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1. 000 88 Types of Video Discs 0 000 88 Overview of Making a Video Disc 89 Making a Video CD or Super Video CD 91 Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 93 Using Plug amp Burn 2 2 eee ee 102 Making a DVD From VIDEO TS Folders 112 Making a VIDEO TS Compilation 116 Making a BDMV Folder Disc 117 Creating an AVCHD Archive 117 Copying Discs 119 Types of Copies 00 0000 120 Overview of Making a Copy 120 Copying a Disc 6 eee eee ee 121 Copying a Disc Image File 123 Merging Disc Images 0 008 124 Converting Audio and Video 125 Why convert audio and video 126 Converting DVD Video Content 127 Changing Copy Options 128 Converting Video Files 00 129 Pause and Resume Video Conversion 130 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Getting Started with Toast In this chapter Introduction Installing The Software The Toast Main Window Burning Your First Disc With Toast Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make About Media Using the Media Browser Changing Recorder Settings Saving and Opening Toast Projects Erasing Discs Ejecting a Disc Toast It Desktop Burning Technical Support Options 12 13 15 17 19 21 23 26 28 29 29 30 31 11 12 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com
2. 31 Using Other Toast Features 33 Viewing Information about a Disc 34 Saving Disc Images 1 0 0 0 0000 e eee 35 Mounting Disc Images 005 36 vii viii Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com ToastAnywhere Recorder Sharing 37 Comparing Files or Folders 38 Creating a Temporary Partition 39 Toast Extras sue ceed re ee ba ee eu ad 40 Making Data Discs 43 What is a Data Disc 0000 44 Types of Data Discs 00 00 0000 44 Overview of Making a Data Disc 45 Making a Mac Only Disc 46 Making a Mac amp PC Disc 0 52 Making a DVD ROM Disc 05 57 Making an ISO 9660 Disc 2 58 Making a Custom Hybrid Disc 64 Making a Mac Volume Disc 66 Making a Photo Disc 00 68 Using Toast Dynamic Writing 70 Making Audio Discs 71 What is an Audio Disc 04 72 Types of Audio Discs 00 0000 72 Overview of Making an Audio Disc 73 Making an Audio CD 005 74 Making a Music DVD 05 78 Making an MP3 Disc 2 000005 83 Making an Enhanced Audio CD 84 Making a Mixed Mode CD 85 Roxio Toast 10 Getting Started Guide Contents Making Video Discs 87 What is a Video Disc
3. 3 Click More for additional optional settings Disc Name Type a name for the disc Icon Choose a custom icon for the disc See Custom Icons and Backgrounds on page 49 E Disc View Choose the default Finder view for this disc icon list or browser Background Choose a custom background color or picture for the disc See Custom Icons and Backgrounds on page 49 4 Add files and folders to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Insert a blank recordable disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Multi session CDs If you are making a data CD and would like to leave the disc open so you can record additional data sessions at a later time click the Advanced tab and choose Write Session You can now continue to add data to this CD until you have exceeded its capacity or you choose Write Disc to close it Each recording session will appear as a unique disc icon on your Desktop This is normal Mac OS behavior and is not controlled by Toast You cannot make multi session DVDs or Blu ray discs 7 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc If the files and folders you are recording exceed the capacity of a single disc Toast will automatically span this data across multiple discs See Disc Spanning o
4. Introduction Toast 10 Titanium brings you award winning disc burning and copying plus a whole lot more Everything you need to 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 get started using Toast The features and capabilities it describes are available in the full Toast retail product Your version may not have all these features and capabilities if it came bundled with a disc recorder or other hardware device The software includes appropriate messages if you have the limited version To register your software choose Help gt Product Registration For additional information choose Help gt Product Support Getting Started with Toast Installing The Software 13 Installing The Software To use Toast you will need the following hardware and software Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 PowerPC G5 or Intel processor PowerPC G5 or Intel processor required for encoding and viewing high definition content CD DVD or Blu ray recordable drive Mac OS X v10 5 x QuickTime v7 x Up to 800 MB free disk space to install all components Up to 15 GB of temporary free disk space during usage Internet connection required for some functionality HD video authoring functionality for DVD and Blu ray Disc requires purchase of the High Def Blu ray Disc plug in The latest versions of iTunes iPhoto and iMo
5. See Making a Music DVD on page 78 See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 At the left side of the Toast window click More and choose the Encoding tab Choose either Automatic or Custom Automatic Choose this option to use video and audio encoding settings that maximize quality and fit the most content on the disc Variable bit rate encoding is used for video Dolby Digital 192 kHz is used for audio and aspect ratio is determined automatically from the source videos Custom Choose this option to manually set video and audio encoding options This option is recommended only for people who have an understanding of video and audio encoding terminology If you selected Automatic choose the Video Quality Good Suitable for simple video such as people talking fastest processing time Better Suitable for most video average processing time Best Suitable for complex video such as fast motion slowest processing time Making Video Discs Using Plug amp Burn 109 If you selected Custom choose the video encoding options Average Bit Rate Sets the desired average target bit rate for the video encoder Maximum Bit Rate Sets the maximum bit rate for the video encoder The minimum bit rate is derived from the above two values using the following formula Minimum 2 x Average Maximum Motion Estimation Choose the method used to search for pixel movement in the video stream This setting has a
6. The Preferences dialog appears 2 In the General tab select Use Toast It Menu to turn it on Getting Started with Toast Technical Support Options 31 Technical Support Options Unlimited Self Help Options Roxio provides a variety of self help tools including a searchable knowledge base of support articles with troubleshooting tips and discussion groups with other users that can help you get the most out of your Roxio products You ll find answers to most of your questions at http support roxio com or you can choose Help gt Product Support from within Toast Telephone and E mail Support Options Telephone and E mail support may be available on a limited or paid basis for your Roxio product Registration of your product is required To learn what options are available go to http support roxio com choose your product and click the Contact Support link Contacting Roxio Log in to our Customer Web portal to submit a request for assistance or to find support contact information for your location You can find the customer Web portal at http selfserve roxio com Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 32 Using Other Toast Features In this chapter Viewing Information about a Disc Saving Disc Images Mounting Disc Images ToastAnywhere Recorder Sharing Comparing Files or Folders Creating a Temporary Partition Toast Extras 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 33 34 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www
7. 1 Launch Toast 2 Inserta blank BD RE disc in to your Blu ray recorder 3 Choose Recorder gt Format Blu ray Disc for Dynamic Writing Toast prompts you to format the disc ix Note Any data on the disc will be lost 4 Click on the Format button to proceed When formatting is complete a Blu ray disc icon appears on the Desktop To record files and folders to the disc drag them to the disc icon To erase files and folders from the disc drag them from the disc to the Trash ix Note You can eject the disc and add more data to it at a later time Tip Once you have formatted the disc you can burn data using Toast Dynamic Writing even when Toast is not running Making Audio Discs In this chapter What is an Audio Disc Types of Audio Discs Overview of Making an Audio Disc Making an Audio CD Making a Music DVD Making an MP3 Disc Making an Enhanced Audio CD Making a Mixed Mode CD 72 72 73 74 78 83 84 85 71 72 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com What is an Audio Disc An audio disc is a CD or DVD that contains audio files Audio discs are meant to be played in a home or car stereo a set top DVD player or a Macintosh or Windows computer Types of Audio Discs Toast can create many kinds of audio discs more than any other Mac burning software Audio CD This CD can be played in most home or car stereo CD players set top DVD players and computers
8. It is similar to a standard commercial CD you can purchase in music stores This is the best choice for playback in a CD player See Making an Audio CD on page 74 Music DVD This DVD can be played in a set top DVD player or ina Macintosh or a Windows computer with a DVD player A music DVD can contain over 50 hours of music and has full navigation menus for song selection This is the best choice for playback in a DVD player See Making a Music DVD on page 78 MP3 Disc This CD or DVD can be played in home or car stereo MP3 disc players some set top DVD players and most Macintosh and Windows computers MP3 discs have longer playing times than audio CDs but their playback is less universal See Making an MP3 Disc on page 83 Enhanced Audio CD This CD can be played in a home or car stereo CD player It contains additional data content which is accessible in a Macintosh or Windows computer See Making an Enhanced Audio CD on page 84 Mixed Mode CD This CD can be played in a Macintosh or Windows computer It offers playback compatibility with older CD ROM players and is rarely used Enhanced Audio CD is a better choice for this type of disc See Making a Mixed Mode CD on page 85 Making Audio Discs Overview of Making an Audio Disc 73 Overview of Making an Audio Disc This section describes the basic process of making any audio disc with Toast 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose t
9. 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 color 105 maximum number on menus 105 camcorder importing video from 102 CD media about 21 CD recorders selecting 26 sharing 37 CD Spin Doctor 14 about 40 CDs burning 17 comparing 38 copying 121 formats supported 19 multi session 47 60 CD TEXT option 74 121 changing recorder settings 26 slideshow duration 98 track information 76 chapter markers setting 100 comparing files and folders 38 compressing discs 48 Content area about 15 continuous play option 78 DVDs 104 copy options 114 copying disc image files 123 discs 120 creating See making creating an AVCHD archive 117 crossfades about 77 custom hybrid data discs about 44 See also data discs custom hybrid discs creating 64 customizing backgrounds 50 disc icons 49 DAO about 27 75 data adding to discs 104 organizing 50 data discs about 44 creating 45 types of 44 Roxio Toast 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 discs adding data to 104
10. comparing 38 compressing 48 copying photos to 105 customizing icons for 49 customizing window backgrounds for 50 encrypting 48 erasing 29 formats supported 19 naming 47 opening main window of automatically 46 organizing content on 50 spanning multiple 54 See also audio discs data discs photo discs video discs Dolby Digital 79 AC3 files adding to an audio disc 73 duplicating playlists 80 slideshows 97 video 99 duration of slideshow changing 98 DV camcorder importing video from 102 files adding to a video disc 90 DVD media 21 DVD recorders selecting 26 sharing 37 DVD Audio discs about 78 DVD ROM data discs about 44 See also data discs DVD ROM discs creating 57 DVDs burning 17 comparing 38 copying 121 formats supported 19 DVD Video discs about 88 creating 93 See also video discs editing See changing video 99 136 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 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 files comparing 38 deleting 51 organizing 50 rearranging 51 renaming 51 Filter button about 16 FLAC files adding to an audio disc 73 folders comparing 38 creating 51 deleting 51 organizing 50 rearra
11. page 128 for more information Click the red Record button Choose your video output format or the device for which video should be optimized Select a video quality level Choose a location such as a folder on your hard disk or send the video directly to iTunes Click Export to continue Y Note By clicking on the Preview button before beginning your export in just a few seconds you can see how your video will look at the selected quality level This saves you the time of having to finish the conversion before deciding you need to adjust the quality level 128 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Changing Copy Options Copy options allow you to choose which movies extras and languages will be included when converting video content When converting video the video file which is created can only have one audio language By default this is the same language that you hear when you playback the DVD Video source To change copy options 1 Click the Options button 2 Select the Video pull down and choose the video to include m All Select to copy all movies and extras m Main Select to include only the single longest running titles Custom Select to choose the specific videos to be included Va Note When converting video for a portable device no DVD menus will be preserved 3 Select the Audio pull down and choose the audio to include Main Select to use the default audio track or langu
12. some Blu ray Disc set top players may work better with one type of disc than another and the same guidelines about switching to other brands or types apply here Getting Started with Toast Using the Media Browser 23 Using the Media Browser The Toast Media Browser provides quick access to your music photos videos and other files stored on your computer You can easily drag and drop content from the Media Browser into the Content Area To use the Media Browser 1 Open the Media Browser window by choosing Window gt Show Media Browser or press Ctrl S 2 From the Media Type pop up menu choose the type of media you want to browse Audio Browse audio in your iTunes library AVCHD Camcorder Browse high definition video content stored on your connected AVCHD camcorder or volume m Photos Browse photos in your iPhoto and Aperture library Movies Browse videos and iMovie projects in your Movies folder EyeTV Browse recorded TV shows from EyeTV This option is only visible if you have EyeTV digital television recorder software installed see www elgato com TiVo Recordings Browse recorded TV shows that have been transferred from your TiVo DVR This option requires a TiVo DVR that supports TiVoToGo transfers see www tivo com for more information DVD Browse non encrypted DVD Video discs mounted disc images or VIDEO_TS folders located on your Desktop or in your Movies folder 24 Rox
13. Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser 3 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose Enhanced Audio CD 4 Add audio files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser You can add crossfades trim tracks adjust levels and set pauses between tracks as well as preview rearrange rename and remove tracks from the Content Area See Working with Crossfades on page 77 and Working With Tracks on page 75 5 Insert a blank recordable CD Note Most home and car stereo CD players have better compatibility with CD R media instead of CD RW rewritable media 6 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 7 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Making Audio Discs Making a Mixed Mode CD 85 Making a Mixed Mode CD A Mixed Mode CD contains one data track and one or more audio tracks and is recorded in one session You can play the audio or view the data on a computer Mixed Mode CDs should not be played in a home or car stereo CD player and may damage your speakers To make a Mixed Mode CD 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose Mixed Mode CD Va Note This format is only visible if you have selected Show Legacy Formats and Settings in the Toast Preferences 2 A
14. Choose optional disc settings m CD TEXT Choose this option if you want to write CD TEXT information onto the audio CD If your recorder can write CD TEXT and your CD player can display CD TEXT you will see this information during playback 3 Add audio files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser You can add crossfades trim tracks adjust levels and set pauses between tracks as well as preview rearrange rename and remove tracks from the Content Area See Working with Crossfades on page 77 and Working With Tracks on page 75 4 Insert a blank recordable CD Note Most home and car stereo CD players have better Y compatibility with CD R media instead of CD RW rewritable A media Making Audio Discs Making an Audio CD 75 5 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies m DAO If you want to use Disc At Once recording click the Advanced tab and choose DAO Disc At Once allows pauses of varying lengths of up to 8 seconds between tracks and supports CD TEXT DAO recording is recommended TAO Track At Once recording requires a pause of 2 seconds between all tracks 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Working With Tracks You can adjust pauses between tracks as well as preview rearrange remove
15. DVD or MP3 disc for use in a computer home or car stereo or set top DVD player See Making Audio Discs on page 71 Video Make VCDs SVCDs DVD Video discs Blu ray or High Def DVDs for use in a computer or set top DVD player See Making Video Discs on page 87 Copy Copy a CD DVD BD or disc image file See Copying Discs on page 119 Convert Convert DVD Video discs other video content and audio to other formats or for use on portable devices See Converting Audio and Video on page 125 2 Select the disc format and settings Choose the disc project and any optional settings 3 Add content Drag and drop files and folders into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Tip To show the Media Browser choose Window gt Show Media Browser or press Ctrl S 18 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 4 Insert a recordable disc Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray Disc 5 Record the disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Getting Started with Toast Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make 19 Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make Toast can create a wide variety of CD DVD and Blu ray formats more than the Mac OS burning software Here are some of the most common disc formats I want to Ba
