From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Mon May 7 18:36:15 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Mon May 7 18:52:09 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? Message-ID: Hi all, I'm working on a small home DVD project and am trying to build a simple slideshow fading from slide to slide and while DVD Studio Pro offers this feature in a fast and simple way I'm just so unimpressed with the final results. I have found that it works best if you set all your stills at 678X576 (PAL) so DVD Studio Pro doesn't have to resize them but when you play the slideshow from your DVD on your DVD player there is a few frames of very low resolution image which shows just before each of the dissolve transitions kick in - very distracting (in group shots, eyes and teeth momentarily disappear in the blocks of pixels that appear)! If your images are any other size (like original size from the camera) and DVD Studio Pro has to resize them for you, I have found that every still frame looks terribly low rez but the transitions look fine. Because of this I've used Final Cut Pro on a previous project or two to manually make slideshows but this involves calculating the exact duration of each slide before importing the pics, manually setting the transition between each slide. And if you change the duration of the music you have to manually change the duration of each slide and kinda build it again... but perhaps there is a better way that I don't know of. Does anyone have any recommendations? I love the ease of setting up the DVDSPro slideshows (eg. set the slide durations as per the music length) but they just don't work properly for me! I don't have iMovie installed but that shouldn't be a problem if someone recommended that route. All suggestions welcome! Cheers, Cojcolds ps. for some reason when I set the stills duration preference in Final Cut Pro (v5.0.4) to a desired value (eg. 00:00:05:00) the actual duration of the imported stills is different (eg. 00:00:04:04) so I have to keep guessing the preference and import the pics, delete them and try a different value until the correct duration appears. To have them import as 5 seconds I have to set the preference to 6 seconds. To have them 7 seconds I have to set the prefs to 8:11 seconds... From nickscalise at cox.net Mon May 7 20:04:13 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Mon May 7 20:04:26 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1C0451C2-4C46-41A3-A81B-CBD6396C8A8B@cox.net> On May 7, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm working on a small home DVD project and am trying to build a > simple > slideshow fading from slide to slide and while DVD Studio Pro > offers this > feature in a fast and simple way I'm just so unimpressed with the > final > results. > > I have found that it works best if you set all your stills at 678X576 > (PAL) so DVD Studio Pro doesn't have to resize them but when you > play the > slideshow from your DVD on your DVD player there is a few frames of > very > low resolution image which shows just before each of the dissolve > transitions kick in - very distracting (in group shots, eyes and teeth > momentarily disappear in the blocks of pixels that appear)! If your > images > are any other size (like original size from the camera) and DVD > Studio Pro > has to resize them for you, I have found that every still frame looks > terribly low rez but the transitions look fine. > > Because of this I've used Final Cut Pro on a previous project or > two to > manually make slideshows but this involves calculating the exact > duration > of each slide before importing the pics, manually setting the > transition > between each slide. And if you change the duration of the music you > have > to manually change the duration of each slide and kinda build it > again... > but perhaps there is a better way that I don't know of. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? I love the ease of setting up > the > DVDSPro slideshows (eg. set the slide durations as per the music > length) > but they just don't work properly for me! > > I don't have iMovie installed but that shouldn't be a problem if > someone > recommended that route. Have you tried exporting iPhoto SlideShows to QuickTime and importing that movie into DVD Studio Pro? -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Mon May 7 20:34:56 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Mon May 7 20:36:37 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: <1C0451C2-4C46-41A3-A81B-CBD6396C8A8B@cox.net> Message-ID: Hi Nick, Yes, I went to do that option a few days back but found that I couldn't set the slideshows to adjust to the length of the music like I can in DVDSPro. I can only set slide durations to whole second values which makes "fitting" to music less accurate. I'm using v4. What do you do to get around this? Does the later iPhoto give the "fit to music length" type option? Cheers, Coj Nick Scalise Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 08/05/07 01:04 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? Have you tried exporting iPhoto SlideShows to QuickTime and importing that movie into DVD Studio Pro? -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net _______________________________________________ MacDV mailing list MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From nickscalise at cox.net Mon May 7 20:53:35 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Mon May 7 20:53:42 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7D8D88A1-5016-48A4-875F-FDAB92EF46EC@cox.net> On May 7, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > Yes, I went to do that option a few days back but found that I > couldn't > set the slideshows to adjust to the length of the music like I can in > DVDSPro. I can only set slide durations to whole second values > which makes > "fitting" to music less accurate. I'm using v4. > > What do you do to get around this? Does the later iPhoto give the > "fit to > music length" type option? Yes, iPhoto 6 has "Fit slideshow to music", described as: "Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play for as long as the music plays". -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Mon May 7 21:12:31 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Mon May 7 21:13:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: <7D8D88A1-5016-48A4-875F-FDAB92EF46EC@cox.net> Message-ID: Hmmm, sounds like me gotta get me hands on the upgrade then! BTW, does anyone know if this setting is in iPhoto v5 also? I may have that on a disc somewhere in the studio (G5 