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General Video Info

DVD-Video(fast editable)

There is some confusion about the different burner formats, some of whom are competing against one another. "DVD-Video" is the MPEG-2 file format for video used in DVD. It has become the global standard for pre-recorded video and was originally designed to meet the requirements of the movie industry, in particular to fit a complete movie on a single 'compact' optical disc.
DVD-Video is most compatible with the widest range of players. Via this format, and depending on your burner, you can burn to all DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs.


"DVD-Video (fast editable)" format used in Ulead DVD MovieFactory is the same as the DVD+RW Video Recording (DVD+VR) format. It uses the standard DVD-Video format but gives you better flexibility, such as the ability to RE-Edit the contents of your disc. This option saves time in copying files, and hard drive space when you edit the contents of your disc again, but may result in your disc not being compatible with some DVD players.

DVD-Video (fast editable) format is an implementation of the DVD-Video format, and can be used for rewritable (DVD-RW or DVD+RW) discs only. By selecting "Straight to Disc" in DVD MovieFactory, the program will do "on-the-fly" capture to disc - in other words, you plug in your camcorder or other device, hit Capture, and it will start writing DIRECTLY to the disc, without using hard disk resources. If you wish to edit the DVD disc again, the software will update just the changed part without the need for time-consuming hard drive operations. However, it cannot write archive files (such as PowerPoint presentations, JPGs, etc, and, since this is still very new technology, some users may find compatibility issues with the fast-editable format - in which case it is better to use the standard DVD-Video settings.

Also note: When using DVD Video (Fast Editable), there is a space limitation of 30 MB for menu, background audio and project files. Background audio files normally take up the bulk of this size, so you may need to reduce the background audio if you want to have many menu items.