16. Disc Restore When enabled this helps copy discs that are unreadable due to scratches or other damages Files from these damaged discs may be recovered during copying and recovery information will be provided after copying is done Va Note Not all discs can be restored some are too damaged to be read by Toast even with this option enabled Insert the original disc into your recorder 4 Ifyou have multiple optical drives on your computer you can copy from one drive to the other Click the pop up to choose which drive to Read From and insert the original disc into that drive 5 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue 122 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 7 When prompted insert a blank recordable disc of the same type as the source disc Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it copies your disc If you only have one drive on your computer Toast will copy all the contents of the original to a temporary file on your hard disk and then write it to the blank disc The temporary file is deleted automatically when the copy is complete You may need up to 15 GB of temporary free hard disk space depending on the type of disc you are copying Y Note Ifyou copy a multi session data CD Toast will only copy the first session Copying Discs Copying a Disc Image File 123
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18. WAV Creates a full quality uncompressed audio file for use on a PC OGG Creates a high quality compressed audio file similar to MP3 Your player will need Ogg Vorbis support iTunes does not support Ogg Vorbis 131 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 132 FLAC Creates a full quality compressed audio file Your player will need FLAC support iTunes does not support FLAC m AAC Creates a high quality compressed audio file supported by iTunes Select a destination for your converted audio Click Save and your audio will be converted Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it exports the audio 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 DVD 110 music DVD 79 133 Index auto open option 46 auto play option DVDs 104 music DVDs 78 video discs 94 Autorun enabling 53 AVCHD archive creating 117 AVI files adding to a video disc 90 backgrounds custom menu 106 custom menu background color customizing 50 BDMV folders about Blu ray Discs created from 89 BD RE discs burning with Toast Dynamic Writing 70 Blu ray disc media 134 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com
19. a Mac amp PC Disc Y Note Toast does not need to be installed on the computer on 4 which you are restoring the files Some individual files may exceed the capacity of a single disc and will be split into multiple files Roxio Restore automatically joins these split files back together To restore files and folders using Mac OS X v10 3 or higher 1 Insert any disc from the set into a Macintosh computer You will see the Roxio Restore application and a folder containing a portion of the data in the disc set appears 2 Launch the Roxio Restore application You will see a directory of every folder and file in the disc set in the same order and hierarchy as they were when you recorded the discs 3 Browse to the file or folder you want to restore select the item and click Restore If the desired file or folder is not on the current disc Roxio Restore prompts you to insert the correct disc You can also restore the entire disc set To restore files and folders using Mac OS X v10 2 or lower 1 Insert any disc from the set into a Macintosh computer You will see a folder containing a portion of the data in the set 2 Open the folder containing the data and drag any file or folder to your hard disk Tip You can manually rejoin split files using the cat command from the terminal in Mac OS X Refer to the Support area on Roxio s web site for more information Choose Help gt Product Support and search the knowl
20. a single disc If you do Toast advises you of approximately how many blank discs are needed and automatically spans the data across them The completed group of discs is called a disc set Each disc in the set contains an index of the contents and location for every file and folder in the set To span discs 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 or Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 As you add data to the Content Area the left side of the Toast window displays information about the number of discs you will need for recording Click the disc capacity pop up menu next to the Space indicator to adjust the information for CD DVD or Blu ray disc media 2 Record your disc Toast will prompt you to insert each blank disc while recording To not span discs To not have your data spanned across discs remove files or folders from the Content Area until the left side of the Toast window indicates that the contents will fit on a single disc Restoring Data Discs Each disc in a Mac Only disc set also contains a small software application called Roxio Restore Each disc in a Mac amp PC disc set contains both Mac and PC versions of Roxio Restore Roxio Restore allows you to easily restore an individual file or folder or the entire disc set The Mac version of Roxio Restore runs on Mac OS X v 10 3 or higher the PC version runs on Windows 2000 XP or Vista Making Data Discs Making
21. any time to free up the CPU for other tasks and then resumed later When encoding is paused you can run other applications or even switch to another user account as long as Converting Audio and Video Converting Audio Files Toast remains open If you close the Toast application even when video encoding is paused you must restart the process from the beginning You can also Pause and Resume video encoding for disc based projects such as creating a DVD Video or Blu ray Disc Once these projects have finished the video encoding phase and burning to disc has begun the Pause and Resume option becomes unavailable You can not pause the burn process To pause or resume video conversion 1 Click the Pause button in the video conversion progress dialog to pause encoding 2 When you re ready to continue click the Resume button Converting Audio Files Toast can convert audio files to a variety of different formats and export the converted file to your hard disk To export audio 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Convert and choose Audio Files 2 Add audio files to the project by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser 3 Add any audio effects of crossfade effects you like would applied to your audio export 4 Click the red Record button Choose one of the available conversion formats m AIFF Creates a full quality uncompressed audio file for use on a Mac
22. disc The files located at the top of the list are written first toward the inner part of the disc To move files drag and drop them to the new position Click the Settings tab to change file naming and format options You can change these options Format Choose CD ROM XA if you want to be able to add sessions at a later time Choose CD ROM if you intend to duplicate this CD at a replication plant are writing an ISO DVD or Blu ray disc or are using an older CD ROM drive that can only read this format Naming Choose Joliet MS DOS Windows and Use Apple Extensions This offers the most compatibility with Macintosh Windows and Unix computers Toast will adjust the file and folder names appropriately for each system See ISO Disc Naming Options on page 61 Click Set Defaults to use these settings as the default for future ISO 9660 discs Click Done Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray disc You can also insert a previously recorded ISO CD that was created with CD ROM XA format and left open for additional sessions 59 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide 60 www roxio com 9 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Multi session CDs If you are making an ISO CD and would like to leave the disc open so you can record additional data sessions at a later time click the Advanced tab and choose Write Session You can now continu
23. large impact on the final quality but on the processing time as well Better motion estimation takes longer to process Half PEL Choose whether the motion estimation operation also looks for pixels that move only one half of a pixel from one frame to the next This setting should usually be enabled and should only be disabled if speed is desired over quality Reencoding Choose Always to reencode all source video Choose Never to not reencode any source video Choose Automatic to only reencode non standard source video Field Dominance This setting should match the field order of the source video DV is generally bottom field first but other types of video may be different In most cases Toast is able to detect the field order of the source video and the Automatic setting should work fine Aspect Ratio This setting should match the aspect ratio of the source video In most cases Toast is able to detect the aspect ratio of the source video and the Automatic setting should work fine Roxio Toast 10 User Guide 110 www roxio com 6 Ifyou selected Custom choose the audio encoding options Audio Format Choose Dolby Digital or uncompressed PCM In almost all cases Dolby Digital is the best choice It uses less disc space so you can fit more video on the DVD and the sound quality is almost the same as PCM Data Rate Choose the bit rate to encode the Dolby Digital audio Higher bit rates can produce slightly better soundin
24. more patents owned by Gracenote apply to this product and service See the Gracenote website for a non exhaustive list of applicable Gracenote patents Gracenote CDDB MusicID the Gracenote logo and logotype and the Powered by Gracenote logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Gracenote in the United States and or other countries Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery For more information please visit www gracenote comMusic recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery For more information visit www gracenote com D gracenote Developed with Sonic Solutions by Elgato Systems www elgato com Turbo 264 EyeTV and the EyeTV logo are registered trademarks of Elgato Systems Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Sonic Solutions assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein Sonic Solutions reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notificatio
25. or rename tracks in the Content Area An audio CD can contain up to 99 tracks To adjust pauses between tracks 1 Select the tracks for which you want to change the pause duration 2 Click the Pause column Choose the pause that you want from the pop up menu You can set individual pauses from 0 to 8 seconds but the pause before the first track must be two seconds To preview tracks m Select the track to highlight it and the click the Play button in the playback controls at the bottom of the Toast window To rearrange tracks 1 Select the tracks you want to rearrange 2 Drag the tracks to a new position in the track list A black bar between tracks indicates where the tracks will be placed 76 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com To remove tracks 1 Select the tracks you want to remove 2 Remove the selected tracks in any of these ways m Click Remove m Press Delete Choose Edit gt Clear The selected tracks are removed from the Content Area but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or your iTunes library To view or edit track information 1 Double click on any track or select a track and click Info at the bottom of the Toast window 2 Optional Edit information about the disc in the Disc tab and edit information about individual tracks in the Tracks tab This is the information that will appear on the finished disc if you have chosen to write CD TEXT 3 Click OK Making Audio Discs M
26. ray media types to have the indicator calibrated for your target disc 16 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Record Button Located at the bottom right of the Toast window the red Record button will begin recording your disc For video conversion projects this will also begin exporting your video Media Browser The Media Browser allows you to easily browse or find music photos video or other files and preview or add them to a Toast project It appears as a separate window beside the Toast main window and can be moved or closed independently To hide or show the Media Browser select the appropriate option from the Window menu or press Ctrl S 000 Media Browser i E Meds Te E Friends 9 Friends 2 Ski id Birthday Cake as Reading Ee Friends 2 Preview Button FA Rreakfast Da 90 Filter or Search Box a Button Getting Started with Toast Burning Your First Disc With Toast 17 Burning Your First Disc With Toast This section describes the basic process of burning any disc with Toast To make a disc with Toast 1 Select the project category In the upper left region of the Toast window choose the category that matches the type of disc you want to make Data Put any file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes for use in a Mac PC or any computer See Making Data Discs on page 43 Audio Make an audio CD music
27. select DVD or DVD DL as your target media type Insert a blank recordable DVD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Working With Slideshows When creating a video disc each group of photos you add into the Content Area appears as a slideshow Each slideshow will have a button in the menu that will appear on your TV when you play the disc Slideshows can contain up to 99 photos You can rearrange duplicate remove or edit slideshows To rearrange slideshows 1 2 Select the slideshow you want to rearrange Drag the slideshow to a new position in the Content Area A black bar indicates where the slideshow will be placed Making Video Discs Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 97 To duplicate a slideshow Select a slideshow and choose Edit gt Duplicate To remove a slideshow 1 Select the slideshow you want to remove 2 You can remove selected slideshows in any of these ways m Click Remove m Press Delete Choose Edit gt Clear The slideshows and the photos within the slideshow are removed from the Content Area but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or from your iPhoto or Aperture library To edit the TV menu button text or graphic for a slideshow Select a slideshow and click Edit or double click on any slidesh
28. to disc To save the current project 1 Choose File gt Save 2 Typea file name and select a location to save to 3 Click Save Saved Toast disc projects end in disc To open a saved project 1 Choose File gt Open 2 Select the Toast project file you want to open 3 Click Open Tip You can browse to and quickly open the most recently used projects by choosing File gt Open Recent and clicking on a project You can also double click a Toast project to open it area If you move or delete any of the original items from your hard disk Toast may not be able to find them when you open the project To save a single file containing all source files you should save as a disc image See Saving Disc Images on page 35 Note Toast saves pointers for the files and folders in the content A A Getting Started with Toast Erasing Discs 29 Erasing Discs If you are using rewritable CD RW DVD RW DVD RW DVD RAM or BD RE media you can erase the entire contents of a disc and re record to it F Warning Erasing a disc cannot be undone eS To erase a rewritable disc Insert the disc into the recorder 1 Choose Recorder gt Erase 2 Choose the way you want to erase the disc m Quick Erase This erases the disc faster than the standard erase option but the disc can only be re recorded with Toast m Erase This erases the disc so it can be re recorded using any burning software Eject
29. window click Copy and choose Image File 2 Select the Mac and PC disc images to be merged into a new disc To select the Mac disc image click on the Select Mac Image button To select the PC disc image click on the Select ISO Image button 3 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 4 Click Record to continue Converting Audio and Video In this chapter Why convert audio and video Converting DVD Video Content Changing Copy Options Converting Video Files Converting Audio Files 126 127 128 129 131 125 126 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Why convert audio and video Audio and video files are available in a wide variety of formats While your computer may support a wide variety of these formats other devices and portable video players may only support a limited number Toast will help you convert audio and video while optimizing them for playback on a broad selection of portable devices including the iPod Toast offers wide range of conversions DVD Video Disc This project type allows you to take an unprotected DVD Video disc and convert the video to another format for use with a portable device You will have the opportunity to select individual movies and extras as well as select the audio language DVD Image File This project type allows you to convert a DVD Video image file to another video format for u
30. 1 For example renaming a file name in the Toast window does not rename the file on your hard disk but only on the finished disc that you are creating Removing a file from the Toast window does not delete the file from your hard disk but only on the finished disc that you are creating Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 or Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 To create a new folder in the Content Area m Click New Folder at the bottom of the Toast window To rearrange files or folders in the Content Area 1 Select the files or folders you want to rearrange 2 Drag and drop selected files or folders into new locations in the Content Area To rename a file or folder in the Content Area 1 Double click on a file or folder or select a file or folder and click Info at the bottom of the Toast window 2 Type anew name 3 Click OK You can also click on the name in the Content Area and wait a few seconds After a few moments the name will become highlighted and editable Type a new name and press Enter to accept the change or press Tab to change the next item To remove files or folders from the Content Area 1 Select the files or folders you want to remove Tip To select all the files choose Edit gt Select All 2 Remove the selected files or folders in any of these ways m Click Remove Press Delete Choose Edit gt Clear 52 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio co
31. 107 Making Video Discs Using Plug amp Burn 105 Add original photos Select this option to include a copy of the original full quality source photos from your slideshows in a separate folder on the disc This folder will be accessible when the DVD is used on a Macintosh or Windows computer 4 Click the Menu tab and choose the optional menu settings Menu Title Type a title for the main menu Menu Style Choose the style for the menu background image text and buttons DVDs made with Toast will have menus that contain buttons similar to the menus and buttons in a commercially produced DVD Your final disc allows you to navigate through menus and select buttons to play videos slideshows or playlists To create a disc with no menu choose No Menu as the style Number of Buttons Choose the number of buttons to appear on each menu Note Different menu styles have different options available for the number of buttons available on a single menu screen Toast adds a button to your menu for each video slideshow or playlist you add to the disc Each time you fill a menu with the maximum number of buttons as specified here Toast automatically creates a new menu Button Highlight Color Choose the highlight color that will be visible when a button is selected on your DVD Background Color Choose a color that will be used as your menu background color This will replace the background in any selected menu
