[MacDV] Re: iLife4

[Erica Sadun]

At 11:18 PM -0600 1/12/04, Randy Clark wrote:
>on 1/12/04 5:11 AM, Erica Sadun was molecularly re-engineered thru the
>vastness of space and could only say:
>
>>>  If I'm using iDVD 3 to create my DVDs, how can I lower the bitrate to
>>>  either: (a) improve player compatibility or (b) produce longer length DVDs
>>>  (i.e. 90 minutes or greater)?
>>>
>>
>>  Add extra material until you've got more than 60 minutes.
>>  Then delete the extra material.
>>
>>  -- Erica
>
>Forgive my thickness, working late tonight and am not too with it... add
>extra material where? And then, at what point would I delete the extra
>stuff?
>
>I'm a rookie iDVD user. I have exactly 2 projects worth of experience in
>iDVD, and then ended up with discs that stuttered & froze in set-top players
>about 2/3 of the way thru each disc. Granted, these were on cheaper discs
>(kHyperMedia). I re-burned one project thru iDVD to a Verbatim DataLifePlus
>disc and it worked on at least one of the players that gave me trouble
>earlier. I'm hoping it was just a media problem.

Throw in a half-hour movie. Then delete it. Just drag
it onto one of your menus. iDVd will either ask you or
tell you that you're going to 90 minutes. The bitrate
doesn't change back even if you delete the extra video.

-- Erica