Motion to DVD

[Jim Scott]

If you just want to create a data disc with the quicktime movie on it do the following:

1. Insert a blank CD or DVD disc into the optical drive of your computer.
2. Type a name for the disc in the dialog that appears (if CDs & DVDs preferences are set to “Ask what to do”), or under the CD icon if no dialog appears.
3. If you see the dialog, you can choose an action from the pop-up menu and select “Make this action the default” if you want the same thing to happen every time you insert a blank disc. Then click OK.
4. Drag files and folders to the open disc window and arrange the files exactly as you want them. The names of files, folders, and the disc can’t be changed after the CD is burned.
5. Choose File > Burn Disc.
6. Select the burn speed and click Burn.

This is straight from Mac “Help” under “burning CDs and DVDs from the Finder” – there’s lots of good info in Help so I suggest getting familiar with it. Good luck with your new computer.

[Jim Scott]

BTW Tim, when juggling cats do they always land feet first, and if so do you wear thick leather gloves?

[Scot Walker]

The gloves make it harder to juggle. Just put duct tape around the cats’ paws.

[Tim Clemons]

I was wondering when someone would notice that in my profile. Took that from that old Steve Martin movie “The Jerk”. So please don’t report me to the PETA folks!

Thanks for the great advice, will give it a go when I get home.

Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
4 GB DDR SDRAM
2 x 400GB Serial ATA
Superdrive
Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL
AJA Kona LS
OS X 10.4 Tiger
FCP HD 4.5
DVD Studio Pro 3.0.0
Motion 1.0

[Tim Clemons]

Jim, I successfully burned a DVD, thanks for the advice. But, when I attempted to verify the playback of the QT movie directly from the disc, the playback was very poor. ie: the movie would playback for 3 secs, then freeze, then pick back up again 12 secs into the movie, freeze again, and so on. The QT movie plays back well when calling it up from my hard drive, but it’s playing bad when taken from the DVD. So I suspect there is an issue in the burning process ??? Maybe ??? What do you think? tx.

[Richard Harrington]

DATA RATE!

Richard M. Harrington, PMP

Author: Photoshop CS for Nonlinear Editors
Co-Author Final Cut Pro On The Spot & After Effects on the Spot
Check out the new DVD: Photoshop CS: Essentials for Digital Video from http://www.vasst.com

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[Jim Scott]

Richard is correct – DATA RATE – and what he means by that is the CD/DVD drive cannot handle playing back full frame uncompressed video in real time. The data rate is too high. I assumed that you just wanted to burn a data disc in order to transfer the quicktime file to another computer, and for that it should work fine. However, to play back that file you will have to play it from your hard drive or suffer through stuttering playback from the disc. If you want to burn a playable DVD-video disc use iDVD instead. Hope this helps.

Jim