Tower install disc). I think I also have v6 but only on the OS install for the MacBookPro we bought for the boss (Intel) but I'm still on a G4 15" PowerBook so that isn't going to help me! Cheers matey! Cojcolds ps. I'm hopeful that this issue has been fixed in Studio 2 but I hear DVDSPro shipping in the box is still in the v4 category.... Nick Scalise Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 08/05/07 01:53 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? On May 7, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > Yes, I went to do that option a few days back but found that I > couldn't > set the slideshows to adjust to the length of the music like I can in > DVDSPro. I can only set slide durations to whole second values > which makes > "fitting" to music less accurate. I'm using v4. > > What do you do to get around this? Does the later iPhoto give the > "fit to > music length" type option? Yes, iPhoto 6 has "Fit slideshow to music", described as: "Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play for as long as the music plays". -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From rotorwash at mac.com Mon May 7 21:30:26 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Mon May 7 21:30:41 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think this was a feature of v5 also. Mike On May 7, 2007, at 11:12 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > Hmmm, sounds like me gotta get me hands on the upgrade then! > > BTW, does anyone know if this setting is in iPhoto v5 also? I may have > that on a disc somewhere in the studio (G5 Tower install disc). I > think I > also have v6 but only on the OS install for the MacBookPro we > bought for > the boss (Intel) but I'm still on a G4 15" PowerBook so that isn't > going > to help me! > > Cheers matey! > > Cojcolds > > ps. I'm hopeful that this issue has been fixed in Studio 2 but I hear > DVDSPro shipping in the box is still in the v4 category.... > > > > > Nick Scalise > Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > 08/05/07 01:53 PM > Please respond to > "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > > > > To > "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > > cc > > Subject > Re: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? > > > > > > > > On May 7, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > >> Yes, I went to do that option a few days back but found that I >> couldn't >> set the slideshows to adjust to the length of the music like I can in >> DVDSPro. I can only set slide durations to whole second values >> which makes >> "fitting" to music less accurate. I'm using v4. >> >> What do you do to get around this? Does the later iPhoto give the >> "fit to >> music length" type option? > > Yes, iPhoto 6 has "Fit slideshow to music", described as: > > "Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play for as long > as the music plays". > > -- > Nick Scalise > nickscalise@cox.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From lcotler at willitsonline.com Mon May 7 21:39:37 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Mon May 7 21:39:17 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a test. I sent a post into this group, a short post. But it was bounced for being too long. Is there something stowing away on my posts? Lanny From carlian at picknowl.com.au Mon May 7 21:43:39 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Mon May 7 21:43:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2936B0B6-3667-42EA-BB1D-7D34097B532B@picknowl.com.au> I had the same problem about an hour ago. Today is the first postings I have received for about a month. Ian Tucker On 08/05/2007, at 2:09 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > This is a test. > I sent a post into this group, a short post. But it was bounced for > being too long. > Is there something stowing away on my posts? > > Lanny > > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From rotorwash at mac.com Mon May 7 21:48:13 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Mon May 7 21:48:30 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <23C27BFE-FBF0-4298-A65E-861B417D276B@mac.com> I think the size limit is around 1.5K OK, maybe it is more than that but it is a small limit :) Mike On May 7, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > This is a test. > I sent a post into this group, a short post. But it was bounced for > being too long. > Is there something stowing away on my posts? > > Lanny > > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Mon May 7 21:47:46 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Mon May 7 21:48:49 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: <2936B0B6-3667-42EA-BB1D-7D34097B532B@picknowl.com.au> Message-ID: If you're posting html within your emails then that can unnecessarily bloat them beyond what the list allows in email size (I think it's about 45k). When I send emails it asks me whether I want to send as plain text, html or both. To this list and the X4U list I most always choose plain text. A silly restriction, I agree! ;-D Coj carlian Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 08/05/07 02:43 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post I had the same problem about an hour ago. Today is the first postings I have received for about a month. Ian Tucker On 08/05/2007, at 2:09 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > This is a test. > I sent a post into this group, a short post. But it was bounced for > being too long. > Is there something stowing away on my posts? > > Lanny From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Mon May 7 21:53:16 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Mon May 7 21:54:39 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Maybe I meant 4.5k <8-} Coj Brett Conlon Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 08/05/07 02:47 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post I think it's about 45k... Coj From carlian at picknowl.com.au Mon May 7 22:16:51 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Mon May 7 22:16:33 2007 Subject: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for sending too big a post In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <85314975-6271-4800-A62E-514712892F97@picknowl.com.au> It is 5 kbs as I found out from my bounced email today. Ian T. On 08/05/2007, at 2:23 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > Maybe I meant 4.5k <8-} > > Coj > > > > > Brett Conlon > Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > 08/05/07 02:47 PM > Please respond to > "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > > > > To > "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > > cc > > Subject > Re: [MacDV] I'm getting bounced by the moderator or auto-bouncer for > sending too big a post > > > > > > > I think it's about 45k... > > > Coj > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net Tue May 8 04:13:22 2007 From: Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net (Technophobic_Tom@comcast.net) Date: Tue May 8 04:13:34 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Testing 1-2-3 NNTO In-Reply-To: <20070508030426.3C15ECDB87D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070508030426.3C15ECDB87D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 21:46:44 +0100 Colin McDonald wrote: >...now it's "testing 0-1, 0-1" as we've all gone digital. Except for those who are semi-digital, it's "Testing 1, 10, 11." :-) From nusslist at earthlink.net Tue May 8 06:48:23 2007 From: nusslist at earthlink.net (David Nuss) Date: Tue May 8 06:48:33 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Archive search or reply to audio question Message-ID: <9CCB9D6D-01FE-40DF-A2C1-42CB4B119635@earthlink.net> Dear MacDV'ers; I've been a subscriber for a while, skimming the messages but not reading too closely. I just tried to find an archive search feature and couldn't locate it. Please advise the link if such exists, so I don't have to bother y'all if this is a repeat question. Recently I taped a ceremony in a museum, so the sound is ok, made with the Canon ZR 60 built in mic, but I'm wondering if the sound quality can be improved by a relatively simple mechanism like separating the soundtrack, importing into Garageband, and applying a filter with a tweak or two and then re-attaching to the video. Thank you. David Nuss From nickscalise at cox.net Tue May 8 07:09:53 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Tue May 8 07:10:01 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Archive search or reply to audio question Message-ID: <10152249.1178633393649.JavaMail.root@centrmwml09> ---- David Nuss wrote: > Dear MacDV'ers; > > I've been a subscriber for a while, skimming the messages but not > reading too closely. > > I just tried to find an archive search feature and couldn't locate > it. Please advise the link if such exists, so I don't have to bother > y'all if this is a repeat question. > > Recently I taped a ceremony in a museum, so the sound is ok, made > with the Canon ZR 60 built in mic, but I'm wondering if the sound > quality can be improved by a relatively simple mechanism like > separating the soundtrack, importing into Garageband, and applying a > filter with a tweak or two and then re-attaching to the video. Yes, I do it quite frequently. Although I have never done it in Garageband, I have used Soundtrack. But any audio editor should work. Just export from the audio app as AIFF and you can then import your edited sound file and it should sync right up. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From patty1 at sonic.net Tue May 8 08:19:24 2007 From: patty1 at sonic.net (Patty Winter) Date: Tue May 8 08:19:35 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Archive search or reply to audio question Message-ID: <200705081519.l48FJOSL031473@bolt.sonic.net> >From: David Nuss > >I just tried to find an archive search feature and couldn't locate >it. Please advise the link if such exists, so I don't have to bother >y'all if this is a repeat question. Try this page: http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacDV.html The search box is about 1/3 way down the page. But it'll be easier if people just answer your question, as I see that one or two already have. Heaven knows that the traffic on this list isn't so heavy that we can't take a possibly repeat question! Patty From stever at mindspring.com Tue May 8 09:48:53 2007 From: stever at mindspring.com (Steve Robertson) Date: Tue May 8 09:49:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Alpha Channels and Flash Encoders Message-ID: <8AFB2881-ECBD-48D4-B7FC-D3C2F73489F0@mindspring.com> Hi guys - I tried to ask a question a few days ago, but it seems to have vanished in the ether. I'll try again while messages to this list are flowing. The latest versions of Flash video encoders (ones using the ON2 VP6 codec) are supposed to preserve any alpha channel info and produce a transparent background in the Flash video. My miserly ways argue against buying Adobe Flash CS3 just to get its Flash video encoder, so I've been exploring options. Actually bought a copy of Sorenson Squeeze for Flash, which advertises support for preserving the alpha channel. Also downloaded the demo version of Flix Pro from ON2 Technologies. But when I export video clips from Final Cut Express HD 3.0 - using export options that are supposed to preserve alpha channel info - they do not produce the desired transparent background in the resulting Flash video clip. The Final Cut manual says use "uncompressed" as the format when exporting using Quicktime conversion. I've also been told that exporting using Animation, millions of colors + should preserve the alpha channel data. Neither of these work with the Flash video encoders to preserve the alpha channel. Have any of you succeeded in producing Flash video clips with transparent backgrounds using an all Mac solution? The Windows version of After Effects will export directly to Flash and preserve the alpha channel data. Does anyone know whether the Mac version works the same? Thanks, Steve R. From stever at mindspring.com Tue May 8 10:07:16 2007 From: stever at mindspring.com (Steve Robertson) Date: Tue May 8 10:07:34 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Final Cut Upgrades + New Macs Message-ID: <6EFBFFDF-78D7-4726-8D74-3C7B68794E6B@mindspring.com> Hi again - For years, I edited a lot of video using an iMac 800KHz with 768 MB ram and the original Final Cut Express. After a layoff, I'm getting back into video editing. At the moment, I'm trying to use a Mac Mini 1.4 GHz with 512MB ram and Final Cut Express HD 3.0. This combo works, but it seems to be much more sluggish than the old setup. Since it's costly to increase the ram in a Mini, I'm thinking about trying to move my video editing to my MacBook with the original Intel cpu. I can easily upgrade this machine to 2 GB ram. So, do you think Final Cut Express HD 3.5 will run smoothly on the MacBook? Would I be forced to start by installing Final Cut Express 1.0 on the MacBook, then installing the HD 3.0 upgrade and then the HD 3.5 upgrade? I recall that when I installed the HD 3.0 upgrade, I was surprised to