User Guide

DVDit!’s Output Formats 85
DVD Volume
A DVD volume is a folder containing files for the video, audio and navigation
information required by the DVD player, as well as any DVD-ROM data files. You
can create a DVD volume on any computer media (for example, on your hard
disk), and play the files using a PC based DVD player.
The DVD volume is useful for testing the project before you create a DVD disc or
DVD master; this can save a lot of time if a project is large or contains AVI and
QuickTime files that must be encoded into MPEG format.
DVD Master (PE only)
This option lets you write the project to a digital linear tape (DLT), which you
then send to a replication plant for mass production of DVD discs. This is the only
method for producing discs in bulk.
Other Options
Source Options
You can create the output from the current project, or from a DVD volume that
you created previously, or from just the DVD-ROM portion of the current project
(see “Finishing the Project” on page 87 for information on creating the DVD-
ROM portion).
You can even create DVD discs and DVD masters from a disc image file produced
by another application, such as Sonic’s DVD Creator. (A disc image is a special file
that contains all the DVD information but has no directory structure. It represents
the exact position of every piece of data on the final disc.)