Melt v1.3beta2 - Documentation

• Even more R5 fixes.
• New image file feature completely disabled the folder->image feature, and thus rendered Melt's main feature useless... why didn't anybody report this?! It doesn't help anything to give the program bad ratings on BeBits without telling me what's wrong. Anyways, fixed this bug.
• Updated the Usage section of this manual, as always.

• R5 fixes.
• You can now drop .iso/.img files. Worked nicely with the FreeBSD 4.0 release ISO (bootable).
• Several bugs squished.

• Audio CD mode: Drop RIFF WAVE files (14.4kHz, 16 bit, stereo) onto your Virtual Audio CD Window and compose your own audio CDs with minimum fuss. Make compatible files with SoundPlay or rip 'em with cdparanoia.
• CDRW blanking tools: Check it out. Complete with a nice blinking status LED ;)
• Various cosmetic enhancements. Thanks a lot to DOT for his wonderful icons that I stole.
• User friendliness enhancements.
• And more!

Legal stuff

1. Disclaimer

LUKAS HARTMANN AND/OR ATOMATRIX CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA,
MONEY, TIME, OR WHATEVER HAPPENS TO YOU DUE TO THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT. USE THIS
AT YOUR OWN RISK.

2. Copying

The Melt .pkg file may be freely distributed as long as none of the contents
are changed in any way. You must not make profit with Melt without a written
permission by Lukas Hartmann.

Introduction

Requirements

Usage (Finally)

• You have to drop folders onto a Virtual CD window. The name of the folder will be the name of the data track. (That means, if you drop one folder, you'll have a CD that contains the contents of that folder and has the same name.)
• Always check if the size of the created image is OK. Always make sure you have enough space on your HD for your image files.
• If anything goes wrong while burning, please activate the Debug checkbox and send me the log's contents after cdrecord has finished.
• Better don't touch too much while cdrecord is burning. It's not healthy, believe me.
• You can press the right mouse button on a track to pop up a useful context menu.
• When choosing Multisession in the New CD-R window, please bear in mind that this uses the cdrecord default track mode (it's XA-2 or something). It works in BeOS, but I'm not sure whether Windoze, for example, will read your CD.
• If you want to add more tracks to your multisession CD-R, open a new Multisession mode Virtual CD, toss in your tracks, and burn it away.
• If you want to close your multisession CD-R, do the same thing in Single Session mode. If you just want to close the CD-R without adding more tracks, just burn a blank Virtual CD.
• The last trick can also be used to Fixate a broken CD-R, for example.
• Fixate in Simulate Only mode is just a waste of time, methinks.

Credits

• Be, Inc.: For BeOS. Mmmm.
• Jörg Schilling: For CDR Tools.
• Brazilian: For pushing me into the right direction.
• ToLLen: For his patience with that horrible bug.
• Anders: For extensive debugging.
• TYU: Also for extensive debugging.
• DOT: For his wonderful artwork.
• Balatro: Because.
• Resartus: For help. :)
• ctate: For lotsa mental support while I implemented the be_roster stuff ;)
• B_MINI: I ended up using popen(), sorry.
• regurg: Of course!
• #bedev: For not banning me.
• The Ghetto (form. #beos): All the friendly + funny people.
• Vastator: "melt?"
• twidBeOS and armando: Thanks a lot for helpful Beta testing.
• Kurt von Finck: For calling Scot Hacker :)
• TRUE_mnky: For making Beta 2 possible. THANKS!
• Eugenia: For voting 10. ;)
• ... and everyone that I forgot (like biteoN).