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iDVD and Compressor
I have spent hours today reading up on making the best quality dvd from my hdv footage. (pal)
End result was that I proposed to make a self contained quicktime file and burn it at professional quality in idvd. However after hours of reading many more articles on the web I am also toying with the idea of making a self contained quicktime movie and then compressing it in compressor first ( although I have never used compressor).
The advice after that is to burn the dvd in DVD studio pro. However I have FCP 5.1 which dosen’t have DVD studio pro in it and apparently the stand alone version ( if I could find one) won’t work with my intel imac. So that only leaves me with iDVD ( or toast ) I prefer to use iDVD because of the cool menus so my question is should I send my quicktime file to compressor and then to idvd or bypass compressor and go straight to iDVD.
Finally, on a short quicktime test I found that on my old television ( as opposed to my newer widescreen one) the image was squished. Is there something in idvd that will sort this when I burn the finished article
Many Thanksbrian paterson
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3 Replies
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iDVD can’t burn from a .m2v/.mpeg (the files generated in Compressor) only quicktime movies. So using Compressor wouldn’t work with iDVD.
As for the squished look, check to make sure your footage is 16×9 or not, then adjust the setting in iDVD. Although iDVD usually automatically adjusts.good luck,
Todd at UCSB
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Did you check your install disks for DVDSP? I’ve used FCP since v4 and every version included DVDSP.
John
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Hi John,
I have finally found the installation disks but there must be one missing as I cannot see anything for DVDSP. It seems I am stuck on this one with no way forward unless I can get a disc from somewhere else. Even then I am not sure if each disc in each set has a seperate installation code. I.E. would a disc from another set work with my own installation discs.? And where would I get one if it did?
Many thanks anyway.
Brianbrian paterson
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