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Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com ii Legal Information Copyright © 1994-2009 Sonic Solutions. All rights re served. Use of this prod uct is subject to y our agreement to all of the t erms of each of the lice nse agreements incl uded in this package. This product may be prot ected by one or more US and/or foreign patents, including certain [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Legal Information iii MPEG Lay er-3 aud io compression t echnology lice nsed by Coding T echnolog ies, Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia. Ogg V orbis audio compression technology prov ided courtesy of the Xiph.Org Foundation. libvorbis and libogg Copyright (c) 1994-2004 Xiph.org Foundation THIS SOFTW ARE IS PRO VIDED [...]

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Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Legal Information v A udio effect engine licensed by Algorithmix, www.a lgorithmix.com. VST is a trademark of Steinberg M edia T echnologies GmbH. CD and music-relat ed data from Gracenot e, Inc., copyright © 2000-2008 Gracenote. G racenote Software, c opyr ight © 2000-2008 Gracenot e. One or more patents o wned by Grac[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com vi Changes The material in this document is for informatio n only and is subject to change without notice. While r easonable efforts have been made in th e pr eparation of this document to assure its accuracy , Sonic Solutions assumes no liability res ulting from errors or omissions in this document, or fro[...]

vii Contents 1 Getting Started with Toast 11 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Installing The Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Toast Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Burning Your First Disc Wit h Toast . . . . . . . . . . 17 Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make . . . . . .[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com viii ToastAnywhere™ Recorder Sharing . . . . . . . . . .3 7 Comparing Files or Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Creating a Temporary Parti tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Toast Extras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 3 Making Data Discs 43 What is a Data Disc? . . .[...]

Roxio T oast 10 Getting Started Guide Contents ix 5 Making Video Discs 87 What is a Video Disc?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Types of Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 8 Overview of Making a Video Disc . . . . . . . . . . .89 Making a Video CD or Super Video CD . . . . . . .91 Making a DVD or BD Video Disc . . . .[...]

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11 Getting Started with T oast In this chapter Introduction 12 Installing T he Software 13 T he T oast Main Window 15 Burning Y our F irst Disc With T oast 17 Choosing Whic h T ype Of Disc T o Make 19 About Media 21 Using the Medi a Browser 23 Changing Reco rder Settings 26 Sa ving and Opening T oast Projects 28 Erasing Discs 29 Ejecting a Disc 29 [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 12 Intr oduction T oast® 10 T itanium brings you awar d winning disc burning and copying plus a whole lot mor e. E very thing you need t o edit, copy , burn, and share your videos, movies, photos, music and data files on CD , DVD , and Blu-ray Disc™ is right at your fingertips. This guide will help you g[...]

Getting Started with T oast Installing T he Software 13 Installing T he Softw ar e T o use T o ast you w ill need the follo w ing hardwar e and software: ■ Macintosh c omputer with a P o werPC™ G4, P owe rPC G5, or Intel® proc essor , P owerPC G5 or Intel pr ocessor required for enc oding and viewing hig h definition conte nt. ■ CD , DVD or [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 14 Y ou will be asked to e nter a product k ey and acc ept the license agreement. The follo w ing table sho ws where to find y our product k ey : Note If you ar e installing an Upgrade versio n, you may be prompt ed to enter the product k ey for a previous version. The software is now installed . Note This [...]

Getting Started with T oast T he T oast Main Window 15 T he T oast Main W indo w The T oast main w indow c ontains the following components: F ormats and Settings Area Located at the left side of the T oast w indow , the F ormats and Settings area displays y our available pr oject ty pes and options for those pr ojects. The disc formats are grouped[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 16 Record Button Locat ed at the bottom rig ht of th e T oast window , the r ed Rec ord bu tton will begin recording your disc. For video c onv ersion projects, this will also begin expor ting your vide o. Media Bro wser The Media B rowser allows y ou to easily browse or find music, photos, video, or other [...]

Getting Started with T oast Burning Y our First Disc With T oast 17 Burning Y our First Disc W ith T oast This section describes the basic process of burning any disc with T oast. T o make a disc wit h T oast: 1 Select the project categor y . In the upper left region of the T oast window , choose the category that matches the ty pe of disc you want[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 18 4 Insert a recordable disc. Insert a blank, rec ordable CD , DVD , or Blu-ra y Disc™. 5 Record the disc. Click the r ed Recor d button, choose a recor der from the list, and configur e recor ding options. Click R ecord t o continue. T oast disp lays a progress bar and status informat ion as it records [...]

Getting Started with T oast Choosing Whic h T ype Of Disc T o Make 19 Choosing W hich T ype Of Disc T o Make T oast can creat e a wide variety of CD, DVD and Blu -ray formats— more than the Mac OS burning software. Her e are some of the most co mmon disc formats. I want to... Use this disc format Back up genera l data files and folders, such as d[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 20 ■ For all data disc formats see Ty p e s o f D a t a D i s c s on page 44 ■ For all audio disc f ormat s, see Ty p e s o f A u d i o D i s c s on page 72. ■ For all video disc formats, see Ty p e s o f V i d e o D i s c s on page 88. ■ For all c opy formats, see Ty p e s o f C o p i e s on page 1[...]

