New to dual layer burning

[stantheman1976]

OK, I've authored and burned so many single layer discs I couldn't eve count, but I have yet to try my hand at DL. I have the burner, so what do I do now? I've read about layer breaks. I'm using DVD Lab Pro 1.53 for authoring. Do I just author up to the set size limit for a DL disc and author like normal? What software do I need for burning? Free would be best.

[pchan]

If your burner come bundle with a Sonic RecordNow 7 or later, then you in luck. Use it and burn Audio_TS & Video_TS folders. Burn as data dics. RecordNow will take care of layer break.

DL disc can hold about 8.5gig.

[stantheman1976]

The recorder came with a newer version of Nero.

[rvelez]

When you have your files ready, open them using PgcEdit. Go to File. Burn DVD/Create Iso. PgcEdit does a great job on setting the layer break. Then burn that ISO file with ImgBurn. Try to burn somewhere around 2.4X. You should have no problem.

[rvelez]

To read on how to do this, you can read about it here:
http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedit/third_party/blutach/dl_burning_with_pgcedit.htm