Setting the Dual-Layer Break Point
There are several methods you can use to set a dual-layer break point:
• The automatic method: By default, once you configure the disc as dual-layer, Automatic
is selected as the break point in the Disc/Volume tab in the Disc Inspector. With this
setting, DVD Studio Pro chooses the last marker that fits in the first layer. In cases where
there is a large amount of ROM data, the automatic method can also place the break
point in the ROM data. See
Setting the Break Point with Large DVD-ROM Contents
for
more information.
If you are using the Build/Format command, the automatic method has the greatest
chance of success, because it will be able to choose the break point marker once the
build process is finished without having to pause for you to choose the marker to use.
It is possible that your project does not have a suitable marker for use as the dual-layer
break point. In that case, the format is canceled and you must add a suitable marker
to a track in your project. (Another option might be to rearrange the order of the tracks
in the VTS Editor. See
Moving Elements from One VTS to Another
for more information.)
See
Manually Determining the Break Point Position
.
• Assign a break point marker in the Track Editor: This method allows you to choose the
marker to use as the break point while working with your tracks. The disadvantage of
this method is that, until you build your project, it can be difficult to choose a suitable
marker as the break point. This is especially true if your project has a lot of transitions
or you are using assets that have not yet been MPEG-2 encoded.
If you choose an inappropriate marker, the format process will automatically cancel,
with a dialog advising you of the problem it encountered.
• Choose the break point marker when you start the format process: After you have built
your project, the Dual-Layer Break Point pop-up menu in the Disc/Volume tab in the
format dialog shows all suitable markers that you can choose from, with those that are
inappropriate dimmed. This option has the advantage of letting you choose the marker
to use from a list of known suitable markers. The disadvantage is that you have to build
your project first.
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As with the automatic method, it is possible that there are no suitable markers, with
no markers appearing in the pop-up menu. This means that you will have to add a
suitable marker to a track in your project, or try rearranging the tracks in the VTS Editor.
See
Manually Determining the Break Point Position
.