Getting Started with T oast About Media 21 About Media T oast suppor ts CD , DVD , and Blu-ray media ty pes: CD , CD-R W , DVD-R/ R W , DVD-R DL (dual-lay er), DVD+R/R W , DVD+R DL (double-la yer), DVD-RAM (cartridgeless), BD-R/RE, BD -R/RE DL (dual-layer). The typ e you should choose depends on the capabilities of your r ecorder and playback devic[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 22 U sing low-cost generic media can cause errors while burning, or produc e a disc that either is unrecognized by the pla yer or pla ys back er ratically . Different brands of the same type can work differently in y our reco rder or playback device. If y ou are having problems, you ma y need to switch to a[...]

Getting Started with T oast Using th e Media Browser 23 Using the Media Bro wser The T oast Media Bro wser pro v ides qui ck access t o your m usic, photos, videos, and other files st ored on your computer . Y ou can easily drag and drop c ontent from the M edia Bro wser into the Cont ent Area. T o use the Media Br owser: 1 Op en th e Med ia Brow s[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 24 Note Y ou can also access discs from set-top D VD recor ders or DVD camc orders. T oast includes special suppor t for these discs, which normally are not usable in the M ac OS. Insert these discs in your r ecorder while T oast is running, and then import video from them with the Media Browser . ■ File [...]

Getting Started with T oast Using th e Media Browser 25 Y ou can preview most media files by selecting them and pressing the space bar , by doubl e-clicking them in the file list, or by clicking the Preview button at the bottom of the M edia Browser . T oast w ill display pr ogress information while the items are being added. I f the conte nt is be[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 26 Changing Record er Settings Y ou can v iew or change your rec order settings, such as which rec order to use, the number of copies to r ecord, and what T oast does after recor ding is com pl ete . T o ch ange Record er Settings: 1 Cl ic k th e Re cord in g O pt io ns pu ll -d ow n m enu and ch oo se Reco[...]

Getting Started with T oast Changing Recorde r Settings 27 ■ Ve r i f y D a t a : Select this option to verify that the contents of the recor ded disc match the sourc e files and folders on your hard disk. ■ Simulation Mode: Select this option if you want to si mulate the proc ess of recording a disc. Y ou might do this to mak e sure that the w[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 28 Saving and Opening T oast Pr ojects Y ou can sav e a T oast project and open it at a later time for rec ording to disc. T o sa ve the current pr oject: 1 Choose File > Save. 2 T y pe a file name and select a location to save to. 3 Click Save. Sa ved T oast disc projects end in “ .disc". T o ope[...]

Getting Started with T oast Era sing Discs 29 Er asing Discs If you ar e using rewritable CD-RW , DVD-R W , DVD+R W , DVD-RAM, or BD-RE media, you can erase the entire co ntents of a disc and re-record to it. W arning Erasing a disc ca nnot be undone. T o er ase a rewritable disc: Insert the disc int o the recor der . 1 Choose Reco rder > Erase.[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 30 To a s t I t ™ Desktop Burning T oast It he lps you easily send files or folders to T oast from an ywhere on your Deskto p or in any folder on y our hard disk. T oast does not need to be running to use T oast It – the software wil l be launched automatically . T oast It automatically chooses the best[...]

Getting Started with T oast T echnical Support Options 31 T ec hnical Support Options Unlimited Self Help Options Ro xio provides a variety of self help tools, including a searchable knowledge base of support a rticles w ith troubl eshooting tips, and discussion groups with other users that can help you get the most out of your R oxio pr oducts. Y [...]

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33 Using Other T oast F eatur es In this chapter V iewing Information about a Disc 34 Sa ving Disc Images 35 Mounting Disc Images 36 T oastAn ywhere™ Recorder Sharing 37 Comparing Files or F olders 38 Creating a T emporary P artition 39 T oast Extras 40[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 34 V ie wing Information about a Disc Y ou can v iew detailed infor mation abou t a blank or recor ded disc in your recor der . This feature wo rks only w ith CD , DVD or Blu-ray rec orders. Note Make sur e that the disc is compatible with your recor der . For e xample, you cannot use a DVD rec order to vie[...]

Using Other T oast Features Saving Disc I mages 35 Saving Disc Images Inste ad of recor ding a project to disc, you can sa ve it as an i mage file. An image file is a single file, saved on y our hard disk, which c ontains all the data and formatting information needed to cr eate a CD , DVD , or Blu-ray disc. Image files contain all source data (as [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 36 Mounting Disc Images Y ou can mount a previously creat ed image file. Mount ed images behav e like an actual physical disc inserted into your optical dr ive and appear on the Desktop . If this is th e first time you are mounting an image file after installing T oast, T oast w ill prompt y ou to enter the[...]

Using Other T oast Features T oastAnywh ere™ Recor der Sharing 37 T oastAnywhere ™ Record er Sharing The T oastAnywhere featur e helps you shar e CD , DVD or Blu-ra y record ers across a network or the Int ern et with other users. An entire office or home network can use a single recorder . T o share your recor der with other users ov er a netw[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 38 Comparing Files or F olders Y ou can compare the contents of files or folde rs to see if they matc h. Y ou might do this to double-ch eck that the original files are identical to a cop y you made of them. Compare differs from the v erificat ion that T oast performs after recording a disc. V er ification [...]

