avoiding layer breaks

[Dr Who]

Hey

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I have a Mac laptop and an iMac G5 with a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-112D Fire Wire DVD External Burner and an Hl-dt-st DVDRW GSA-S10N internal burner on the laptop. Is there anyway of how to avoid layer breaks in the burning process. I put the video file in the video section of Toast or I put the audio_ts and video_ts files in the dvd-rom udf section and pres record and there is always a layer break when it finishes, how can I avoid this. And like my previous questions if you cannot answer this can you please direct me somewhere that will

[Case]

Any dual/double layer DVD disc with content larger than the first layer will have a layer break. At some point it will have to go from layer 1 to layer 2, so the only way to avoid the break is to requantize to fit one single layer.
If you want control over where the layer break occurs, then you'll be needing more pro-like apps, like DVD Studio Pro. Right after a silent fade-to-black is the least noticeable, I think.
I seem to recall that there's also a requirement that the first layer should be bigger than the second, so you can't set the break below 50%.

[albloom]

I've found that if you burn faster than 4x to a DL DVD, you
will see the layer break.

I suspect it's a feature.

[lordsmurf]

I've found that if you burn faster than 4x to a DL DVD, you
will see the layer break.

I suspect it's a feature.

Burn speed shouldn't make a difference. I have a feeling it's more of a burner or media issue there.

[tomlee59]

Indeed, the rate at which data gets burned into the DVD has nothing to do with the layer-switching delay during playback (unless the burn was marginal, possibly, but that's a separate issue). It's a fundamental characteristic of having to re-focus the optics and letting the track-following servo re-establish lock. These factors are quite independent of how fast the data got laid down in the first place. Once it's there, it's there, and the read circuits don't know/care how it got there.