[MacDV] Re: Another DVD burning question

[Donald C. Tully]

Dennis - Thank you for your response.  I am using the DVD authoring software
that came with my external burner - Formac Divideon.  It does the encoding
and multiplexing and then is supposed to burn the disk. Therein lies the
problem.  The disk only burns for 34 seconds and then ejects.  If using
Toast would solve the problem, I'm glad to buy it. And, you're right. The
encoding takes 7 hours for a 15 minute Quiktime movie! Any other thoughts?

Don Tully

> From: "Dennis R. Cohen" <drcohen at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "Macintosh Digital Video List"<MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue,  9 Mar 2004 06:44:54 -0800
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Another DVD burning question
> 
> On 3/8/04 at 2:23 PM, "Donald C. Tully" <drdon at mwt.net> transmitted the
> following electronic message:
> 
>> 
>> I am attempting to burn an Imovie 3.0 DVD on my Formac Divideon CD/DVD
>> burner.  All goes well until I attempt the burn. The recording starts
>> and then stops after about 30 seconds. The disk is ejected and a
>> message appears asking that I insert a blank DVD. of course, the
>> original disk is ruined. I am using Maxell DVD-R disks on an IMac G3
>> running OS X.2.8.  By the way, burning music CD's is a snap; no
>> problems...Any thoughts?  Thank You...
> 
> First, iMovie 3 (and 4) don't make "DVD"s. They create QuickTime
> "reference" files that point to the DV Stream (not DVD) content in the
> clips. It appears, from your description, that you are leaving out the
> step that encodes the DV Stream into the MPEG-2 files a DVD authoring
> and burning program needs as input.
> 
> I would strongly suggest that the easiest solution for you, since you're
> using a G3 with external burner, would be to invest in a copy of Toast 6
> Titanium and use it. Toast includes an encoder that will do the job for
> you.
> 
> Note that encoding to MPEG-2 is not a fast operation, and it will be
> even slower on your G3 hardware. However, Toast will author and burn the
> DVD for you.
> 
> -- 
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