Creating a dvd, Burning takes longer than expected, Disc isn’t recognized by the burner – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Troubleshooting
Last updated 8/12/2010
Creating a DVD
Burning takes longer than expected
The amount of time it takes to burn a disc depends on several factors, including the amount of content in your project,
the type and speed of the media you’re using, and the speed of your burner.
Burning a disc can take a surprisingly long time. To help decrease the burning time, try the following suggestions.
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Use media that matches the speed of your burner.
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Close all other applications before you begin burning a disc.
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Defragment your hard disk using a defragmenter tool, such as the one included in Windows. For instructions, see
the documentation provided with the tool.
Once you burn a project to disc, those project files are stored in a cache—a temporary location that allows files to be
accessed at higher speeds—so burning subsequent discs takes less time. However, the cache gets cleared if you close a
project or make changes that require additional encoding, such as applying an effect or adding or cutting clips.
Disc isn’t recognized by the burner
Make sure that the DVD burner supports the type of media you’re using. (When you export to disc, Adobe Premiere
Elements indicates whether the type of media you’re using is supported.) Use only +R media in DVD+R drives, and -
R media in DVD-R drives. Make sure the speed of your blank media matches the speed of your burner (for example,
use 8x media in 8x drives).
Try different brands of blank media. Through experimentation, you will likely find that your burner works best with
certain brands.
When burning to DVD, make sure the blank disc you’ve inserted is a blank DVD, not a blank CD-R. If you previously
tried to write to a DVD, it may have recorded just enough data to become unusable.
DVD plays on a computer but not on a TV
To play a movie on a TV, you need to burn the files onto a DVD rather than copy them. (Be sure to use a DVD rather
than a CD.) While a computer can play files copied to a DVD, a DVD player relies on the DVD burner to prepare the
files as a movie it can recognize and play on a TV.
Note: CD burners are sometimes confused with DVD burners. A CD burner is used to write data to a CD; it can’t be used
to create a DVD. You can use a CD burner to create a VCD, which you can play on a computer or on a DVD player that
supports VCD format.
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