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Formatting your disc
To format your Blu-ray Disc, choose Compile > Format Blu-ray Disc, click the Format Blu-ray Disc button
on the toolbar, or press Shift+F5.
If your disc size exceeds 25 GB, DoStudio Authoring will automatically format it as a BD50 disc image. You
do not need to set the layer break. DoStudio Authoring sets the layer break automatically during the
formatting process.
It is important to keep in mind that you will need twice as much space on your workstation's hard
drive as the size of your compiled project. During the format process, DoStudio Authoring recompiles
your project, then writes the BDCMF file set. So if your compiled project is 45 GB in size, then you need
90 GB of disc space on your hard drive to format it successfully.
You will be prompted with a notice warning you that formatting will recompile and format your disc while
applying AACS information. You will not be able to play your disc in a software player or burn your disc to
BD-R/-RE once you have formatted the disc image.
If you need to recompile your project after you have created a formatted image, you should delete the
folder called projectname.BD in your project's root folder prior to compiling. This will delete the formatted
image so that you can perform a clean compile. The recompile also adds the necessary AACS preparation
to your disc.
After recompiling, the formatting process begins. The formatting process takes about as long as the
compiling process. It is important to take this into consideration when planning for your deadlines.
The Format window will notify you when your Blu-ray Disc has formatted successfully. It will also notify
you if there were errors during the formatting process.
DoStudio Authoring writes the BDCMF 1.02 (or BDCMF 1.20 for BD3D) formatted image into the folder you
selected in the Control Panel. The folder now contains the following files:
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