CyberLink MediaShow
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To set the view preferences, click on View tab to customize the following options:
• Thumbnails: select the size of the thumbnails that are displayed in the media
window.
• Captions: select the type of caption that is displayed underneath your media
in the media window.
• Skin: select the color of the user interface skin for CyberLink MediaShow.
• Display Hidden: use this option to display media and folders that were
previously hidden from view within CyberLink MediaShow.
Create Disc Settings
Before you burn a disc, be sure to configure the disc settings. To do this, click on
Settings in the Create Disc window and then configure the settings as follows:
Disc Selection
• Optical drive: select the burning device from the drop down menu that you
want to use to burn your disc.
• TV format: select the TV format (NTSC or PAL) of the video that is burned to the
disc. This format should correspond with the region in which you plan to play
the disc.
• Audio format: select the desired audio encoding for your outputted disc’s
audio.
• Aspect ratio: set the aspect ratio for the video. For DVDs you may select
between 4:3 or 16:9.
• Quality: select the video quality of disc’s video. The video quality settings offer
different bit rates, resulting in files of different sizes. The higher the quality of
the video, the larger the resulting file and the shorter the length of video that
can fit onto a disc.
• Disc capacity: displays the available space on the disc currently inserted in the
selected optical drive (burning device).
Preferences
• Display TV safe zone in the Preview window: select to display a box that
indicates an area that will fit on most TVs, when previewing your completed
disc. Utilizing this feature ensures that menu items are within the display range
of most TVs.
• Burn disc without a menu: select this option to have the video on your disc
play automatically when the disc is inserted into a disc player.
• Auto menu timeout: select this option for the video on your disc to play
automatically after displaying the menu for a short duration.