learn that I would have to hunt down the old FCE 1.0 serial number - even though 1.0 was already installed on the machine! Thanks, Steve R. From rgb at ellerbach.com Tue May 8 10:14:13 2007 From: rgb at ellerbach.com (rgb@ellerbach.com) Date: Tue May 8 10:14:43 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Final Cut Upgrades + New Macs In-Reply-To: <6EFBFFDF-78D7-4726-8D74-3C7B68794E6B@mindspring.com> References: <6EFBFFDF-78D7-4726-8D74-3C7B68794E6B@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <25671.155.91.28.231.1178644453.squirrel@ellerbach.com> On Tue, May 8, 2007 1:07 pm, Steve Robertson wrote: > Hi again - > > For years, I edited a lot of video using an iMac 800KHz with 768 MB > ram and the original Final Cut Express. After a layoff, I'm getting > back into video editing. At the moment, I'm trying to use a Mac Mini > 1.4 GHz with 512MB ram and Final Cut Express HD 3.0. This combo > works, but it seems to be much more sluggish than the old setup. > > Since it's costly to increase the ram in a Mini, I'm thinking about > trying to move my video editing to my MacBook with the original Intel > cpu. I can easily upgrade this machine to 2 GB ram. You're probably right that it is the RAM that's causing the sluggishness. Actually, upgrading the memory in a mini is not all that bad. My wife bought one with minimum memory and I, using the instructions from a web site, opened the box up and upgraded the memory to 2GB. Rich From lcotler at willitsonline.com Tue May 8 10:39:56 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Tue May 8 10:46:57 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Archive search or reply to audio question In-Reply-To: <9CCB9D6D-01FE-40DF-A2C1-42CB4B119635@earthlink.net> References: <9CCB9D6D-01FE-40DF-A2C1-42CB4B119635@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <9FC58124-199B-462B-9D0D-3EBB1FE86396@willitsonline.com> Sound/audio can usually always be improved. There are many ways to do it. Separating the audio, fixing it, and then bringing it back into sync with the video may prove somewhat tricky to do. I don't think that's the best way. Better might be to bring it all into your editor and trying to improve the audio there. On a PC, I know that Vegas has formidable mechanisms for improving the audio. L On May 8, 2007, at 6:48 AM, David Nuss wrote: > Dear MacDV'ers; > > I've been a subscriber for a while, skimming the messages but not > reading too closely. > > I just tried to find an archive search feature and couldn't locate > it. Please advise the link if such exists, so I don't have to > bother y'all if this is a repeat question. > > Recently I taped a ceremony in a museum, so the sound is ok, made > with the Canon ZR 60 built in mic, but I'm wondering if the sound > quality can be improved by a relatively simple mechanism like > separating the soundtrack, importing into Garageband, and applying > a filter with a tweak or two and then re-attaching to the video. > > Thank you. > > David Nuss > > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Tue May 8 17:34:08 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue May 8 17:36:28 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? In-Reply-To: <7D8D88A1-5016-48A4-875F-FDAB92EF46EC@cox.net> Message-ID: OK, did some tests last night.... I found the iLife apps on the install discs of a late G5 purchase here in the studio and got it up and running on my G4 laptop. I built the slideshow, set the transition & music, checked the radio button for "Fit slideshow to music" and ticked the Ken Burns effect just to see how it would turn out. I was then able to send it to iDVD (the export to QuickTime option only allows a maximum resolution of 640X480) and it surprisingly made a self contained movie file (@720X576) in my Movies folder. I then dropped this into compressor and made a CBR 6.5 m2v file and imported that into DVDSPro. The burned DVD played with quite satisfactory results on my TV (68cm), though as the image scrolled slowly, vertically (with the KBEffect) the horizontal lines are quite visible, especially in the small detail. This seemed more evident in some slides than others. If I did just straight dissolve transitions without the Ken Burns effect it would probably look rather purrrfect. The beautiful thing about using iPhoto is you don't have to pre-adjust the size of your images, you can just use the straight-from-camera images with maybe a little judicious cropping for some pics. So, many thanks for your pointer Nick! I now have a churn & burn option for making quick, high-quality slideshows. Ta muchly, Cojcolds Nick Scalise Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 08/05/07 01:53 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] Best way to make simple slideshows for DVD? Yes, iPhoto 6 has "Fit slideshow to music", described as: "Slide durations will be adjusted to make the slides play for as long as the music plays". -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From greenrw at shaw.ca Wed May 9 18:40:39 2007 From: greenrw at shaw.ca (Robert Green) Date: Wed May 9 18:41:42 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Voice over in imovie Message-ID: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug in the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be working because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I speak. When I hit the record button to do the voice over the spinning rainbow appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. This happens when I select the internal mic or the imic. Any suggestions as to the problem? Thanks Rob From jimash at optonline.net Wed May 9 18:58:39 2007 From: jimash at optonline.net (James Asherman) Date: Wed May 9 18:58:50 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Voice over in imovie In-Reply-To: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> References: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <087F99C6-A64F-4743-AFF6-C593A1C88527@optonline.net> On May 9, 2007, at 9:40 PM, Robert Green wrote: > I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I > purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug > in the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be > working because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I > speak. When I hit the record button to do the voice over the > spinning rainbow appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. > This happens when I select the internal mic or the imic. Any > suggestions as to the problem? > Thanks > Rob imovie doesn't do USB. You can record your VO in segments in GARAGEBAND and import