Software Requirements:

• NET MD Simple Burner.
• SSRC(fast and high quality sampling rate converter - included).

If you want to use Daemon Tools:
• Daemon Tools. (Latest version tested: 3.29)
• mad - MPEG audio decoder (included).
• OGGDEC v1.0 (included).
• Optional others External Decoders.

If you want to use Nero and ImageDrive:
• Nero Burning Rom ver.5.5 and above (Latest version tested: 5.5.10.7b).
• Nero Image Drive.
• Nero plugins for others audio files format than MP3.

Installation and launch:

• Unzip the M3U2SB_XXX.zip file in a directory.
• Launch the M3U2SB.EXE file.

Setup:

• Press the button 'Setup'.
• Select the button 'Daemon Tools' or 'Nero + ImageDrive' in the 'Preferred Method' Box.

If you choose the Daemon Tools Method, select the directory where is located the software in the 'Daemon Tools Setup' box, and set the time for Track Pregap.
If you choose the Nero Method, select the directory where Image Drive is located in the 'Nero Setup' Box.
• In the 'Max Length for PlayList/CD Image creation' insert the max length for automatic splitting of CD Images and Playlists
• In the 'Winamp Path' box, select the directory where is located Winamp (ver. 1.666-2.x).
• In the 'Simple Burner Setup' box, select the directory where is located Simple Burner and choose a format for song title generation in the 'Track Names' Edit Box.

Usage:

• Press the button 'Audio Files'.
• Drag and drop the audio files in the middle panel: TITLES and other infos will be listed (if file format is supported). You can change the order of songs, selecting the ones that you want to move, and choosing the right position by the UP or DOWN arrows or using the Mouse Wheel (pressing the SHIFT key). You can sort the songs by Album Title/Track Number (if present in the ID Tag), pressing the button with the hand ('Sort by Album/Track Number'). You can remove songs from the list, selecting and pressing the button 'Remove selected' or choosing the Item 'Remove Selected' from the Popup Menu (right click of the mouse). You can import the current winamp (ver. 1.666 - 2.x) playlist pressing the button 'Add Current Winamp Playlist'. You can remove all of them pressing the button 'Remove All' or choosing the Item 'Remove All' from the Popup Menu (right click of the mouse). You can add Audio Files pressing the button 'Add Files' and you can create a M3U file list pressing the button 'Save List' (the last from the top).
• If you want to edit (MP3) or show (others audio formats) the Tag info of the audio files right click and choose the menu item File Info.
  To translate from one char set to another select 'Translate charset' from the Popup Menu

Use Daemon Tools
• Press the Button 'CD Audio Images'.
• Press the Button 'AUTO CREATE IMAGES' if you want automatic creation of CD Images, based on the Max Length defined in the Setup Screen.
• Enter a CD title for the image that you want to create (you can create UP to 8 Images).
• Press the button 'Create Image' near to the Text Box and wait for the creation of Image.
• Repeat the process if you want create other Images (up to 8).
• Press the button 'Delete Image' to delete the Image.
• Press the button 'Edit Image' to edit the Image that you have created, or to create a new Image.
• Press the button 'Mount/UnMount Image' to mount the Image (the second from the left).
• In the 'Simple Burner Tab' press the button 'Update Simple Burner' to add the current Image to SimpleBurner, or press the right mouse button on track Names to copy the Track Names to the Clipboard.
• Press the 'Launch Simple Burner' button to launch 'Simple Burner' and record the MiniDisc as usually.
• When 'Simple Burner' is started, you can continue to Mount/Unmount images, but you can't create or edit Images.

Use Nero Burning Rom
• In the 'Simple Burner Tab' press the 'Launch Nero' button and wait that Nero starts. A new CD Audio project has been automatically created and all the songs listed before have been added to the Nero project. Now select 'Choose Recorder' item from 'Recorder' Menu and select 'Image Recorder'. The next step is to burn the Virtual CD and to set a name for the image to be created.
• By ImageDrive (or Daemons Tools), mount the new created image and come back to M3U2SB or press the button 'Mount' from the Window 'Mount Image' and choose the Image that you have created.

ADDING NEW FILE FORMATS
• Edit the file M3U2SB.INI.
• Edit the key EXT in the section [Decoders_EXT]
  ex.: EXT=MP3,OGG,WMA,VQF to support MP3 Files and OGG Files (supported by default), WMA Files and VQF Files.
• In the section [Decoders_PAR] add a line for every extension supported:
  If you want support a new file in the Daemon's Tools Method add a line like: NEW_EXT=EXTERNAL.EXE, -p1 -p2 ... %i %o
  ex.: MP3=MADPLAY.EXE,-o "%o" "%i", where MADPLAY.EXE is the external decoder (in the EXTERNALS folder) for MP3 files, '%i' is the Input File Name (MP3) and '%o' is the Output File Name (WAV).
  The command, to decode the file (in this example), will be: MADPLAY -o "INPUTFILE.MP3" "OUTPUTFILE.WAV".
  If you want support a new file in Nero add a line like: NEW_EXT=NERO_PLUGIN
  ex.: WMA=NERO_PLUGIN
  
• Reload M3U2SB.


Example of M3U2SB.INI:
....
[Decoders_EXT]
EXT=MP3,OGG,WMA,VQF

[Decoders_PAR]
MP3=MADPLAY.EXE,-o "%o" "%i"
OGG=OGGDEC.EXE,-o "%o" "%i"
VQF=NERO_PLUGIN
WMA=NERO_PLUGIN
....
TIP:
Press the button 'Info' in the About Box to see the audio files supported by M3U2SB.