well, the differences between DAO (Disc At Once) and TAO (Track At Once) are the following:<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>DAO burns the cd all in one, while TAO turns the laser off after every track. thats why with TAO you have a 2-second pause, while with DAO you can set exactly how long it has to be (0 seconds for no pause).
<LI>in TAO, you can add one track after the other, and then close the cd. in DAO, you have to burn all at once. this is the only advantage of TAO.
<LI>in DAO, the lead-in is at the beginning of the cd, then all the tracks come, and then the lead-out. in TAO, first come all tracks, and then the lead-in and the lead out. this is so because the lead-in and the lead-out are the index of the tracks (easy cd refers to them as TOC, Table Of Contents), and as in TAO you can add a song after the other, the program cant write the index at the beginning. in this aspect, DAO is superior because the laser pick-up can acceed quicker to the index when you skip a track or so (while in TAO it has to go to the end of the CD, in DAO it can go both to the end and to the beginning, whichever is nearer), and because cds arte more scratch-resistant (because in DAO the vital index information is stored in two different positions)
<LI>all commercial cds are in DAO, because it gives you many more editing possibilities than TAO (like pauses).
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DAO is generally the mode you should use, especially if you want to do something professional.
some cd players (especially discmans) do not or poorly support burned cds, but this depends also of the cdr you use, the burning speed (the slower the better) and the burner.
i think (i dont KNOW) that it is not the TAO/DAO mode which makes your cds work or not on your discman.
as burning program i would reccomend nero burning rom. you can download the free demo version from
www.ahead.de
i hope this helps you
aaron
aisotton@inwind.it
[This message has been edited by aisotton (edited 06-01-2000).]
[This message has been edited by aisotton (edited 06-01-2000).]