[X4U] iMovie to iDVD - Proper Video Import Format

[Nick Scalise]

On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:26 PM, revDAVE wrote:

> Currently - I am importing some home movies from VHS using a  
> canopus into
> iMovie. I have chosen the import format = DV STREAM ...
>
> - I will import the movie - do some editing - and then export it to  
> iDVD5...
>
> - then I modify the template settings and then save as a disk image...
>
> - basically - it has to render all the video - I am guessing to  
> compress
> into DVD format... this takes a long time
>
> * Question: Since my only concern is to create a DVD ONLY - of this  
> content
> ( and not to ever save the high-quality dv stream) - would it save  
> me any
> time to import into iMovie as MPG4 or any other format that is  
> closer to a
> DVD quality rather then to import as a DV stream? The rendering  
> time in iDVD
> is where I am trying to save time ... and I am guessing that if it  
> was in
> the correct format to begin with ... then maybe it would not have to
> re-render...?

Nope.

iDVD creates DVD standard MPEG 2 files not MPEG 4.

The only way to speed up the MPEG 2 encoding is to either get a  
faster computer, or output directly to an external standalone DVD  
recorder.

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net