MacroSystem Digital Video DVD-Arabesk 2 manual Creation Write DVD, Info / Play Film

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3.1 Creation: Write DVD

(3)You can write the DVD after you have made all the settings in the previous menus. To do this, click on the button “Write DVD”, open the cover on the front of your machine and press the button of the drive that is now visible in order to open the drawer for the DVD. Put an unused DVD-R or DVD-RWinto the drawer and the system automatically createss the settings made in the previous menu (assuming this has not already been done in the menu “All”) and then begins to write the DVD.

Note: Please note that only DVD-R and DVD-RW media can be used, not DVD+RW media! There are different kinds of DVD writers. The more recent writers also support DVD+R media. (You can see the info for the built-in drive and the possible formats in the corresponding display in the window “Settings”. Further information on this can be found under item (9).) If you have accidentally inserted a non- supported medium, then a warning is given at the begin of the write process.

A progress bar informs you on the remaining duration of writing (divided into two phases). During the second phase no progress bar may be visible - please wait until the light diode in the DVD drive turns off before removing the DVD! This diode is on while the DVD is being written.

Caution: Very short videos require a proportionally longer length of time. The DVD writer always writes about 20% of the media, even when the actual data volume is much less. Writing duration becomes proportional for projects of 20 minutes length or more.

The read/write diode is on during the write process. It can happen that Casablanca is finished writing (the write window closes) but that the diode is still on. In this case wait until

the diode turns off before removing the DVD! Damage to the DVD may otherwise result.

You can remove the DVD when Casablanca has finished writing and when the diode is off. Now you can try out the DVD in your Casablanca DVD Player or in another DVD player. Most newer DVD players accept DVD-R media.

Note: DVD-RW media that have already been written once can only be written again if the entire content is deleted (please read section

3.3, item (8)). Even if only a few minutes of video material is already on the DVD, then it is not possible to add further material.

3.2 Info / Play

The second main section, labeled “Info/Play” displays the contents of the DVD (that has not yet been written) and offers complete playback of any or all of the selections before you burn the DVD. The three functions contained in this block are described below.

3.2 Info / Play: Film

(4)When you click on the button “Film” the window “Film-Info” is opened, in whose upper area a list is displayed of each of the film projects that have been added, and its duration.

Selecting a film project in this list enables you to see its corresponding information in the area below.

The button “Film” is used to call up the