Using Other T oast Features Creating a T emporar y P artition 39 Creating a T empor ary P artition Y ou can create a t emporar y partition on your hard disk that can be used t o set up data you want to rec ord to a disc. T emporar y par titions allow y ou to hav e better contr ol over the layou t of your data and ho w its windows are arranged and d[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 40 T oast Extras T oast 10 Titanium includes a n umber of additional applications to help you sav e, share, and enjoy y our digital media. They can easily be accessed fr om the T oast Ext ras menu. CD Spin Doctor® Audio Recording Softw are CD Spin Doctor helps you auto matically capture system audio , capt[...]

Using Other T oast Features T oast Extr as 41 T i V oT oGo™ T r ansfers for Mac T ransfer rec orded television shows to y our Mac from a T iV o Series2, Series3, or TiV o HD DVR connected to your home network. W atch them on your Mac, burn them to a DVD , or con vert them to your iP od® or PSP™. For more information on TiV oT oGo T ransfers fo[...]

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43 Making Data Discs In this chapter What is a Data Disc? 44 T ypes of Data Discs 44 Overview of Making a Data Disc 45 Making a Mac Only Disc 46 Making a Mac & PC Disc 52 Making a D VD-ROM Disc 57 Making an ISO 9660 Disc 58 Making a Custom Hybrid Disc 64 Making a Mac V olume Disc 66 Making a Photo Disc 68[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 44 W hat is a Data Disc? A data disc is a CD, D VD , or Blu-ray di sc that contains any files or folders. Data discs are meant to be used on a comput er , such as a M ac or a PC. Y ou can use a data disc to back up import a nt information, to store your photos, or to sha re files with friends o r family . T[...]

Making Data Discs Overview of Making a Data Disc 45 ■ Photo Disc: This disc can be used on either a Macintosh or a W indows co mputer , and allows y ou to archi ve and share your phot os or other images. It preserves full-quality images and plays slideshows on any M ac or PC w ithout the installation of additional software. See Making a Photo D i[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 46 Making a Mac Only Disc This ty pe of disc can contain an y files or folders and be used on any Macintosh c omputer . It supports features such as data spanni ng, compression, encr yption, custom icons and backgrounds. This is the best choice for sa ving your data, provided that you will not need to acces[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 47 3 Click Mor e for addition al optional settings: ■ Disc Name: T y pe a name for the disc. ■ Icon: Choose a custom ic on for the disc. (See Cu s t om I c o ns a n d Backgr oun ds on page 49.) ■ Disc V iew: Choose the default Find er view for this disc: icon, list, or bro wser . ■ Background: Choose[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 48 Compression and Encr yption If yo u are recording a M ac Only data disc that does not span multiple discs, you can co mpress and encry pt the contents prior t o recording. Y ou can access the disc contents on any Mac OS X system. T oast is not required to decompress or decr y pt t he contents . T o compr[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 49 T o access an encr ypted disc: 1 Insert the disc into a drive. The disc contains a single file containing the compressed co ntents of the disc. 2 Double-click the encry pted file. 3 W hen prompted, ent er the password and click OK. The file will decry pt to the Desktop. Custom Icons and Bac kgrounds If y [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 50 Edit > Cop y . In the data disc settings dialog in T oast, click on the current disc icon and choose Edit > Paste. 4 Click OK. 5 Cli ck the red Re cord butto n. The disc is recor ded wi th the custom icon . T o set a custom backg round: 1 Pr epare your disc as you normally w ould. See Making a Mac [...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 51 For ex ample, renaming a file name in the T oast w indow doe s not rename the file on your hard disk, but only on the finish ed disc that you are creating. R emoving a file from the T oast window does not delete the file from y our hard disk, but only on the finished disc that you are cr eating. Pr epare [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 52 Making a Mac & PC Disc This ty pe of disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windo ws comput er . This is the best choice fo r sharing files and folders with most comput er users. T o make a Mac & PC disc: 1 At the left side of the T oast window , click Data an d choose Mac & PC. 2 Choose[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac & PC Disc 53 6 Insert a blank, recordable disc. 7 Cli ck the red Re cord butto n, cho ose a re corde r fro m th e l ist , a nd configur e recording options, such as N umber of Copies. 8 Click Rec ord to contin ue. T oast disp lays a progress bar and status informat ion as it records yo ur disc. Enabling Autorun If[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 54 Disc Spanning If yo u are creating a M ac Only or Mac & PC data disc, you can rec ord large files and folder s, even if th e y ex ceed the r ecording capacity of a sing le disc. If you do , T oast adv ises you of appr oximatel y how many blank discs are needed, and automatically sp ans the data acros[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac & PC Disc 55 Note T oast does not need to be installed on the comput er on which y ou are restoring the files. Some individual files ma y exceed the capacity of a single disc and will be split into multiple files. Ro xio Restore au tomatically joins these split files back together . T o restor e files and folders [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 56 T o restor e files and folders from a Mac & PC disc set (using W indows) 1 Insert an y disc from the set into a PC running W indo ws 2000 or higher . Ro xio Rest ore opens automatically . Y ou will see a directory of every folder and file in the disc set— in the same order and hierarch y as they we[...]

