Even more features
All Data and Audio CD\DVD recording is done using the familiar yet much improved CopyToDVD Manager. VSO have put a lot of effort into adding new features to the manager, as well as increasing its ease of use and still keeping in an easy to understand interface. The options tab contains new features such as ' remember last used writer ', and the plugins tab allows selection of the new VSO media player of VSO show for previewing the selected music\pictures before recording to your desired media.
As always you can drag and drop from windows explorer directly into the manager to add material for recording. Another new feature is the selection of media size and writer or ISO image, which is now placed conviently on the bottom bar of the manager, and if the wrong media size is selected for the project, then a visual prompt is shown to remind you to select the right size, again keeping it really easy to understand and minimizing the chances of any mistake being made.
VSO Player:
The VSO player is a simple and effective way to either preview your selected tracks before recording in the CopyToDVD Manager, or for playing any of the many supported audio formats such as MP3\PCM\APE etc.
It is skinnable and very low on system resources. Don't expect it to be a full blown media player and you will be pleasantly suprised by how often you might use it for the job it was designed for, again it is here that you see how VSO make effectively simple to use software that you actually need.
VSO Show:
VSO Show was designed to let the user have a slideshow preview of any picture files that
have been recorded onto a data compilation once inserted into a PC or Standalone DVD
player.
Scheduler:
As the title suggests, this option allows the user to schedule a backup of important PC files on a regular, predifined basis.
CD\DVD Copy:
The CD Copy category consists of two options:
Copy a CD\DVD: this is a 'lite' version of VSOs pioneering 1:1 backup software, and allows for 1:1 backups of your original media.Anyone who has used Blindwrite will be
familiar with this interface, but for anyone new to this software, it is a very simple yet
extremely powerful backup software.
VSO have informed us that it does not support the direct copying of protected DVD Video discs due to the laws on these protections, though it was interesting to notice that if such drivers as DVD43 are installed on the review system, then this option could be enabled.
Copy DVD Video: Again the option to launch an external software for making a backup of DVD Videos is placed here as the Copy CD option does not allow for compression from DVD-9 to DVD-5. Did I mention how many other companies software can be launched from within this feature if installed? VSO have shown commitment to having the best software for the job available to the user, and how many other software companies allow you this option and I can only compliment VSO on this approach they have taken.
File Depot:
The file depot was one of the first options implemented into CopyToDVD, and is similar to the built in Windows XP recording engine. It allows the user to simply right click on the desired source data and record directly via windows explorer, or you can use the file depot to store all information and add to it before importing it into the Manager for recording.
The recording engine:
VSO introduce version 21 of the their own recording engine - the patin couffin driver, which promises better media compatibility, lower resource usage, and greater reliability over previous versions.
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