[MacDV] Can't render/encode my iDVD project - Can't burnprojectto DVD (SOLVED)

[Nick Scalise]

On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 01:21AM, Robert L. Vaessen <rvaessen at mac.com> wrote:

[snip]

>I viewed the DVD on the TV. It looked absolutely horrible. The AUDIO_TS 
>folder was empty.
>
>Good news. Working with ffmpegX (version 0.0.9p) I have been able to 
>author/encode my iMovie project to valid DVD data folders (VIDEO_TS and 
>AUDIO_TS). I previewed the data on my G5, and the .VOB file contained 
>multiplexed video and audio.
>
>I used DragonBurn to burn the data to DVD. I now have an autoplay 
>version of my iMovie file. I used iMovie to edit the movie, output it 
>as .DV and used that as my input to ffmpegX.
>
>ffmepgX settings were:
>
>File settings:
>Open: ninjamovie_imovieedit.dv
>Save as: ninjamovie_imovieedit.dv
>(info:  dvvideo, 720x480, 29.97 fps, 25000 kb/s. AUDIO:  pcm_s16le, 
>48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s)
>
>Video settings:
>Video codec: MPEG2[.MPG](mpeg2enc) - encode video checked
>Bitrate calculator:
>Video bit rate: 3742 kbit/s
>36 min keep in: 1 CDs of DVD 4GB 3997MB
>Video parameters:
>Video size: 720 x 480
>Autosize: DVD
>Framerate: NTSC (29.97)
>Title 1
>
>Audio parameters:
>Audio codec: .MP2 encode - encode audio checked
>Audio bitrate: 128 kbit/s
>Sampling: 48000 hz
>Channels: Stereo
>Mode: CBR
>Audio track: 0
>Audio gain: +0
>
>Filters:
>Subtitles: not used
>Image filters: denoise checked - 100 luminance, 100 saturation, 125 
>sharpness
>Crop: not used
>
>Options:
>mpeg2enc options: Bicubic and Decode with Quicktime checked
>Profile: DVD
>Q Matrix: Standard
>Interlace: Not interlaced
>Thread: Dual CPU
>VBV size: 460 kb
>Sync: 0 ms
>Q Min: 7
>
>Tools:
>Post-processing: Author as DVD (VIDEO_TS) checked
>Open Terminal window and Keep elementary streams checked
>Video Tools: Mux as... DVD
>
>
>In the end, it is my opinion, through observation, trial and error and 
>deduction, that the codec used by iDVD 4.0.1 in order to encode digital 
>video/audio is incompatible with my 1.8Ghz DP G5. I can only speculate 
>as to why it has worked for some and not others. I was able to find a 
>solution to my problems, and in the end that is all that really 
>matters. iDVD encoding/rendering is the only thing that I have really 
>had a problem with on my G5. After reading literally thousands of 
>similar posts (in Apple's iDVD forum), it is apparent that there is 
>some sort of compilation/compatibility issue with iDVD's codec. Maybe 
>Apple will address the problem at some point. Until then, I'll use 
>ffmpegX and DragonBurn to author and burn iMovie projects to DVD.
>
>The video looks better on the DVD than it did on the VHS. Thanks for 
>all the help.

Can you tell us how long your movie is and how long it took ffmpeg to encode your movie?

Were the settings you used in ffmpeg the "Default" settings?

Just looking to compare between ffmpeg, iDVD and others (I realise bitrate (et.al.) settings will make a difference).

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com