Video Disc - Ulead DVD MOVIEFACTORY 5 User Manual

8 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE

Video Disc

Ulead DVD MovieFactory's step-by-step interface makes creating movies simple
and easy. To create a video disc, click Video Disc on the Launcher and select an
associated task. To create a new project, click New Project. Select your output
disc type in Create Video Disc and click OK.
• Blu-ray A format that allows recording, rewriting and playback of high-
definition video (HD). A single-layer Blu-ray Disc can hold 25GB and can
record over 2 hours of HDTV or more than 13 hours of standard-definition TV.
There are also dual-layer versions that can hold 50GB.
• HD DVD (High Density Digital Versatile Disc) Developed as a standard
for high-definition DVD, HD DVD is similar to the Blu-ray Disc, which is also
uses a 120 mm diameter optical data storage media and 405 nm wavelength
blue laser.
• DVD Abbreviation for Digital Versatile Disc, a popular format in video
production because of its superb audio and video quality. It also holds several
times more data that VCDs and SVCDs.
• VCD (Video Compact Disc) is a special version of a CD-ROM that uses the
MPEG-1 format. The quality of the exported movie is almost the same, but
usually better than VHS tape-based movies. A VCD can be played back on a
CD-ROM drive, VCD player, and even on a DVD player.
• SVCD Abbreviation for Super Video CD, commonly described as an enhanced
version of a VCD. It is based on MPEG-2 technology with either Variable Bit
Rate (VBR) or Constant Bit Rate (CBR).
• DVD-RAM/RW Like random access memory (RAM), DVD-RAM/RW can be
read, recorded on, and erased repeatedly.
• DVD VR A DVD recording format that allows you to produce a DVD movie
that can be directly edited on the disc. DVD+VR is used on DVD+RW disks.
DVD-VR is used on DVD-RW disks.
To edit an existing project, select Open Existing Project and browse for the
project file. Creating a new project or opening an existing one takes you to the
Add/Edit Media step.
Note: You can select other options to burn your video, disc image file, or DVD
folders.