Making Data Discs Making a D VD-ROM Disc 57 Making a D VD-ROM Disc This ty pe of disc can be used on a Macintosh or a W indo ws computer; if it contains valid DVD-V ideo content, it can also be used in a set-top D VD playe r . This disc format is b est if you hav e a VIDEO_TS folder and wish to add additional DVD-ROM data co ntent. If you ha ve a V[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 58 Making an ISO 9660 Disc ISO 9660 is a standard for cross-platform use on Macint osh, Wind ows, U nix, Linux, or DOS operating systems. ISO 9660 also supports appendable sessions, where all sessions appear as a single disc, in contrast to the M ac Only multi-session, where each session appears as a separa[...]

Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc 59 ■ Set the Resolv e Aliases option to ensure that if the sourc e data contains aliases, T oast will find the or iginal file and recor d this to the disc instead of the alias. Note This option is recommended if yo u intend to use this disc on a W indows or U nix comput er , and should be selected prior t[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 60 9 Cli ck the red Re cord butto n, cho ose a re corde r fro m th e l ist , a nd configur e recording options, such as N umber of Copies. ■ Multi-se ssion CDs: If yo u ar e m ak i ng a n I S O C D a n d w ou ld l ike to lea ve the disc “ open ” so you can r ecord additional data sessions at a later t[...]

Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc 61 4 Click Import and choose Impor t Session. If ther e is at least one ISO session already written on the CD , the Import Session dialog box appears. 5 Select the session you want to import (usually the most recent session). If yo u impor t a session other than the most rec ent one, you won ’t be able to[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 62 There ar e several naming options: ■ ISO 9660 Level 1: This is the original IS O naming form at and is fairly restric tive. ■ Length: 8 characters with 3 character suffix ■ Allow able char acters: uppercase letters (A -Z), numbers (0-9) and the underscore (_). No other characters are allowed. ■ E[...]

Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc 63 using long U nicode names. M ac OS X and all W indo ws 95 and higher systems will have acc ess to the long names. ISO 9660- compliant systems such as DOS or UNIX will only see the ISO 9660 file syste m. W hen you select Joliet, T oast does not automatically change file names. Inste ad, illegal names (con[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 64 Making a Custom Hybrid Disc This ty pe of disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windo ws comput er , and offers po werful lay out customization options for professionals such that: ■ Certain Macintosh data will be visible only to Macintosh users. ■ Certain Windo ws data will be v isible only to[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Custom Hybrid Disc 65 5 Click Select ISO to add the W indow s files and folders to the disc. 6 Drag and drop files and folders into the Files area. The items y ou add here are only visible on W indow s computers, unless you ha ve added items that are also incl uded in the Macintosh portion of the disc. In this case they a[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 66 Making a Mac V olume Disc This ty pe of disc can be used only on a Macint osh computer and r equires a valid volume file as a data sourc e. Y ou can use Mac V olume to co py an entire v olume (hard disk, part ition, etc.) t o a disc exactly as it is. Y ou cannot make a bootable Mac V olume disc. For maki[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Mac V olume Disc 67 Y ou can also select local disc v olumes that ha ve the c omment “ ok t o write. ” Other vo lumes are either re mote or too large for a disc. ■ Optimize On-the-Fly: Select this opt ion for T o ast to automatically defragment the data and organize it on the disc prior to recor ding. This is recomm[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 68 Making a Photo Disc This ty pe of disc can be used in either a Macintosh or W indows comput er . It allows y ou to cr eate a multi-purpose photo disc whic h you can use t o perform t hese tasks: ■ Archi ve your original photos—w ithout conv ersion time or an y loss of qualit y ■ A utomatically ge n[...]

Making Data Discs Making a Photo Disc 69 Note T oast does not need to be installed on the compute r to play back the slideshow . T o pla y back y our images as a slidesho w (using Windows XP): ■ Insert your Phot o disc into a PC running W indows XP . Once W indow s detects the disc, the slidesho w begins to play back automatically . Ti p : If the[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 70 Using T oast Dynamic Writing T oast Dynamic W riting allo ws you to use a Blu-ra y Rewritable disc (BD-RE) like an y other removable storage device (such as an external har d disk drive or a USB flash dr ive). Y ou can simply drag and drop files to the disc icon on the Desk top t o record them , or drag [...]

71 Making A udio Discs In this chapter What is an Audio Disc? 72 T ypes of Audio Discs 72 Overview of Maki ng an Au dio Disc 73 Making an Audio CD 74 Making a Music D VD 78 Making an MP3 Disc 83 Making an Enhanced Audio CD 84 Making a Mixed Mode CD 85[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 72 W hat is an Audio Disc? An audio disc is a CD or D VD that contains audio files. A udio discs ar e meant to be play ed in a home or car stereo, a set-to p DVD play er , or a Macintosh or W indo ws computer . T ypes of Audio Discs T oast c an create man y kinds of au dio discs—more than any other Mac bu[...]

Making Audio Discs Over view of Making an A udio Disc 73 Ov ervie w of Making an A udio Disc This section describes the basic process of making an y audio disc w ith To a s t . 1 At the left side of the T oast window , click A udio and c hoose the disc format. For example, choose A udio CD . 2 Choose any o ptional settings. 3 Add audio files to the[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 74 Making an Au dio CD This disc can be played in most home or car stereo CD players, set-top D VD play ers, and comput ers. This is similar to a standard commer cial CD you can purchase in music stores. This is the best choice for playback in a CD play er . T o make an A udio CD: 1 At the le ft side of the[...]

