Diji Album - Creating a CD/DVD with Multiple Albums


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Creating a CD/DVD with Multiple Albums

This example outlines the best way to lay out a CD/DVD with multiple albums and a shelf that is displayed on launch that allows you to select the album to view.

For this example, let's assume that you have four albums.

For each of the albums you have used the File>Build/Distribute Album function to create a CD distribution, and thus you have four folders on your hard drive containing the files for each of your albums:

C:\Album Builds\Album 1\
C:\Album Builds\Album 2\
C:\Album Builds\Album 3\
C:\Album Builds\Album 4\
Note: that we are using a standard CD distribution here, that is, the files are uncompressed on the CD so that they are much faster to load. If you are using album security options then you may prefer to create ALB files (the first option under File>Build/Distribute Album) and then create the four folders above and copy each of them albums to it (below replace references to *.alp files to *.alb files)

Desired CD/DVD Layout

Copy all the album viewer files from C:\Program Files\Diji Album\Viewer to the main (root) CD folder. Here is a list of the required ones:

	dijiview.exe
	dijiview.chm
	Unzdll.dll
	bpage.xdl

3. In the main (root) CD folder copy the autorun.inf file, you can download this one: Autorun.inf. If you do not want anything to happen when you insert the CD then skip this step. If you want an album to be launched then see the notes below...

In the main (root) CD folder copy your Default.Shelf file, but RENAME it to CDShelf.shelf (if a cdshelf.shelf file is found in the main folder of the CD it will override all over *.shelf files on the CD).

You will probably have to edit this as follows. Open it in Notepad.

Let's say it currently reads:

[Album_1]
Name=Valencia
Path=C:\Program Files\Diji Album\Album 1\Valencia.alp
Colour=$000080FF
Height=175
Style=3

[Album_2]
Name=Wellington
Path=C:\Program Files\Diji Album\Album 2\Wellington.alp
Colour=$00DD7735
Height=175
Style=3

[Album_3]
Name=Maryland
Path=C:\Program Files\Diji Album\Album 3\Maryland.alp
Colour=clGreen
Height=175
Style=1

[Album_4]
Name=Edinburgh
Path=C:\Program Files\Diji Album\Album 4\Edinburgh.alp
Colour=clBlue
Height=175
Style=1

You need to change the directory locations to match the structure of the CD, except that rather than putting your CD drive letter in you use %. I.e. for our example, we should edit the shelf file as follows:

[Album_1]
Name=Valencia
Path=%:\Album 1\Valencia.alp
(where "Album 1" is the name of the folder, and "Valencia.alp" is the name of the album file. I.e. if you insert your created CD into your drive and run "My Computer" and open the icon for your CD, it needs to contain a folder named "Album 1" and if you double-click on that, it needs to have a file "Valencia.alp")
Colour=$000080FF
Height=175
Style=3

[Album_2]
Name=Wellington
Path=%:\Album 2\Wellington.alp
Colour=$00DD7735
Height=175
Style=3

[Album_3]
Name=Maryland
Path=%:\Album 3\Maryland.alp
Colour=clGreen
Height=175
Style=1

[Album_4]
Name=Edinburgh
Path=%:\Album 4\Edinburgh.alp
Colour=clBlue
Height=175
Style=1

Copy the above album files (the ones you built using File>Build/Distribute album) to your CD or DVD, ensuring their paths lay out as above.

From these folders you can delete the viewer files (dijiview.exe, dijiview.chm, etc) if you like, to save space.

Notes:

You can also create your own 'shelf' within your albums using the 'Open Album' button (Insert>Button)

CD/DVD albums can be freely distributed for non-commercial use. There may be a nominal charge for commercial distribution, contact Sales for details

If you want a specific album to be launched rather than the having the shelf displayed when inserting the CD, either:
- Put it in the top level (root) directory of your CD (with the viewer files) and use this autorun.inf file
- Edit this autorun.inf file to point to DijiView.exe in the folder whose album you want displayed first. For example if you want the Valencia.alp album in the folder, "Album 1", to run, edit the content as follows:

[autorun]
icon=Album 1\DijiView.exe,0
open=Album 1\DijiView.exe