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Disc burning guidelines and compatibility
If a compatible burner is connected to your computer, you can create a DVD or Blu-ray Disc directly from
Adobe Premiere Elements. You can play the disc that you create in either a TV or computer disc player.
Adobe Premiere Elements creates video discs. (It does not create data or audio discs.) Desktop DVD burners use a
recordable DVD-5 disc (DVD+/-R), which has a 4.7 GB capacity and can hold approximately two hours of high-
quality standard-definition video.
Typically, a Blu-ray Disc has a 25 GB capacity and can hold 135 minutes of high-definition video using MPEG-2 plus
2 hours of standard definition bonus material, or it can hold a total of 10 hours of standard-definition content. Blu-ray
Discs come in BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable) formats.
Adobe Premiere Elements supports single-layer, 4.7 GB DVDs of the following types: DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R,
and DVD-RW. It also supports dual-layer 8.5 GB DVD+R discs. Choose the media supported by both your DVD
burner and the DVD player on which you plan to play the DVD. Not all DVD burners and DVD players support all
types of DVDs. For example, many, but not all, TV DVD players recognize DVD+R discs.
DVD-R This format uses write-once recordable discs, and is compatible with both stand-alone DVD players and
DVD-ROM drives. DVD-R discs are available in two media types: General Use and Authoring. Most consumer
DVD-R burners use the cheaper General Use discs, and some professional burners use Authoring discs. You must use
the correct media type for your burner. However, once written, the discs should be readable in either type of DVD
player or drive. (General Use DVD-R is designed to prevent backup of encrypted commercial DVDs.)
DVD+R This non-rewritable format is compatible with most DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. The first generation
+RW burners did not support DVD+R recording, and probably cannot be upgraded to do so. However, all current
models of DVD+RW burners support DVD+R recording. Compatibility of DVD+R discs in stand-alone DVD players
is similar to that of DVD-R.
DVD-RW/DVD+RW These formats are similar in functionality and compatibility with DVD burners and players.
DVD-RW and DVD+RW use rewritable discs that can rewrite more than 1000 times in ideal situations. The majority
of stand-alone DVD players play video recorded on DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs, but the compatibility is not as
high as with DVD-R and DVD+R. Current DVD-RW burners can also burn to DVD-R.
Note: If your DVD burner is not compatible with Adobe Premiere Elements, you can burn the project to a folder, which
allows you to use the software included with the burner to burn the final DVD.
Compatibility issues for DVDs
When choosing media and hardware, consider the following compatibility issues:
• The DVD+R and DVD-R formats are compatible with more set-top players than DVD+RW and DVD-RW.
• DVD-ROM drives are compatible with more DVD formats than set-top DVD players, often because computers can
update firmware and drivers easier than a set-top player.
• Older DVD players support fewer DVD formats.
Select the preset for a given format in accordance with the available space on the target medium and the needs of the
target audience.