Hello, Pete!

As a guess, I'd assume your "epic" is of about an hour's duration, possibly you could master it to DVD as an MPEG2 HQ(High Quality) DVD, if, your intent is to have professionally-made DVD copies made for resale to the public(in which case, you'll want/need to have a copyright protection applied to it in your name). For me, normally I burn discs at DVD-SP because I want maximum content on a disc, PD14 doesn't allow it(except for 4:3 aspect ratio content), but PD8(no longer available) does, and thanks to good luck, my PD14 installed without my needing to uninstall PD8, so they sit side-by-side on my computer, PD8 filling gaps left by PD14. But then, my DVDs are for private viewing only anyway, and though DVD-SP allows a good image quality for my own purposes, your purpose seems more commercially-oriented, so DVD-HQ would be the way to go.

Cheers!

Neil.

Bluray is higher quality than DVD. I don't have a BR burner so I can't answer specifics.

Keeping a master on USB is risky. If you want something "solid" then make a disc. I keep iso images as masters on my backup HDD. If I need to make more discs, I just use the iso.

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Quote: normally I burn discs at DVD-SP because I want maximum content on a disc, PD14 doesn't allow it(except for 4:3 aspect ratio content

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think if you Produce to an MPEG-2 file, where you can use custom settings, then import that file into Create Disc rather than importing the project you can burn the disc or to a file with those settings.

Pete : If you want to save a copy from which you can burn further discs and are sure you won't want to do any further editing then I would do as jcardana suggests and burn to an ISO file. You can then use any free third-party app such as imgburn to produce as many discs as you want.

For the best quality on a standard DVD you should use the default MPEG-2 DVD HQ 720x576 (or 720x480 in the US) 8 mbps. This gives about 1 hour of video. If your original footage is HD and you want to save at that quality you'll need to go to Blu-Ray, again burning to an ISO file if you want to make multiple copies. Regards,
Mike

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Thank you so much everyone.
I have made several DVDs at the MPEG2 HQ as suggested, so it seems I got that one right. I have now made an an ISO file and copied it to several destinations. I have Toast on my MAC would I be able to use this to burn more DVDs when required.
Once again a big thank you

ok... I do apologize for this but... it must be said.

So, I am assuming that 'Toast' is some sort of DVD burning software - NOT a slice of white or wheat or multi-grained bread that has been burned to a nice brown shade... correct? ( I know I'll 'google' 'Toast' but...).

And since I'm NOT familiar with it - I sure can not answer if it'll do the job for you - but I bet there is someone in here that may be able to answer your question.

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I wonder - what is your source material? For myself I start out with videos and still images at a resolution of nothing less than 1920x1080. 'Mastering' to a format less than the original isn't something that I'd want to do and I always create MP4's at either 1920x1080 or 3840x2160.

If someone wants a DVD of something I've got I use the MP4 to create one. That's quick and easy.

I have an external drive on my laptop and an NAS attached to my router and I keep a copy of every produced file on each device.

p.s. - we share an attachement to PD13 by the way. It does everything that I need (at the moment).

Quote: So, I am assuming that 'Toast' is some sort of DVD burning software - NOT a slice of white or wheat or multi-grained bread that has been burned to a nice brown shade... correct? ( I know I'll 'google' 'Toast' but...). CS

There seem to be two toast software for the Mac. Both are for creating DVD's. One Toast from Roxio: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/ . Another Toast from Corel: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toast-burn/id792619118?mt=12 for copying or duplicating discs.

Hi, CS!

You beat me to the punch-line! I was going to use the bread reference as a joke by saying, please make sure the butter or margarine doesn't get into your computer workings! Ha-ha!

Cheers!

Neil.

Toast is well-known in the Mac community and has been around for years. It was, and is, authored by Roxio which is now part of the Corel Corporation. See here. Regards,
Mike

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Once again I cannot thank you enough.
But I have to say I always, and I MEAN ALWAYS have Anchor Butter, even here in France. Nothing else drips so nicely off hot toast. Mine is an oldie by Roxio by the way. However, when I tried to burn from my ISO it would not until it had 'Converted it'?? To I know not what format and the burned DVD did not have either my first video or any of my Menus that are clearly present in the ISO file? I will take the advice from Longedge and produce everything to MP4
Thanks to everyone