32. Copying a Disc Image File You can copy a disc image file to CD DVD or Blu ray disc Toast supports many popular disc image file formats including but not limited to toast dmg img iso bin cue cdr sd2 and other third party formats To copy a disc image file to a CD DVD or Blu ray Disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Copy and choose Image File 2 Choose any optional settings Fit to DVD video compression If your original is a DVD Video image that is too large to fit onto a standard 4 7 GB recordable DVD selecting this option will compress it to fit on the copy See Changing Copy Options on page 114 3 Adda disc image file by dragging it from your hard disk into the Content Area or by clicking Select Insert a blank recordable disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it copies your disc 124 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Merging Disc Images Disc Image Merge is useful for software developers who need to produce cross platform Mac amp PC discs with unique content for each platform and who are producing unique images on each platform You can create your Mac disc image using Toast and you can create your PC disc image with popular PC software such as Roxio Creator 2009 1 At the left side of the Toast
33. DEO_TS Folders 2 Enable the Use Fit to DVD video compression option Fit to DVD automatically compresses the video to fit on a standard 4 7 GB recordable DVD Compressing may result in a slight reduction in video quality but will leave the audio quality unchanged Va Note Ifyou are recording to a dual layer DVD no compression willoccur 3 Drag and drop a VIDEO TS folder into the Content Area from your hard disk A summary of the information that will be copied appears in the content area 4 Click Copy Options to choose optional Fit to DVD settings You can choose to copy only the main movie with a specific language and audio format This will reduce the amount of compression required and maximize quality and available disc space See Changing Copy Options on page 114 Making Video Discs Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders 113 Note Ifyou would like to burn multiple DVD Video discs in succession you can add additional VIDEO_TS folders to the Content area and select the Copy Options for each of these Insert a blank recordable DVD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue Toast automatically adds an empty AUDIO_TS folder to the disc at burn time for improved compatibility with set top DVD players Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc If you are burning m
34. Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a Mac Volume Disc This type of disc can be used only on a Macintosh computer and requires a valid volume file as a data source You can use Mac Volume to copy an entire volume hard disk partition etc to a disc exactly as it is You cannot make a bootable Mac Volume disc For making a simple disc to use on a Macintosh computer use Mac Only format See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 To make a Mac Volume disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Mac Volume Note This format option is only visible if you have selected Show Legacy Formats and Settings in the Toast Preferences 2 Prepare the Macintosh files and folders for the disc by doing the following m Create a temporary partition on your hard disk See Creating a Temporary Partition on page 39 Drag and drop files into this new temporary partition to add them The Macintosh files and folders will be copied exactly to the disc including window sizes positions and View menu settings Be sure to prepare the volume carefully Click Select to add the Macintosh partition to the disc 4 Choose your temporary partition from the dialog and click OK Making Data Discs Making a Mac Volume Disc 67 You can also select local disc volumes that have the comment ok to write Other volumes are either remote or too large for a disc m Optimize On the Fly Select this option for To
35. TSC Create discs compatible with televisions in North America Japan and parts of South America and Asia m PAL Create discs compatible with televisions in much of Europe and Asia and parts of South America 3 Close the preferences Encoded items are temporarily stored in the Roxio Converted Items folder in your Documents folder These items are available for additional disc projects and will not need to be reencoded Temporary files can be very large and are automatically deleted when you quit Toast Va Note The original source content is not deleted from your hard disk You can configure your preferences to save these imported items for a longer time See Configuring when Roxio Converted Items is emptied on page 25 112 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders You can create a DVD from one or more existing DVD Video VIDEO_TS folders for playback on a set top DVD player or in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD drive and DVD playback software Some VIDEO_TS folders may be too large to fit on a standard recordable 4 7 GB DVD Toast can compress this video to fit on a standard DVD or if your recorder supports dual layer recordable DVDs you can create a dual layer DVD Video from this folder This is the best choice if you want to burn existing VIDEO_TS folders To make a DVD from a VIDEO_TS folder 1 At the top left side of the Toast window click Video and choose VI
36. W media so you should use CD R when creating an audio CD DVD Media If you have a DVD recorder you can use blank DVD recordable DVD R or DVD R media to create DVDs DVDs hold about 4 7 GB of information Some DVD recorders support dual layer recordable DVDs DVD R DL or DVD R DL which hold about 8 5 GB of information Some DVD recorders also support rewritable DVD RW or DVD RW media which can be erased and reused Although all types work well when creating DVDs to use on a computer most set top DVD players can only recognize some types You should check your DVD player documentation or search online to see which types the device supports 22 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Using low cost generic media can cause errors while burning or produce a disc that either is unrecognized by the player or plays back erratically Different brands of the same type can work differently in your recorder or playback device If you are having problems you may need to switch to a different brand or type for example if using DVD RW switch to DVD R Blu ray Disc Media If you have a Blu ray recorder you can use blank Blu ray disc BD R media to store data on Blu ray discs which hold about 25 GB of information Most Blu ray recorders also support dual layer Blu ray discs which hold about 50 GB of information Some Blu ray recorders also support rewritable BD RE media which can be erased and reused Much like creating DVDs
37. a button in the disc menu that you can choose to play the video You can duplicate rearrange remove or trim video See Working With Videos on page 98 for more information Y Note You can automatically import tape from a DV camcorder MES for your disc See Using Plug amp Burn on page 102 6 Insert a blank recordable disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Making Video Discs Making a Video CD or Super Video CD 91 Making a Video CD or Super Video CD Video CDs and Super Video CDs hold approximately 60 and 20 minutes of video or slideshows respectively and both offer good quality However menu navigation is limited for both These CDs can be played in most set top DVD players Consult your DVD player manual to see if it supports Video CD or Super Video CD playback Video CD This is the best choice for a video disc if you only have a CD recorder in your Mac Super Video CD This is the best choice for playback in a DVD player if you only have a CD recorder in your Mac To play on a computer you may need additional player software that supports Video CDs or Super Video CDs Search for VCD player at www versiontracker com for options To make a Video CD or Super Video CD 1 At the left side of the Toa
38. about 27 tape importing video from 102 temporary partitions creating 39 text custom menu text colors 105 TiVoToGo Transfers adding to a video disc 90 for Mac about 41 Toast about 12 installing 13 main window 15 projects saving and opening 28 registering 12 Toast Dynamic Writing about 70 ToastAnywhere feature 37 track information viewing and editing 76 Track At Once 75 about 27 tracks adding to playlists 81 crossfading 77 working with 75 working with in playlists 81 transitions between tracks 77 trimming video 99 TV standard changing 111 types of data discs 44 UDF discs creating 57 uncompressed PCM encoding format 79 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide Index 141 unmounting disc image files 36 WAV files adding to an audio disc 73 windows VCDs controlling display of 39 about 88 customizing background for See also video discs discs 50 verification option 27 write speed video selecting 26 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 options 109 video quality settings 108 VCDs 91 video discs 94 VIDEO_TS folders about DVDs created from 88 creating DVDs from 112 viewing disc information 34 track information 76 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 142
39. age m Other available languages and audio tracks will be selectable does not appear Instead you can select audio and language Y Note Ifyou set the Video option to Custom the Audio pop up options for each individual video Converting Audio and Video Converting Video Files 129 Converting Video Files Toast can convert video files to a variety of different types and export them to your hard disk To export video 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Convert and choose Video Files 2 Add video files to the project by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Note You can add content from your high definition AVCHD camcorder by choosing AVCHD Camcorder from the Media Browser Click the red Record button Choose the playback device of your choice or a conversion format Some of the options available include DV Creates a standard definition DV file that can be used with iDVD and iMovie DV 16 9 Creates a widescreen DV file that can be imported into iMovie HD Final Cut Pro or Express HDV 720p Creates a high definition DV file for use in iMovie HD or Final Cut HD projects Recommended if your content is HD 720p HDV 1080i Creates a high definition DV file for use in iMovie HD or Final Cut HD projects Recommended if your content is HD 1080i QuickTime Movie Offers full access to all possible QuickTime codecs selected from
40. ailable disc space To change copy options 1 Click Fit to DVD video compression and add your source to the Content Area 2 Click Copy Options 3 Select the Video pop up and choose the video to include All Select to copy all video All menus will be included m Main Select to include only the single longest running video Menus will not be included m Custom Select to choose the specific videos to be included Menus will not be included have a menu but the first video will play automatically when the disc is inserted If the disc contains multiple videos all videos will play continuously in sequence You may be able to use the Title menu in your DVD player to select a video Y Note Ifyou choose Main or Custom the copied disc will not ENA Ifthe Apple DVD Player software is installed on your Mac you can preview a video by clicking on the small Play button on the video thumbnail Languages Select which languages to include Minimizing the number of languages provides additional room on the DVD which can result in better video quality Making Video Discs Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders 115 4 Select the Audio pop up and choose the audio to include All Select to include all audio for each video Main Select to include only the primary audio for each video typically the highest quality Dolby Digital Secondary audio such as director s commentary or other audio formats such as PCM or DTS
41. aimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Roxio Toast 10 User Guide Legal Information Audio effect engine licensed by Algorithmix www algorithmix com algorithmix ADVANCED DSP TECHNOLOGIES VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH CD and music related data from Gracenote Inc copyright O 2000 2008 Gracenote Gracenote Software copyright O 2000 2008 Gracenote One or
42. aking an Audio CD 77 Working with Crossfades A crossfade is a transition from one track to the next In a crossfades the two adjacent tracks overlap each other and the first track fades out while the second fades in You can define a crossfade between any two adjacent tracks in your track list Like all editing features in Toast crossfades are nondestructive To create a crossfade 1 Create an audio CD project and add your audio tracks to the Content Area See Making an Audio CD on page 74 2 Click on the crossfade column in the area directly to the right of a single track in your project and select the desired crossfade effect Tip Double click a track to display additional crossfade options as well as other audio options such as track trimming and advanced mastering options 3 After setting all crossfades continue creating your audio CD as usual 78 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a Music DVD A Music DVD can be played in a set top DVD player or in a Macintosh or a Windows computer with a DVD player A Music DVD should not be confused with a DVD Audio disc DVD Audio discs require a special DVD player A Music DVD is a standard DVD that contains music and can also contain photo slideshows and videos has full navigation menus for song selection and can be played in any set top DVD player A standard Music DVD can contain over 50 hours of music with Dolby Digital sound If your recorder support
43. an automatically import video from your DV camcorder using the Plug amp Burn feature You can import the entire tape or only a portion of the tape After importing you can immediately start recording your disc or add other video or slideshows from your hard disk before recording When you play your completed video disc you see a menu containing a button for each video you imported To import video 1 Start a new Video CD Super Video CD DVD Video or Blu ray Video project m See Making a Video CD or Super Video CD on page 91 See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 Choose any optional disc settings before beginning the Plug amp Burn Connect your DV camcorder to your computer via a Firewire cable and set it to playback VCR mode In a few seconds a camcorder icon appears in the Content Area Use the camera controls next to the camcorder icon to fast forward or rewind to the point where you want to begin importing If you want to import from the beginning of the tape skip this step Click Import Making Video Discs Using Plug amp Burn 103 5 Choose Plug amp Burn options Clip Description Enter text for the menu button on the TV menu for this video m Import Select the amount of video in minutes you want to import Choose Entire Tape to import all the video on the DV tape Rewind Tape Current Position Choose Rewind Tape to automatically rewind to the beginning of the tape before im
44. arker blue is excluded from the finished disc The original video on your hard disk is unaffected Click Done Note Editing TiVo and EyeTV recordings or video from your Y AVCHD camcorder will launch in the Toast Video Player and allow you to edit your video Once your editing has been completed you will be taken back to Toast with your edited video Your original file will never be modified You can duplicate a video and have different trim marks for each copy To set chapter markers 1 2 3 Select a video and click Edit or double click on any video Click the Video tab Some video files may not have a Video tab Click the pull down Chapters menu and select one of the following m None Select this option to have no chapter markers on the disc Automatic Select this option to use chapter markers set in iMovie This option also assigns chapters markers based on Making Video Discs Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 101 scenes detected during Plug amp Burn video import for DVD See Using Plug amp Burn on page 102 Minutes Select this option to assign chapters at fixed time intervals To include a scene menu on the disc based on the chapter markers you have added choose the Include scene menus for video option in the Disc Settings See Video Disc Settings on page 104 Click Done 102 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Using Plug amp Burn When creating a video disc you c
45. ast to automatically defragment the data and organize it on the disc prior to recording This is recommended only for Mac OS Standard volumes Selecting this option for a Mac OS Extended volume creates a standard volume all long file names and extended attributes will be lost Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 7 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a Photo Disc This type of disc can be used in either a Macintosh or Windows computer It allows you to create a multi purpose photo disc which you can use to perform these tasks m Archive your original photos without conversion time or any loss of quality Automatically generate high quality slideshows that can be viewed on both the Mac and PC without installing any special software Easily share photos with Mac or PC users in a standard format than can be used in printing kiosks or by retail photo finishers To make a Photo disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Photo Disc 2 Choose optional disc settings 3 Add pictures to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Photos section of the Media Browser 4 Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Bl
46. at maximize quality and fit the most content on the disc Variable bit rate encoding is used for video Dolby Digital 192 kHz is used for audio and aspect ratio is determined automatically from the source videos Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 94 7 Custom Encoding Choose this option to manually set video and audio encoding options Click on the current settings to modify them See Disc Encoding Settings on page 108 for more information Video Quality Toast must compress video to fit onto the disc Choose the quality you want to have for the compressed video Better quality takes longer to process m Good Suitable for simple video such as people talking fastest processing time Better Suitable for most video average processing time m Best Suitable for complex video such as fast motion slowest processing time Menu Style Choose the style for the menu background image text and buttons Auto Play disc on insert Select this option to automatically play the first video or slideshow when this disc is inserted into a set top player The main menu is not displayed but is accessible by choosing the MENU button on the player s remote control Play all items continuously Select this option to automatically play each video or slideshow on the disc without first returning to the main menu Click More for additional disc settings See Video Disc Settings on page 104 Add photo or video files to
