<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">I've just finished a standard 3x4 format, 4 minute movie in FCE HD 3.5.1. I can export a file for iPod and it looks great. My problem is every time I export a separate file for DVD burning in Toast 8 – using QuickTime (with "Self-contained Movie either checked or unchecked) the resulting burn shows <I>dropped frames</I> on playback. The video and sound are crisp but the playback stutters ever so slightly. The movie has a simple white on black title, mostly dissolves, six wipes and some cuts. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The media resides in an external Maxtor 160GB FW hard drive. The drive shows 20.46G still available. </DIV><DIV>When I apply "Get Info" to the FCE Documents file where all the files are stored it shows 6.24 Gig.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I notice since I've made several versions of this movie (Save As v.01, 02, 03, etc.) that there are a number of files stored in the FCE Documents folder on the Maxtor drive. Could it be I have to copy all the media to my internal hard drive to get a good burn? I hope not.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm using an aluminum Powerbook G4, 1.5 GHz, 1.25GB Ram and OSX 10.4.9. How can I export from FCE to get a decent DVD to play on a TV without dropped frames?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks, in advance.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Karl</DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>