Roxio - Burning Double Layer DVDs
I just purchased an LaCie Porsche external double layer DVD burner, and wanted to let everyone know that I've had really no issues burning both single and double layered DVDs by using Roxio's Easy Media Creator 7. The app does a good job of spoon feeding you various CD/DVD disc options, although I would like more of a drag and drop option for DVD creation. Once I had added my mpegs to the project and started the burn, the encoding process took almost 8 hours to complete. This may be due to how I recorded my mpegs, so I'll look at that on my end before I assign blame to the software. Overall, I thought this was a great tool to create custom DVDs for small organizations, family events, etc. I love how customizable the menus, background audio, and menu flow are, and after a little initial patience you'll see how useful this tool is.
I've burned two test projects, the first containing my own custom mpegs. Make sure you set your project's burning Standard to NTSC instead of PAL under advanced options, I had to change this for the DVD to play in my home DVD player.
The second project was a straight copy of a commercial DVD (which has been using double layer media for years), and this was virtually flawless. Roxio disc copier handles this task without blinking, either burning to single or double layer media. Many commercial DVDs are CSS encrypted, you'll be on your own to decode this, as Roxio doesn't support copying protected content, regardless of your personal piracy morals. There are, however, many decoding options available online.
All of my test projects were burned using Memorex DVD+R DL dvds.
All in all I was worried about $pending on this new technology, but almost everything went flawlessly, and I'd recommend using Roxio Easy Media Creator for anyone's double layer DVD burning needs.
Here's a nice article on double layer media.