47. audio will be excluded Note Ifyou set the Video option to Custom the Audio pop up does not appear Instead you can select audio and language options for each individual video Note When you remove audio or languages the audio setup menu and secondary audio on the copied disc may not behave as expected However the main audio and video should operate as expected For best results choose All As you make your selections the amount of compression and the video quality indicator change If you choose to include only the main movie or reduce the number of languages and audio the indicator shows improved quality for the resulting DVD 5 Click OK to continue and proceed with your copy 116 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a VIDEO_TS Compilation You can create a DVD by compiling multiple DVD Video VIDEO TS folders onto one disc and play it on a set top DVD player or in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD player Some VIDEO_TS folders may be too large to fit on a standard recordable 4 7 GB DVD Toast can compress this video to fit on a standard DVD or if your recorder supports dual layer recordable DVDs you can create a dual layer DVD Video from this folder This is the best choice if you have multiple VIDEO_TS folders that you want to compress on one DVD Video disc To make a VIDEO_TS Compilation disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Video and choose VIDEO_TS Folder Compila
48. ck up general data files and folders such as documents photos and spreadsheets to use at a later time only on a Mac Back up general data files and folders to use at a later time ona Mac or a PC Archive and share photos from my iPhoto library or any other pictures with friends and family Listen to music from my iTunes library in my home or car stereo CD player Listen to music from my iTunes library in my DVD player Watch slideshows and video on my TV my Mac has a DVD burner Make a DVD from an existing VIDEO_TS folder and compress it to fit on the disc Burn HD video to a standard DVD for playback on a Blu ray Disc player Use this disc format Data gt Mac Only See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 Data gt Mac amp PC See Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 Data gt Photo Disc See Making a Photo Disc on page 68 Audio gt Audio CD See Making an Audio CD on page 74 Audio gt Music DVD See Making a Music DVD on page 78 Video gt DVD Video See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 Video gt DVD from VIDEO_TS See Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders on page 112 Video gt Blu ray Video See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 20 I want to Use this disc format Copy a CD DVD or Blu ray disc to Copy gt CD DVD Copy See another disc Copying a Disc on page 121 Create a high definition Blu ray VIDEO
49. d Click OK when you are finished Other Toast and Popcorn users will now be able to request access to your recorder provided that Toast is running on your machine and your recorder is not in use To record from Toast to a shared recorder 1 Set up your disc project as you normally would 2 At the bottom of the Toast window click the Recording Options button A list appears displaying names of any recorders connected to your system and any shared recorders on the same local network 3 Choose the name of a shared recorder To access a shared recorder at any location on the Internet choose Other Shared Recorder A dialog appears where you can enter an IP address 4 Ifthe person who is sharing their recorder set a password enter the password in the dialog box that appears 5 Click the red Record button The person sharing their recorder will be prompted to insert a blank disc Toast displays a progress bar as it records your disc over the network 38 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Comparing Files or Folders You can compare the contents of files or folders to see if they match You might do this to double check that the original files are identical to a copy you made of them Compare differs from the verification that Toast performs after recording a disc Verification only compares source data to a recorded disc while Compare can compare any two data sets such as two files folders or hard disks Compar
50. dd audio files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser You can adjust pauses between tracks as well as preview rearrange rename and remove tracks from the Content Area See Working With Tracks on page 75 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Mac amp PC 4 Add files and folders to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Insert a blank recordable CD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 7 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 86 Making Video Discs In this chapter What is a Video Disc Types of Video Discs Overview of Making a Video Disc Making a Video CD or Super Video CD Making a DVD or BD Video Disc Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders Making a VIDEO_TS Compilation Making a BDMV Folder Disc Creating an AVCHD Archive 88 88 89 91 93 112 116 117 117 87 88 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com What is a Video Disc A video disc is a CD DVD or Blu ray disc that contains photos or video files Video discs are meant to be played in a set top player and can also be used in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD or Blu ray player and appropriat
51. ders to this project type they will be all be processed in the order they appear in the project window This is the best choice if you have one or more existing VIDEO_TS folders that you wish to burn as a DVD Video See Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders on page 112 Making Video Discs Overview of Making a Video Disc Blu ray Video This Blu ray Disc can be played in a set top Blu ray player including the Sony PlayStation 3 Blu ray video discs can contain hours of high definition video This is the best choice for high definition video playback if you have a Blu ray player See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 High Definition on DVD This type of disc is created in the Blu ray Video project but allows you to burn high definition video to a standard DVD disc for playback in HD on a set top Blu ray Disc Player This type of disc is also known as a AVCHD disc BDMV Folder This is a Blu ray video disc which is created by using a valid BDMV video folder generated by another application V Note Blu ray BDMV video authoring functionality requires purchase of the BD plug in See www roxio com for more information Overview of Making a Video Disc This section describes the basic process of making any video disc with Toast 1 On the left side of the Toast window click Video and choose the disc format For example choose DVD Video Choose any optional settings Add photo or video files to the disc by
52. dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser or by clicking the Add button at the bottom of the Media Browser window Tip To use the Media Browser choose Window gt Show Media Browser or press Ctrl S From the Media Type pull down menu choose the type of media you want to browse For example to browse your DVD Video discs or Video_TS folders choose DVD You can also use the Media Browser to browse and add other files such as TV shows recorded by EyeTV or transferred from your TiVo DVR See Using the Media Browser on page 23 89 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide 90 www roxio com You can add any QuickTime supported video files such as DV AVI MOV HDV 1080i 720p and MPEG 4 You can also add files that QuickTime doesn t support such as iMovie HD projects MPEG 2 Eye TV recorded shows and TiVoToGo transfers To add an iMovie 08 project first save your project in iMovie Next select Share gt Media Browser and ensure that the Large size is selected After clicking Publish your project will be available under Movies in the Media Browser Each group of photos you add into the Content Area appears as a slideshow Each slideshow will have a button in the disc menu that you can choose to play the slideshow You can duplicate rearrange remove or edit slideshows See Working With Slideshows on page 96 for more information Each video you add into the Content Area will have
53. e data at a later time See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 Getting Started with Toast Changing Recorder Settings 27 m Verify Data Select this option to verify that the contents of the recorded disc match the source files and folders on your hard disk Simulation Mode Select this option if you want to simulate the process of recording a disc You might do this to make sure that the write speed you have selected is appropriate for your computer Buffer Underrun Prevention Select this option to turn on buffer underrun prevention A buffer underrun error occurs when your hard disk is unable to send data fast enough to the recorder while recording causing the blank disc to be unusable This option is available only if your recorder supports buffer underrun prevention DAO TAO DAO Disc At Once audio recording allows pauses of varying lengths of up to 8 seconds between tracks This option also allows for CD TEXT TAO Track At Once recording requires a pause of 2 seconds between all tracks Display Recorder Settings Before Writing Select this check box if you want to display the Recorder Settings dialog each time you click the red Record button Click the last tab to see information about the currently selected recorder When you are finished click OK 28 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Saving and Opening Toast Projects You can save a Toast project and open it at a later time for recording
54. e playlist is playing if that track has no album artwork If no graphic is selected for the button the default button graphic Toast provides will appear 5 Click Done To add tracks to a playlist Drag tracks onto a playlist from the Media Browser or your hard disk A black rectangle around the playlist indicates that the tracks will be added To remove reorder rename or add album art to tracks in a playlist 1 Select a playlist and click Edit or double click on any playlist 2 Click the Playlist tab and do one of the following To remove tracks select a track and click Remove The tracks are removed from the playlist but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or your iTunes library To reorder tracks drag the track to a new position in the track list A black bar between tracks indicates where the track will be placed At the top of the track list is a button to toggle between large and small track rows for easier navigation To rename tracks click the information in the track that you want to rename After a moment the name will become highlighted and editable Type a new name and click in the next track to accept the change This information appears on the TV screen while a track is playing To add album artwork drag and drop an image file from your hard disk from your Media Browser or from a web page to the area that says Drag Album Artwork Here This artwork appears on the TV screen while t
55. e checks each individual file when comparing the data while verification compares only blocks of data Both are accurate but Compare is more precise and can usually tell you exactly which file is missing or damaged To compare folders or files 1 Choose Utilities gt Compare 2 Choose whether you want to compare folders or files from the pop up Compare Folders Compares any two folders hard disks or discs m Compare Files Compares any two files Click Original Select the original data you want to compare and click Choose Click Copy Select the copied data you want to compare and click Choose Click Start N GD OF Bb Q You will see a progress bar that tracks the comparison Any data that is in the original but missing from the copy will appear in the list Using Other Toast Features Creating a Temporary Partition 39 Creating a Temporary Partition You can create a temporary partition on your hard disk that can be used to set up data you want to record to a disc Temporary partitions allow you to have better control over the layout of your data and how its windows are arranged and displayed To create a temporary partition 1 Choose Utilities gt Create Temporary Partition 2 Enter the size for the partition Choose a size that is appropriate for the disc that you intend to make from the partition For example 650 MB is suitable for a CD and 4300 MB is suitable for a DVD 3 Choose the file system forma
56. e red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 5 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Creating an AVCHD Archive This project makes it easy to back up and archive the content of an entire AVCHD camera across one or more discs AVCHD camcorders are capable of storing much more video than can traditionally be recorded on a single DVD and in many cases more than on a single Blu ray Disc In addition to spanning your video across multiple DVD or Blu ray discs each of the discs created can be used as an AVCHD video source in applications such as Toast and iMovie These applications will treat each disc as if it was an AVCHD camcorder 118 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com To create an AVCHD Archive 1 At the top left of the Toast window click Video and choose AVCHD Archive Connect your AVCHD camcorder to your computer via the USB connection and ensure it is set to the proper mode so your Mac can access the video On most camcorders this is the Playback mode It is also suggested that you have AC power connected to the camcorder and in some cases required by the camcorder itself Select your AVCHD source in the pulldown menu AVCHD camcorders typically appear as a removable volume or drive Insert a blank recordable DVD or BD disc Click the red Record button choose a record
57. e software Types of Video Discs Toast can create many kinds of video discs more than any other Mac burning software Video CD VCD This CD can be played in most set top DVD players A VCD holds approximately 60 minutes of video or slideshows and offers good quality but menu navigation is limited Playing VCDs on a computer usually requires additional player software This is the best choice if you only have a CD recorder on your computer See Making a Video CD or Super Video CD on page 91 Super Video CD SVCD This CD can be played in some set top DVD players An SVCD holds approximately 20 minutes of video or slideshows and offers better quality but menu navigation is limited Playing SVCDs on a computer usually requires additional player software See Making a Video CD or Super Video CD on page 91 DVD Video This DVD can be played in a set top DVD player or ina Macintosh or a Windows computer with a DVD player A DVD can hold between 2 and 5 hours of video or slideshows and offers the best quality and full navigation menus This is the best choice for playback ina DVD player See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 DVD Video from VIDEO_TS folders This DVD can be played in a set top DVD player or in a Macintosh or Windows computer with a DVD player It is created from an existing DVD VIDEO_TS folder and offers compression features to fit a large folder onto a standard recordable 4 7 GB DVD If you add multiple VIDEO_TS fol
58. e to add data to this CD until you have exceeded its capacity or until you choose Write Disc to close it You can append the sessions so they appear as a single icon on your Desktop A Note You cannot make multi session DVDs or Blu ray discs 10 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc If you have inserted a previously recorded ISO CD that was left open for additional sessions You will be prompted with Multisession recording options Ignore Existing Sessions Adds the new data to a new session ALL old data will be inaccessible Append To Session Adds the new data to the existing session both new and old data will be accessible Incremental Backup Adds only new data that has changed from the old session both new and old data will be accessible Importing ISO Sessions You can import a session from a previously recorded ISO CD To import a session 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose ISO 9660 2 To configure the ISO disc click Select 3 Insert the CD with the previously recorded session into your recorder Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc 61 4 Click Import and choose Import Session If there 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 Ifyou import a session oth
59. e when you re viewing the contents of your finished disc on a Mac or PC When playing back your DVD ona set top player these additional files will be ignored by the DVD player To add files to a DVD Video disc 1 At the top left of the Toast window click Data and choose the DVD ROM UDF project Add files or folders to the project by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Click the Video category and select DVD Video Create your DVD Video project but do not begin recording to disc yet For more information on creating a DVD Video project see Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 Click on the More button to bring up options for your DVD Video project On the Disc tab ensure that the option titled Add data content checked and then click OK Insert a blank recordable DVD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue 108 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Disc Encoding Settings When creating a Music DVD DVD Video or Blu ray video you can choose various options for the video and audio encoding Some of the more common settings are also available in the Options area below the disc formats The Disc Settings dialog contains these common options and more To change the Encoding Settings 1 Start a new Music DVD or Video Disc project
60. edge base for Toast Disc Spanning 55 56 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com To restore files and folders from a Mac amp PC disc set using Windows 1 Insert any disc from the set into a PC running Windows 2000 or higher Roxio Restore opens automatically You will see a directory of every folder and file in the disc set in the same order and hierarchy as they were when you recorded the discs Tip Ifthe application does not launch automatically browse to your disc drive and double click Roxio Restore Browse to the file or folder you want to restore select the item and click Restore If the desired file or folder is not on the current disc Roxio Restore prompts you to insert the correct disc You can also restore the entire disc set Making Data Discs Making a DVD ROM Disc 37 Making a DVD ROM Disc This type of disc can be used on a Macintosh or a Windows computer if it contains valid DVD Video content it can also be used in a set top DVD player This disc format is best if you have a VIDEO_TS folder and wish to add additional DVD ROM data content If you have a VIDEO_TS folder and you wish to create a DVD Video and optionally compress the folder to fit on a DVD you should use the DVD Video from VIDEO_TS disc format See Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders on page 112 To make a DVD ROM disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose DVD ROM UDE 2 Drag and d