Making Audio Discs Making an Audio CD 75 5 Cli ck the red Re cord butto n, cho ose a re corde r fro m th e l ist , a nd configur e recording options, such as N umber of Copies. ■ DAO : If you want to use Disc-A t-Once rec ording click the Ad vanced tab and choose D A O . Disc-A t-Once allows pauses of vary ing lengths of up to 8 seconds between t[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 76 T o remo ve tr acks: 1 Select the tr acks you want to remov e. 2 Remo ve the selected tracks in any of these ways: ■ Click Remov e. ■ Pr ess Delete. ■ Choose Edit > Clea r . The selected tracks are removed from the Cont ent Area, but the originals are not deleted from y our hard disk or you r iT[...]

Making Audio Discs Making an Audio CD 77 W orking with Crossfades A crossfade is a transition f rom one tr ack to the next. In a crossfades, the two a djacent trac ks ov erlap each ot her , and the first trac k fades ou t while the second fades in. Y ou can define a crossfade between an y two adjacent tracks in your track list. Lik e all editing fe[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 78 Making a Music D VD A M usic DVD can be pla yed in a set-top D VD player or in a Macintosh or a W indows c omputer with a DVD play er . A M usic DVD should not be confused with a DVD-A udio disc. DVD-A udio discs require a special DVD player . A Music D VD is a standa rd DVD that c ontains music (and can[...]

Making Audio Discs Making a Music D VD 79 Click M ore for additional disc settings. See V ideo Disc Set tings on page 104. 3 Choose the audio encoding format. By default, T o ast encodes M usic DVDs in Dolby Digital 192 kbps audio. This compresses the audio to maximize disc space to fit o ver 50 hours of music, but maintains ful l Hollyw ood-style [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 80 W orking With Playlists W hen creating a M usic DVD , each group of audio files you add into the Content Area appears as a playlist. Each playlist will hav e a button in the DVD menu that y ou can choose to play the music. Playlists can c ontain up to 99 tracks. Y ou can rearrange, duplicate, remo ve, or[...]

Making Audio Discs Making a Music D VD 81 The selected graphic will appear on the TV screen while a track in the playlist is playing if that track has no album artwork. If no graphic is selected for the button, the default button graphic T oast provides will appear . 5 Click Done. T o add tr acks to a pla ylist: ■ Drag tracks onto a playlist from[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 82 If th e track alre ady has al bum artwork in iT unes it will appea r here. There ar e several utilities th at can automatically add album artwork to trac ks in your iT unes library . Searc h for “iT unes ar t” a t www .versiontracker .com for options. Y ou do not need to add alb um artwork to each tr[...]

Making Audio Discs Making an MP3 Disc 83 Making an MP3 Disc This disc can be play ed in home or ca r ster eo MP3 Disc players, some set- top D VD players, and most M acintosh and W indo ws computers. A ty pical audio CD can hold over 70 min utes of music, while an MP3 CD can hold over 10 hour s and an MP3 DVD can hold over 50 hours. H owever , an M[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 84 Making an Enhanced Au dio CD An Enhanc ed A udio CD contains audi o tracks and enhanc ed data cont ent such as photos or vi deos. The audio po r tion of the disc is playable in home and car stereo CD players, whil e the enh anced content is us able on a Macintosh or W indo ws computer . Some older CD-R O[...]

Making Audio Discs Making a Mixed Mode CD 85 Making a Mixed Mode CD A Mix ed Mode CD contains one data track and one or more audio tracks, and is recor ded in one session. Y ou can play the audio or view the data on a comput er . Mix ed Mode CDs should not be play ed in a home or car stereo CD playe r and may damage your speakers. T o make a Mixe d[...]

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87 7 Making V ideo Discs In this chapter What is a V ideo Disc? 88 T ypes of Video Discs 88 Overview of Making a V ideo Disc 89 Making a V ideo CD or Super V ideo CD 91 Making a D VD or BD Video Disc 93 Making a D VD F rom VIDEO_TS F olders 112 Making a VIDEO_TS Compilation 116 Making a BDMV F older Disc 117 Creating an A VCHD Arc hiv e 117[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 88 W hat is a V ideo Disc? A video disc is a CD , D VD or Blu-ray disc that contains photos or video files. V ideo discs are meant to be played in a set-top pla yer , and can also be used in a Macint osh or W indow s computer with a DV D or Blu-ray pla yer and appropriate software. T ypes of V ideo Discs T [...]

