
Creating a DVD Video or Blu-ray Video
What: For DVD Video, this method involves extracting the Audio_TS and Video_TS folders from the master DVD or directing your DVD authoring software to output into Audio_TS and Video_TS folders instead of burning a master disc. For Blu-ray Video, this method involves extracting the Blu-ray folders from the master DVD or directing your DVD authoring software to output into Blu-ray folders instead of burning a master disc.Note: The PTPublisher software was not meant for authoring DVDs or Blu-ray. You must use another software to burn a master DVD first. Make sure that disc plays and the menus work on all systems. You may also copy a master DVD using Copy Project or Image Project. However, the following is the the recommended method.
Recommend for: This method is especially useful if 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 incompatabilities 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 with out locating the master. If a backup strategy is employed, hard drive storage is more reliable over the long term since it is not succeptable to scratching like a master disc.
To creat a DVD Video or Blu-ray Video:
- Select Video Project from the Starter Window or the New Project Panel. Step one of the Video Project wizard will be displayed.
- At this point you can select DVD or Blu-ray from the the disc type dropdown. This will change the action of the Browse button to accept VIDEO_TS folders or Blu-ray folders.
- Set your Volume Label.
- Click the Next Arrow.
- Select the print label file by clicking the select a label button. Click here for more complete information about the Add a Print file window. When you have selected print label file, click the next arrow.
- Verify burning and printing information on the summary screen.
- You may choose to name the job and save it to a location (Optional). Note: Saving a job saves data locations, print file locations and all settings for that job. It does not save the actual data or print files.
- Choose the number of copies.
- Select Job Options to edit burn speed and other burn options.Click here for more information about Job Options.
- Finally click Go to start the job.