Operation Manual

Making Video Discs
Overview of Making a Video Disc
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AVCHD Archive: This type of disc allows you to store high
definition video from an AVCHD camera to standard DVD or BD discs
without any loss of quality. See Creating an AVCHD Archive on
page 45.
Overview of Making a Video Disc
This section describes the basic process of making any video disc with
Toast.
Tip: Discs can be burned to more than one recorder at a time. For
more information, see Burning Projects to Multiple Recorders on
page 59.
1 From the Assistant or the main Toast window, click Video.
2 Chose the disc format. For example, choose DVD-Video.
3 Choose any optional settings.
4 Add files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content
Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser, or by clicking the Add
button at the bottom of the Media Browser window. (See Using the
Media Browser on page 12.)
You can add any QuickTime-supported video files, such as DV, AVI,
MOV, H.264, HDV (1080i/720p), and MPEG-4. You can also add files
that QuickTime doesn't support such as iMovie HD projects, MKV,
DivX Plus HD, AVCHD, AVCHD Lite, and EyeTV recordings.
To add an iMovie project, first save your project in iMovie. Next, select
Share > Media Browser and ensure that the Large size is selected.
After clicking Publish, your project will be available under Movies in
the Media Browser.
Each group of photos you add into the Content Area appears as a
slideshow. Each slideshow will have a button in the disc menu that
you can choose to play the slideshow. You can duplicate, rearrange,
remove, or edit slideshows. See Working With Slideshows on page 27
for more information.
Each video you add into the Content Area will have a button in the
disc menu that you can choose to play the video. You can duplicate,