Create Slideshows for TV Playback
Record your photo albums to a DVD disc so you can play it on a DVD player. Before burning, some parameters can be set.
Choose your output format: DVD, SVCD or VCD. The following table shows the features of each of these formats:
Format |
Video Quality |
DVD Player Compatibility |
Requires |
VCD |
Average |
Good |
CD Writer+
CD-R/CD-RW |
SVCD |
Very Good |
Average |
CD Writer+
CD-R/CD-RW |
DVD |
Excellent |
Excellent |
DVD Writer+
DVD-R(W)/DVD+R(W) |
Before you proceed to burn your CD or DVD, you should check that the size of your project does not exceed the disc capacity. At the bottom of the Photo DVD Maker window is a green color size indicator. If you are burning a CD recordable, the limit is usually 800MB. If you are burning a DVD recordable, the limit is 4.8GB for single layer DVD, or 8.5 Gb for double layer DVD. On the left of the size indicator is a combo-box for choosing output format. You have the option DVD (default setting), SVCD and VCD.
DVD/CD File System
- Enter your desired Volume Label, Publisher and Copyright information into the corresponding text pane.
- Check the Save original image files on disc option, if you want to save the original files of your slideshow on your burned disc.
- Check the Save some additional files on the disc option, if you would like to save other additional files on the burned disc. Click Add Extra Files button and you will see a pop-up window as the following:
Click Add button to add extra files to the disc. You may delete the selected added file or all the added files by clicking Remove or Remove All button. The name of the extra file folder can also be changed by you. After you finish adding, please click OK button to return the previous window.
TV System
- Select the TV system in your country by checking PAL or NTSC. NTSC is used in US and Japan, while Europe and most parts of the world use PAL. This setting will not matter if your DVD player is multi-system compatible.
- Setting TV cropping Proportion by dragging the indicator. (the default value is 10%)
- Select your TV Aspect Ratio Correction in the drop-down list.
- Check or uncheck Apply anti-flickering filter.
DVD/CD Recorder Options
In this tab, you can select the options of the recording speed, simulating and the Burn-proof disc protection.
- Speed - If your drive supports multiple speeds, this selection allows you to change the speed at which the disk is written. If you encounter problems burning your disc, try lowering this setting.
- Simulate - When checked, the disc will not actually be burned. The software will test the burning process to see if it functions correctly, but will not actually write the data.
- Copies - Specifies the number of copies to make of the disc. If you would like to make more than one copy, enter the number of copies to make here.
- Engine - you can select burning engine between "internal burning engine" and "anvsoft burning engine". if you encounter burning problem, you may change the burning engine and/or burning engine driver mode to have a try. You can select the "Using internal burning engine" option and change the burning engine from "AnvSoft Burning Engine" to "Integrated Burning Engine" or vice versa. Please also select the ASPI Driver as the Driver Mode.
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