61. ent disc icon and choose Edit gt Paste 4 Click OK 5 Click the red Record button The disc is recorded with the custom icon To set a custom background 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 or Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 2 Inthe options area on the left side of the Toast window click More The data disc settings dialog appears and the current disc background is shown 3 Change the background m Color Select Color and click the colored rectangle for a Colors palette The top of the Colors palette contains several buttons to display color options such as a box of crayons Choose the background color you want and click OK m Picture Select Picture and click Select to choose a picture or other image file from your hard disk Choose the background picture you want and click Choose 4 Click OK 5 Click the red Record button The disc is recorded with a custom background Working With Data Content If you are creating a Mac Only or Mac amp PC data disc after you have added files or folders to the data Content Area you can organize them in different ways such as creating new sub folders rearranging their order renaming items and removing items The files and folders in the Content Area are only references to the original source data Any changes to the Content Area do not affect the source data on your hard disk Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 5
62. er from the list and configure any optional recording settings Click Record to continue If more than one blank disc is required you will prompted with the total number of discs required before recording begins Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Note You can enable the option to Save Video Preview in Movies Folder This will create a low resolution preview version of your video inside your Movies folder so you can quickly browse archived AVCHD video on your hard disk instead of searching through multiple discs for the right video Copying Discs In this chapter Types of Copies Overview of Making a Copy Copying a Disc Copying a Disc Image File Merging Disc Images 120 120 121 123 124 119 120 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Types of Copies Toast can copy many kinds of discs and image files more than any other Mac burning software Disc Copy Copy a non protected CD DVD or Blu ray disc to another disc This is the best choice for most copies See Copying a Disc on page 121 Image File Copy a disc image file to a CD DVD or Blu ray disc See Copying a Disc Image File on page 123 Disc Image Merge Merges a Mac disc image and a PC disc image into a hybrid disc copy See Merging Disc Images on page 124 Note You can copy CD ROM XA source files and CD i disc image files to disc To show these projects you will need to enable the Sh
63. er than the most recent one you won t be able to see any data from the sessions written after the one you have imported 6 Choose how you want the session imported Merged The contents of the old session are merged with the new contents Put into a directory The contents of the old session go into a folder 7 Click OK The imported session appears in the ISO directory window Files already written on the CD are marked with a small CD icon by their name You can now add remove move and rename files and folders When you record the disc to conserve space the items that you imported are not rewritten to the CD again the directory structure is simply altered to match your changes To remove an imported session prior to recording m Click Import and choose Remove Imported Session All the files and folders from the imported session are removed from the window leaving only new data that you may have added ISO Disc Naming Options Toast automatically modifies file or folder names so they conform to the ISO naming options you choose The ISO Files tab lists the modified name along with the original name in gray You can use the standard Edit gt Copy command to copy the list of files from the Files tab to review which items Toast has modified 62 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com There are several naming options ISO 9660 Level 1 This is the original ISO naming format and is fairly restrictive Le
64. g audio but use more disc space Toast uses 192 kbps by default Dynamic Range Compression Enabling dynamic range compression reduces the range between loud and soft sounds in order to make dialogue more audible especially when listening at low volume levels PCM audio should be used if you want to maintain 100 fidelity and only if the audio source is already uncompressed PCM such as tracks on an audio CD or a high quality audio recording If the audio files are already compressed such as MP3 or AAC songs in your iTunes library do not use PCM t will not improve the sound quality Toast records PCM at 48 kHz 16 bit levels or 48 KHz 24 bit levels which are higher than standard CD quality Audio that has been recorded at 96 kHz 24 bit is downsampled automatically unless you choose the 96 kHz 24 bit option which maintains the higher quality but significantly reduces disc space When you choose PCM any existing Dolby Digital audio files will be passed through without reconverting to PCM 7 Click OK ZTA Note You can also click Reset Defaults if you want to reset the video and audio encoding to the default settings when Toast was first installed The Toast Preferences contains options for setting the appropriate TV standard for your video discs Making Video Discs Using Plug amp Burn 111 To change TV standard preferences 1 Choose Toast gt Preferences 2 Choose the TV Standard m N
65. gs You can view or change your recorder settings such as which recorder to use the number of copies to record and what Toast does after recording is complete To change Recorder Settings 1 Click the Recording Options pull down menu and choose Recorder Settings The recorder settings also appear when you click the red Record button Click the Basic tab to change basic recording settings including Recorder Select the recorder you want to use Write Speed Select the recording speed By default Toast will use the best speed which is the fastest speed that your recorder and the blank media both support For example if your DVD recorder supports 1x 2x 4x and 8x and the blank disc only supports 1x and 2x then Toast will record at 2x speeds To choose a specific write speed first insert the blank disc into your recorder After a few seconds the pop up will list all speeds available for your recorder and the current blank media Number of Copies Enter the number of copies of the disc you want to make Toast will prompt you for blank discs after each copy Click the Advanced tab to change advanced recording settings including After Writing Select what you want to do with the disc after recording it Toast can mount the disc on the Desktop eject the disc or prompt you for either Write Session Write Disc Select the session option if you are creating data CDs and wish to leave the disc open to add mor
66. gt Blu ray Disc See Making video disc for watching on a Blu a DVD or BD Video Disc on ray Disc player page 93 m For all data disc formats see Types of Data Discs on page 44 For all audio disc formats see Types of Audio Discs on page 72 m For all video disc formats see Types of Video Discs on page 88 For all copy formats see Types of Copies on page 120 m For all convert formats see Converting Audio and Video on page 125 Getting Started with Toast About Media About Media Toast supports CD DVD and Blu ray media types CD CD RW DVD R RW DVD R DL dual layer DVD R RW DVD R DL double layer DVD RAM cartridgeless BD R RE BD R RE DL dual layer The type you should choose depends on the capabilities of your recorder and playback device if applicable v4 Note You can view information about a blank disc such as the speeds supported and the manufacturer media ID and compare this information to online sources such as www nomorecoasters com to determine if the media is reputable See Viewing Information about a Disc on page 34 CD Media If you have a CD recorder you can use blank CD recordable CD R media to create CDs CDs typically hold 700 MB of information Most CD recorders also support rewritable CD RW media which can be erased and reused Although both CD R and CD RW media work well when creating discs for use on a computer most home and car stereo players cannot recognize CD R
67. he disc format For example choose Audio CD 2 Choose any optional settings 3 Add audio files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser or by clicking the Add button at the bottom of the Media Browser window Tip To use the Media Browser choose Window gt Show Media Browser or press Ctrl S From the Media Type pull down menu choose the type of media you want to browse For example to browse your iTunes library choose Audio To browse other audio files choose Files See Using the Media Browser on page 23 You can add any non protected QuickTime supported audio files such as AIFF MP3 WAV AAC and even MOV You can also add audio files that QuickTime doesn t support such as Dolby Digital AC3 OGG and FLAC Insert a blank recordable CD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc 74 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making an Audio CD This disc can be played in most home or car stereo CD players set top DVD players and computers This is similar to a standard commercial CD you can purchase in music stores This is the best choice for playback in a CD player To make an Audio CD 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose Audio CD 2
68. he track is playing 81 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 82 If the track already has album artwork in iTunes it will appear here There are several utilities that can automatically add album artwork to tracks in your iTunes library Search for iTunes art at www versiontracker com for options You do not need to add album artwork to each track If the track has no album artwork the button graphic from the DVD menu will be displayed instead during playback 3 Click Done Making Audio Discs Making an MP3 Disc Making an MP3 Disc This disc can be played in home or car stereo MP3 Disc players some set top DVD players and most Macintosh and Windows computers A typical audio CD can hold over 70 minutes of music while an MP3 CD can hold over 10 hours and an MP3 DVD can hold over 50 hours However an MP3 disc has limited menu capabilities for navigation so finding a particular song can be difficult and they can only be played on devices that support MP3 CD or DVD playback A Music DVD is the best choice for high capacity full menu navigation and universal playback See Making a Music DVD on page 78 To make an MP3 Disc 1 2 5 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose MP3 Disc Add MP3 files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser You can add any existing MP3 file Toast does not create MP3 audio files To c
69. hoose Manual if you do not want the slideshow to automatically advance and only want to manually advance the slideshow Some players may not support Manual for advancing images 4 Click Done Working With Videos When you play your completed video disc you see a menu containing a button for each video that was added to the Content Area You can rearrange duplicate and remove videos You can trim a video file to determine which portion of the video Toast records to disc This does not affect the original video file on your hard disk You can add chapters to a video disc and during playback you can use the chapter buttons on your player s remote control to advance or rewind the video To rearrange videos 1 Select the video you want to rearrange 2 Drag the video to a new position in the Content Area A black bar indicates where the video will be placed Making Video Discs Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 99 To duplicate a video Select a video and choose Edit gt Duplicate To remove a video 1 Select the video you want to remove 2 Remove the selected video in any of these ways m Click Remove m Press Delete Choose Edit gt Clear The video is removed from the Content Area but the original is not deleted from your hard disk or your Movies folder To edit the TV menu button text or graphic for a video 1 Select a video and click Edit or double click on any video 2 Click the Text tab and edit the text 3 Clic
70. ing a Disc You can eject a disc from a recorder in any of these ways m Choose Recorder gt Eject m Click the Eject button to the left of the recorder name In the Recorder Settings dialog click Eject m Drag the disc icon from the Desktop to the Trash in the Dock 30 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Toast It Desktop Burning Toast It helps you easily send files or folders to Toast from anywhere on your Desktop or in any folder on your hard disk Toast does not need to be running to use Toast It the software will be launched automatically Toast It automatically chooses the best disc format depending on the source file or folder For example if your source is audio files Toast It will select the Audio CD format If your source is a DVD Video VIDEO_TS folder Toast It will select the DVD from Video_TS format Note The Toast Setup Assistant installs the Toast It and Mount It menu item by default To use Toast It 1 Select files or folders on your Desktop or in any folder on your hard disk 2 Press the Ctrl key and click the selected files or folders A pop up menu appears 3 From the pop up menu choose More and select Toast It The files or folders are sent to Toast Choose Toast It for a disc image if you want to record it to a disc You can also choose Mount It from the pop up menu if you just want to mount the image To turn Toast It on or off 1 Choose Toast Titanium gt Preferences
71. ing when Roxio Converted Items is emptied on page 25 Video Disc Settings When creating a Music DVD DVD Video or Blu ray video disc you can choose various options for the disc content and menus Some of the more common settings are also available in the Options area below the disc formats The Disc Settings dialog contains these common options and more To change the DVD Settings 1 Start a new Music DVD or Video Disc project m See Making a Music DVD on page 78 m See Making a DVD or BD Video Disc on page 93 At the left side of the Toast window click More 3 Click the Disc tab and choose the optional disc settings Disc Name Type a name for the disc This name is visible when you insert the disc into a Macintosh or Windows computer Auto Play disc on insert Select this option to automatically play the first video slideshow or playlist when this disc is inserted into a player The main menu is not displayed but you can access it by pressing the MENU button on the player s remote control Play all items continuously Select this option to automatically play each video slideshow or playlist on the disc in sequence without returning to the main menu in between Add data content Select this option to include any additional data in the ROM portion of the disc This data will be accessible when the disc is used on a Macintosh or Windows computer For more information see Adding ROM data to a DVD Video Disc on page
72. io Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com DVD camcorders Toast includes special support for these discs which normally are not usable in the Mac OS Insert these discs in your recorder while Toast is running and then import video from them with the Media Browser Na Note You can also access discs from set top DVD recorders or E AS File Browser Browse files and folders on your local hard disk external discs or connected network volumes m Spotlight Search for files or folders by entering a search term in the text field at the bottom of the Media Browser window m Web Video With this category selected in the Media Browser you ll be able to view and add video from many flash based video sharing sites to your project When browsing audio photos movies or DVDs you can filter the media list by choosing a playlist album video or specific DVD title or chapter from the second pop up menu allows you to navigate folders on your system When Spotlight is selected the second and third pop up menus allow you to narrow your search to a specific location or media type Y Note When the File Browser is selected the second pop up menu SEA Select any item in the file list and drag it to the Content Area to add it to a disc project or click the Add button at the bottom of the Media Browser You can select multiple items by holding down the Command Apple key while clicking and then drag the entire selection to the Con
73. ion Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby laboratories This product contains one or more programs protected under international and U S copyright laws as unpublished works They are confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories Their reproduction or disclosure in whole or in part or the production of derivative works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited Copyright 1992 1997 by Dolby Laboratories Inc All rights reserved Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories OO poresy DIGITAL STEREO CREATOR Roxio Toast 10 User Guide Legal Information MPEG Layer 3 audio compression technology licensed by Coding Technologies Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen Ogg Vorbis audio compression technology provided courtesy of the Xiph Org Foundation libvorbis and libogg Copyright c 1994 2004 Xiph org Foundation THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS
74. isc Cover 2 RE Disc Labeling Software Disc Cover RE creates stunning disc labels and case covers for printing or laser etching to LightScribe and Labelflash enabled drives and media GetBackup 2 RE Backup Software GetBackup RE helps you schedule backup sessions to any hard drive or networked device CD DVD or Blu ray Disc and provides intelligent folder synchronization Streamer Video Streaming Software Watch shows and movies captured on your EyeTV tuner or other sources streamed to your iPhone or iPod Touch Using Other Toast Features Toast Extras 41 TiVoToGo Transfers for Mac Transfer recorded television shows to your Mac from a TiVo Series2 Series3 or TiVo HD DVR connected to your home network Watch them on your Mac burn them to a DVD or convert them to your iPod or PSP For more information on TiVoToGo Transfers for Mac visit http www roxio com enu support toast tivo Note You can view documentation for each of these applications Va online by choosing Help from within the application Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 42 Making Data Discs In this chapter What is a Data Disc Types of Data Discs Overview of Making a Data Disc Making a Mac Only Disc Making a Mac amp PC Disc Making a DVD ROM Disc Making an ISO 9660 Disc Making a Custom Hybrid Disc Making a Mac Volume Disc Making a Photo Disc 44 44 45 46 52 57 58 64 66 68 43 44 Roxio Toast 10 User G
