Welcome to Toast 19! : Choosing the Right Project
Choosing the Right Project
Toast can convert audio and video files and create discs in a wide variety of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc formats.
Not all versions of Toast Titanium include Blu-ray authoring.
Here are some of the most commonly used projects.
 
 
I want to...
Choose the following...
Back up general data files and folders, such as documents, photos and spreadsheets, to use at a later time only on a Mac.
Burn tab > Burn Data area > Data Disc, and in the Output Settings, choose Mac Only from the Use for drop-down menu. See Making a Mac Only Disc.
Back up general data files and folders to use at a later time on a Mac or a PC.
Burn tab > Burn Data area > Data Disc, and in the Output Settings, choose Mac & PC from the Use for drop-down menu. See Making a Mac & PC Disc
Archive and share photos from my iPhoto library (or any other pictures) with friends and family.
Burn tab > Burn Photos area, Photo Disc. See Making a Photo Disc.
Listen to music from my iTunes library in my home or car stereo CD player.
Burn tab > Burn Audio area > Audio CD. See Making an Audio CD.
Listen to music from my iTunes library in my DVD player.
Burn tab > Burn Audio area > Music DVD. See Making a Music DVD.
Watch slideshows and video on my TV.
Burn tab > Burn Video area > DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or HD on DVD. See Making a DVD or BD video disc.
Make a DVD from an existing VIDEO_TS folder and compress it to fit on the disc.
Burn tab > Burn Video area > VIDEO_TS Folders. See Making a DVD From VIDEO_TS Folders.
Burn HD video to a standard DVD for playback on a Blu-ray Disc player.
Burn tab > Burn Video area > Blu-ray Disc. See Making a DVD or BD video disc.
Copy a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disc to another disc.
Copy tab > Copy Discs area, and choose the option you want. See Copying a Disc.
Create a high-definition Blu-ray video disc for watching on a Blu-ray Disc player.
Burn tab > Burn Video area > Blu-ray Disc. See Making a DVD or BD video disc.
Publish home video to an online sharing service such as YouTube or Vimeo.
Convert tab > Convert Discs to Digital area, and choose the option you want. See Converting Video Files.
Rip audiobook CDs into iTunes for listening on my Mac or iPod.
Convert tab > Convert Discs to Digital area > Audiobook. See Converting Audiobooks
For all data disc formats see Types of Data Discs.
For all audio disc formats, see Types of Audio Discs.
For all video disc formats, see Types of Video Discs.
For all copy formats, see Copying Discs.
For all convert formats, see Converting Media.