[MacDV] Re: DVD Burning

[James Asherman]

On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 11:25  PM, Wooster wrote:

> 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 you have a Mac and do video iLife is worth it.

>
> 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?
>

NTSC is not the file format.  You are working (one presumes) in DV.
  DV comes in two flavors on the Mac. One for FCP ( audio is separated), 
and one for Movie,(audio is integral). Either of these need to be 
turned into Mpeg2(which is then made into VOB files and such) to become 
a DVD.
  iDVD will do this for you. A trip through iMovie first will give you 
the chance to make proper chapters.
A movie(NTSC) file on a DVD would only play on a computer, and not on 
it's DV player at that.
That way is only for file transport.
Jim