Video Disc Settings (Updated and Classic)
When creating a DVD or Blu-ray video disc, you can choose various options for the disc content and menus. Some of the more common settings (for Updated and Classic workflows) are available in the Output Settings area. For the Legacy workflow (Classic) more options can be accessed by clicking the Customize button and clicking either the Disc or Menus tab. Options might vary depending on your version of Toast.
Settings available on the Disc tab include:
• Disc Name: Type a name for the disc. This name is visible when you insert the disc into a Macintosh or Windows computer.
• Auto-play disc on insert: Select this option to automatically play the first video, slideshow, or playlist when this disc is inserted into a player. The main menu is not displayed, but you can access it by pressing the MENU button on the player’s remote control.
• Play all items continuously: Select this option to automatically play each video, slideshow or playlist on the disc in sequence, without returning to the main menu in between.
• Include DVD-ROM content: Select this option to include additional data in the ROM portion of the disc. This data will be accessible when the disc is used on a Macintosh or Windows computer. For more information, see
Adding ROM data to a video disc (Classic).
• Include original photos: Select this option to include a copy of the original full-quality source photos from your slideshows in a separate folder on the disc. This folder will be accessible when the DVD is used on a Macintosh or Windows computer.
Settings available on the Menus tab include:
• Menu Title: Type a title for the main menu.
• Menu Style: Choose the style for the menu background image, text, and buttons.
• DVDs made with Toast will have menus that contain buttons similar to the menus and buttons in a commercially-produced DVD. Your final disc allows you to navigate through menus and select buttons to play videos, slideshows or playlists.
• To create a disc with no menu, choose “No Menu” as the style.
• Aspect Ratio: This setting should match the aspect ratio of the source video. In most cases, Toast is able to detect the aspect ratio of the source video and the Automatic setting should work fine.
• Number of Buttons: Choose the number of buttons to appear on each menu.
• Different menu styles have different options available for the number of buttons available on a single menu screen.
• Toast adds a button to your menu for each video, slideshow, or playlist you add to the disc. Each time you fill a menu with the maximum number of buttons, as specified here, Toast automatically creates a new menu.
• Button Highlight Color: Choose the highlight color that will be visible when a button is selected on your DVD.
• Background Color: Choose a color that will be used as your menu background color. This will replace the background in any selected menu style.
• Text Color: Choose a color that will be used for any text displayed on the disc menus.
• Custom Menu Background: To add a custom menu background image, drag-and-drop an image from the Media Browser onto the existing menu thumbnail image. To remove a custom menu background, select the thumbnail image and press Delete.
• Include scene menus for video: Select this option to include a scene menu in the menu for all videos on your disc. You will be able to play the video from various points using this menu.
• Include slide menus for slideshows: Select this option to include a slide menu in the menu for all slideshows on your disc. You will be able to play the slideshow from various points using this menu.
• Include SmartLists for music: Select this option to include SmartLists in the DVD menu for Music DVDs. SmartLists are automatically generated playlists for all Artists, Albums and Songs.
• Include Shuffle play: Select this option to include a Shuffle button for each slideshow, playlist and SmartList in the menu. Clicking the Shuffle button while playing the disc will play the photos or music tracks in a random order.