Encoding & Recording
The encoding screen shows you a preview of the slideshow that you can disable to improve the performance of the encoding (speed wise, it won’t affect the quality of the final DVD). In my case, encoding 34 photos with a resolution of 2048x1536 (5 mega pixel camera) and a single MP3 file took 3 minutes and 24 seconds.
When the encoding process was done, it continued automatically to the next screen, where a progress bar shows you the recording of the disc itself.
After the disc was burnt successfully, PhotoDVD gives you a few options to choose from.
You can create another Photo DVD slideshow by selecting the second option, or burn another disc using the same compilation, when you have a friend or relative who wants a copy as well. I selected “open output folder” and also ticked the “Delete working folder” since I had no use for the temporary working files anyway, my disc was done. But this is a bit of a weird combination, since the DVD drive was ejected after the burn, and the working files are deleted. What “output folder” does VSO mean in this case? I ended up with an open Windows Explorer window after clicking “Next” and at the same time PhotoDVD had closed itself. I found this behaviour only slightly confusing, but nothing to worry about, since my DVD had been burnt successfully anyway!
At least, that’s what I thought…
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