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Chapter 9 Testing playback
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Simulating playback
You can choose to start simulation either at the start of the presentation (the First Play), or
from the item currently displayed in the Preview window. Generally, you’ll want to test
individual movies and menus while you are working on them, and test the entire project
before you burn a disc.
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We strongly recommend saving the project (choose File > Save or press Ctrl+S) before you
start simulation.
To preview a project:
1. If you want to preview a particular item, click that item’s icon in the Project window.
2. Do one of the following:
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Choose Simulate > From First Play to have your project start just as it would in a
DVD player.
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Choose Simulate > From Current Position to have your project start from the item
selected in the Project window.
The Simulation window opens and playback begins.
3. Use the Simulation window’s controls to select and activate menu buttons, skip to
chapter points, and so on. See “Using the Simulation window controls” on page 145 for
details. You can also activate menu buttons by clicking them with the mouse.
To stop previewing and return to editing the project:
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Close the Simulation window.
Changing the Simulation preferences
DVD players let viewers choose their preferred screen aspect ratio, audio language, and
subtitle display settings. You can do the same in DVDit Pro HD’s Simulation
preferences.For widescreen projects, you may find it useful to set your simulation aspect
ratio to widescreen. Doing so will provide you with a better representation of how your
output will look on a widescreen monitor.
See “Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences” on page 159 for details.
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