Making the disc compatible with playback on other devices or DVD drives (Finalizing)

Finalizing makes the recorded disc compatible for playback with other devices and DVD drives of computers.

Before finalizing, you can select the style of the DVD menu which displays the image list (p. 47).

Whether finalizing is required depends on the type of disc.

DVD-RW/DVD-R/DVD+R DL require finalizing.

DVD+RW do not require finalizing except in the following cases:

1To create a DVD menu

2To play back on a computer DVD drive

3If the disc has a short total recording time (less than 5 min in HQ mode, 8 min in SP mode, or 15 min in LP mode)

bNotes

Playback compatibility with all device is not guaranteed.

No DVD menu is created for DVD-RW (VR mode).

Operation flow To play back a disc in a DVD device for the first time (p.46)Playback on other DVD device

Finalize

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2or 3.

Makedesiredsettingsfor the DVD menu.

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