This section describes the types of documents within DiscJuggler facilitating the creation of new discs, duplication of existing discs, extraction of disc content, and many other uses.

DiscJuggler is a document-centric application, implementing a complete MDI (Multiple Document Interface) environment. In concept, DiscJuggler is similar to a word processor allowing you to create a new document from an existing set of templates, edit that document and then save it in a file format that can be opened and reused.

Like a word processor, DiscJuggler can load a new task from an existing set of settings (referred as "templates"), and it can save the task to perform a predetermined sequence of events to solve specific disc reading/writing needs. The task can be saved in a file format that can be reopened to repeat the same saved disc reading/writing sequence.

DiscJuggler handles "task" documents instead of "document" documents. The definition of "task" in DiscJuggler is "a set of actions that need to be performed to complete a disc process."

Task List:

Open the "File" menu and select "New..." command to access the list of available tasks.

With the task list, you can choose the task to perform. As you select a task to perform, a detailed description of the task is displayed below. The number of task templates vary depending on the DiscJuggler license and attached hardware. Here is the full list of possible task templates:

• Create new CDs

This task allows you to drag and drop files from other sources, to a drive capable of writing CDs. You can create audio, data, mixed-mode, bootable, and other types of CDs.

• Create new DVDs

This task allows you to drag and drop files from other sources, to a drive capable of writing DVDs. You can create data or bootable DVDs.

• Create MP3s, WMAs, WAVs and CD compilations

Use this task to extract audio in mp3, WMA, and WAV formats and to create music and CD+G Karaoke disc compilations.

• Copy CDs and DVDs from the same burner

This task automatically copies a CD or DVD using the same writing drive for both reading and writing. This task type is useful when there are no other supported reading drives available, when the writing drive is supported as both a reader and a writer.

• Copy CDs and DVDs on-the-fly

This task directly copies a CD or DVD from a reading drive to one or more writing drives with no intermediate steps. This is the quickest and easiest way to duplicate a disc, but also the most demanding on your system's resources.

• Create CD and DVD images

This task dumps the contents of an entire CD or DVD into a DiscJuggler Image file on your hard disk. The image can be used later to generate multiple copies of the same disc at different times. This task, in conjunction with the next task, is also useful to duplicate a disc when the reading drive is slower than the writing drive.

• Burn CD and DVD images

This task writes a DiscJuggler Image file created by DiscJuggler or other CD/DVD mastering application to one or more writing drive.

• Erase CDs and DVDs

This task allows for the erasure of re-writable CDs or DVDs as an independent task. One or multiple identical re-writable drives can be used in this task.

• Print CDs and DVDs
  
  
  
  This task allows you to fully automate disc printing. By using a supported autoloader device and a disc printer, DiscJuggler will allow you to print multiple discs at once in fully-unattended mode.

Load/Save task settings:

By checking this box, you instruct DiscJuggler to automatically open a document (of the same type as the selected task) based on the previous settings used. This box will also save the settings used when the task is closed. This feature is useful when you mostly use the same settings.

Open this task at startup:

By checking this box, you instruct DiscJuggler to automatically open a document (of the same type as the selected task), every time the application is first launched. This feature is useful when you mostly use one only task type.

You can use the New command in the File menu to create a new task document at any time. A "New Task" window will appear allowing you to choose the type of task to perform.

As you use a task document, DiscJuggler saves a complete task log with detailed status and error report about the current disc reading/writing process. You can export this log with the Export command in the File menu. Sending the log (.txt) file to Padus is extremely helpful for technical support.

A task document can be saved in file format with the commands Save and Save As in the File menu. The first time you save a document and each time you choose Save As, a standard Save dialog will prompt you for a new document name: the default task document extension is .CDJ.

The following data will be saved:

• Source devices/files description.

• Target devices/files description.

• Detailed table of contents of each disc written.

• Time stamp of each writing process.

• Method, speed, and cache options used.

• Detailed list of errors generated during each recording process.

With the Open command from the File menu, you can reload previously saved task documents. All previous settings including source and destination devices/files, cache options, and speed options are preserved.