DVD Studio Pro – need help on buidling! [beginner]

[Tiffany Duke]

Also – I shot my film on a Panasonic HVX200 and the project is 720p60 at 23.97FPS.

Do I want to set DVD Standard to SD DVD or HD DVD?

Dukesup

[Tiffany Duke]

Okay so I got impatient and I’m just burning the DVD without menu or anything fancy – so it will just play the movie when one enters the DVD.

However – it appears to be stuck on “Initializing..” as it has been on this for an hour. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong?

Someone please help!

Dukesup

[Dan Monro]

Easy there, Dukesp. Initializing can take a while if your content is short.

Drag a menu template from the pallette into your main window.
Click on each element and change it to what you want.
Delete any extra buttons or type.
Click on the button you want to use to play your movie; now look in the inspector for the “asset” pull down. Point this to your movie track. Your target can be set to the same track also – another pull-down.
Click on the track in the graphical layout. Set the “end jump” to menu.
Click on the “simulate” button in the tool bar, see how you did.
If it works as expected, burn it. Get some coffee and relax. Don’t sit there and watch it burn.
Once its done, throw it in your DVD player and watch it on your TV, not your computer.
If something is awry, use the inspector to tweak, or post back. Might take longer than 20 minutes to answer.
If any of these windows I mention aren’t open, use the apple ‘window’ menu to open them.

I’m pretty new to DVDSP also. Good luck. Hope it helps. There are good tutorials on iTunes and Youtube.

Cheers,
D

Dan Monro
FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.5.7
GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6