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About burning a DVD
If a compatible DVD burner is connected to your computer, you can create a DVD directly
from Adobe Premiere Elements. You can play the DVDs that you create in either a TV DVD
player or a computer DVD player. Adobe Premiere Elements creates DVDs that conform to
DVD-video format. (It does not create data or audio DVDs.)
Supported media
Adobe Premiere Elements supports single-layer, 4.7 GB discs of the following type:
DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW. (If you have a dual-layer recordable DVD
drive, you must use single-layer DVD+R or DVD+RW discs.) Choose the media supported
by both your DVD burner and the DVD player on which you plan to play the DVD.
Unfortunately, not all DVD burners and DVD players support all types of DVDs. For
example, many TV DVD players recognize DVD+R discs, but not all.
If your DVD burner is not compatible with Adobe Premiere Elements, you can burn the
project to a folder, which allows you to use the software included with the burner to burn the
final DVD.
Understanding video compression for DVDs
The DVD-video format requires MPEG2 compression. To maintain maximum quality, Adobe
Premiere Elements compresses the movie only as much as necessary to fit it on the DVD.
The shorter your movie, the less compression required, and the higher the quality of the
video on the DVD.
Compressing video and audio for use on a DVD is very time-consuming, even on high-end,
dedicated systems. The time required varies depending upon the speed of the computer
processor, the amount of available memory, and the complexity and length of a project. A
standard video project of 60 minutes may take from 4 to 6 hours to burn. Many DVD
producers leave a project to burn overnight rather than wait and watch for a project
to complete.
Creating DVDs for playing elsewhere in the world
If you are sharing your DVD with someone from a different country, you may need to burn
the DVD using a different television standard. In most of the world, DV devices (from
camcorders to TV monitors) conform to one of two television standards: NTSC or PAL. The
standard varies depending on the region. Most DVD players can play only DVDs that match
their television standard. The television standard in Japan and North America is NTSC,
while most of Europe and the Mid-East uses the PAL standard.
Adobe Premiere Elements can create both NTSC and PAL DVDs. While you get the best
results when the project settings, the video, and the DVD you burn all conform to the same
television standard, you can easily convert a project when you burn the DVD. In this way,
you can create DVDs appropriate for your region as well as for other parts of the world.
Choosing a television standard is an option in the DVD dialog box.