them into iMovie. j From jimash at optonline.net Wed May 9 19:02:10 2007 From: jimash at optonline.net (James Asherman) Date: Wed May 9 19:02:24 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Voice over in imovie In-Reply-To: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> References: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <611781B1-C3EF-49D9-8CF7-219D705DBF95@optonline.net> On May 9, 2007, at 9:40 PM, Robert Green wrote: > I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I > purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug > in the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be > working because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I > speak. When I hit the record button to do the voice over the > spinning rainbow appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. > This happens when I select the internal mic or the imic. Any > suggestions as to the problem? > Thanks > Rob In fact now that I have looked , you can play your movie in Garageband and do the VO in real time. Cool. From dschaefer at aea267.k12.ia.us Thu May 10 06:32:40 2007 From: dschaefer at aea267.k12.ia.us (David R. Schaefer) Date: Thu May 10 06:32:52 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Voice over in imovie In-Reply-To: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> Message-ID: On 5/9/07 8:40 PM, "Robert Green" wrote: > I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I > purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug in > the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be working > because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I speak. When > I hit the record button to do the voice over the spinning rainbow > appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. This happens when I > select the internal mic or the imic. Any suggestions as to the problem? > Thanks > Rob > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list Sounds like you need to work on your system/iMovie. Maybe Repair Disk Permissions in Disk Utility or even re-insall iMovie. We use several different brands of USB mics with iMovie and as long as it's working in the System Preferences it works in iMovie... Sorry we don't have a Griffin brand. Dave From camzotter at gmail.com Thu May 10 06:34:16 2007 From: camzotter at gmail.com (CAM) Date: Thu May 10 06:34:24 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Voice over in imovie In-Reply-To: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> References: <34ECC853-E364-444B-90F8-7480B04065BA@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <4e27a5220705100634t1cd9d799jc7f1ff2c7ddbf653@mail.gmail.com> I might as well need a voiceover too. I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug in the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be working because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I speak. When I hit the record button to do the voice over the spinning rainbow appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. This happens when I select the internal mic or the imic. Any suggestions as to the problem? Thanks Rob On 5/9/07, Robert Green wrote: > I have an intel core duo imac running 10.4.9 with imovie 6.0.3. I > purchased a griffin imic to do voice overs in imovie. When I plug in > the mic and select it in system preferences it seems to be working > because I can see the audio level indicator moving when I speak. When > I hit the record button to do the voice over the spinning rainbow > appears and stays. I have to force quit imovie. This happens when I > select the internal mic or the imic. Any suggestions as to the problem? > Thanks > Rob > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > -- Cam http://zotterinc.com From carlian at picknowl.com.au Fri May 11 06:15:50 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Fri May 11 06:15:33 2007 Subject: [MacDV] DVD STUDIO PRO - Video Bit Rate Message-ID: <9061E41D-95DD-44EF-BBDA-AD861F893A55@picknowl.com.au> I have a project ready to format and build in DVD Studio Pro 4.1.2 which comprises 5 short films totaling 4.0 Gbs. I have run it through Simulator and things look fine. However, when building it I get past the menu stage, but then as it starts to mux the first film it stops and advises me that the Video Bit Rate is too high. I have preferences set to MPEG - 2 SD; 16:9 ; Field Order : Auto; Two Pass VBR; Bit Rate : 2.2 Mbps; Maximum Bit Rate : 6 Mbps and Motion Estimation : Best. I started the Bit Rate at 7.00 Mbps as advised previously and I am down to as low as I can now go. I edited the films in Final Cut Pro HD, but exported them as Quick Time movies (DV PAL Anamorphic) The films' total was originally 129 minutes long (one 14.5 minute film alone amounted to 3.6 Gbs.) By exporting as SD I can then play the resulting DVD on our DVD player. My intention is to export the HD films in FCP back to the camera and store them on DV tapes until such time as Blue Ray burners and media come down in price. I seem to remember running into this VBR problem before and I finally gave up and formulated the project in iDVD. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Ian Tucker From videovideo at mac.com Fri May 11 10:44:40 2007 From: videovideo at mac.com (sb) Date: Fri May 11 10:44:46 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: DVD STUDIO PRO - Video Bit Rate In-Reply-To: <9061E41D-95DD-44EF-BBDA-AD861F893A55@picknowl.com.au> References: <9061E41D-95DD-44EF-BBDA-AD861F893A55@picknowl.com.au> Message-ID: <84B6687C-79EB-493A-995C-33F242789AEC@mac.com> Use Compressor for this. regards, sb On May 11, 2007, at 6:15 AM, carlian wrote: > I have a project ready to format and build in DVD Studio Pro 4.1.2 > which comprises 5 short films totaling 4.0 Gbs. I have run it > through Simulator and things look fine. However, when building it > I get past the menu stage, but then as it starts to mux the first > film it stops and advises me that the Video Bit Rate is too high. > > I have preferences set to MPEG - 2 SD; 16:9 ; Field Order : Auto; > Two Pass VBR; Bit Rate : 2.2 Mbps; Maximum Bit Rate : 6 Mbps and > Motion Estimation : Best. I started the Bit Rate at 7.00 Mbps as > advised previously and I am down to as low as I can now go. I > edited the films in Final Cut Pro HD, but exported them as Quick > Time movies (DV PAL Anamorphic) The films' total was originally 129 > minutes long (one 14.5 minute film alone amounted to 3.6 Gbs.) By > exporting as SD I can then play the resulting DVD on our DVD > player. My intention is to export the HD films in FCP back to the > camera and store them on DV tapes > until such time as Blue Ray burners and media come down in price. > > I seem to remember running into this VBR problem before and I > finally gave up and formulated the project in iDVD. