[MacDV] Re: Re making a cross platform dvd

[cathal mc carthy]

Thanks Erica
I have just tried to open a dvd made with idvd 3 and imovie I am 
running 10,2.6 on a g4 dual
The dvd will not open on a dell running win 98 it gives an error 
message saying
the video_ts.bup is not a file that quicktime understands.
Is there anyway around this?
I will try it on an xp machine tomorrow
I tried to look for the bitrate preferenc in the idvd help and it said 
that idvd does this automatically
any views on this?
I am puzzled how as to how can I fit 6.9gb onto 4.7gb dvd
thanks for the help
Cathal
On Monday, November 17, 2003, at 09:00 AM, Erica Sadun wrote:

>> What is the best way to get a dvd to play on a pc?
>
> Burn it to a DVD-R or DVD+R and walk it over to the PC.
>
>> My movie when exported at full quality dv is 6.9gb is there anyway to 
>> fit this on a dvd without losing quality?
>
> You're going to lose quality with DVD compression, whether you
> want to or not. 6.9 GB is just over a half hour of DV video.
> You can fit that onto a 4.7 GB DVD without any trouble.
>
> However, if you want to play back reliably on PCs, you should
> think about limiting the bitrate down to the 90-minute setting
> for iDVD rather than the 60-minute setting.
>
>> Is quicktime the only way of doing it and do I need quicktime pro.
>> any answers would be appreciated
>
> You don't need QT Pro.
>
> -- Erica
>
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