DISC AT ONCE vs. TRACK AT ONCE....Help, please

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I'm using Philips Write2CD software. My aim is to copy a cd, not have any added gaps between tracks, but still be able to flip from track to track. Will copying "disc at once" do this? IF not, what is "disc at once" for and what can I do to prevent the program from adding space?

Thanks in advance.
 
The manual doesn't make any reference to disc at once vs track at once. IT does discuss all the other options. I decided I'd just see what happened if I burned a disc "disc at once". Worst case, I lose a $1 CD. As it turned out, it did exactly what I wanted.

THe manuals for most of my computer stuff suck. The hardbacks just explain how to install it. Then you have to use the cd-manual or go online. Sometimes those are helpful. In this case, they were not.
 
Then Philips sucks, because every other piece of software I've ever seen does explain the difference. You get 10 extra newbie points for realizing that trying it would teach you more than the manual anyway.

Just in case an archaeologist from the year 2525 comes upon this and wants to know the secrets of CD burning in the year 2000, here's the rules:

1. the normal setting on most CD burning software gives you a 2-second gap between tracks when you're burning in "normal mode" (track at a time).

2. if you burn "disc at once", you will not get any added gaps between the tracks, so if you want time between the tracks you have to add your own silence before and after.

3. you will always get track markers when you have separate tracks identified in the software, so that you can jump directly to any track you wish.

4. the corollary of the above: if you want an uninterrupted 55-minute dance mix, but still want to have track markers between tracks, you have to split the music into separate WAV files, not add any silence to them, put them into your CD layout as separate tracks, and burn in "disc-at-once" mode.
 
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