Operation Manual

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Creating Discs

Enable hardware video encoder: enable this option to speed up rendering

and burning time. This option is only enabled if your computer supports

hardware acceleration (NVIDIA graphics card that supports CUDA, an AMD

graphics card that supports AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing, or a

computer with Intel Core Processor Family technology).

4. When ready, click the Start Burning button to burn your production to disc.

Note: the burning process may take a few minutes, depending on the length and

quality of your video and your computer's processing power. Be prepared for a

short wait while CyberLink PowerDirector renders your movie and burns it to the

disc. Time remaining does not include the time it takes to finalize/close discs.

Burning a Disc in 3D

If you created a 3D* video production, click on the 3D Disc tab to configure your

disc's preferences and burn it to disc.

Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table for

detailed versioning information.

Configuring Disc Preferences

The following preferences are available on the 3D Disc tab:

Disc Format

select the disc format you want to use to burn your video to a disc.

Depending on the disc format that you select, there may be a drop down

option to select the capacity of the disc.

Note: you can also burn your video project to a removable disk in the AVCHD*

format. To do this, select the AVCHD button and then Removable Disk from the

drop down. * Optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version

table for detailed versioning information.

Video and Audio Settings

Select the video recording format: if available for your selected disc format,

select the recording format of the video on your disc and its aspect ratio.

Select the video encoding format and quality: if available for your selected

disc format, select an encoding format and video quality for your disc. The

Smart Fit option automatically adjusts the bitrate to the best quality video file

that fits exactly to the capacity of the disc you are using.