Pre-mastering

Pre-mastering involves several steps: Formatting, Imaging, and Proofing. Formatting multi plexes (joins) the video and audio tracks into a single track, then organizes the files into the proper UDF (Universal Disc Format) configuration. Imaging copies these files to DVD-R, DLT (Digital Linear Tape), or hard disk for proofing and later replication. Proofing (also called Simulation) is the quality assurance step of the DVD process. Carefully viewing the content and checking navigation will insure that a DVD is ready for release. A DVD-R “one off“ disc is usually burned to test the program in different players to assure universal acceptance.

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