User Guide
i Contents 1 Getting Started 1 2 Making Video Discs 11 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing The Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Toast Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using the Media Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Saving and Opening Toast Projects. . . . . . . 8 Erasing Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ejecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii Toast DVD www.roxio.com 3 Using Other Toast Features 27 Viewing Information about a Disc. . . . . . . 28 Saving Disc Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Comparing Files or Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Getting Started In this chapter Introduction 2 Installing The Software 3 The Toast Main Window 4 Using the Media Browser 6 Saving and Opening Toast Projects 8 Erasing Discs 9 Ejecting a Disc 9 Technical Support Options 10
2 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Introduction Toast brings you award winning disc burning and a whole lot more. This guide provides the information you need to start burning your video file projects with Toast DVD. Your version may not have all the features and capabilities described. The software includes appropriate messages if you have the limited version. To register your software, choose Help > Product Registration. For additional information, choose Help > Product Support.
Getting Started Installing The Software Installing The Software To use Toast you will need the following hardware and software: Mac® computer with an Intel® processor and 1GB of RAM Mac OS® X 10.7 or later Approximately 1GB free disk space to install all components, 10 GB free space is recommended for the burning process DVD drive Internet connection required for video tutorials, product updates, and other functionality To install the software: 1 Double-click on the downloaded .
4 Toast DVD www.roxio.com The Toast Main Window The Toast main window contains the following components: 1 2 3 5 4 Content Area (1) This is the main area at the left side of the window. For most project types, this is where you drag your files to add them to a project. Options Area (2) Located at the right side of the screen, the options area allows you to select options for the current project. This area may be hidden if the Media Browser is being shown.
Getting Started The Toast Main Window You can choose CD, DVD media types to have the indicator calibrated for your target disc. Record Button (4) Located at the bottom right of the Toast window, the red record button will begin recording your disc. Media Browser (5) The Media Browser allows you to easily browse or find files, and preview or add them to a Toast project. On first launch this window will be hidden. To bring up the Media Browser, click the Media button at the top of the Options area.
6 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Using the Media Browser The Toast Media Browser provides quick access to files stored on your computer. You can easily drag-and-drop content from the Media Browser into the Content Area. The features and options available vary depending on your version of the software. To use the Media Browser: 1 Show the Media Browser window by clicking the Media button or pressing Ctrl+S.
Getting Started Using the Media Browser Toast will display progress information while the items are being added. If the content is being added from a disc (such as from a set-top DVD recorder) this may take several minutes, as it is imported from the disc onto your hard disk. Imported items from a disc are temporarily stored in the Roxio Converted Items folder in your Documents folder. These temporary items can be very large and are automatically deleted when you quit Toast.
8 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Saving and Opening Toast Projects You can save a Toast project and open it at a later time for recording to disc. To save the current project: 1 Choose File > Save. 2 Type a file name and select a location to save to. 3 Click Save. Saved Toast disc projects end in “.disc". To open a saved project: 1 Choose File > Open. 2 Select the Toast project file you want to open. 3 Click Open.
Getting Started Erasing Discs Erasing Discs If you are using rewritable CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM media, you can erase the entire contents of a disc and re-record to it. Warning: Erasing a disc cannot be undone. To erase a rewritable disc: Insert the disc into the recorder. 1 Choose Recorder > Erase. 2 Choose the way you want to erase the disc: Quick Erase: This erases the disc faster than the standard erase option, but the disc can only be re-recorded with Toast.
10 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Technical Support Options Unlimited Self-Help Options Roxio provides a variety of self help tools, including a searchable knowledge base of support articles with troubleshooting tips, and discussion groups where other users can help you get the most out of your Roxio products. You'll find answers to most of your questions at http://support.roxio.com, or you can choose Help > Product Support from within Toast.
11 7 Making Video Discs In this chapter What is a Video Disc? 12 Types of Video Discs 12 Overview of Making a Video Disc 12 Making a DVD 14 Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders 25
12 Toast DVD www.roxio.com What is a Video Disc? A video disc is a CD, DVD disc that contains video files. Video discs are meant to be played in a set-top player, and can also be used in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD player and appropriate software. Types of Video Discs Toast can create many kinds of video discs. DVD-Video: This DVD can be played in a set-top DVD player or in a Macintosh or a Windows computer with a DVD player.
Making Video Discs Overview of Making a Video Disc Each video you add into the Content Area will have a button in the disc menu that you can choose to play the video. You can duplicate, rearrange, or remove video. See Working With Videos on page 17 for more information. 4 Insert a blank, recordable disc. 5 Optional: Change the destination recorder and number of copies at the bottom of the screen. 6 Click the red Burn button at the bottom right of the Toast window.
