Part 3: Burning Your Project To DVD-R
Assuming you have followed the authoring guide you have your recordings in DVD Video format on your HDD so all you need to do is ‘burn’ them onto DVD-R/DVD+R. TMPG Encoder Author comes with a burning utility to do exactly this although note you can use another, separate burning programme (e.g. Nero) just as successfully.
A Note On Media & Archiving
Before you start you need to decide what media to use. If your just burning a test disk then use a re-writeable DVD-RW or DVD+RW. If your archiving the recording use a DVD-R or DVD+R. I recommend the former, DVD-R, because various sources have now confirmed them as significantly more compatible than DVD+R media. If your burning a large project (over 4438MB) then you will need to use DVD+R DL as that is currently the only dual layer type DVDR media available. Note though the longevity, reliability and compatibility of DVD+R DL is yet to be properly gauged.
Whatever media you decide to use you need to consider it’s durability. Optical media is NOT a highly durable storage medium. DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW are all prone to failure even in ideal storage conditions. Accordingly you would be wise to use only good quality media from major brands (e.g. JVC, Maxell, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony, TDK, Verbatim) and record each project onto several DVDRs from different producers! To ensure total security of your recordings you should keep the original DVD-RAM as the structure of which is significantly different from the other optical media formats so as to make it a good choice for long term archiving.
Burning Your DVD-R Or DVD+R
1) Reload TMPG Encoder Author and click on the button marked ‘WRITE FOLDER TO DVD R/RW’:
2) Your DVDR type should be automatically detected. Set the ‘WRITE SPEED’ to whatever speed your disks are or ‘Maximum Speed’ if your trying to record faster than the media was designed for. Then select your DVD burner from the ‘RECORDER’ pull down list. Once both are set click ‘BROWSE’:
3) Navigate to the folder on your HDD where you outputted your project. Select the VIDEO_TS folder and click ‘OK’:
4) Check the capacity of your disk is within the allowed limits (4.4GB DVD+/-R or 8.0GB for DVD+R DL). When ready click the ‘WRITE’ button at the top left:
5) A confirmation box will appear – you guessed it – just click ‘OK’:
6) The DVDR will now start burning. Obviously the time it will take will depend upon the writing speed set and the size of your project:
7) Once burning is finished the DVD will be ejected and a message will come up saying ‘Writing’. This is a bad translation from Japanese and should read ‘DVD Completed’ – just click ‘OK’ and your DVD is now ready for playing in other DVD players!
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