75. k the Video tab to edit the button graphic Some video files may not have a Video tab To edit the button graphic for these files click OK and then click the existing button graphic in the Content Area Use the slider to select the video frame you want as the graphic 4 Choose the frame of video you want to use as a button picture Press the Play button to play the video When you find the video frame you want click Pause You can also drag the playhead back or forth to preview the video until you find the video frame that you want 5 Click Set Button Picture 6 Click Done To trim or edit portions of video 1 Select a video and click Edit or double click on any video 2 Click the Video tab 100 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Some video files may not have a Video tab and these files cannot be cropped In the preview window set the area to trim by manipulating the Trim markers which are small triangles at the start and end of the blue bar below the video Drag the start marker to the right to mark the beginning of the video You can also click on the marker and use the right arrow key for more precise placement Drag the end marker to the left to mark the end of the video You can also click on the marker and use the left arrow key for more precise placement The video between the start and end marker the lighter blue is included on the finished disc at recording time The area outside of the markers the d
76. lling Toast Toast will prompt you to enter the administrator password Once you have done this you no longer need to enter the password to mount an image file If you do not have administrator privileges you will not be able to mount image files with Toast To mount an image file from the menu 1 Choose Utilities gt Mount Disc Image 2 Select the image file you want to open 3 Click Choose An icon of a disc appears on your Desktop when the image is mounted To mount an image file with Mount It m Control click on the image file and choose More and select Mount It Toast does not have to be running to mount the image To unmount an image file m Drag the disc icon on the Desktop to the Trash in the Dock Warning Do not drag the disc image file to the Trash unless you want to delete the image file from your hard disk Using Other Toast Features ToastAnywhere Recorder Sharing 37 ToastAnywhere Recorder Sharing The ToastAnywhere feature helps you share CD DVD or Blu ray recorders across a network or the Internet with other users An entire office or home network can use a single recorder To share your recorder with other users over a network 1 Choose Toast gt Preferences 2 Click the Sharing tab 3 Click Start 4 Ifyou want to establish a password that users must type in to access the recorder connected to your computer click Require Password A dialog box prompts you to enter the passwor
77. m Making a Custom Hybrid Disc This type of disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windows computer and offers powerful layout customization options for professionals such that m Certain Macintosh data will be visible only to Macintosh users m Certain Windows data will be visible only to Windows users m Users of both Macintosh and Windows can share some data To make a simple cross platform disc to use on Macintosh or Windows computers use Mac amp PC format See Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 To make a Custom Hybrid disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Custom Hybrid Va Note This format is only visible if you have selected Show Legacy Formats and Settings in the Toast Preferences 2 Prepare the Macintosh files and folders for the disc by doing the following m Create a temporary partition on your hard disk See Creating a Temporary Partition on page 39 m Drag and drop files into this new temporary partition to add them The items you add here will only be visible on a Macintosh computer unless they are also included in the ISO portion of the disc In this case they are visible on both Macintosh and Windows computers The Macintosh files and folders will be copied exactly to the disc including window sizes positions and View menu settings Be sure to prepare the volume carefully Click Select Mac to add the Macintosh partition to the disc 4 Choose your temp
78. m Making a Mac amp PC Disc This type of disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windows computer This is the best choice for sharing files and folders with most computer users To make a Mac amp PC disc At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Mac amp PC 1 2 Choose optional disc settings Auto open disc window Select this option to automatically open the main window of the disc when it is inserted into a Macintosh HFS Standard Select this option to create a disc that can be used on Mac OS 8 1 or earlier Do not select this option for discs to be used on Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X Note This option is only visible if Show Legacy Formats and Settings is checked in the Toast Preferences Click More for additional optional settings Disc Name Type a name for the disc Layout Choose the default Finder view for this disc icon list or browser Icon Choose a custom icon for the disc See Custom Icons and Backgrounds on page 49 Background Choose a custom background color or picture for the disc See Custom Icons and Backgrounds on page 49 Add files and folders to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Choose which files and folders will appear on the Mac and on the PC by clicking the Mac and PC check boxes By default all files and folders are included If you choose to exclude a folder all of the contents within the f
79. n page 54 48 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Compression and Encryption If you are recording a Mac Only data disc that does not span multiple discs you can compress and encrypt the contents prior to recording You can access the disc contents on any Mac OS X system Toast is not required to decompress or decrypt the contents To compress a Mac Only disc 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 2 Inthe options area at the left side of the Toast window click Compressed 3 Click the red Record button The contents are compressed to a single file and recorded to the disc To access a compressed disc 1 Insert the disc into a drive The disc contains a single file containing the compressed contents of the disc 2 Double click the compressed file The file decompresses to the Desktop To encrypt a Mac Only disc 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 2 Inthe options area on the left side of the Toast window click Encrypted Click the red Record button 4 When prompted enter a password and click OK Warning Keep your password in a safe place If you forget your password there will be no way to access the data on the disc The contents are 128 bit encrypted to a single file and recorded to the disc Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 49 To access an encrypted disc 1 Insert the disc int
80. n to its users Disclaimer THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT BYPASS OR CIRCUMVENT COPY PROTECTION THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT ENABLE YOU TO COPY DVDS CONTAINING CSS ENCRYPTION OR OTHER COPY PROTECTED CONTENT IF THIS PRODUCT ALLOWS YOU TO COPY ANY CONTENT YOU MAY DO SO ONLY IF YOU OWN THE COPYRIGHT YOU HAVE OBTAINED PERMISSION TO COPY FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH A COPY IF YOU ARE NOT THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR YOU HAVE NOT OBTAINED PERMISSION TO COPY FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER YOU MAY BE VIOLATING COPYRIGHT AND OTHER LAWS LAW AND YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AND OR CRIMINAL PENALTIES ANY ILLEGAL USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR LEGAL ADVISOR YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LEGAL AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THIS PRODUCT Contents Getting Started with Toast 11 Introduction cs seit a ee Ged See 12 Installing The Software 00 13 The Toast Main Window 15 Burning Your First Disc With Toast 17 Choosing Which Type Of Disc To Make 19 About Media us sie isa J lento so es 21 Using the Media Browser 23 Changing Recorder Settings 26 Saving and Opening Toast Projects 28 Erasing DISCS je 3025 faced Ace ke ata ETR at a 29 Ejectingia DISC ies its a Bate a Sen SSS 29 Toast It Desktop Burning 30 Technical Support Options
81. ndard DVD discs with this project you can only view the finished project on a Blu ray Disc player such as the PlayStation 3 This type of project is ideal for creating video discs from your AVCHD camcorder A standard single layer DVD can hold approximately 30 minutes of HD video and a dual layer DVD can hold approximately one hour of HD video While Toast will allow you to add more than these lengths of video adding additional video requires that video be compressed further and results in a lower quality video These discs offer full menu navigation and are created in much the same way that DVD Video or Blu ray Video projects are with the same options available Roxio Toast 10 User Guide 96 www roxio com Disc requires the purchase of High Def Blu ray Disc plug in See www roxio com for more information Na Note HD video authoring functionality for DVD and Blu ray AA To make a High Definition DVD 1 7 At the top left of the Toast window click Video and choose the Blu ray Video project Choose optional disc settings The disc settings and options available are identical to those available when creating a DVD or Blu ray Disc For more information on these options and settings see Making a DVD or BD Video Disc Add your HD video files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser On the disc gauge in the bottom right hand area of the window
82. nging 51 renaming 51 Formats and Settings area about 15 GetBackup 2 RE about 40 graphics changing playlist 80 changing slideshow 97 changing video 99 hard disks comparing 38 hardware requirements 13 HDV files adding to a video disc 90 HFS standard creating discs for 46 high definition DVD making 95 High Definition on DVD discs 89 highlight color buttons 105 icons customizing 49 image files copying 123 Roxio Toast 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 Joliet naming and ISO 9660 discs 59 layout of data controlling 39 Mac amp PC data discs about 44 creating 52 restoring 54 See also data discs Mac and PC disc images producing 124 Mac Only data discs about 44 creating 46 restoring 54 See also data discs Mac OS 8 1 or earlier creating discs for 46 Mac volume data discs about 44 creating 66 See also data discs main window 15 making audio discs 73 Blu ray video discs 93 custom hybrid discs 64 data discs 45 DVD_ROM discs 57 DVDs from VIDEO_TS folders 112 DVD Video discs 93 enhanced audio CDs 84 folders 51 ISO 9660 discs 58 Mac amp PC data discs 52 Mac Only data discs 46 Mac volume discs 66 mixed mode CDs 85 MP3 discs 83 photo discs 68 su
83. ngth 8 characters with 3 character suffix Allowable characters uppercase letters A Z numbers 0 9 and the underscore _ No other characters are allowed Examples ISO NAME TXT IMAGE 1 TIF ISO Level 1 has a limitation of 8 levels of nested directories Toast allows you to have more than 8 levels but the data might not be readable on many systems Toast warns you before trying to write an ISO CD with more than 8 levels Allow MS DOS Names This is similar to ISO Level 1 but not as restrictive Use this option for CDs intended for DOS or Windows 3 x systems Length 8 characters with 3 character suffix Allowable characters uppercase letters A Z numbers 0 9 the underscore _ and these special characters amp Allow Macintosh Names Toast will leave all file and folder names as they are If you are using an ISO format disc to make incremental backups from your Macintosh choose this option Discs created with this naming option can only be used on a Mac Joliet MS DOS Windows Preserves long file names on the disc for use under Windows 95 or later and is fully compatible with older versions of DOS and Windows This option is recommended for most uses and best compatibility Length Up to 64 characters Allowable characters All characters except Example 1998 Report to Shareholders A Joliet format disc contains two file systems an ISO 9660 compliant file system using DOS names and a J
84. o a drive The disc contains a single file containing the compressed contents of the disc 2 Double click the encrypted file 3 When prompted enter the password and click OK The file will decrypt to the Desktop Custom Icons and Backgrounds Ifyou are creating a Mac Only or Mac amp PC data disc you can select a custom icon instead of the generic disc and choose a specific color or image for the main window background instead of standard white Note Customized backgrounds only display when the disc is viewed on a Mac To set a custom icon 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 or Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 2 Inthe options area on the left side of the Toast window click More The data disc settings dialog appears and the current disc icon is shown 3 Change the disc icon There are two ways to do this Adda photo or other image file Drag and drop a photo or other image file from your hard disk or the Media Browser on top of the current disc icon in the data disc settings dialog in Toast m Copy an existing icon from a file or folder on your hard disk Select the file or folder containing the icon you want to copy and choose File gt Get Info The Get Info window from the Finder appears Click on the icon in the window and choose 50 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Edit gt Copy In the data disc settings dialog in Toast click on the curr
85. older are also automatically excluded Making Data Discs Making a Mac amp PC Disc 53 Insert a blank recordable disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 8 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Enabling Autorun If you are creating a Mac and PC data disc you can select a Windows executable file to launch automatically when the disc is inserted into a Windows PC Y Note This setting will not affect your disc when used in a Mac SEA To select an executable file to autorun 1 Prepare your disc as you normally would See Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 Click More for additional option settings From the Autorun pop up menu select the file you would like to launch when the disc is inserted in to a Windows PC Note You can only use files that are executable on a PC files N with extensions such as EXE COM or BAT 4 Click OK 5 Record your disc The completed disc will have a hidden file called autorun inf that is only visible on a PC This file contains the instructions that will launch the selected executable on a Windows PC 54 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Disc Spanning If you are creating a Mac Only or Mac amp PC data disc you can record large files and folders even if they exceed the recording capacity of
86. oliet file system Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc 63 using long Unicode names Mac OS X and all Windows 95 and higher systems will have access to the long names ISO 9660 compliant systems such as DOS or UNIX will only see the ISO 9660 file system When you select Joliet Toast does not automatically change file names Instead illegal names containing are listed with three red exclamation marks in the ISO File list To copy a list of illegal names to the clipboard 1 Inthe ISO settings window click Files 2 Choose Edit gt Copy A dialog box appears with various copy options depending on the naming chosen All items All items in the files window are copied Renamed items Only items Toast has modified are copied m Items with illegal names Only items with illegal names that violate the Joliet naming convention such as using a slash are copied There are other naming settings Append Version Numbers 1 Adds the standard ISO version number 1 to every file name This version number is normally invisible and is rarely needed Use Apple Extensions Writes both the data and resource forks for Mac files This has no effect if the disc is used on a PC but is recommended for use on a Mac Click More for additional naming options This information is written to the disc as part of the directory and is generally not visible to the user 64 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio co
87. orary partition from the dialog and click OK Making Data Discs Making a Custom Hybrid Disc 65 Click Select ISO to add the Windows files and folders to the disc Drag and drop files and folders into the Files area The items you add here are only visible on Windows computers unless you have added items that are also included in the Macintosh portion of the disc In this case they are visible on both Macintosh and Windows computers although they are only written to the disc once 7 Click Settings and choose Joliet MS DOS Windows for the disc Naming and choose Use Apple Extensions For a full explanation of the ISO disc format see Making an ISO 9660 Disc on page 58 Click Done Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray disc 10 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 11 Click the Advanced tab and choose Write Disc to finalize the disc 12 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Previewing the disc You can preview the structure and layout of a Custom Hybrid disc prior to burning it by saving it as a disc image and then using the Toast Image mounter To preview the disc 1 Instead of recording choose File gt Save As Disc Image 2 Choose Utilities gt Mount Disc Image Two discs are mounted on the Desktop one for the Macintosh part and one for the ISO part 66
88. our disc Making Video Discs Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 93 Making a DVD or BD Video Disc A standard DVD Video can hold approximately 150 minutes 2 5 hours of video or slideshows and offers the best quality as well as Dolby Digital sound and full menu navigation You can fit even more video than this at a lower quality level If your recorder supports dual layer recordable DVDs you can create a DVD Video with approximately 300 minutes 5 hours of video at an average quality level DVD and Blu ray video discs can hold hours of high definition video in a widescreen format as well as Dolby Digital sound and full menu navigation Blu ray video discs can be played in a set top Blu ray Disc player or PlayStation 3 i Note HD video authoring functionality for DVD and Blu ray v4 Disc requires the purchase of High Def Blu ray Disc plug in EA See www roxio com for more information If you have an existing VIDEO_TS folder that you want to turn into a DVD you should use DVD Video from VIDEO_TS format See Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders on page 112 If you have an existing BDMV folder that you want to burn to a disc see Making a BDMV Folder Disc on page 117 To make your video disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Video and choose the DVD Video or Blu ray Video Disc 2 Choose optional disc settings Automatic Encoding Choose this option to use all video and audio encoding settings th