Making Video Dis cs Over view of Making a V ideo Disc 89 ■ Blu-ra y V ideo: This Blu-ra y Disc can be pla yed in a set-t op Blu-ray playe r including the Sony PlayStation® 3. Blu-ray v ideo discs can contain hours of high-definition video. This is the best choice for high definition video playback if y ou hav e a Blu-ray pla yer . See M aking a [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 90 Y ou can add any QuickT ime-suppor ted video files, such as DV , A VI, MO V , HDV (1080i/720p), and MPEG-4. Y ou can also add files that QuickTime doesn ’t support such as iMo v ie HD pr ojects, MPEG-2, Ey e-TV recorded sho ws, and TiV oT oGo™ transfers. T o add an iM ovie '08 project, first sav[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a Video C D or Super Video CD 91 Making a V ideo CD or Super V ideo CD Vi deo CDs and Super V ideo CDs hold appro ximately 60 and 20 minutes of video or slideshows, respectiv ely , and both offer good quality . Ho wever , menu navigation is limited for both. These CDs can be played in most set- top D VD players. Consult y[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 92 CD so they can be accessed in a M acintosh or W indows compu ter . Note This format is on ly availa ble if Show Legacy Forma ts and Settings is selected in the T oast Pr eference s. 3 Add phot o or video files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Conte nt Area from your har d disk or the Me[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc 93 Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc A standard DVD-V ideo can hold appro x imately 150 min utes (2.5 hours) of video or slideshows and offers the best quality , as well as Dolby Digital sound and full menu navigation. Y ou can fit even more video than this at a low er quality level. If y our recor [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 94 ■ Custom Encoding: Choose this opt ion to manually set v ideo and audio encoding options. Click on the current setting s to modify them. See Disc Encoding Settings on page 1 08 for more information. ■ V ideo Quality: T o ast must compr ess v ideo to fit onto the disc. Choose the quality y ou want to [...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc 95 Pre viewing a D VD-Video Y ou can preview a DVD-V ideo disc prior to burning an actual disc by saving it as a dis c image file and then using the T oast Image mounter . T o preview the D VD: 1 Inste ad of recording, click the Sa ve As Disc Image bu tton. 2 Select your disc image and choose U ti[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 96 Note HD vi deo authoring functionality for DVD and Blu-ra y Disc™ requir es the purchase of H igh-Def/Blu-ray Disc plug-in. See www .ro xio.com for more information. T o make a High Definition D VD: 1 At the t op left of the T oast window , click V ideo and choose the Blu-ray V ideo project 2 Choose op[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc 97 T o duplicate a slidesho w: Select a slideshow and choose Edit > Duplicate. T o remo ve a slidesho w: 1 Select the slideshow y ou want to r emove. 2 Y ou can remov e selected slideshows in any of these way s: ■ Click Remove. ■ Pr ess Delete. ■ Choose Edit > Clea r . The slidesho ws [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 98 ■ T o reorder photos, drag the pho to to a new position in the photo list. A black bar between phot os indicates where the phot o w ill be placed. At the top of the photo list is a button to toggle between large and small photo rows for easier navigation. 3 Click Done. T o adjust the slideshow dur atio[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc 99 T o duplicate a video: Select a video and cho ose Edit > Duplicate. T o remo ve a video: 1 Select the video you want to remov e. 2 Remo ve the selected video in any of these ways: ■ Click Remove. ■ Pr ess Delete. ■ Choose Edit > Clea r . The video is remov ed from the Co ntent Area,[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 100 Some video fi les may not ha ve a Video tab and these files cannot be cropped. 3 In the preview window , set the area to trim by manipulating the T rim markers, whic h are small triangles at the start and end of the blue bar below the video: Drag the start marker to the rig ht to mark the beginning of t[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD or BD V ideo Disc 101 scenes detect ed during Plug & Burn v ideo import for DVD . See U sing Plug & Bur n™ on page 102. ■ # Minute s: Se lec t thi s opti on to as sig n chap ters a t fixed ti me intervals. 4 T o include a scene menu on the disc based on the chapter markers yo u hav e added, choose the I[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 102 Using Plug & Burn ™ W hen creating a video disc, you can automatically impor t video from your DV camc order using the Plug & Burn feature. Y ou can import the entire tape or only a p ortion of the tap e. After i mpor ting, you can immediat ely start recording y our disc, or add other video or[...]

Making Video Dis cs Using Plug & Burn™ 103 5 Choose Plug & Burn opt ions: ■ Clip Descriptio n: Enter text for the menu button on the TV menu for this video. ■ Import: Select the amount of video (in minut es) you want t o import. Choose Entire T ape to import al l the video on the DV tape. ■ Rewin d T ape/Curr ent P osition : Choose [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 104 you quit T oast. The original source cont ent is not deleted from your camcorde r DV tap e. Y ou can configure your pr eferences to sa ve these imported items for a longer time. See Con figuring wh en Ro xio C onv erted I tems is emptied on page 25. V ideo Disc Settings W hen creating a M usic DVD , DVD[...]

Making Video Dis cs Using Plug & Burn™ 105 ■ Add original photos: Select this option to include a copy of the original full-quality sourc e photos from y our slideshows in a separate folder on the disc. This folder will be accessible when the DVD is used on a M acintosh or W indows computer . 4 Click the Menu tab and choose the optional men[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 106 ■ Custom Menu Background: Click the Select button to add a custom menu background image. Y ou can a lso drag and drop an image from the M edia Bro wser onto the existing me nu thumbnail image. T o remove a custom menu background, select the thumbnail image and press Delete. ■ Include scene menus for[...]

Making Video Dis cs Using Plug & Burn™ 107 Adding ROM data to a D VD-V ideo Disc W hen creating a DVD-Video disc, y ou can choose to add additional data files to the disc that will only be acc essible when you're viewing the contents of your finished disc on a Mac or PC . W hen playing back y our DVD on a set-top pla yer , these addition[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 108 Disc Encoding Settings W hen creating a M usic DVD , DVD-V ideo, or Bl u-ray video, you can choose various options for the v ideo an d audio encoding . Some of the more common settings ar e also available in the Options area belo w the disc formats. ( The Disc Sett ings dialog contains these common opti[...]

