Building the finished projectOnce 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:
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