User Guide
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• Required/Available DVD folder space Displays the space needed to save the DVD folders and the space
available in the hard drive.
• Required/Available disc image le space Displays the space needed to save the disc image le and the
space available in the hard drive.
• Required/Available working folder space Displays the space needed by the working folder of the project
and the space available for use in the hard drive.
• Required/Available disc space Displays the space needed to t the video le in the disc and the space
that is available foruse.
Note:
• Although a 4.7-Gigabyte DVD holds up to two hours of video, the actual size for burning is 4.37 gigabytes.
Therefore, make sure your DVD project size is within this limit.
• If you will burn a DVD with nearly 2 hours of video, consider these options to optimize the project size: use
a video data rate not higher than 4000 kbps, use MPEG audio, or use still image menus instead of motion menus.
The Output Options dialog box
The various options in the Output Options dialog box determine how your discs are burned.
• Volume name Enter a volume name of up to 32 characters onto the CD/DVD.
• Disc burner Specify the settings for your burning device.
• Drive Select the disc burner that you want to use to burn the video le.
• Recording speed Select the recording speed that you want to use to burn the video le.
• Copies Set the number of disc copies to burn.
• Output advanced settings Choose additional items that you want to include on the disc.
• Include project le to disc Select to include the DVD MovieFactory project le that you created on the disc
for later use.
• Include personal folder to disc Select to include any other folders on the disc.
• Archive images of slideshows Select to include images used in your slideshows on the disc.
• Burner advanced settings Click to adjust more disc burning settings.
• Perform test before recording Select to simulate rst (it does not actually burn yet) the CD/DVD burning
of the video le. This will help you check if the system speed is enough to send data to the CD/DVD writing
device at a specied recording speed. After the simulated burning, actual burning then starts. Clear to burn
the disc without performing a test.
• Buffer underrun protection Select to use this technology when burning your video le. This technology
helps eliminate the buffer underrun problem. Availability of this technology depends on the disc burner you use.
• Restart DVD+RW background format Select to format the DVD+RW before recording. Enabling this option
will prolong the recording process but will ensure a successful burn. This is recommended when you are using
the DVD+RW disc for the rst time.
Note: By default, this option is not selected to ensure maximum compatibility.
• Quick eject Select this function to greatly reduce the time it takes to nish creating a short DVD when you
are using a DVD+RW drive. However, this may result in your disc having compatibility problems with some
DVD players.