89. ow Click the Text tab and edit the text 1 2 3 Click the Slideshow tab to edit the button graphic 4 Select any photo in the slideshow and click Set Button Picture 5 Click Done To add photos to a slideshow Drag photos onto the slideshow from the Media Browser or your hard disk A black rectangle around the slideshow indicates that the photos will be added To remove or reorder photos in a slideshow 1 Select a slideshow and click Edit or double click on any slideshow 2 Click the Slideshow tab and choose from any of the following options To remove photos select a photo and click Remove The photos are removed from the slideshow but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk iPhoto or Aperture library 98 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com m To reorder photos drag the photo to a new position in the photo list A black bar between photos indicates where the photo will 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 To adjust the slideshow duration 1 Select a slideshow and click Edit or double click on any slideshow 2 Click the Slideshow tab 3 Click Slide Duration and choose the length of time for each slide to appear The slideshow will automatically advance to the next slide after the set time You can also manually advance to the next slide by using the chapter buttons on your player remote control C
90. ow Legacy Formats and Settings in the Toast Preferences Overview of Making a Copy This section describes the basic process of making any copy with Toast 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Copy and choose the copy format For example choose Disc Copy Choose any optional settings Insert the original CD DVD or Blu ray disc into your recorder or drag and drop image files into the Content Area Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue When prompted insert a blank recordable disc of the same type as the source disc Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it copies your disc Copying Discs Copying a Disc 121 Copying a Disc You can make a copy of non protected data audio and video CDs DVDs and Blu ray discs To copy a CD DVD or Blu ray disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Copy and choose Disc Copy 2 Choose any optional settings m CD TEXT If your original is an audio CD you can automatically retrieve album information and add CD TEXT to the copy To view this information you will need an audio CD player that supports CD TEXT Fit to DVD video compression If your original is a DVD Video that is too large to fit onto a standard 4 7 GB recordable DVD selecting this option will compress it to fit on the copy See Changing Copy Options on page 114
91. pervideo CDs 91 temporary partitions 39 video CDs 91 video discs 89 markers setting chapter 100 media Blu ray discs 22 CDs 21 DVDs 21 Media Browser 138 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 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 discs modes session 26 simulation 27 MOV files adding to a video disc 90 adding to an audio disc 73 MP3 discs about 72 creating 83 See also audio discs MP3 files adding to an audio disc 73 MPEG 2 files adding to a video disc 90 MPEG 4 files adding to a video disc 90 multiple discs spanning 54 multi session CDs 47 creating 60 music DVDs about 72 creating 78 See also audio discs name disc 47 104 NTSC 111 number of copies 26 OGG files adding to an audio disc 73 opening disc main window automatically option 46 Toast projects 28 options video disc 104 PAL 111 pause and resume video conversion 130 pauses between tracks adjusting 75 PC and Mac disc images producing 124 photo discs creating 68 photos Roxio Toast 10 User Guide Index 139 adding to slideshows 97 copying to a video disc 105 deleting from slideshows 97 reorganizing in slideshow
92. porting Choose Current Position to begin importing from the current location on the tape You can import and then record the disc immediately or import and add additional video or slideshows before recording the disc To start recording the disc immediately after importing 1 Inserta blank recordable disc 2 Click Import amp Record choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 3 Click Record to continue Toast starts the DV camcorder and import the video to your hard disk When importing is complete Toast records the disc Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc To import and then add additional video or slideshows before recording m Click Import Toast starts the DV camcorder and import the video to your hard disk When importing is complete a new video is added to the Content Area You can then add additional videos and slideshows You can also export the imported video to your hard disk Imported video is temporarily stored in the Roxio Converted Items folder in your Documents folder Imported video files can be very large 2 GB for every 10 minutes of imported video and are automatically deleted when 104 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com you quit Toast The original source content is not deleted from your camcorder DV tape You can configure your preferences to save these imported items for a longer time See Configur
93. r To make an ISO 9660 disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose ISO 9660 2 Drag and drop files and folders into the Content Area from your hard disk 3 Click Select to configure the ISO disc There are three configuration tabs m Files Selects the data to be included on the disc Layout Determines the layout or order of the files on the disc m Settings Sets options for file naming and formatting 4 Click the Files tab to add remove or rename files and folders On the Files tab you can perform these tasks m Create a new disc or folder by clicking New m Add files or folders by clicking Add Import data from a prior session See Importing ISO Sessions on page 60 m Remove an item by selecting it and clicking Remove Rename or hide an item in the list by double clicking it Va Note These changes do not affect the original item on your hard disk only the recorded disc Making Data Discs Making an ISO 9660 Disc Set the Resolve Aliases option to ensure that if the source data contains aliases Toast will find the original file and record this to the disc instead of the alias D Note This option is recommended if you intend to use this disc on a Windows or Unix computer and should be selected prior to adding files and folders Click the Layout tab to change the order of the files You can change the order in which the files are physically written on the
94. reate MP3 files you can use iTunes You can also add existing non MP3 files such as WMA or OGG to this disc if your player supports these formats You can also rearrange rename and remove items from the Content Area Rearranging the files into sub folders may improve the playback navigation with some MP3 players It does not affect the original files on your hard disk or iTunes library See Working With Data Content on page 50 Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc 83 84 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making an Enhanced Audio CD An Enhanced Audio CD contains audio tracks and enhanced data content such as photos or videos The audio portion of the disc is playable in home and car stereo CD players while the enhanced content is usable on a Macintosh or Windows computer Some older CD ROM drives cannot recognize these discs If this is the case you can make a Mixed Mode CD which is similar to an Enhanced Audio CD except it only has one session See Making a Mixed Mode CD on page 85 To make an Enhanced Audio CD 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Mac amp PC 2 Add files and folders to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content
95. rop a valid VIDEO TS folder into the Content Area from your hard disk Toast will automatically add an empty AUDIO_TS folder to the disc at burn time for improved compatibility with set top DVD players 3 Double click the small disc icon under the word DVD ROM at the top of the Content Area to rename the disc By default the UDF disc will be named MY_DISC 4 Insert a blank recordable DVD miniDVD This type of disc has far less capacity than a DVD and will not play in your set top DVD player but should play in your Mac or PC Note You can also insert a blank recordable CD to create a x 5 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc The disc is recorded with UDF version 1 0 2 58 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making an ISO 9660 Disc ISO 9660 is a standard for cross platform use on Macintosh Windows Unix Linux or DOS operating systems ISO 9660 also supports appendable sessions where all sessions appear as a single disc in contrast to the Mac Only multi session where each session appears as a separate icon However ISO 9660 does not support custom features of the Mac file system such as long file names and view or icon options so it is not the best choice if you intend to access this disc only on a Macintosh compute
96. roxio com Viewing Information about a Disc You can view detailed information about a blank or recorded disc in your recorder This feature works only with CD DVD or Blu ray recorders Note Make sure that the disc is compatible with your recorder For example you cannot use a DVD recorder to view disc information for a Blu ray Disc To view disc information 1 Insert a blank or used disc into the recorder 2 Choose Recorder gt Disc Info The Disc Information dialog appears This Media section contains information about the disc itself such as space available supported write speeds and manufacturer id and the Details section contains information about the contents of the disc such as individual tracks or sessions CD TEXT and ISRC codes See About Media on page 21 If the disc you have inserted is a Video CD or a Super Video CD you can extract the videos directly from the disc by selecting an item in the Details section and clicking Save As Using Other Toast Features Saving Disc Images 35 Saving Disc Images Instead of recording a project to disc you can save it as an image file An image file is a single file saved on your hard disk which contains all the data and formatting information needed to create a CD DVD or Blu ray disc Image files contain all source data as opposed to saved Toast projects which contain only references to the data You may also want to save an image file to a
97. s 97 playing disc automatically option 78 playing back slideshows 68 playlists working with 80 Plug amp Burn using 102 Preview button about 16 previewing tracks 75 product support obtaining 12 projects saving and opening 28 slideshows 96 tracks 75 videos 98 Record button about 16 recorders changing settings 26 selecting 26 registering Toast 12 removing See deleting renaming files and folders 51 requirements hardware and software 13 restoring data discs 54 ROM data adding to a DVD Video disc 107 quality video VCDs 91 video discs 94 QuickTime audio files adding to an audio disc 73 video files adding to a video disc 0 rearranging files and folders 51 photos in slideshows 97 playlists 80 saving disc image files 35 Toast projects 28 scene menus option 106 Search button about 16 session option 26 settings changing recorder 26 displaying recorder 27 video disc 104 sharing recorders 37 shuffle option DVDs 106 140 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 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 video discs support obtaining 12 supported disc formats 19 SVCDs about 88 creating 91 TAO 75
98. s dual layer recordable DVDs you can create a Music DVD with over 100 hours of music To make a Music DVD 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Audio and choose Music DVD 2 Choose optional disc settings Menu Style Choose the style for the menu background image text and buttons m Auto play disc on insert Select this option to automatically play the first playlist when this disc is inserted into a DVD player The DVD main menu is not displayed but is accessible by choosing the MENU button on the DVD player remote control Some players may not support Auto Play Play all items continuously Select this option to automatically play each playlist on the DVD without first returning to the DVD main menu Include Shuffle play Select this option to include a Shuffle button for each playlist and SmartList in the DVD menu Clicking the Shuffle button when playing this DVD will play the tracks in a random order Include SmartLists Select this option to include SmartLists in the DVD menu SmartLists are automatically generated playlists for all Artists Albums and Songs on the DVD Making Audio Discs Making a Music DVD 79 Click More for additional disc settings See Video Disc Settings on page 104 3 Choose the audio encoding format By default Toast encodes Music DVDs in Dolby Digital 192 kbps audio This compresses the audio to maximize disc space to fit over 50 hours of music but maintains full Holly
99. se with a portable device You will have the opportunity to select individual movies and extras as well as select the audio language VIDEO_TS Folders This project type allows you to take one or more VIDEO_TS folders and convert them to another video format for use with a portable device You will have the opportunity to select individual movies and extras as well as select the audio language Video Files This project type allows you to add any supported video files to the content area and convert them to the format or for playback on the device of your choice Audio Files This project type allows you to add any supported audio files including audio captured by CD Spin Doctor to the content area and convert them to the format for playback on the device of your choice Converting Audio and Video Converting DVD Video Content 127 Converting DVD Video Content This section describes the basic process of converting a DVD Video disc to another video format with Toast To convert a DVD Video disc 1 On the left side of the Toast window click Convert and choose the disc format For example choose DVD Video Disc Select your source DVD Video disc in the pull down menu or drag your VIDEO_TS Folder in to the content area A summary of the information that will be copied appears in the content area Click Options to select which individual movies extras and audio languages which will be converted See Changing Copy Options on
100. sed only on a Macintosh computer and requires a valid volume file as a data source See Making a Mac Volume Disc on page 66 Making Data Discs Overview of Making a Data Disc Photo Disc This disc can be used on either a Macintosh or a Windows computer and allows you to archive and share your photos or other images It preserves full quality images and plays slideshows on any Mac or PC without the installation of additional software See Making a Photo Disc on page 68 Overview of Making a Data Disc This section describes the basic process of making any data disc with Toast To make a data disc 1 At the top left side of the Toast window click on the Data icon 2 Choose the disc format For example choose Mac Only 3 Choose any optional settings 4 Add files and folders to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser or by clicking the Add button at the bottom of the Media Browser 5 Optional Rearrange rename and remove items from the Content Area See Working With Data Content on page 50 Insert a blank recordable CD DVD or Blu ray disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 8 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Note Data projects are automatically cataloged in Va DiscCatalogMaker RE to allow for ea
101. st window click Video and choose the Video CD format you prefer 2 Choose optional disc settings Video Quality Toast must compress video to fit onto the CD Choose the quality you want to have for the compressed video Better quality takes longer to process m Good Suitable for simple video such as people talking fastest processing time Better Suitable for most video average processing time m Best Suitable for complex video such as fast motion slowest processing time Menu Style Choose the style for the menu background image text and buttons Add original photos Select this option to include a copy of the original source photos from your slideshows in a folder on the Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 92 CD so they can be accessed in a Macintosh or Windows computer Va Note This format is only available if Show Legacy Formats and Settings is selected in the Toast Preferences 3 Add photo or video files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser V Note You can automatically import tape from a DV camcorder for your disc See Using Plug amp Burn on page 102 Insert a blank recordable CD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records y
102. style Text Color Choose a color that will be used for any text displayed on the disc menus Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 106 Custom Menu Background Click the Select button to add a custom menu background image You can also drag and drop an image from the Media Browser onto the existing menu thumbnail image To remove a custom menu background select the thumbnail image and press Delete Include scene menus for videos Select this option to include a scene menu in the menu for all videos on your disc You will be able to play the video from various points using this menu Include slide menus for slideshows Select this option to include a slide menu in the menu for all slideshows on your disc You will be able to play the slideshow from various points using this menu Includes SmartLists for music Select this option to include SmartLists in the DVD menu for Music DVDs SmartLists are automatically generated playlists for all Artists Albums and Songs Include Shuffle play Select this option to include a Shuffle button for each slideshow playlist and SmartList in the menu Clicking the Shuffle button while playing the disc will play the photos or music tracks in a random order 5 Click OK Making Video Discs Using Plug amp Burn 107 Adding ROM data to a DVD Video Disc When creating a DVD Video disc you can choose to add additional data files to the disc that will only be accessibl
103. sy tracking and searching of A disc contents You can disable this option on the Advanced tab of the Recorder Settings dialog which appears when you begin to burn a disc 46 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Making a Mac Only Disc This type of disc can contain any files or folders and be used on any Macintosh computer It supports features such as data spanning compression encryption custom icons and backgrounds This is the best choice for saving your data provided that you will not need to access the contents of this disc on a Windows computer To make a Mac Only disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Data and choose Mac Only 2 Choose optional disc settings m Choose a method of compression and or encryption Compressed Select this option to compress the contents of the disc prior to recording Encrypted Select this option to encrypt and require a password to access the disc contents See Compression and Encryption on page 48 Auto open disc window Select this option to automatically open the main window of the disc when it is inserted into a Macintosh HFS Standard Select this option to create a disc that can be used on Mac OS 8 1 or earlier Do not select this option for discs to be used on Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X i Note This option is only visible if Show Legacy Formats and Settings is checked in the Toast Preferences Making Data Discs Making a Mac Only Disc 47