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Ian Tucker From carlian at picknowl.com.au Sat May 12 01:03:40 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Sat May 12 01:03:17 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: DVD STUDIO PRO - Video Bit Rate In-Reply-To: <84B6687C-79EB-493A-995C-33F242789AEC@mac.com> References: <9061E41D-95DD-44EF-BBDA-AD861F893A55@picknowl.com.au> <84B6687C-79EB-493A-995C-33F242789AEC@mac.com> Message-ID: Thanks sb..... this sorted things out and I have successfully burnt the DVD now. I found it was best to grab the QT movie files that I had exported from FCP , bring them into Compressor , process them and then import them into DVD Studio Pro. I find that if I go to the original FCP file and export it with Compressor I am duly advised it will take 10 hours to process a 19 minute film !! Regards, IT. On 12/05/2007, at 3:14 AM, sb wrote: > Use Compressor for this. > > regards, > > sb > > > On May 11, 2007, at 6:15 AM, carlian wrote: > >> I have a project ready to format and build in DVD Studio Pro 4.1.2 >> which comprises 5 short films totaling 4.0 Gbs. I have run >> it through Simulator and things look fine. However, when >> building it I get past the menu stage, but then as it starts to >> mux the first film it stops and advises me that the Video Bit Rate >> is too high................... >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The first 9 films processed fine and I have checked to see the settings I am using are the same. I have re-built the movie in FCP; downloaded the last Pro Run Update; re-started the computer etc , etc over the past two days. It seems the problem is with QuickTime and I am wondering whether I have processed Film #10 after installing the recent Upgrade (7.1.6) and that the cause may lie there. I suppose one way of getting around the problem is to go into QT Pro and delete the offending clip from each affected transition. Anywhere I have used the pen tool to create a fade there is not a problem. I have run permissions in Disk Utility and also Cocktail to clear caches and run cron-scripts. I have 63 GB free space on my external HD where the project is stored. Any clues guys before I go even balder? Thanks, Ian Tucker From jack.hodgson at okstate.edu Mon May 14 05:58:40 2007 From: jack.hodgson at okstate.edu (Jack Hodgson) Date: Mon May 14 05:58:51 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Eye TV editing question Message-ID: <63A4C89E-9431-4CE3-ADB0-1C14052F14EC@okstate.edu> I recorded a special on PBS with Eye TV that I want to burn to DVD. I can burn it directly to DVD with Toast, however, I'd like to trim a few minutes of promos from the beginning and the end so it's just the program I recorded. I have Toast Titanium 8, FCP, iMovie, and Quicktime available. Suggestions? Thanks, Jack Jack Hodgson - Associate Professor jack.hodgson@okstate.edu AIM: sjbjgh http://journalism.okstate.edu/faculty/hodgson School of Journalism & Broadcasting 206 Paul Miller Building Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-4053 USA O: 405-744-8282 F: 405-744-7104 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070514/95da181b/attachment.html From ksay11081 at mac.com Mon May 14 06:48:03 2007 From: ksay11081 at mac.com (KS) Date: Mon May 14 06:48:26 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Editing w/Voice Over Message-ID: <1C6B107B-895B-4612-A45F-7DE0221D423E@mac.com> It's been a while since I've been asked to edit a training piece on iMovie with voice over. I seem to remember that if you want transitions like dissolves, etc. there's some "trick" to editing so the video and V.O. don't get out of synch. I believe it has to do with adding frames to compensate for the amount of scene you lose when applying a transition. The last time I tried editing with V.O. I had the video and audio synched perfectly ? then when I applied dissolves and fades throughout the 10 minute piece ? the whole movie was out of synch. After many attempts to fix the synch, I gave up and took them all out. The result was a "cuts only" movie. Is there a simply way to compensate for this synch problem when you want dissolves and other transitions throughout the movie and still have everything in synch? Someone told me, "just add a couple of frames on the back and front of each scene." But, that doesn't give me a step-by-step process to follow. I would really appreciate a more detailed "how to" on this, please. Thanks in advance, Karl From ksay11081 at mac.com Mon May 14 06:58:08 2007 From: ksay11081 at mac.com (KS) Date: Mon May 14 06:57:35 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Editing Voice over in iMovie Message-ID: <9596b5525b9fb865d422ad0b30213f0d@mac.com> It's been a while since I've been asked to edit a training piece on iMovie with voice over. I seem to remember that if you want transitions like dissolves, etc. there's some "trick" to editing so the video and V.O. don't get out of synch. I believe it has to do with adding frames to compensate for the amount of scene you lose when applying a transition. The last time I tried editing with V.O. I had the video and audio synched perfectly ? then when I applied dissolves and fades throughout the 10 minute piece ? the whole movie was out of synch. After many attempts to fix the synch, I gave up and took them all out. The result was a "cuts only" movie. Is there a simply way to compensate for this synch problem when you want dissolves and other transitions throughout the movie and still have everything in synch? Someone told me, "just add a couple of frames on the back and front of each scene." But, that doesn't give me a step-by-step process to follow. I would really appreciate a more detailed "how to" on this, please. Thanks in advance, Karl From dfz at mac.com Mon May 14 06:59:40 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Mon May 14 06:59:53 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Eye TV editing question In-Reply-To: <63A4C89E-9431-4CE3-ADB0-1C14052F14EC@okstate.edu> References: <63A4C89E-9431-4CE3-ADB0-1C14052F14EC@okstate.edu> Message-ID: On May 14, 2007, at Mon, May 14 2007, 7:58 am, Jack Hodgson wrote: > I recorded a special on PBS with Eye TV that I want to burn to DVD. > > I can burn it directly to DVD with Toast, however, I'd like to trim > a few minutes of promos from the beginning and the end so it's just > the program I recorded. You can edit within