[MacDV] Toast and iDVD

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 01:56 AM, Tom Kirshbaum wrote:

> I'm really confused about Toast. I can't even find the answer on 
> Roxio's web
> site.
>
> Can Toast burn an iMovie onto DVD, or is it necessary to go through 
> iDVD
> first?

Yes, Toast can burn an iMovie onto DVD, but not in a manner that's 
useful without some authoring program. For one thing, iMovie files 
aren't compressed.

There's a workflow that goes:

1. digital video clips in (camera, analog-to-digital converter)
2. iMovie to arrange clips in correct order and edit them
3. author video, including compression
4. burn to disc

Toast can do 4
iMovie does 2
iDVD does 3

> If it can, then what are the advantages to having iDVD at all?

Want chapters? Want to include stills? Want something that plays in a 
consumer DVD player?

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_Deirdre                                             http://deirdre.net
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