<sect1 id="audiocdcdreating"> <title> Quickguide: Burning an Audio-CD in 4 Steps </title> <para> This Quickguide shows you how to create a AudioCD with &k3b;. To reproduce these steps you need a working &k3b; and a directory in which you have audiofiles. </para> <sect2> <title>Step 1</title> <para> When you start &k3b; you should see something like this. <screenshot> <screeninfo>Here you can select one of four projects &k3b; offers</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="select_project.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Step 2</title> <para> Now you click on "New Audio CD Project" <screenshot> <screeninfo>This is a dialog where you can select which files you want to burn on a CD</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="select_audiofiles.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </para> <para> The files you see on the top-part of &k3b; can be dropped with the mouse to the bottom-widget. Another way is to right-click on a file an select <action>Add to Project</action>. In order to rearrange the order of the audio-tracks you can simply move the tracks with the left mouse-button. The properties of the tracks can be changed by clicking with the &RMB; and choosing <action>Properties</action>. As soon as you like the arrangement of the tracks click on <action>Burn...</action> in the right-bottom corner. </para> <note> <para> When you burn AudioCD from <acronym>MP3</acronym>s or other lossy compressed music, remember that if you encode this CD back to <acronym>MP3</acronym>, you'll get poorer quality regardless the bitrate you use. To check whether AudioCD was burnt from lossy format, try <ulink url="http://true-audio.com/analyzer.project">auCDtect</ulink>. </para> </note> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Step 3</title> <screenshot> <screeninfo>This is a dialog where you can decide the settings for the CD.</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="burndialog_audio.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para> In this dialog you can control the settings of the burning itself. The default-settings of &k3b; are probably correct for you. In the top-right corner you can control the speed. One last step before the actual burning you can give the CD a title by choosing <guibutton>CD-Text</guibutton> and selecting <guilabel>Write CD-Text</guilabel>. The two which are probably most important for you are <guilabel>Title</guilabel> and <guilabel>Performer</guilabel>. As soon as you are content with the settings click on <guibutton>Burn</guibutton>. </para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Step 4</title> <para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>In this dialog you can see the progress of you burning</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="burndialog_progress.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> In this dialog is nothing you can do. Just wait for you computer to finish the session. </para> </sect2> </sect1>