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Burn DVD
I know this isn’t strictly an AFX question but anyway ….. I want to burn a DVD with a quicktime movie so that it will play in a standard (home) dvd player. Whats the simplest way to do this? (mac platform). Do I need specific software etc.
Thanks in advance.
Joseph -
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Ahem, a Quicktime movie won’t play at standalone players at all. You need to convert/ transcode it to MPEG II and then create a proper DVD data structure for it. This is called authoring. Though I only work on PC, you Mac guys should have it much easier – iDVD is part of OSX and if you are on a more pro oriented road you can always get DVD Studio Pro.
Mylenium
[Pour Myl
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Thanks for the advice. Its for viewing on a widescreen tv at 1600 x 900. How should I render it – I don’t seem to have MPEG II in my AFX settings…
Joseph -
Most DVD authoring programs can encode as well, so you’ll have to get a DVD authoring program and start from there. Just bring in the QT file and figure out how the authoring program works.
Or, there is plenty of encoding software out there to do the job if your authoring program can’t do it.
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If you want a file to play from a dvd to a tv in a normal dvd player, you need to be rendering to 720×480 pixels. If you want it to be widescreen you can either make it anamorphic or letterboxed. Do a search for either of those phrases here to get more info. The day isn’t here yet when you can play a high definition clip from a standard dvd player, only a pc.
Matt Hall
Director, Digital Post
CCG MetaMedia, Inc.
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