Making Video Dis cs Using Plug & Burn™ 109 5 If you select ed Custom, choose the video encoding options: ■ A ver age Bit Rate: Sets the de sired av erage target bit rate for the vid eo e nc od er . ■ Maximum Bit Rate: Sets the maximum bit rate for the video encoder . The minimum bi t rate is derived fr om the abov e two values using the f[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 110 6 If you select ed Custom, choose the audio encoding options: ■ Au dio F ormat: Choose Do lby Digital or unc ompre ssed PCM. In almost all cases, Dolby Di gital is the best choice. I t uses less disc space, so y ou can fit more video on the D VD , and the sound quality is almost the same as PCM. ■ D[...]

Making Video Dis cs Using Plug & Burn™ 111 T o chang e TV standard prefer ences: 1 Choose T o ast > Preferenc es. 2 Choose the TV Standard: ■ NTSC: Create d iscs com pat ible w it h tele v ision s in Nort h America, Japan, and parts of South America and Asia. ■ PA L : Creat e discs compatible with televisions in much of Europe and Asia[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 112 Making a D VD F rom VIDEO_TS F olders You can create a D VD from one or more existing DVD-V ideo VIDEO_TS folders for pla yback on a set-top DVD play er or in a Macintosh or W indows comput er w ith a DVD drive and DVD pla yback software. Some VIDEO_TS folders may be too large to fit on a standard rec o[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD F rom VIDEO_TS F olders 113 Note If you would lik e to burn multiple DVD-Video discs in succession, yo u can add additional VIDEO_TS folders to the Conten t area and select the Copy Options for each of these. 5 Insert a blank, recordable DVD . 6 Cli ck the red Re cord butto n, cho ose a re corde r fro m th e l ist [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 114 If yo u are satisfied with the results, use the Image Copy format to r ecord it. See Copying a D isc Image File on page 123. Changing Cop y Options Fit-to-DVD c ompresses video to fit on a standard 4.7 GB recordable DVD . Compr essing may r esult in a slight reduction in video qualit y , but will leav e[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a D VD F rom VIDEO_TS F olders 115 4 Select the A udio pop-up, and choose the audio to inc lude: ■ All: Select to includ e all audio for each video. ■ Main: Select to include only the primar y audio for each video (ty pically the highest-quality Dolb y Digital). Secondary audio , such as director's commentary , o[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 116 Making a VIDEO_TS Compilation Y ou can create a D VD by compiling multiple DVD-V ideo VIDEO_TS folders onto one disc and pla y it on a set-top D VD playe r or in a Macintosh or W indows computer wi th a DVD player . Some VIDEO_TS folders may be too large to fit on a standard rec ordable 4.7 GB DVD . T o[...]

Making Video Dis cs Making a BDMV Folder Disc 117 Making a BDMV F older Disc Y ou can create a Blu-ray video disc by using an already au thored and valid BDMV Fold er . A BDMV folder c ontains the media files for the Blu-ray Disc’ s video and aud io cont ent and is lo cated at the root level of the disc. This is the best choice if you ha ve a BDM[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 118 T o create an A VCHD Ar chiv e 1 At the top left of the T oast window , click V ideo an d choose A V CHD Archive. 2 Connect y our A V CHD camcorder to y our computer via the USB connection and ensur e it is set to the pr oper mode so your Mac can access the video . On most camcor ders, this is the Pla y[...]

119 Cop ying Discs In this chapter T ypes of Copies 120 Overview of Making a Cop y 120 Copying a Disc 121 Copying a Disc Image F ile 123 Merging Disc Ima ges 124[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 120 T ypes of Copies T oast c an copy man y kinds of discs and image files—more than any other Mac burning softwar e. ■ Disc Copy: Cop y a non-protected CD , DVD , or Blu-ray disc to another disc. This is the best choice for most copies. See Copy ing a D i sc on page 121. ■ Image File: Co py a disc im[...]

Copying Discs Copying a D isc 121 Cop ying a Disc Y ou can make a copy of non-prot ected data, audio and v ideo CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. T o cop y a CD, D VD, or Blu-r ay disc: 1 At the left side of the T oast window , click C opy and choose Disc Copy . 2 Choose any o ptional settings: ■ CD-TEXT : If your orig inal is an audio CD , you can a[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 122 7 W hen prompted, insert a blank, recor dable disc of the same ty pe as the source disc. T oast disp lays a progress bar and status informati on as it copies your disc. If y ou only hav e one drive on y our comput er , T oast wil l c opy all the cont ents of the original to a temporary file on your hard[...]

Copying Discs Cop ying a Disc Image File 123 Cop ying a Disc Image File Y ou can copy a disc image file to CD , D VD , or Blu-ray disc. T oast suppor ts many popular disc image file formats, including, but not limited to, .t oast, .dmg, .img, .iso, .bin/.cue, .c dr , .sd2, and other thir d-par ty formats. T o cop y a disc image file to a CD , D VD [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 124 Merging Disc Images Disc Image M erge is useful for software developers who need to produc e cross-platform Mac & PC discs wit h unique content for each platform, and who are producing unique images on each platfo rm. Y ou can create y our Mac disc image using T oast, and you can creat e your PC dis[...]

