and then the next and yet wind up with a single/combined disc.
Dave
QUOTE (dave393 @ Oct 23 2009, 08:10 AM)
Oops! Right on, I meant AIFF. Second, my being computer semi-literate but not being at all CD/DVD player literate (never owned one), I assume that it's now common to find single-unit, combined CD and DVD players, that these are common currency. Is this correct? I want the burned disc to be playable by others (whom I don't know) with little or no fuss on their part.
Third, what you say about making a CD player-playable disc has me a bit confused. I guess I can figure out how to split the file. But, the part about then sending *each* track to Toast and then "burn one track at a time" stopped me. Would the result be a sort of stereo CD? Also, I'd appreciate some step-by-step about how to burn first one track and then the next and yet wind up with a single/combined disc.
Dave
Third, what you say about making a CD player-playable disc has me a bit confused. I guess I can figure out how to split the file. But, the part about then sending *each* track to Toast and then "burn one track at a time" stopped me. Would the result be a sort of stereo CD? Also, I'd appreciate some step-by-step about how to burn first one track and then the next and yet wind up with a single/combined disc.
Dave
If you made a music DVD with Toast anyone can play it on a DVD player, whether it is connected to a computer or a TV. DVD players can also play audio CDs but audio CD players (such as the one in a car or boom box) cannot play DVDs. If it's okay with you that they have to use a DVD player to hear your audio recording then the music DVD is the answer.
My suggestion about splitting the audio onto two CDs is actually easier than the method I was suggesting. Here is how to do it without using CD SpinDoctor to create two tracks from the one audio file:
Drag your audio File into the Toast Audio window with Audio CD selected as the format. In Toast Preferences turn on the advanced audio mastering option. Back in the Audio window you'll see a heading titled "Length". Click and hold on the time of the track just below the Length heading and choose Track Trim in the window that pops up. Here you can choose the start and end time within that audio track. If you preview your track in QuickTime Player you can see the time for the point at which you wanted to split the file. Enter that time in the Track Trim window. The audio file itself is not changed by doing this, but Toast will know to include only the portion indicated on the audio CD. I think you can fit more than 75 minutes of audio on an audio CD.
At this point you can burn your first audio CD. When that is done go back to the track trim window and change the start and end times so the remaining part of the track is burned to the next audio CD.
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