User Manual

Creating Discs 15
Recommend for: Situations where you are having compatibility
problems with the formatting created by the DVD/Blu-ray
authoring software or with the media type of the master disc.
This method removes some potentially complicating variables
from the DVD/Blu-ray Video creation process. This method
eliminates the need for a master disc. Error or incompatibilities
can be introduced into your master by the drive burning the
master, the disc the master is burned on or the software
burning the master. Instead masters can be stored on a large
hard drive. This allows you to burn additional copies at any
time without locating the master. If a backup strategy is
employed, hard drive storage is more reliable over the long
term since it is not susceptible to scratching like a master disc.
Image Project
The Image Project allows you to copy any CD, DVD, or BDR
master. A disc image is an exact copy of your disc that you can
save on your hard drive for later use. You can use an existing
image or create an image and then use it in the project. The
master disc is read from the specified drive to the hard drive of
your computer. The master is stored in the Global Image
format (*.gi) in a user specified location on your computer.
PTPublisher uses this file to make all subsequent copies that
are requested. The master disc is read only once to create the
initial file.
Recommended for: All CD, DVD or Blu-ray content or disc
types (Audio CD, Data CD, Software Install Disc, Video CD,
DVD Video, Blu-ray Video: CDR, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM,
DVD+DL, DVD-DL, BDR, BDR-DL, etc.). This is best used for
jobs that are repeated on a regular basis where you will need
to make additional copies of the master disc at a later time.
This project type stores the master on your hard drive. This
saves the time it takes to read in the master and reduces the
possibility of defects being introduced into the master disc.
B2. Steps to any Project.
Step 1: Add Data
Depending on your job type this step will be different. You
may choose your master, choose data on your hard drive,
choose tracks to your audio CD, choose your disc image or
DVD or BDR video folders.