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Roxio Toast 8 User Guide
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What is a Video Disc?
A video disc is a CD or DVD that contains photos or video files. Video discs
are meant to be played in a set-top DVD player, and can also be used in a
Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD player and appropriate
software.
Types of Video Discs
Toast can create many kinds of video discs – more than any other Mac
burning software.
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Video CD (VCD): This CD can be played in most set-top DVD
players. A VCD holds approximately 60 minutes of video or slideshows
and offers good quality, but menu navigation is limited. Playing VCDs
on a computer usually requires additional player software. This is the
best choice if you only have a CD recorder on your computer. See
Making a Video CD on page 89.
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Super Video CD (SVCD): This CD can be played in some set-top
DVD players. An SVCD holds approximately 20 minutes of video or
slideshows and offers better quality, but menu navigation is limited.
Playing SVCDs on a computer usually requires additional player
software. See Making a Super Video CD on page 91.
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DVD-Video: This DVD can be played in a set-top DVD player or in a
Macintosh or a Windows computer with a DVD player. A DVD can
hold between 2 and 5 hours of video or slideshows and offers the best
quality and full navigation menus. This is the best choice for playback
in a DVD player. See Making a DVD-Video on page 93.
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DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS: This DVD can be played in a set-top
DVD player or in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD
player. It is created from an existing DVD VIDEO_TS folder and offers
compression features to fit a large folder onto a standard recordable
4.7 GB DVD. This is the best choice if you have an existing VIDEO_TS
folder. See Making a DVD From a VIDEO_TS Folder on page 109.
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DivX Disc: This CD, or DVD disc can be played in a set-top DVD
player that supports DivX discs. DivX discs on DVD can hold 10 times
more video than a DVD-Video disc and offer high quality, but have no