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520 19. Creating Output for Television

FPS ratings, but the most common is 29.97 for DVD video. This means that
there are nearly 30 images, or frames, flashed on the screen every second to
create the illusion of motion. If your show is 3 minutes long, you’re going to
have quite a few images to render:

3 minutes * 60 seconds = 180 seconds

180 seconds * 29.97 FPS = 5,395 frames
Rendering each of these images, one at a time, can take a while. The speed
of this is based on the performance of your computer and the complexity of
the show. If you’re creating a Blu-ray, the process can take even longer, as
HD video takes longer to prepare. Once you’ve started the rendering, just
let ProShow work. It can get the job done whether you’re watching or not.

Collecting takes place once the render is finished. All disc formats have a
set file structure that has to be used in order for the disc to work. The
collecting process is when ProShow takes the newly rendered video file and
converts it into the file structure needed for the disc. This often doesn’t take
long and is done silently between the rendering and burning process.
Burning is the final, and typically the most straight-forward, process. When
the rendered and collected show data is ready to go, ProShow accesses
your disc burner and writes that data to the disc.
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What Goes on the Disc
Your finished disc will have a few items that show up on it:

• Your completed menu, or menus, if you opted to include one
• One or more slideshows that you added using the Shows tab
• Any extra content you chose to add to the disc

That’s all a finished disc needs to work. With that data on it, you can drop it
into the appropriate player and start watching it immediately. Remember
that making a disc is a very quick process: choose your disc type, add a
menu, pick the shows you want to add to it, and click on the create button.

10 If you have any trouble burning to disc, see Chapter 29.