104. t for the partition Mac OS Extended The best choice for discs to be used on Mac OS 8 1 or later including any Mac OS X system Mac OS Standard For discs to be used on computers running Mac OS 8 or lower UNIX File System For discs to be used on the UNIX operating system 4 Click OK Toast mounts the partition on the Desktop You can add files or folders to this partition To record the partition to disc you can use the Disc Copy format and select the partition from the Read From menu See Copying a Disc on page 121 You can also use temporary partitions in Custom Hybrid and Mac Volume discs See Making a Custom Hybrid Disc on page 64 or Making a Mac Volume Disc on page 66 40 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Toast Extras Toast 10 Titanium includes a number of additional applications to help you save share and enjoy your digital media They can easily be accessed from the Toast Extras menu CD Spin Doctor Audio Recording Software CD Spin Doctor helps you automatically capture system audio capture and tag streaming music and allows you to rediscover your music by digitizing analog audio from your vinyl LPs or tapes to enjoy on CD DVD or your iPod DiscCatalogMaker RE DiscCatalogMaker RE tracks the contents of your burned discs s you can easily locate files and folders without having the disc in your computer with photo thumbnails saved on your computer for easy Cover Flow browsing D
105. tent Area You can select groups of items by clicking on the first item in the group and then holding down the Shift key while clicking on the last item in the group and then drag the entire selection to the Content Area Getting Started with Toast Using the Media Browser 25 You can preview most media files by selecting them and pressing the space bar by double clicking them in the file list or by clicking the Preview button at the bottom of the Media Browser Toast will display progress information while the items are being added If the content is being added from a disc such as from a set top DVD recorder or AVCHD camcorder this may take several minutes as it is imported from the disc onto your hard disk Imported items from a disc are temporarily stored in the Roxio Converted Items folder in your Documents folder You can use these items in disc projects or save them to your hard disk by exporting audio or video See Converting Audio and Video on page 125 These temporary items can be very large and are automatically deleted when you quit Toast The original source content is not deleted from your disc Configuring when Roxio Converted Items is emptied To adjust when the Roxio Converted Items is emptied 1 Choose Toast gt Preferences 2 Click Converted Items 3 Choose when you want to delete the converted items 4 Close the preferences 26 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Changing Recorder Settin
106. th Toast The Toast Main Window 15 The Toast Main Window The Toast main window contains the following components Formats and Settings Area Located at the left side of the Toast window the Formats and Settings area displays your available project types and options for those projects The disc formats are grouped into the following categories Data discs Put any file or folder on a disc for archiving or backup purposes for use in a Mac PC or other computer See Making Data Discs on page 43 or Making a Photo Disc on page 68 Audio discs Make an audio CD music DVD or MP3 disc for use in a computer home or car stereo or set top DVD player See Making Audio Discs on page 71 Video discs Make VCDs SVCDs DVD Video discs Blu ray or High Def DVDs for use in a computer or set top player See Making Video Discs on page 87 Copy discs Copy a CD DVD Blu ray disc or disc image file See Copying Discs on page 119 Convert audio and video Convert DVD Video discs other video content and audio to other formats or for use on portable devices See Converting Audio and Video on page 125 Content Area This is the area located at the left side of the window For most project types this is where you drag your files to add them to a project Space Indicator Located across the bottom of the Toast window the space indicator displays exactly how much content you ve added to the current project You can choose CD DVD or Blu
107. the Options button 130 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 6 MPEG 4 Creates an MPEG 4 file using Apple s MPEG 4 codec Recommended for converting to lower resolutions and for streaming applications H 264 Creates an H 264 also known as MPEG 4 Advanced Video codec or AVC file using Apple s H 264 codec offering high quality at lower bitrates 3G Creates an MPEG 4 file using Apple s 3GPP codec Recommended for playback on portable and handheld devices such as mobile phones iPod Creates an MPEG 4 or H 264 file for use with your iPod iPhone iPod Touch Creates an H 264 file using Apple s H 264 codec offering high quality at lower bitrates Apple TV Creates an H 264 file using Apple s H 264 for use with your Apple TV For PSP Creates an MPEG 4 file formatted for playback on the PSP PlayStation Portable For iTunes Extracts the audio portion of the video and creates an M4A audio file for use in iTunes Ogg Vorbis Extracts the audio portion of the video and creates an OGG audio file Choose a your quality settings and export location such as a folder on your hard disk or iTunes Click Export Pause and Resume Video Conversion Converting video can be a very time consuming process depending on the format and length of the video as well as the speed of your computer Some machines may become sluggish when the CPU is being fully utilized to convert your video Encoding can be paused at
108. the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Insert a blank recordable DVD or Blu ray Disc Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Making Video Discs Making a DVD or BD Video Disc 95 Previewing a DVD Video You can preview a DVD Video disc prior to burning an actual disc by saving it as a disc image file and then using the Toast Image mounter To preview the DVD 1 Instead of recording click the Save As Disc Image button 2 Select your disc image and choose Utilities gt Mount Disc Image Tip You can also select the image Control click and choose Mount It Y Note For more information see Saving Disc Images on page 35 and Mounting Disc Images on page 36 The DVD is mounted on the Desktop Use the DVD Player software included with Mac OS X to preview it If you are satisfied with the results use the Image Copy format to record it See Copying a Disc Image File on page 123 Making a High Definition DVD High Definition DVD is a unique type of video disc which allows you to create author HD video to DVD for playback in true high definition This gives you the ability to create HD video discs without owning a Blu ray Disc recorder Although you are recording to sta
109. tion 2 Drag and drop each VIDEO TS folder into the Content Area from your hard disk or Media Browser A summary of the information that will be copied appears in the content area 3 Click Options to choose optional Fit to DVD settings See Changing Copy Options on page 114 for more information Insert a blank recordable DVD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc Making Video Discs Making a BDMV Folder Disc 117 Making a BDMV Folder Disc You can create a Blu ray video disc by using an already authored and valid BDMV Folder A BDMV folder contains the media files for the Blu ray Disc s video and audio content and is located at the root level of the disc This is the best choice if you have a BDMV folder that was created by Toast or another Blu ray Disc authoring application To make a BDMV folder disc 1 At the left side of the Toast window click Video and choose BDMV Folder 2 Drag and drop your BDMV Folder in to the content area A summary of the information that will be copied appears in the content area 3 Inserta blank recordable Blu ray disc as appropriate Your source video will not be compressed which may require you to use a dual layer Blu ray disc if the video will not fit on a single layer disc 4 Click th
110. toast 10 TITANIU Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Legal Information Copyright 1994 2009 Sonic Solutions All rights reserved Use of this product is subject to your agreement to all of the terms of each of the license agreements included in this package This product may be protected by one or more US and or foreign patents including certain patents that may be listed at www sonic com innovation patents Trademarks Roxio the burning disc logo Sonic Sonic Solutions Toast the toaster with discs logo CD Spin Doctor Fit to DVD Jam and Toast It are registered trademarks owned by Sonic Solutions in the United States and other jurisdictions Third Party Trademarks and Technologies Mac the Mac logo QuickTime iLife iPod iTunes iMovie iPhoto iPhone iDVD DVD Studio Pro Final Cut and Apple TV are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc PowerPC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Portions of this software 2008 TiVo Inc TiVo TiVoToGo and the TiVo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of TiVo Inc or its subsidiaries Palm and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm Inc The RIM and BlackBerry families of related marks images and symbols are the exclusive properties of and trademarks of Research in Motion Limited used by permiss
111. ts When creating a Music DVD each group of audio files you add into the Content Area appears as a playlist Each playlist will have a button in the DVD menu that you can choose to play the music Playlists can contain up to 99 tracks You can rearrange duplicate remove or edit playlists To rearrange playlists 1 Select the playlist you want to rearrange 2 Drag the playlist to a new position in the Content Area A black bar between playlists indicates where the playlist will be placed To duplicate a playlist m Select a playlist and choose Edit gt Duplicate To remove a playlist 1 Select the playlist you want to remove 2 Remove the selected playlists in any of these ways m Click Remove m Press Delete m Choose Edit gt Clear The playlists and the tracks within the playlist are removed from the Content Area but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or your iTunes library To edit the DVD menu button text or graphic for a playlist 1 Select a playlist and click Edit or double click on any playlist 2 Click the Text tab and edit the text 3 Click the Playlist tab to edit the button graphic 4 Drag and drop an image file from your hard disk from the Media Browser or from a web page to the area of any track in the playlist that says Drag Album Artwork Here Click Set Button Picture Making Audio Discs Making a Music DVD The selected graphic will appear on the TV screen while a track in th
112. u ray disc Note The Media Browser provides immediate access to photos in your iPhoto and Aperture libraries 5 Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 6 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc To play back your images as a slideshow using Mac OS X v10 4 or higher 1 Insert your Photo disc into a Macintosh computer The disc folder opens 2 Double click the Slideshow icon to begin the slideshow Making Data Discs Making a Photo Disc 69 Y Note Toast does not need to be installed on the computer to play back the slideshow To play back your images as a slideshow using Windows XP Insert your Photo disc into a PC running Windows XP Once Windows detects the disc the slideshow begins to play back automatically Tip If the slide show does not launch automatically browse to your disc drive and double click the slideshow playback icon 70 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Using Toast Dynamic Writing Toast Dynamic Writing allows you to use a Blu ray Rewritable disc BD RE like any other removable storage device such as an external hard disk drive or a USB flash drive You can simply drag and drop files to the disc icon on the Desktop to record them or drag files from the disc to delete them To record to BD RE media with Toast Dynamic Writing
113. uide www roxio com What is a Data Disc A data disc is a CD DVD or Blu ray disc that contains any files or folders Data discs are meant to be used on a computer such as a Mac or a PC You can use a data disc to back up important information to store your photos or to share files with friends or family Types of Data Discs Toast can create many kinds of data discs more than any other Mac burning software Mac Only This disc can be used only on a Macintosh computer This is the best choice for saving your data provided that you will not need to access the contents of this disc on a Windows computer See Making a Mac Only Disc on page 46 Mac amp PC This disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windows computer This is the best choice for saving data to share with PC users See Making a Mac amp PC Disc on page 52 Note Both Mac Only and Mac amp PC formats support data V spanning and allow you to define custom icons DVD ROM This DVD can be used on a Macintosh or a Windows computer as well as in a set top DVD player if it contains valid DVD Video content See Making a DVD ROM Disc on page 57 ISO 9660 This disc can be used on any computer See Making an ISO 9660 Disc on page 58 Custom Hybrid This disc can be used either on a Macintosh or a Windows computer and offers powerful layout customization for professionals See Making a Custom Hybrid Disc on page 64 Mac Volume This disc can be u
114. ultiple VIDEO_TS folders you will be prompted to insert a blank recordable DVD for each one You can preview a DVD prior to burning an actual disc by saving it as a disc image and then using the Toast Image mounter Note When burning multiple VIDEO_TS folders at the same time use the Save as Disc Image button and Toast will process each VIDEO_TS folder without requiring any user inteaction These image files can be burned at a later time To preview the DVD 1 2 Instead of recording choose File gt Save As Disc Image Select your disc image and choose Utilities gt Mount Disc Image You can also select the image control click and choose Mount It See Saving Disc Images on page 35 and Mounting Disc Images on page 36 The DVD is mounted on the Desktop Use the DVD Player software included with Mac OS X to preview it 114 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com If you are satisfied with the results use the Image Copy format to record it See Copying a Disc Image File on page 123 Changing Copy Options Fit to DVD compresses video to fit on a standard 4 7 GB recordable DVD Compressing may result in a slight reduction in video quality but will leave the audio quality unchanged By default the entire disc is copied with all menus video and audio You can choose to exclude specific video audio and languages Excluding unnecessary content reduces the amount of compression required and maximizes quality and av
115. vie are recommended To install the software 1 Insert the installation CD into your drive or if purchased online and downloaded double click on the downloaded dmg file The Roxio Toast window appears on your Desktop Drag the Toast 10 folder to the Applications folder on your hard disk In the Applications folder on your hard disk open the Toast 10 folder and double click the Toast icon to launch the software Follow the onscreen instructions to set up Toast for the first time Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com 14 You will be asked to enter a product key and accept the license agreement The following table shows where to find your product key If you bought this type of Toast Use the product key from version Boxed the back of the CD sleeve Downloaded the confirmation e mail Note Ifyou are installing an Upgrade version you may be prompted to enter the product key for a previous version The software is now installed Note This Setup Assistant can be re run at anytime by choosing V Help gt Toast Setup Assistant Additional Software Installed The Toast 10 folder also contains the following software m CD Spin Doctor audio recording software m Disc Cover 2 RE labeling software m GetBackup 2 RE backup software m DiscCatalogMaker RE disc cataloging software m Streamer video streaming software For more information see Toast Extras on page 40 Getting Started wi
116. void having to use a blank disc Mounted image files appear and behave like an actual disc in your computer For example you can create a disc image for a DVD Video project and preview the output using the DVD player in your Mac without having to burn it to disc If you are satisfied with the results you can then burn this image file to a disc If not you can simply delete the file and start again and you have avoided using any blank media Disc images have an added benefit of being faster to access than a disc in your drive and may offer longer battery life for notebook users See Mounting Disc Images on page 36 You can create disc images from any Toast disc type To save a project as an image file 1 Set up your disc project as you normally would 2 Click the Save as Disc Image button or choose File gt Save as Disc Image 3 Typea file name and select a location to save to By default Toast creates Mac disc image files which are compatible with the Toast image mounter and the Disc Utility program included in Mac OS X except for audio CD images You can also use Toast to create cross platform Mac amp PC disc image files 36 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Mounting Disc Images You can mount a previously created image file Mounted images behave like an actual physical disc inserted into your optical drive and appear on the Desktop If this is the first time you are mounting an image file after insta
117. wood style fidelity To change the audio format from Dolby Digital to uncompressed PCM audio click More and choose the Custom option from the Encoding tab Choose PCM for the Audio Format Toast encodes PCM at 48 kHz 16 bit or 48 kHz 24 bit levels which are higher than standard CD quality and exceed the levels of most songs in your iTunes library Audio that has been recorded at 96 kHz 24 bit is downsampled automatically unless you choose the 96 kHz 24 bit option which maintains the higher quality but significantly reduces disc space There are also optional Encoding settings which apply to photo and video content See Disc Encoding Settings on page 108 4 Add audio files to the disc by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from your hard disk or the Media Browser Each group of files you add into the Content Area appears as a playlist Each playlist will have a button in the DVD menu that you can choose to play the music You can duplicate rearrange remove or edit playlists See Working With Playlists on page 80 You can also optionally add photos and videos into the Content Area Insert a blank recordable DVD Click the red Record button choose a recorder from the list and configure recording options such as Number of Copies 7 Click Record to continue Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it records your disc 80 Roxio Toast 10 User Guide www roxio com Working With Playlis

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