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Making Video Discs
Making a Video CD
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Making a Video CD
A Video CD holds approximately 60 minutes of video or slideshows and
offers good quality, but menu navigation is limited. This CD can be played
in most set-top DVD players. Consult your DVD player manual to see if it
supports Video CD playback. This is the best choice for a video disc if you
only have a CD recorder in your Mac.
To play on a computer, you may need additional player software that
supports Video CDs. Search for “VCD player” at www.versiontracker.com
for options.
To make a Video CD:
1 At the left side of the Toast window, click Video and choose Video CD.
2 Choose optional disc settings:
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Video Quality: Toast must compress video to fit onto the CD.
Choose the quality you want to have for the compressed video.
Better quality takes longer to process.
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Good: Suitable for simple video, such as people talking –
fastest processing time.
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Better: Suitable for most video – average processing time.
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Best: Suitable for complex video, such as fast motion –
slowest processing time.
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Menu Style: Choose the style for the menu background image,
text and buttons.
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Add original photos: Select this option to include a copy of the
original source photos from your slideshows in a folder on the
CD so they can be accessed in a Macintosh or Windows
computer.