125 Conv erting A udio and V ideo In this chapter Wh y convert audio and video? 126 Converting D VD-V ideo Content 127 Changing Copy Options 128 Conve rting Video F iles 129 Converting Audio F iles 131[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 126 W h y convert audio and video? A udio and video files are av ailable in a w ide variety of form ats. W hile your comput er may support a wide var iety of these for mats, other devices and portable v ideo players ma y only support a limited number . T oast wi ll help you c onv ert audio and v ideo while [...]

Converting Audio and V ideo Converting D VD-V ideo Content 127 Conv erting D VD-V ideo Content This section describes the basic process of con verting a DVD-V ideo disc to another video format w ith T o ast. T o convert a D VD-V ideo disc: 1 On the left side of the T oast w indow , click Conv ert and choose the disc format. For example, choose DVD-[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 128 Changing Cop y Options Copy o ptions allow y ou to choose which movies, extras, and languages w ill be include d when conv er ting v ideo con tent. When conv er ting v ide o, the video file which is created can only ha ve one audio language. By defaul t this is the same language that y ou hear when you [...]

Converting Audio and V ideo Conv erting V ide o File s 129 Conv erting V ideo Files T oast can conv er t video files to a var iety of different ty pes and expor t them to your hard dis k. T o export video: 1 At the left side of the T oast window , click C onv ert and choose Vid eo Files. 2 Add video files to the project by dragging and dropping the[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 130 ■ MPEG-4: Creat es an MPEG-4 file using Apple ’ s MPEG-4 codec. Rec ommended for con verting to lower resolutions and f or streaming applicati ons. ■ H.264: Create s an H.264 (also known as MP EG-4 Ad vanced Vid eo codec or A V C) file using Apple ’ s H.264 codec, offering high quality at lower [...]

Converting Audio and V ideo Converting Audio F iles 131 T oast remains open. If you close th e T oast application, even when video encoding is paused, you must restart the proc ess from the beginning. Y ou can also P ause and Resume video encoding for disc based pr ojects such as creating a D VD-Video or Blu-ray Disc™. Onc e these projects ha ve [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 132 ■ FLA C: Creat es a full quality compressed audio file. Y our player will need FLAC support. iT unes does not suppor t FLA C. ■ AA C: Creates a high qualit y compr essed audio file supported by iT unes. 6 Select a destination for y our con verted audio . 7 Click Save and y our audio will be con vert[...]

133 Inde x A AAC files, adding to an audio disc 73 Add button about 16 adding photos to slideshows 97 adding ROM data to a DVD- Video disc 107 advanced recorder settings 26 after writing 26 AIFF files, adding to an audio disc 73 audio CDs about 72 creating 74 See also audio discs audio discs about 72 creating 73 types of 72 audio encoding options D[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 134 about 22 Blu-ray Video discs 89 buffer underrun prevention enabling 27 burning discs 17 button text changing playlist 80 changing slideshow 97 changing video 99 , 103 buttons highlight co lor 105 maximum number on menus 105 C camcorder importing video from 102 CD media about 21 CD recorders selecting 26[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Index 135 See also photo discs data sets comparing 38 deleting files and folders 51 photos from slideshows 97 playlists 80 slideshows 97 tracks 76 video 99 Disc Cover RE about 14 disc image files copying 123 mounting 36 saving 35 unmounting 36 disc images merging 124 Disc-At-Once about 27 , 75 DiscCatalogMaker RE about 40[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 136 enabling buffer underrun prevention 27 verification 27 encoding options audio 110 discs 108 video 109 video discs 93 encrypting discs 48 enhanced audio CDs about 72 creating 84 See also audio discs erasing discs 29 Extras menu about 40 EyeTV-recorded shows adding to a video disc 90 F files comparing 38 [...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Index 137 mounting 36 saving 35 iMovie HD projects adding to a video disc 90 importing ISO sessions 60 video 102 installing Toast 13 ISO disc naming options 61 sessions, importing 60 ISO 9660 data discs about 44 creating 58 See also data discs J Joliet naming and ISO 9660 discs 59 L layout of data control ling 39 M Mac &a[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 138 about 16 using 23 Media Type pop-up about 16 menu style DVDs 105 music DVDs 78 video CDs 91 video discs 94 menu title 105 menus custom background 106 custom background color 105 custom text color 105 number of buttons on 105 merging disc images 124 mixed mode CDs about 72 creating 85 See also audio disc[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Index 139 adding to slideshows 97 copying to a video disc 105 deleting from slides hows 97 reorganizing in slideshows 97 playing disc automatically (option) 78 playing back slideshows 68 playlists working with 80 Plug & Burn using 102 Preview button about 16 previewing tracks 75 product support obtaining 12 projects s[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide www .roxio.com 140 music DVDs 78 simulation option 27 slide menus option 106 slideshows playing back 68 working with 96 SmartLists option DVDs 106 music DVDs 78 software installing 13 requirements 13 Space Indicator about 15 spanning multiple discs 54 Streamer Video about 40 super video CDs about 88 creating 91 See also v[...]

Roxio T oast 10 User Guide Index 141 unmounting disc image files 36 V VCDs about 88 See also video discs verification option 27 video importing from a camcorder 102 working with 98 video CDs about 88 creating 91 See also video discs video conversion pausing 130 resuming 130 video discs about 88 creating 89 settings 104 types of 88 video encoding op[...]

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