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Creating Discs
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 compli-
cating variables from the DVD/Blu-ray Video creation process.
This method eliminates the need for a master disc. Error or
incompatibilities 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 without locating the master. If a backup
strategy is employed, hard drive storage is more reliable over
the long term since it is not susceptible to scratching like a
master disc.
Image Project
The Image Project allows you to copy any CD, DVD, or BDR
master. You can use an existing image or create an image and
then use it in the project. The master disc is read from the
specified drive to the hard drive of your computer. The master
is stored in the Global Image format (*.gi) in a user specified
location on your computer. PTPublisher uses this file to make
all subsequent copies that are requested. The master disc is
read only once to create the initial file.
Recommended for: All CD, DVD or Blu-ray content or disc
types (Audio CD, Data CD, Software Install Disc, Video CD,
DVD Video, Blu-ray Video: CDR, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM,
DVD+DL, DVD-DL, BDR, BDR-DL, etc.). This is best used for
jobs that are repeated on a regular basis where you will need
to make additional copies of the master disc at a later time.
This project type stores the master on your hard drive. This
saves the time it takes to read in the master and reduces the
possibility of defects being introduced into the master disc.
B.2 Steps to any Project
Step 1: Add Data
Depending on your job type this step will be different. You
may choose your master, choose data on your hard drive,
choose tracks to your audio CD, choose your disc image or
DVD or BDR video folders.
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