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DVD-RW/DVD+RW
These formats are similar in functionality and compatibility with DVD burners and players.
DVD-RW and DVD+RW use rewritable discs that can rewrite more than 1000 times in ideal situations. The majority
of stand-alone DVD players play video recorded on DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs, but the compatibility is not as
high as with DVD-R and DVD+R. Current DVD-RW burners can also burn to DVD-R.
Note: If your DVD burner is not compatible with Adobe Premiere Elements, you can burn the project to a folder, which
allows you to use the software included with the burner to burn the final DVD.

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Compatibility issues for DVDs
When choosing media and hardware, consider the following compatibility issues:
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The DVD+R and DVD-R formats are compatible with more set-top players than DVD+RW and DVD-RW.
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DVD-ROM drives are compatible with more DVD formats than set-top DVD players, often because computers can
update firmware and drivers easier than a set-top player.
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Older DVD players support fewer DVD formats.
Select the preset for a given format in accordance with the available space on the target medium and the needs of the
target audience.
Video encoding for DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
Making a DVD or Blu-ray Disc involves encoding your video into the MPEG-2 format or the H.264 format (Blu-ray
only). Compression reduces your video and audio files to take up less storage space. For example, a 60-minute video
in Adobe Premiere Elements takes up approximately 13 GB. However, a single-layer DVD holds only 4.7 GB.
(Dual-layer DVDs hold 8.5 GB.) To maintain maximum quality, Adobe Premiere Elements compresses the movie
only as much as necessary to fit it on the disc. The shorter your movie, the less compression required, and the higher
the quality of the video on the disc.
Note: The Blu-ray presets are suitable for exporting AVCHD-quality files.
Compressing video and audio for use on a disc is very time consuming, even on high-end, dedicated systems. The time
required varies depending upon the speed of the computer processor, the amount of available memory, and the
complexity and length of a project. A standard video project of 60 minutes may take from 4 to 6 hours to burn. Many
DVD and Blu-ray Disc producers burn a project overnight.
Note: The Blu-ray format H.264 is computationally intensive and, hence, takes a long time to encode. However, the
compression is high and allows more video data per MB. MPEG-2 is not as computationally intensive, so it is faster, but
the amount of video information per MB is less.
Creating discs for different geographical regions
If you are sharing your DVD or Blu-ray Disc with someone from a different country, you may need to burn the disc
using a different TV standard. Typically, video devices (from camcorders to DVD or Blu-ray Disc players) conform to
one of two TV standards: NTSC in Japan and North America, or PAL in most of Europe and the Middle East.