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Burn disc 221
Select what kind of disc you would like to create.
The burn dialog
Here you can select your burner, the type of disc, the encoder settings. MPEG-2 is
used for DVDs. Blu-ray discs also use MPEG-2, and higher bitrates are employed in
order to reach the higher HD resolutions. AVCHD discs use a much more complex
MPEG-4/H.264 codec, which is documented in detail in the "MPEG-4 encoder
settings (view page 341) section of the PDF manual and in Help (F1 key).
Proceed as follows to burn a disc:
• Set up burner and burn speed: If multiple burners are installed, you may select
which device you wish to use in this menu.
• Encoder settings: Use the "Encoder" button to access the selection dialog to
specify settings for the MPEG encoder (memory requirements, quality, and
duration of the MPEG conversion). "Advanced settings" accesses a dialog
featuring additional options. You can adjust all the fine settings for the MPEG
encoder here.
• Burning disc/starting video encoding: The button "Burn disc" starts the disc
burning process. Every time you burn and every time a simulation is carried out,
the disc project is encoded. Please note that the MPEG file is not deleted from the
hard disk after the burn process has finished. Depending on the length of the
project, encoding and burning may take some time. The time required can be
seen in the dialog.