InfraRecorder FAQ

Last updated: June 14th 2008.

General Questions

Installing and Configuring InfraRecorder

Using InfraRecorder

Distributing InfraRecorder

General Questions

What's the difference between the portable and normal version of InfraRecorder?

The portable version stores its settings in XML documents located in the program directory whereas the normal version stores its settings in the application data folder. The portable version does also not include the InfraRecorder shell extension.

Installing and Configuring InfraRecorder

How do I perform a silent unattended installation of InfraRecorder?

The InfraRecorder installer supports the following parameters:

/S
Runs the installer (or uninstaller) silently. All options will be default unless overrided by another parameter to the installer.

/LANGUAGE=
Selects the language that InfraRecorder should use. For example: "irsetup.exe /S /LANGUAGE=swedish" will install InfraRecorder silently with the default language set to Swedish.

InfraRecorder does not detect my recorder

There are serveral possible sources to this problem. The most common are listed below:

• You have an application using cygwin1.dll running in the background. Unfortunately only one instance of cygwin1.dll is allowed in the memory at once. You can solve the problem by exiting all other applications using this library and then rescaning the devices in the InfraRecorder device configuration.
• You are using a non-administrator account that lacks permissions to use the recorder. You can use Nero BurnRights to manage the rights of your recorder.
• You are using a SATA recorder. Normally SATA recorders can be detected fine. If it's not working you can check your BIOS configuration, try changing the onboard SATA chip type to "IDE" instead of "AHCI/RAID".
• The drive letter of your recorder is set to something earlier in the alphabet than D, try changing it to something else.
• You are using a Windows 9x system with no ASPI driver installed.
• Your recorder is broken.

Using InfraRecorder

I have problems using InfraRecorder as a non-administrator

Please try to use a 3rd party software like Nero BurnRights to manage the rights of your recorder.

How do I work with multisession discs in InfraRecorder?

Note: In InfraRecorder 0.44.1 and older, it's not possible to create multi-session DVDs.

To create a multi-session disc, do the following:

1. Start InfraRecorder and create a new data DVD project.
2. From the menu, select File -> Properties...
3. Select the ISO tab.
4. Change format to Mode 2 XA (multisession).
5. Add your files to the project and burn them as usual.

To continue with a multisession disc, do the following:

1. Create a new multisession project by repeating steps 1-4 from above.
2. From the menu, select Actions -> Import Session...
3. Select the recorder you want to use and click the OK-button.
4. Add you new files to the project and burn the project as usual.

InfraRecorder produces unreadable discs

It's possible that the discs contain errors that can not be corrected. To minimize these kind of errors, do not record discs on the fly, and make sure that you're not recording discs in a too high write speed.

What does the error "Inappropriate audio coding" mean?

It means that the audio does not meet the requirements for CDDA audio. InfraRecorder can not convert between different samples sizes and sample rates. Only audio that meets the CDDA requirements can be recorded.

How do I record dual layer DVDs?

You don't have to do anything. You can change the space meter at the bottom by right-clicking on it.

Distributing InfraRecorder

Is there a PAD-file available for InfraRecorder?

Yes, the PAD-file is available at the following URL: http://infrarecorder.org/ir_pad.xml. For those of you who don't know what a PAD-file is, please read here.