Creating a disc

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Changing the settings for creating a disc

The settings required for DVD creation can be set via the Settings window displayed by clicking [Settings] in the select video window.
For details on the basic operations for creating a disc, refer to the “PMB Guide” supplied with the software (“PMB Guide”).

[General]	The drive to use for writing, storage location for temporary files or writing speed to the disc can be set. To change the drive to use for writing, select the drive to use from the drop-down list. To change the storage location for temporary files, select the folder from the folder selecting window displayed by clicking [Browse]. For the writing speed setting, select writing at the speed automatically determined to be optimal for the combination of drive and disc or select specifying a speed each time before writing, and then click the radio button. The initial setting is writing at the speed automatically determined to be optimal for the combination of drive and disc.
[DVD creation]	Playback behavior, video format, and picture quality can be set. [On the first play of a DVD]:Select either to display the menu window or start playback as the initial disc play behavior, and then click the appropriate radio button. [DVD video format]:Select the DVD video format according to the video format of your camcorder and the TV color system used in your local area, and then click the appropriate radio button. (Since this setting is usually configured during installation, there may be no need to change it.) [DVD video quality]:When AVCHD 1080i format videos are included among the selected videos, select either high quality or standard from the drop-down list for the DVD video quality when writing on a DVD after converting the AVCHD 1080i format videos. (MPEG-2 format videos cannot be converted.) [AVCHD 1080i video settings]:By putting a check (), you can create a disc faster when AVCHD 1080i format videos are included among the selected videos. In this case, discs are created with lower image quality. [Audio Mode Settings]: By putting a check (), you can convert the audio of all videos to 2 ch stereo and create a disc. When this setting is selected, discs will take longer to create.
[Pictures]	Transition interval for still pictures can be set. Set the display time for one still picture.