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Making Video Discs

Making a DVD-Video

A standard DVD-Video can hold approximately 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of

video or slideshows and offers the best quality, as well as Dolby Digital

sound and full menu navigation. If your recorder supports dual-layer

recordable DVDs, you can create a DVD-Video with approximately 300

minutes (5 hours) of video.

A DVD-Video can be played in a set-top DVD player or in a Macintosh or a

Windows computer with a DVD player. If you have a DVD recorder, this is

the best choice for playback on a DVD player.

If you have an existing VIDEO_TS folder that you want to turn into a DVD

you should use DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS format. See Making a DVD

From a VIDEO_TS Folder on page 109.

To make a DVD-Video:

1 At the left side of the Toast window, click Video and choose DVD-

Video.

2 Choose optional disc settings:

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Automatic Encoding: Choose this option to use all video and

audio encoding settings that maximize quality and fit the most

content on the disc. Variable bit rate encoding is used for video,

Dolby Digital 192 kHz is used for audio, and aspect ratio is

determined automatically from the source videos.

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Custom Encoding: Choose this option to manually set video and

audio encoding options. Click on the current settings to modify

them. See DVD Encoding Settings on page 105.

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Video Quality: Toast must compress video to fit onto the DVD.

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.