Quick Plug & Burn

This section explains the quickest way of recording video from a DV camcorder to a disc.

1 | Connect your DV camcorder to your computer via a Firewire cable. Make sure it is turned on and switched to playback mode.

| When Toast detects the DV camcorder, an icon appears in the Video content area.

2 | If you want to Toast automatically rewind to the beginning the tape before importing, select the Rewind check box.

3 | Click the red Record button.

4 | When prompted, insert a disc into the currently selected recorder.

| In real time, the DV camcorder plays back while Toast captures the video file on your hard disk.

| When the DV camcorder reaches the end of the tape (or you stop it), Toast stops importing the video, saves the video file, and adds it to the Video content area.

| Recording begins, with a progress bar displaying the progress of the recording.

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Other Ways of Using Plug & Burn