Operation Manual

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Creating New M edia
the disc. This format should correspond with the region in which you plan to
play the disc.
Video format: displays the format of the video that is burned to the disc.
MPEG-2: standard definition format found on most DVD discs, and therefore
takes up less space; MPEG-4: high definition video format, which requires
more space when burning. A Blu-ray Disc player or AVCHD player is required
to play back discs that contain this video format.
Note: for Blu-ray Discs you may select between the two formats, but for DVD and
AVCHD it is set automatically.
Audio format: select the desired audio encoding used for your outputted
disc's audio.
Aspect ratio: set the aspect ratio for the video. For DVDs you may select
between 4:3 or 16:9, but for Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD it is set automatically to
16:9.
Quality: select the video quality of the disc's video. The video quality settings
offer different bit rates, resulting in files of different sizes. The higher the
quality of the video, the larger the resulting file and the shorter the length of
video that can fit onto a disc.
Disc capacity: displays the available space on the disc currently inserted in the
selected optical drive (burning device).
Preferences
Display TV safe zone in the Preview window: select to display a box that
indicates an area that will fit on most TVs, when previewing your completed
disc. Utilizing this feature ensures that menu items are within the display
range of most TVs.
Auto menu timeout: select this option for the video on your disc to play
automatically after displaying the menu for a short duration.
Burning Your Disc
The final step in creating your movie disc is to select the Burn button to begin
burning your media to disc. Before you proceed, use the Preview function to
ensure your disc is exactly the way you want it.