Matthew Gazo
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There was something I read a while back that iDVD was built to burn on a mac system, like my G5 with internal burner only. There was an article out there that proclaimed a method of getting iDVD to burn to an external burner. The guy that had a website out there about iDVD had the name of Ken Stone, I think. Maybe that will help you out. I seem to recall something about burning the QT file as an Image file first from the disk copy function and then burning, and I think the above author, Stone had some info on that. Sorry I can’t be of much help, as I never had to cope with the external burner issue.
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I burn in iDVD all the time in my business. Question: you stated the it’s a 6 GB QT File. How long, timewise, is your project? I’ve found in iDVD that your limited to about 2 hours of video and audio for a DVD. I once had a project that ran out to about 1 hour and 58 minutes that I thought would fit, but after adding chapters and menus, it would’nt go. Had to edit out some video to make it fit.
If iDVD says it fits, then check under Project Info on the toolbar. If your project exceed 1 hour, you have to check “Best Quality” if you want to burn.Matt
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Tried FCP last year. Way to much “stuff” in it that I don’t want or need. Too many steps to do simple editing, titling and transitions. Maybe if your making a major motion picture, FCP is for you. I went through the tutorial twice and compared to Media 100, it’s just too complicated. Got to a point in the tutorial when I was directed to click on/select/find the stopwatch icon. Guess what, no icon. Asked the wife if she could find it. She could’nt. Dumped the project and started over, following the instructions to the letter. Got to the stopwatch thing again. No stopwatch. Media 100 with Boris can be learned in a very short time by just about anyone. Unless you’re familiar how FCP works, it’s a lot longer learning curve than with Media 100. It might be a good idea to find someone who is using FCP and sit down with them and see how it works.
Just my 2 quatloos worth. Your mileage may vary