best set up for burning multiple DVD’s ?

[Jerry Hofmann]

This: https://www.meritline.com/index.html Sells a whole slew of brands etc. I’d be looking for a dual layer duplicator for those big HD dups of the future…

Jerry

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[Matt Murray]

Just “build” in DVDSP, then use Toast Titanium to burn them.
You can choose the amount and burn speed, set it for the amount, and just feed it disks.
With the new software and computer setup I have, it’s now about 8-11 minutes each for DVD’s to burn.
Matt Murray
Lineside Productions
Wellington, FL
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[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[Matt Murray] ” 8-11 minutes each for DVD’s to burn.”

How long is the original program material for an 8-11 copy?

[Jeff Carpenter]

I’ve got one of these and I love it:

https://www.primera.com/bravoII_disc_publisher.html

It comes down to how much you’d use it to know if it’s worth the price to you. The BEST thing about it is that it prints on the labels. When I have to make 100 copies the printing is a bigger time saver than the burning itself. I didn’t even get the extra tray attachment, so I can only do 25 in one batch, and that’s still fine for me. It can do about that many overnight. It could go even faster but I like to burn at less-than-the-fastest speed just to be safe.

The suggested reatil price on that page is much higher than they actually sell for. You can find them for about $1,800 if you look around the ‘net.

You may not need something like this, but it’s worth considering.

[Mitchji]

Hi,

A stand alone one to three or one to five tower is one way to go. You can purchase the parts and assemble yourself if you want to save a few hundred.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Walter Biscardi]

http://www.discmakers.com

they have several units which do multiple DVD’s and even do the printing right on the discs.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
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[Godfrey Pye]

I want to throw in my vote for the Primera Bravo 2. I have one and it’s like the Energizer bunny – it goes and goes producing and labeling DVD’s. There’s a thrill when you wake up in the morning and find that you have a bunch of completed, labeled discs ready for you, all made while you were sleeping.
I have mine connected to a Mac Mini, connected to my network.
I can’t remember having a dud disc as yet.

Godfrey Pye
Mulholland Bays – in the Hollywood Hills

[Bill Willins]

“I have mine connected to a Mac Mini, connected to my network. “……. This set up sounds great. So help me here ….. You can author your DVD and work in DVDSP on the G5 … and then send the project through the MacMini without tying up the G5 ? And wile the DVD’s are burning you can continue to work on the G5 ?

[Godfrey Pye]

I have mine connected to a Mac Mini, connected to my network. “……. This set up sounds great. So help me here ….. You can author your DVD and work in DVDSP on the G5 … and then send the project through the MacMini without tying up the G5 ? And wile the DVD’s are burning you can continue to work on the G5 ?

Yep – that’s exactly right. Via the software that comes with the Bravo 2, I make an disk image of the completed DVD project, using iDVD or DVDSP – that goes onto my RAID along with the label which I author (on either computer) in Discus then make a bmp file of that which I size in Photoshop.

Then the Bravo 2 selects both the Photoshop file and the disk image, then one-by-one the robot arm of the Bravo 2 takes a disk from the right hand hopper of 25 blank disks, writes the program on the disk, writes the label on the same disk and drops it into the left hand hopper – then it moves on to the next disk. I choose quality and not speed (for obvious reasons) and – touch wood – I haven’t had one disk failure yet.

Meanwhile, I carry on working in FCP or whatever, on the G5, safe in the knowledge that my mini factory is slowly churning out DVD’s,completely unattended.

Godfrey Pye
Mulholland Bays – in the Hollywood Hills

[Gabriel Regalbuto]

We slapped a stack of four burners in a Windows PC. Using Nero, you can burn to them all at once. Just transfer the image folder over or burn one on the Mac and copy in Nero.