Misc. CD-R/W Tools

UnderCoverXP is a program to easily print pre-designed CD and DVD covers. It supports JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP formats and can automatically scale front covers, back covers, front + inside, inlays, DVD Boxes, Playstation covers and CoolBela LD001 labels to the correct sizes. Other label types can be added with a graphical editing interface. The program is easy to use and allows you to preview the images as they will appear on your cover.

ASPI drivers version for Windows 98, NT 4, Me, 2000 and XP. Includes ASPICHK version checking utility to check which version of ASPI is installed on your system.

PhotoCDBrowser is an AutoRun program for photo CD-archives in TIFF, JPEG, TGA, EPS, PCX formats. Upon insertion of the CD, the program will display a small navigation browser and show the photos in full screen mode. You can include background sound on an per-image basis, include optional background music and more. The user can zoom and rotate your photos or view them in slideshow mode. Additional features include an option to comment individual images and navigate through the collection via keyboard shortcuts. Creating your autorun CD does not require any programming, however requires you to read the (broken english) documentation and do some basic ini file editing and optional scripting to customize it. Nevertheless, if you are comfortable with that, and are not looking for a wizard style program, PhotoCDBrowser provides the functionality to produce some great photo Cds, even with multi-language support.

MediaMenu is a customizable full-screen CD menu with an built in image viewer and launcher for Windows Media player. It allows you to create an attractive full screen menu for your CD that links to the CD content, launches applications and even web site links. You can play background music and link to sub-level of the menu containing file listings etc. The program is completely configured via an .ini file, which requires you to do some very basic scripting in order to customize it to your needs. With a little bit of work, MediaMenu allows you to create a very attractive interface for your CD.

CD Slide Show Generator is an Microsoft XP PowerToy, that allows you to view images burned to a CD as a slide show. The Generator works downlevel on Windows 9x machines as well.

1st AutoRun Express provides a simple wizard interface to create auto-starting CDs. All you need to do is select the folder with the documents, and one or more files that you want to be launched when the CD is inserted. A Pro version is available that lets you create a CD menu that allows the user to select a file or programs to launch (You can use the CD menu feature as part of the free version, but the created menu will only run on the PC it was created with.)

CD2TAPE is a tool to test your favourites CD tracks on your own designed TAPE layout. It features automatic computation of the remaining time for each side of the MC (musicassette) as well as internet support to access freedb (both cddbp and http protocol supported). IN addition, the program prints tape covers, including title information and provides an integrated CD database for easy managment of your CDs. This program cannot actually record your CD tracks to tape - it only allows you to design and test the layouts, then (optionally) print the labels.

Optical Info is a simple, standalone utility that gathers information about the installed CD and DVD drives and displays the capabilities and technical specs such as Read/Write/Rewriting to CD/DVD as well as the supported read/write speed of the drive and available manufacturer information. The program can be run from a USB drive and it mostly useful for tech support visits where the capabilities of a drive need to be determined.