Building the finished project


    Once you have completed, successfully previewed, and set transcoding options for your project, you are ready to build it into a DVD-compliant file ready for burning or replication. Before building your project though, you should verify your project settings, especially the disc parameters (size, number of layers and sides), region coding and copy-protection settings. See Understanding copy protection and Understanding region coding.

    Adobe Encore DVD verifies that all links in the project have valid destinations; if they do not, Adobe Encore DVD prompts you to change or ignore them. If you decide to change the links, you must interrupt the build process and change your links in the overview. It is always a good idea to check for bad links.

    Adobe Encore DVD provides four options for output:

    Make DVD Disc

    Builds a disc to play on television DVD players, computers, or game consoles. You can record to a DVD in a DVD-writable drive or to a CD in a CD-R or CD-RW drive. If you intend to write to a CD, keep in mind that it will play only in computer-based DVD-compatible drives. Also, you are constrained by the data capacity of a CD-ROM, which is usually 650 to 700 MB, significantly less than that of a DVD. Still, writing DVD-compliant files to a CD-ROM is a good way to distribute very short projects not intended for television viewing. The quality will equal that of a DVD disc.

    Make DVD Folder

    Builds a DVD directory structure on your hard drive for quality assurance or local playback on a PC. You can play the program using a DVD playback device and the directory behaves just like a disc, including having full navigational abilities.

    Make DVD Image

    Builds a DVD image on your hard drive. the DVD image is typically used for local replication using a third-party mastering application.

    Make DVD Master

    Writes to a digital linear tape (DLT) used for mass replication of DVDs. Creating a DVD master requires having a Digital Linear Tape (DLT) drive connected to your computer.

To build a DVD:

  1. If you are going to burn a DVD or CD, make sure that you have blank media in the appropriate drive.
  2. Choose File > Build and choose the option corresponding to the type of file you want to build.
  3. Save the project when prompted.
  4. If you have any broken links in your project, you are prompted to manage them or ignore them. It is recommended that you fix all broken links.
  5. In the Make [Build Choice] dialog box, set the appropriate options and then click Next. (See Build Options.)
  6. In the Summary window, note your build parameters, and click Build.

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