User manual

Toast Titanium
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Disc Encoding Settings
When creating a Music DVD, DVD-Video, or Blu-ray video, you can choose
various options for the video and audio encoding. Some of the more
common settings are available on the Options panel.
To change the Encoding Settings:
1 Start a new Music DVD or Video Disc project:
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See Making a Music DVD on page 87.
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See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 25.
2 On the Options panel, click Customize, and choose the Encoding tab.
3 Choose either Automatic or Custom:
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Automatic: Choose this option to use 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: Choose this option to manually set video and audio
encoding options. This option is recommended only for people
who have an understanding of video and audio encoding
terminology.
4 If you selected Automatic, choose the Video Quality:
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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.
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Best: Suitable for complex video, such as fast motion—slowest
processing time.
5 If you selected Custom, choose the video encoding options:
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Average Bit Rate: Sets the desired average target bit rate for
the video encoder.
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Maximum Bit Rate: Sets the maximum bit rate for the video
encoder.