[MacDV] Re: DVD Burning

[Wooster]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunatly after a bit more unhappy reseach time I
did find that Premire had given me the file that the process via Quicktime
pro & iMovie would have done had I burned a hole in my wallet. (Which I
still may have to do if iDVD is still deemed necissary)

If I just burned the NTSC file to a DVD-R disk would it play in a DVD
player? Or is the NTSC file format simply used as 'a go between' between
creating and burning a movie project?

I appologize for my rudimentary questions. I have minimal experience in this
field and these hours of internet reseach is resulting in me just getting
cranky and irritable.

-M. Milleville

> Too many steps!  All you need to do is export straight from Premiere to
> a referencing movie -- you don't even need QuickTime Pro since you can
> just go straight from Premiere to your QuickTime referencing movie for
> iDVD.  A referencing movie just "references" the original clips so you
> don't have to waste drive space when exporting -- it's a single
> QuickTime file that has pointers to the original source clips.  You may
> have to render everything in your Premiere timeline first, but you'll
> save tons of drive space.  FYI, a movie exported from Premiere *is*
> already a QuickTime file, so the whole QuickTime Pro step is totally
> redundant.  If you feel the need to create another huge file (rather
> than creating a referencing movie, then make sure to export to DV
> format -- DV stream with 48kHz audio would be best just in case you
> need to bring it into iMovie -- see below).
> 
> So after you have your movie from Premiere, just drag it into iDVD and
> go from there.  No need to complicate matters with iMovie.  That is,
> unless you want to set chapters, in which case you'll need to import
> your Premiere referencing movie into iMovie (version 3 or later) and go
> from there -- set your chapter markers and then move to iDVD from
> within iMovie (no need to export yet another huge file).
> 
> That should get you started.  So, rather than spending money on
> QuickTime Pro, maybe put that towards a copy of iLife?
> 
> - Mark
> 
> On Mar 7, 2004, at 8:04 PM, Wooster wrote:
> 
>> Create Adobe Permier movie file -> Download latest free version of
>> Quicktime
>> player -> Upgrade that to Quicktime Pro ($29.99 Bleah) -> Finnally
>> convert
>> that to a quicktime movie file -> Import that to iMovie -> export that
>> to
>> iDVD (And buy that too) -> Burn disk -> And finnaly I can have my DVD
>> disk.
>> 
>> Please tell me there is a cheeper (And quicker, and less involved) way
>> to do
>> this.
> 
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