[MacDV] Re: FCP HD/iDVD 5.0.1

[sb]

You don't have to use Compressor with iDVD, since the MPEG2 compression is
built into it.

Render everything in the timeline.
Do a File/Export/Quicktime Movie
Don't check the box "Self Contained".

Open up iDVD. 
Make sure iDVD's prefs are set to PAL.
Choose a template. Drag the reference file you just created into the iDVD
viewer. *Don't* drop it on anything that says "Drag your Movie Here". (your
movie will only play in the tiny window, not full screen)

Now you can mess around with different fonts, colours, changing the
background image or music.  When you are done, click the Burn button, and
wait for it to ask you to load a blank - don't put the blank in first! -
then click burn/ok and off you go.

It will take minutes or hours to encode and then burn your disk, depending
on how long your movie is and what computer processor you have.

Btw,the safest way to burn the dvd is to choose File/Make Disk Image. When
that is finished, open it up to play it on the DVD player to check it, then
you can burn the disk image using the Disk Utility/Image/Burn Image.
That's also the easiest way to save it for additional copies.

 regards,

 sb



On 8/18/05 4:19 PM, "tucker ian" <carlian at picknowl.com.au> wrote:

> I am using iDVD 5 to burn movies I compile in FCP HD.   My footage is
> not HD as it originates from a 5 year old,  3 CCD Canon XM1 video
> camera.
> 
> Could someone advise me which is the best path to take to save the
> best quality product from FCP to iDVD please?  To date I have not
> used "Compressor", as I find the instructions in the Manual a little
> ambiguous.
> 
>   I am in Adelaide and using the PAL system.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ian T.
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