EyeTV. Chapter 5 of the EyeTV 2 User Guide should help you. -- Dennis Fazio From videovideo at mac.com Mon May 14 09:44:32 2007 From: videovideo at mac.com (sb) Date: Mon May 14 09:44:42 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Editing w/Voice Over In-Reply-To: <1C6B107B-895B-4612-A45F-7DE0221D423E@mac.com> References: <1C6B107B-895B-4612-A45F-7DE0221D423E@mac.com> Message-ID: <852AC5D2-96AA-4581-AA58-FA55C827B21E@mac.com> A Voice Over means the audio narration was recorded separately from the video. If that's the case, you shouldn't have any problem syncing up video with audio. If however, you mean that you are using SOT (Sound on Tape) like an interview, where the speakers lips have to move in sync with the picture, it's a little more difficult. There are at least 3 ways to get around iMovie's inability to add transitions without losing sync. 1. Use Final Cut Express (or FC Studio, or Premiere, etc) They behave the way a professional video editing application should, and it's very easy. 2. Don't use the Dissolve transition. Instead, use Overlay. It looks almost the same. 3. Edit the video first. It's very difficult to make changes once you have extracted the audio. Extract the audio, and then move the extracted audio onto alternate tracks. The first clip's audio is on audio track 1, the 2nd clip audio is on audio track 2, the 3rd clip audio is on audio track 1. Add the cross dissolve transition between clip 1 and clip 2. Move the audio of clip 2 to the beginning of the transition. You now have clip 1, a transition, clip 2 and the audio stays in sync. When you apply the transition between clip 2 and clip 3, you don't have to move the audio, since there is room there. Keep up the alternating audio track, so that iMovie doesn't automatically apply an audio transition between adjoining clips on the same track. If your video is shot properly, i.e. the camera person has always included several seconds of pre-roll and post roll for every shot, the process is much easier. A trick to get around this, when nothing else will work, is to take a freeze frame of the first frame, make it 01:00 long (enough for the typical 1 second dissolve) and put that at the beginning. Do the same for the end frame of each clip. Next, you have to put an empty title on the clip, with the exact number of frames to include the extra 1 second of FF. Do this for all the clips. (for the clips with the FF at the beginning, you put the empty title on the FF) Then, you put your dissolves between clips. You will still see 1 frame of freeze frame on each clip (iMovie won't let you do it exactly) but, sometimes ugly is better than not at all. hth, regards. sb On May 14, 2007, at 6:48 AM, KS wrote: > It's been a while since I've been asked to edit a training piece on > iMovie with voice over. I seem to remember that if you want > transitions like dissolves, etc. there's some "trick" to editing > so the video and V.O. don't get out of synch. I believe it has to > do with adding frames to compensate for the amount of scene you > lose when applying a transition. > > The last time I tried editing with V.O. I had the video and audio > synched perfectly ? then when I applied dissolves and fades > throughout the 10 minute piece ? the whole movie was out of > synch. After many attempts to fix the synch, I gave up and took > them all out. The result was a "cuts only" movie. > > Is there a simply way to compensate for this synch problem when you > want dissolves and other transitions throughout the movie and still > have everything in synch? > > Someone told me, "just add a couple of frames on the back and front > of each scene." But, that doesn't give me a step-by-step process > to follow. I would really appreciate a more detailed "how to" on > this, please. > > Thanks in advance, > > Karl_______________________________________________ From rotorwash at mac.com Tue May 15 20:36:19 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Tue May 15 20:36:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Editing w/Voice Over In-Reply-To: <1C6B107B-895B-4612-A45F-7DE0221D423E@mac.com> References: <1C6B107B-895B-4612-A45F-7DE0221D423E@mac.com> Message-ID: <509DF538-244B-4BF2-B26E-99099B93812F@mac.com> This may not be on the mark but it might work, I am not an iMovie expert, I simply keep trying stuff and if it works, fine though I won't know why. Think of edits to the video this way. When you add a transition, and the transition is 2 seconds long, it consumes about 2 seconds of the video but not of the audio of the V.O. The V.O. is going to run longer than the video, the more so with more and more video edits. Just something to try, Go to the iMovie help and type in split audio Then go split the audio Next, lock the V.O. audio at each video segment. To lock audio, go to iMovie help and type in lock audio This should keep the sync accurate on a video segment by video segment basis and not let the sync get worse as the combined effect of transitions add up. If you were having trouble with the audio that was made during the movie, switching to the timeline, selecting all and doing an extract audio under the Advanced menu seems to lock audio to the video segment by segment. Mike On May 14, 2007, at 8:48 AM, KS wrote: > It's been a while since I've been asked to edit a training piece on > iMovie with voice over. I seem to remember that if you want > transitions like dissolves, etc. there's some "trick" to editing > so the video and V.O. don't get out of synch. I believe it has to > do with adding frames to compensate for the amount of scene you > lose when applying a transition. > > The last time I tried editing with V.O. I had the video and audio > synched perfectly ? then when I applied dissolves and fades > throughout the 10 minute piece ? the whole movie was out of > synch. After many attempts to fix the synch, I gave up and took > them all out. The result was a "cuts only" movie. > > Is there a simply way to compensate for this synch problem when you > want dissolves and other transitions throughout the movie and still > have everything in synch? > > Someone told me, "just add a couple of frames on the back and front > of each scene." But, that doesn't give me a step-by-step process > to follow. I would really appreciate a more detailed "how to" on > this, please. > > Thanks in advance, > > Karl_______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From carlian at picknowl.com.au Fri May 18 15:10:54 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Fri May 18 15:11:11 2007 Subject: [MacDV] FCP/QT Pro/DVD SP Message-ID: You may recall about a week ago