From the Tools menu, choose Burn Disc and choose Video CD from the submenu to render your project and burn it to a Video CD (VCD).

Video CDs can be played in many home DVD players and on computers with a CD-ROM drive and VCD player software.

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1. From the Tools menu, choose Burn Disc and choose Video CD from the submenu. The Burn Video CD dialog is displayed.

2. Select recording options for your CD-recordable drive:

1. Choose a drive from the Burn drive drop-down list to specify the drive you want to use to burn your Video CD.

2. From the Burn speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to record. Max will record using the fastest speed possible with your drive; decrease the speed if you have difficulty recording.

3. Select the Buffer underrun protection check box if your CD recorder supports buffer underrun protection. Buffer underrun protection allows a CD recorder to stop and resume burning.

4. Select the Automatically erase rewritable discs check box if you’re burning to rewritable media and want to erase the disc before burning.

5. Select the Eject when done check box if you want to eject the CD automatically when burning has completed.

6. Choose a burn mode.

Item	Description
Burn CDs	Begins recording audio to your CD immediately.
Test first, then burn CDs	Performs a test to determine whether your files can be written to the CD recorder without encountering buffer underruns. No audio is recorded to the CD during the test, and recording begins after the test if it is successful.
Test only (do not burn CDs)	Performs a test to determine whether your files can be written to the CD recorder without encountering buffer underruns. No audio is recorded to the CD.

3. Choose the movie file you want to use:

• If you want to render the current project, select the Render format radio button.

1. Edit the contents of the File path box to specify the name and location of your rendered file.

2. Choose a template from the Template drop-down list to specify the parameters that should be used for rendering your file, or click the Custom button to create a new template.

3. Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to use only a portion of your project. If the check box is cleared, the entire project will be rendered and saved to the Video CD.

4. Select the Stretch video to fill output frame check box if you want to reformat your video so it fills the output frame size listed in the Description box. When the check box is cleared, the current aspect ratio is maintained, and black borders are added to fill the extra frame area (letterbox). This option is useful when the desired output format does not match the frame aspect ratio of your project.

5. Select the Use project output rotation setting check box if you’re rendering a rotated project and want to use the Output rotation setting from the Project Properties dialog for your rendered file.

   When the check box is cleared, the media is rotated according to its Media Properties setting, but the project itself is unrotated—you can use this setting to proof your project on an unrotated display.

• If you want to use an already-rendered MPEG file, select the Use an existing file radio button, and enter the path to the file in the File path box (or click the Browse button to locate the file).

4. Your movie is recorded to the CD. When recording is finished, you can select the Save movie file check box to keep the MPEG file that was rendered, or you can clear the check box to delete the file.

5. Click Finish.

Creating a Video CD