Whats the deal with Windows Auto-Insert Notification (AIN)?
Some of the Windows-based recording software recommend turning off Auto-Insert Notification. Having this on can interfere with closing sessions or even just inserting discs into the drive. Most of the recent software will disable it automatically, but some of the older products require you to disable it manually. You can do so under Win95/Win98 by opening the “System” icon in the Control Panel, and selecting “Device Manager”. For each item under CD-ROM, select the device, click on the “Settings” tab, and make sure the “Auto Insert Notification” checkbox is unchecked. [With a vanilla Win95 setup I got SCSI errors when AIN was off for my CD-R but on for my CD-ROM, even if the CD-ROM drive wasn’t in use at the time.] If you’re using WinNT, you can turn it off with the “TweakUI” program available in PowerToys (available from the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/), or by modifying a registry key with Regedit32 (0=disabled, 1=enabled): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentContr
(2002/11/15) It means you have an attractive new coaster for your table. Generally speaking, the CD recording process can’t be interrupted in mid-session. Once the laser starts writing, any interruption would create a physical gap on the disc that could confuse CD readers. The recorder must always have data to write, from the moment the recording starts until the session ends. To avoid a situation where a temporary slowdown in the computer causes the write process to fail, the makers of CD recorders put a write buffer in the drive, usually between 512K and 4MB in size. Data read from the hard drive, tape, or another CD is stored in the buffer, and pulled out as needed by the recorder. If the recorder requests data from the write buffer, but there’s none there, it’s called a buffer underrun. The disc is still spinning, but there’s no data to write, so the recording process aborts. This was a very common and very annoying problem for many years, so most recorders released in 2001 or late
(1999/09/12) Some of the Windows-based recording software recommend turning off Auto-Insert Notification. Having this on can interfere with closing sessions or even just inserting discs into the drive. Most of the recent software will disable it automatically, but some of the older products require you to disable it manually. You can do so under Win95/Win98 by opening the “System” icon in the Control Panel, and selecting “Device Manager”. For each item under CD-ROM, select the device, click on the “Settings” tab, and make sure the “Auto Insert Notification” checkbox is unchecked. [With a vanilla Win95 setup I got SCSI errors when AIN was off for my CD-R but on for my CD-ROM, even if the CD-ROM drive wasn’t in use at the time.] If you’re using WinNT, you can turn it off with the “TweakUI” program available in PowerToys (available from the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/), or by modifying a registry key with Regedit32 (0=disabled, 1=enabled): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \
Most Windows-based recording software recommend turning off Auto-Insert Notification. Having this on can interfere with closing sessions or even just inserting discs into the drive. You can disable it by opening the “System” icon in the Control Panel, and selecting “Device Manager”. For each item under CD-ROM, select the device, click on the “Settings” tab, and make sure the “Auto Insert Notification” checkbox is unchecked. [With my vanilla Win95 setup I got SCSI errors when AIN was off for my CD-R but on for my CD-ROM, even if the CD-ROM drive wasn’t in use at the time.] If you’re using WinNT, you can turn it off with the “TweakUI” program available in PowerToys (available from the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/), or by modifying a registry key with Regedit32 (0=disabled, 1=enabled): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Cdrom \ Autorun If your software automatically turns AIN off, and you can’t figure out how to turn it back on, the TweakUI pro
(1999/09/12) Some of the Windows-based recording software recommend turning off Auto-Insert Notification. Having this on can interfere with closing sessions or even just inserting discs into the drive. Most of the recent software will disable it automatically, but some of the older products require you to disable it manually. You can do so under Win95/Win98 by opening the “System” icon in the Control Panel, and selecting “Device Manager”. For each item under CD-ROM, select the device, click on the “Settings” tab, and make sure the “Auto Insert Notification” checkbox is unchecked. [With a vanilla Win95 setup I got SCSI errors when AIN was off for my CD-R but on for my CD-ROM, even if the CD-ROM drive wasn’t in use at the time.] If you’re using WinNT, you can turn it off with the “TweakUI” program available in PowerToys (available from the Microsoft web site at [url]http://www.microsoft.com/[/url]), or by modifying a registry key with Regedit32 (0=disabled, 1=enabled): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