14 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Making a DVD DVDs produce high quality video discs with full menu navigation and Dolby Digital sound. A standard DVD-Video can hold approximately 2.5 hours of video or slideshows. Dual-layer DVD-Video discs can hold approximately 5 hours at an average quality level. To make your video disc: 7 From the main Toast window, choose DVD-Video from the format selection menu.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD accessible when the disc is used on a Macintosh or Windows computer. For more information, see Adding ROM data to a DVDVideo Disc on page 20. 9 Click Customize for additional disc settings. See Video Disc Settings on page 17. 10 Add video files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser. 11 Insert a blank, recordable DVD.
16 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Making a High Definition DVD High Definition DVD is a unique type of video disc which allows you to author HD video to DVD, for playback in true high definition. This gives you the ability to create HD video discs without owning a Blu-ray Disc recorder. Although you are recording to standard DVD discs with this project, you can only view the finished project on a Blu-ray Disc player such as the PlayStation 3.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD Working With Videos When you play your completed video disc, you see a menu containing a button for each video that was added to the Content Area. You can rearrange, duplicate, and remove videos. This does not affect the original video file on your hard disk. To rearrange videos: 1 Select the video you want to rearrange. 2 Drag the video to a new position in the Content Area. A black bar indicates where the video will be placed.
18 Toast DVD www.roxio.com inserted into a player. The main menu is not displayed, but you can access it by pressing the MENU button on the player’s remote control. Play all items continuously: Select this option to automatically play each video, slideshow or playlist on the disc in sequence, without returning to the main menu in between. Include DVD-ROM content: Select this option to include additional data in the ROM portion of the disc.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD Button Highlight Color: Choose the highlight color that will be visible when a button is selected on your DVD. Background Color: Choose a color that will be used as your menu background color. This will replace the background in any selected menu style. Text Color: Choose a color that will be used for any text displayed on the disc menus.
20 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Adding ROM data to a DVD-Video Disc When creating a DVD-Video disc, you can choose to add additional data files to the disc that will only be accessible when you're viewing the contents of your finished disc on a Mac or PC. When playing back your DVD on a set-top player, these additional files will be ignored by the DVD player. To add ROM data to a DVD-Video disc: 1 Prepare a DVD-Video project, adding the desired video files to the Content Area.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD Disc Encoding Settings When creating a DVD-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 Video Disc project: 2 3 4 See Making a DVD on page 14. On the Options panel, click Customize, and choose the Encoding tab.
22 Toast DVD www.roxio.com 5 If you selected Custom, choose the video encoding options: Average Bit Rate: Sets the desired average target bit rate for the video encoder. Maximum Bit Rate: Sets the maximum bit rate for the video encoder. The minimum bit rate is derived from the above two values using the following formula: Minimum = (2 x Average) – Maximum. Motion Estimation: Choose the method used to search for pixel movement in the video stream.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD 6 7 If you selected Custom, choose the audio encoding options: Audio Format: Choose Dolby Digital or uncompressed PCM. In almost all cases, Dolby Digital is the best choice. It uses less disc space, so you can fit more video on the DVD, and the sound quality is almost the same as PCM. Data Rate: Choose the bit rate to encode the Dolby Digital audio. Higher bit rates can produce slightly better sounding audio, but use more disc space. Toast uses 192 kbps by default.
24 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Note: The original source content is not deleted from your hard disk.
Making Video Discs Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders You can create a DVD from DVD-Video VIDEO_TS folders for playback on a set-top DVD player or in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD drive and DVD playback software. Some VIDEO_TS folders may be too large to fit on a standard recordable 4.7 GB DVD. Toast can compress this video to fit on a standard DVD, or if your recorder supports dual-layer recordable DVDs, you can create a duallayer DVD-Video from this folder.
26 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc. If you are burning multiple VIDEO_TS folders, you will be prompted to insert a blank, recordable DVD for each one. You can preview a DVD prior to burning an actual disc by saving it as a disc image. See Previewing a DVD-Video on page 15 for more information.
27 Using Other Toast Features In this chapter Viewing Information about a Disc 28 Saving Disc Images 28 Comparing Files or Folders 29
28 Toast DVD www.roxio.com Viewing Information about a Disc You can view detailed information about a blank or recorded disc in your recorder. This feature works only with CD, DVD recorders. Note: Make sure that the disc is compatible with your recorder. For example, you cannot use a DVD recorder to view disc information for a Blu-ray Disc. To view disc information: 1 Insert a blank or used disc into the recorder. 2 Choose Recorder > Disc Info. The Disc Information dialog appears.
Using Other Toast Features Comparing Files or Folders To save a project as an image file: 1 Set up your disc project as you normally would. 2 Choose File > Save As Disc Image 3 Type a file name and select a location to save to. By default, Toast creates Mac disc image files, which are compatible with the Disc Utility program included in Mac OS X. You can also use Toast to create cross-platform (Mac & PC) disc image files.
30 Toast DVD www.roxio.com You will see a progress bar that tracks the comparison. Any data that is in the original but missing from the copy will appear in the list.
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