I contacted the List as I was having trouble with exporting from FCP - HD projects to QT. I was ending up with one black frame around the position where a transition started and quite a few other transitions were being ignored. It turned out that I was trying to convert HD Projects to SD DV PAL Anamorphic in the QT Export process. Over a too long a period I discovered I had to export to QT at "Current Settings" and to then convert to DV PAL Anamorphic in Compressor. What I don't like about Compressor is that it takes a long time to process a movie. What I do like about it is you can queue several projects and then go to bed . I also like the quality of the compressed film. I have had mixed advice regarding "Make Movie Self Contained". Some say do it and others say to uncheck it as it saves one lot of encoding. I have been using the latter with good results. FWIW Ian Tucker From drcohen at mac.com Fri May 18 15:33:19 2007 From: drcohen at mac.com (Dennis R. Cohen) Date: Fri May 18 15:33:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Eye TV editing question In-Reply-To: <20070518221121.D438DD5FA50@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 5/14/07 at 7:58 AM, Jack Hodgson transmitted the following electronic message: > >I recorded a special on PBS with Eye TV that I want to burn to DVD. > >I can burn it directly to DVD with Toast, however, I'd like to trim a >few minutes of promos from the beginning and the end so it's just the >program I recorded. > >I have Toast Titanium 8, FCP, iMovie, and Quicktime available. > >Suggestions? > >Thanks, Use the EyeTV software to trim off the unwanted segments, choose "Compact" from the action menu popup at the bottom right of the editing window, then burn the compacted recording. (Toast doesn't get the "in" and "out" points right if you don't compact, at least in my experience.) -- Dennis R. Cohen From carlian at picknowl.com.au Fri May 18 18:19:50 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Fri May 18 18:19:19 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Saving HD FCP Projects for Future Burning to Blue Ray Discs Message-ID: <62321531-9039-408E-B400-6D3A55FBA45C@picknowl.com.au> Further to my earlier email, I am seeking advice as to the best way to save FCP Projects in HD format for later burning to Blue Ray disc. The Projects are currently stored on the Hard Drive in two ways, ie. as FCP Projects and as exported QT Movies, both in HD Format. My thoughts are that I could store the Projects/files in at least two different ways ie:- . Transfer the projects in FCP back to DV tape in the HD Video Camcorder , or . Burn the exported High Definition QT Files onto DVD(s) Your advice would be appreciated. Thanks Ian Tucker From tmeyer at lps.org Fri May 25 11:27:24 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Fri May 25 11:27:43 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Adding QT file to Video Disk Message-ID: <46572A8C.4000100@lps.org> Hi all, My 5th grade students have made "claymation" movie and I want to give the copies to take home (CD's are the most economical). I am using Toast 6 Titanium (we don't have fancy expensive software in our schools) on a MacBook and am able to make a Video CD or Super Video CD using a .dv quality QT movie of their project. I can also make a data CD with a QT movie copy. What I can't seem to do is both on the same CD so that regardless of inserting the CD into a DVD player or a computer they will be able to watch their production. The Toast help talks about making a Video CD with data content by adding enhanced content to a video disk. Problem is the Add Data Content checkbox they say I should choose does not show up when I choose "advanced" in the 'disk settings drawer'. What to do. Any help would be appreciated. Tom From coolcat at hosting4days.com Sat May 26 22:26:50 2007 From: coolcat at hosting4days.com (revDAVE) Date: Sat May 26 22:27:04 2007 Subject: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 4/6/2007 2:05 AM, "Paul Moortgat" wrote: > I use Toast. No DVD themes. > > Paul Moortgat How do you go from iMovie to Toast? Do you have to export from iMovie as DV stream or something like that? -- Thanks - RevDave CoolCat@hosting4days.com [db-lists] From rotorwash at mac.com Sat May 26 23:57:54 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Sat May 26 23:58:04 2007 Subject: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD (reply, held) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dave, I sent a reply but the reply exceeds the size limit so it is being held until the moderator deems it worthy to send or not, to the list. Sorry. Mike On May 27, 2007, at 12:26 AM, revDAVE wrote: > On 4/6/2007 2:05 AM, "Paul Moortgat" wrote: > >> I use Toast. No DVD themes. >> >> Paul Moortgat > > > How do you go from iMovie to Toast? Do you have to export from > iMovie as DV > stream or something like that? > > -- > Thanks - RevDave > CoolCat@hosting4days.com > [db-lists] > > From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sun May 27 02:17:36 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Sun May 27 02:18:12 2007 Subject: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <14001589-DD00-4825-855C-109ADFE49FDE@pandora.be> I made a mistake. It's iPhoto to iDVD, drag it to the desktop and drag it to Toast. I don't use iMovie. This subject is from some time ago. I don't know what I wrote then. Paul Moortgat On 27 May 2007, at 07:26, revDAVE wrote: > On 4/6/2007 2:05 AM, "Paul Moortgat" wrote: > >> I use Toast. No DVD themes. >> >> Paul Moortgat > > > How do you go from iMovie to Toast? Do you have to export from > iMovie as DV > stream or something like that? > > -- > Thanks - RevDave > CoolCat@hosting4days.com > [db-lists] From garry.stokes at gmail.com Sun May 27 02:49:18 2007 From: garry.stokes at gmail.com (Garry Stokes) Date: Sun May 27 02:49:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: AFAIK, Toast will deal with the reference movie that imovie produces by default.. > From: revDAVE Reply-To: "A place to discuss digital > video on Macintosh." Date: Sat, 26 May > 2007 22:26:50 -0700 To: dv > Conversation: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD Subject: Re: [MacDV] A Bacic DVD > > On 4/6/2007 2:05 AM, "Paul Moortgat" wrote: > >> I use Toast. No DVD themes. >> >> Paul Moortgat >> > > How do you go from iMovie to Toast? Do you have to export from iMovie as DV > stream or something like that? > > -- Thanks - RevDave CoolCat@hosting4days.com [db-lists] > > > > _______________________________________________ MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > >