[MacDV] Can't render/encode my iDVD project - Can't burnprojectto DVD (SOLVED)

[Robert L. Vaessen]

On Oct 28, 2004, at 11:17, Nick Scalise wrote:

>
> On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 01:21AM, Robert L. Vaessen 
> <rvaessen at mac.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Good news. Working with ffmpegX (version 0.0.9p) I have been able to
>> author/encode my iMovie project to valid DVD data folders (VIDEO_TS 
>> and
>> AUDIO_TS). I previewed the data on my G5, and the .VOB file contained
>> multiplexed video and audio.
>>
>> I used DragonBurn to burn the data to DVD. I now have an autoplay
>> version of my iMovie file. I used iMovie to edit the movie, output it
>> as .DV and used that as my input to ffmpegX.
>>
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>> In the end, it is my opinion, through observation, trial and error and
>> deduction, that the codec used by iDVD 4.0.1 in order to encode 
>> digital
>> video/audio is incompatible with my 1.8Ghz DP G5. I can only speculate
>> as to why it has worked for some and not others. I was able to find a
>> solution to my problems, and in the end that is all that really
>> matters. iDVD encoding/rendering is the only thing that I have really
>> had a problem with on my G5. After reading literally thousands of
>> similar posts (in Apple's iDVD forum), it is apparent that there is
>> some sort of compilation/compatibility issue with iDVD's codec. Maybe
>> Apple will address the problem at some point. Until then, I'll use
>> ffmpegX and DragonBurn to author and burn iMovie projects to DVD.
>>
>> The video looks better on the DVD than it did on the VHS. Thanks for
>> all the help.
>
> Can you tell us how long your movie is and how long it took ffmpeg to 
> encode your movie?

My movie was appx 35 minutes long and it took about an hour to encode 
using ffmpegx on my 1.8Ghz DP G5.

> Were the settings you used in ffmpeg the "Default" settings?

No. I had to spend a couple of days playing with the settings until I 
figured out what they all did, and which ones worked best for my 
situation.

- Robert