Pls asap! Burned DVD opens/plays on mac but not on PC! AND idvd sizing Q

I have iDVD 6.
The PC drive recognizes / sees the DVD files I created using iDVD in the drive, but doesn't load or play anything. When I look at the DVD it doesn't show any file that would load anything, just 1 video and audio.
ALSO I like the look of the DVD when it opens at a certain size. It keeps opening at full screen size, is there any why to make it open at a specific size and have the option to expand to full screen?
Much thanks!

Hi
1. iDVD 8 has three levels of qualities.
• Professional Quality (movies up to 120 min) - BEST
• High Performances (movies less than 60 min) - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (movies up to 120 min) - slightly lower quality than above
2. From
• FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov
• iMovie x-6 - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos. Instead just drop the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
• iMovie’08 not meant to go to iDVD. Use iMovie HD 6
3. I use Toast™ to make an as slow burn as posibly eg x1 (in iDVD’08 this can also be set)
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disc. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
5. Verbatim ( also recommende by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW)
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
*More iDVD quality.*
iDVD quality depends on:
• HOW much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disk. Go for approx 25Gb.
less than 5Gb and Your result will most probably not play.
• What kind of movie project You drop into it. MPEG4 seems to be a bad choise.
• What kind of standard - NTSC movie and NTSC DVD or PAL to PAL - no mix.
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
• How You encode and burn it. Two settings
1. go to iDVD pref menu and select tab far right and set burn speed to x1 (less errors = plays better)
2. Project info: Select Professional Encoding.
That's about it. Now You should get an as good copy as Your original movie can supply.
Yours Bengt W

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