User Guide
DVD Xpress Page 22
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DTD Wizard Step 2:
In step 2 you customize your video disc with Movie and video clip titles, set video capture duration times, auto chapter
timing points and back ground template.
Background Template:
You can select from several background templates. CapWiz 3.5 includes a dozen templates to choose from.
Scroll through the background menus. The menu that is visible is the one that will be created on your video disc.
Movie title Name:
You type in the main title of your DVD movie. Movie Title name has a limit of 10 characters.
Video Title Name:
You can also name the video clip to customize your video disc. The Video Title name has a limit of 12 characters.
Capture Duration:
The DTD Wizard shows you the approximate record time available on the disc and also allows you to select preset
record duration times or you can click the Custom button to set your own exact record time settings. If you want to have
manual control of the record time, use the “None” selection choice in the duration time drop down menu.
Stop Recording:
If you have selected a Record duration time, recording will stop when the record time duration has been met. At this
point the disc will be nalized and after a few seconds or up to a few minutes (depends on your drive speed and media
type) the nished disc will be ejected.
You can also click the Stop button on CapWiz or press the Escape key (ESC) on your keyboard to stop recording at
any time. Please BE AWARE that if or when you stop recording, the disc will be nalized and you will have a CD or
DVD with a background menu and a video le recorded on the disc even if you stop capture after a few seconds.
The disc will have been written to and will no longer be recordable. Avoid mistakes and wasted discs with a bit of pre-
planning to know what you want to capture before you get started.
Error Proof: If you do not set a capture duration time you can possibly capture beyond the capacity of the disc
space. CapWiz monitors how much video is recorded on the disc and the available disc space. When you reach
99% capacity CapWiz will automatically stop recording and nalize your disc.
Auto Chapter Setting:
When creating DVD movies, the DTD Wizard allows you to select how often you want to set a chapter point. You
can set a chapter point to occur at specic time intervals (1minute, 3 minutes, 10 minutes, etc.). Chapter points
make it easier to navigate through a long movie. When playing the video on your DVD player, you can use the
NEXT or PREVIOUS buttons to jump from one chapter to the next.
Note that on the DVD Templates you will see a space for only one (1) video thumbnail. This is because there is only
one (1) video title (video clip) recorded to each disc. The chapters you set are spaced within this video clip. You will
not see a video thumbnail for each chapter point, but you will be able to use the NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons on
your DVD player remote control to jump from chapter to chapter.
Auto chapter setting is not supported for VCD or SVCD disc formats – so this selection will be grayed out when you
are creating a VCD or SVCD.
Record to Disc:
Click the Record to Disc button to begin the recording process. Before actual direct to disc recording can take place,
the CD-R or DVD disc must be initialized. The initialization process can take from a couple of seconds or up to a
minute depending upon your disc drive and media type. When you click the Record to Disc button you will be pre-
sented with the “Disc Initialization Advisory” message. This message is to advise you of the initialization process.
After you are familiar with this process you can select “Don’t show again” and the message will not appear in future
recording sessions.