I was not sure where to post this. If you have a better thread, please relate that. Firstly, let me say that I realized that many dvd burning programs use nero's burning engine. However, I've always preferred to use a combination of dvd decryptor, and dvd shrink. I just purchased a lightscribe drive. Only after buying the drive, I realized that burning the lightscribe disc image was going to require more than I had anticipated. I've always used a program called accoustica to print all of my covers and print disc imagaes onto white printable discs. Now, I realize that accoustica does not presently support burning lightscribe images. The software bundled with my drive was nero. I thought this would be no big deal, I would use nero only to burn the lightscribe images. Then I learned that nero can only burn lightscribe images that are formated to ncd or nct formats. I find this quite strange since 99% of publically traded disc images are either jpeg or tiff. I'm sure I can't be the first to encounter this complication. What is everyone else doing? Are you using a file conversion program to convert jpeg to ncd? What program will do that? Then burning the lightscribe image? How much image degragation does this cause? Are you using a different program to burn lightscribe images? If so, what program? thx
Hi, While I do not have a lightscribe burner the software package I use does support it.Check out Sure Thing cd/dvd labeler,Iused to use it for paper dvd labels(before I knew better) now I just use it to make my case sleeves. Here's a link-http://www.surething.com/ST/ disclaimer-I have no affiliation with this company,I am just a common schmuck consumer attempting to help his fellow man!
Thanks for your response. I played with SureThing. It does burn lightscribe images. However, it only support two other image formats (.std, .dsn). Again, since 99% of dics images are in jpeg, how are people burning jpeg images onto lightscribe discs?
I'm really not sure,as I indicated I don't have a lightscribe burner.I'll check the documentation and see if there's any info in there. Maybe there's away to convert the images? If I find anything I'll let you know. Just remembered a guy at work has light scribe,I'll see what he's got to say.
Surething does support JPEGs. I use it! I usually get the cover/DVD art from the website (I forget which one it is--it's the most popular one). I download it, edit it in Photoshop and then plaster it onto the Surething template and burn the image. That's about it. You might have some setting checked or something like that. Sorry I can't help anymore but I'm on my notebook in class. If I was home, I could walk you through it. Also, there's software you can download from Lightscribe.com. Until then, maybe someone else can help.
Here is a thread where a member is having problems with faded images. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/321845 and nero saves the compilation as an .ncd but it takes jpegs, png, bmp, etc with no problems, and no need to convert. Heres some more lightscribe threads: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/322521 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/322093 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/302725 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/241802 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/75716 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/316134 http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/318081 and this last one mentions a label contrast utility to dl http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/313082 There are many, many more threads on lightscribe, but those should cover just about any question on lightscribe.. If you go to FAQ number 8 at this link, it dls the lightscribe user guide for you: and here is where that hides in Nero: http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/FAQs_TOP_20.html#8
Judging from "However, it only support two other image formats (.std, .dsn)." Sounds like you are trying to open an existing project. Do this instead: Open up SureThing CD Labeler Go to FILE --> NEW... Highlight CD/DVD Lightscribe Click on "Finish" On the left side of the screen should be a sidebar Click on "Backgrounds" and then "Use Your Own Background" An explorer type window with a tree should pop up allowing you to chose and image =) Been using SureThing since day one, get it here: http://www.lightscribe.com/files/setup.zip
