Q5. How do i burn an standard Audio CD which also autoruns on Macs and PCs?

This tutorial's purpose is to create a CD that can play standard audio on any CD player as well as a cross platform autostarting Flash Projector.

[This assumes you are using a Mac, Flash 5, and Toast 5]

Open Toast. We'll start with the audio because it has to be first anyway - pay attention to that - IT HAS TO BE FIRST! This will not work otherwise, as your standard CD player can only read the first session of the CD.

The Audio Session:
This is how it's done, your going to burn the CD in two sessions. A "Write Session" for the audio and a "Disk Session" for your data (and to close the CD).

Back to the audio. Drag your audio files to the audio window, if you don't have them ripped yet - drag the CD to the window and extract the audio to a new folder. Delete the CD files in the window and replace them with your .aiff files. Set the offsets, 2 seconds on the first track is mandatory - otherwise it makes no matter. Name the disk by clicking on it.

Record the audio, make sure to check "Write Session". Eject when done and reinsert the CD.

The Data Session:
In Toast, hold down on "Other" and choose "Custom Hybrid". Under "Utilities" create a temporary partition. Place your all your files in the partition. You should have something like this:

PC.exe
Mac Projector
Autostart.inf (see the FAQ on Windows autostart)
Support folder

Line up the icons with the Mac icon on top and the support files along the bottom. This matters because this is how it will look on a Mac.

In Toast, click on the "select Mac" button and choose your temporary partition, leave "Optimize on the Fly" checked and check the "autostart" button and find your Mac projector in the temp partition. Click "OK".

Click the "ISO" button and drag everything but the Mac projector to the "Files" window. Double click on and make invisible, everything except for the PC.exe file. Under the "Settings" tab, select CD-XA for the format (you may need to choose CD-ROM for a duplication house, but I got both types to work). Choose "Joliet" for the "Naming" button and uncheck the "Use Apple Extensions" box. You'll exclude Windows 3.1 users by doing this, oh my! Click "Done".

Make sure the trash is empty and click on "Record", choose "Write Disk".

Your done. I saved the disk images to a my main folder (much easier to reuse for duplication and changes). You'll be prompted to save the image when you get done, do it. Close Toast and save the working files on your way out for future use.

[Wheels, edited by SJT]