Set Layer Break Manually

[koberulz]

Using Encore for my last project, I set the layer break to 'manual'. When I went to build, it popped up a box allowing me to set the layer break at any point I wanted. This point then showed up in ImgBurn, allowing me to have the layer break somewhere sensible.

This time, however, Encore failed to pop anything up, and hasn't set a layer break at all, leaving me to ImgBurn and its suggestions that, due to being effectively random, are horribly inconvenient at times.

I burn a lot of basketball games, so I do need to be fairly picky about where the layer break goes. I've seen a lot of people say that it needs to be at a chapter point, but I've never seen ImgBurn put it there and have never had a problem. I only have a chapter at the start of each quarter, though.

Why won't Encore let me set it anymore, and is there any way I can set it manually beyond choosing from a couple of options ImgBurn gives me?

[jman98]

You can use PgcEdit to set layer breaks. It's what I use. Maybe you can look into it and see if it gives you more what you're looking for.

[koberulz]

How? I've downloaded it, and searched the help, and all it says is something about clicking the cell type button and editing the discontinuity flag. I don't even know where the cell type button is, much less anything else it was talking about.

[koberulz]

Alright, figured it out. But it's basically like ImgBurn, in that you just get a list of layer break options. When Encore let me set the layer break manually, I could set it on any frame I wanted (obviously within the range given).

I don't get why Encore has the option for setting a manual layer break if it doesn't actually do anything.

[jman98]

It's good that you figured it out, but for others who might have the same question.
http://www.digital-digest.com/~blutach/pgcedit_guide/burning_with_pgcedit/burning_with...pgcedit_v2.htm

Google is your friend. Use it. A simple search could have pulled up the guide I referenced above, but if you want to go through life expecting everybody to spoon feed you instead of doing simple searches on your own, good luck.

I have no experience with Encore. Professional authoring programs that cost a ton of money, like Scenarist, will let you set it wherever you want I think, but they will also let you do so in less than optimal places. PgcEdit and ImgBurn restrict you to sane choice.

[koberulz]

I did find it, but it didn't initially seem like what I was after.