The Copy Disc project can be used to copy almost any unencrypted disc. Follow these guidelines for best results:
- Make sure the disc speed and disc format is compatible with your recorder drive.
- If you plan to play your disc in a set-top player, make sure the disc format and speed are compatible with the player.
For more information on copying discs, see What large capacity discs can be copied?
| CD disc type | Description |
| Data CD-ROM | Data Mode 1, Disc-at-Once. (The format of most commercial CD-ROMs for data or software distribution.) |
| Kodak Photo CD | Data Multisession. Mode 2 XA, mixed form. Track-at-Once. (The format used by Kodak photo finishers.) |
| Data Mode 1 Multisession, closed | Data Multisession. Mode 1, with last session not appendable. Track-at-Once. It can contain one or more sessions, each containing Mode 1 data tracks. |
| Data Mode 1 Multisession, open | Same as above, but the last session is appendable. |
| Data Mode 2 Multisession, closed | Data Multisession. Mode 2, with last session not appendable. Track-at-Once. It can contain one or more sessions, each containing Mode 2 data tracks. |
| Data Mode 2 Multisession, Open | Same as above, but the last session is appendable. |
| Data Mode 2 Disc-at-Once | Like a standard stamped CD-ROM, but mastered as Mode 2. It is not very common. |
| Classic audio disc | Audio Disc-at-Once Silver, like almost any commercial music disc, or Closed Gold. |
| Audio disc, not closed | Audio Gold disc not closed (track-at-once or session-at-once). |
| CD Extra or Enhanced CD | A disc with a first audio session with the music tracks and then a second session with a Data Mode 2 XA track. |
| Classic Mixed-mode | A data session containing a data track followed by one or more audio tracks. This is the most common type of Mixed-mode. An audio player will not play the data track or, occasionally, will make a loud noise. A computer’s CD-ROM drive will see the disk as a CD-ROM disc. |
| Mixed-mode Track-at-Once | As above, but Track-at-Once. |
| Video CD | A standard XA disc with one or more Mode 2 data tracks in a XA session, but with additional logical information. Discs created in Super Video CD format (SVCD) cannot be copied. |
| CD Extra or Enhanced CD | A disc with a first audio session with the music tracks and then a second session with a Data Mode 2 XA track. |
| Classic Mixed-mode | A data session containing a data track followed by one or more audio tracks. This is the most common type of Mixed-mode. An audio player will not play the data track or, occasionally, will make a loud noise. A computer’s CD-ROM drive will see the disk as a CD-ROM disc. |
| Mixed-mode Track-at-Once | As above, but Track-at-Once. |
| Video CD | A standard XA disc with one or more Mode 2 data tracks in a XA session, but with additional logical information. Discs created in Super Video CD format (SVCD) cannot be copied. |
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