Sony VRD-VC30 Manual

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To finalize the disc means to make the created disc playable on other DVD 
devices. 

When ejecting a disc immediately after recording, the DVDirect asks you if 
you want to finalize the disc or not.
You can select to finalize the disc or not depending on your purpose.
(You can also finalize the disc from the Setup mode (page 42)).

Generally, you complete the disc by finalizing.
The finalized disc can be used like DVD-Video or DVD-ROM discs on a DVD 
device.

See the following to check if finalizing is necessary for your intended 
purposes.

Finalize the disc
• to create a disc playable on standard DVD players.
• to create a disc readable on standard DVD drives of computers.
• to create a disc to be distributed to others.
• to create a 100% complete disc (you do not intend to add videos later).

Do not finalize the disc
• when you want to add videos to the same disc with the DVDirect later.
• when you are not finished creating the disc (not yet playable on other DVD 

devices).

The following shows the differences between a finalized disc and an 
unfinalized disc.

When using a DVD+RW disc, finalizing is unnecessary; no message prompting finalization 
appears when ejecting the disc, and there is no need to finalize from the Setup mode.
You can always add videos on a DVD+RW disc with the DVDirect, and the disc can always 
be played with a DVD player or the DVD drive of a computer.

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