User Guide
DVD Xpress Page 54
DVD Xpress Page 55
Output
This is the nal step in disc-authoring process. Choose the disc burner and/or select the folder where you want to
output video les or a disc image le in this step.
To burn your project onto a DVD:
1. Select Record to disc and specify the recording format.
2. If you selected DVD-Video as the recording format, the Advanced button will be enabled.
Select Standard (industry standard) or Fast re-editable.
3. Select Create DVD folders to create folders for your project and locate the path where you want to save it.
4. Select Create disc image le to make an ISO image le of the DVD for later use.
5. Select Normalize audio to make sure that irregular audio levels during playback are prevented.
6. Click Options to dene the output settings of your project.
7. Click Output to start burning.
8. After successfully burning your disc, a dialog box appears fromwhich you can select what to do next.
Refer to the image below.
• Return to Start page allows you to save the current project and begin a new one.
• Continue brings you back to the Finish page where you can burn another copy of your project or burn a new
disc with a different series of settings.
• Close prompts you to save your work and close DVD MovieFactory.
Options for output
• Record to disc Select to enable burning of your video project onto a disc.
• Recording format Select DVD-Video format if you want to use the DVD industry standard. If you want to quickly
re-edit your disc without copying the le to the hard disk, select DVD-Video (fast re-editable) which still complies
with the industry standard, and has very high compatibility when working with set-top home DVD players and
computer DVD-ROM.
• Create DVD folders This option is only enabled when the video le being created is a DVD-Video.
The les created are in preparation for burning the video le to a DVD. This also allows the user to view the
nished DVD le on the computer using a DVD-Video player software.
• Create disc image le Select this option if you plan to burn the video le several times. By selecting this option,
you don’t have to generate the le again when you want to burn the same video le.
• Normalize audio Select to prevent irregular audio levels during playback of your movie. Different video clips may
have different audio recording levels when created. When these video clips are put together, the volume could vary
greatly from one to another. To make volume levels consistent between clips, Normalize audio function evaluates
and adjusts each audio waveform so that the highest peak reaches a certain level, correcting the rest accordingly.
• Output Begins the recording process.
• Erase Disc Deletes all the data in the rewritable disc.
• Options Click to adjust the advanced output settings for burning your project.
Disk/Disc space indicators Use the following indicators as reference when burning your projects. These indicators
help determine if you have
sufcient space to successfully burn your project onto disc.