Burning Multisession DVD-R

My new Leopard Edition Missing Manual by D. Pogue states that I can use disk utility to burn multisession DVD-Rs, just as I can CD-Rs. Is the book wrong?

I've never had a coaster, but I only use Verbatim or Imation. I also burn at the slowest speed available (2x). However, I did have to have two of my Superdrives replaced because the mechanics malfunctioned. In your case, that doesn't appear to be the problem, so I'm not sure. Do try at a slow speed.

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Can't burn Multisession DVD's

Hello,
I'm unable to burn Multisession DVD's with my PowerBook.
Whenever I select a disk image to Burn with Disk Utility the option to "Leave disc appendable" is greyed out.
Also, I'm unable to write Multisession DVD's with Toast 6.1.1 either.
I've tried this with two different brand DVD-R's with the same result.
I'm using a PowerBook 1.67GHz G4 17" with it's original Matshita DVD-R UJ-835E drive.
Thanks,
Anthony
PowerBook 17" G4 1.67Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) Matshita DVD-R UJ-835E drive

I did an extensive search of the Mac OS and Toast Help menus but I didn't find any info on the lack of support of this. So, I ended up contacting Roxio about it.
Thanks for the link, by the way. The poster that contacted Roxio support got essentially the same answer I did, that Toast doesn't support multisessoin since a multi-session DVD won't be shown correctly in Mac OSX.
Take care,
Anthony
From a brief google search, it appears multi-session
DVD is not supported by Mac OS. Check out this
thread:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-4420
7.html

Burn a multisession DVD+RW?

Can Finder or Disk Utility create a multisession DVD+RW?
When I try to burn a DVD+RW from Finder, I do not see the "Leave disc appendable" option.
When I try to burn a DVD+RW from Disk Utility, the "Leave disc appendable" option is dimmed and not checkable.
To create a multisession DVD+RW on OS X Tiger, does one need a third-party program?

If you are using the correct format, then maybe you
do need a third party utility like Roxio Toast which
has offered multisession burning since before Disk
Utility.
Except that Toast does not support multisession DVD -- only CD. There's an article on Roxio's support site that explains the reason for not supporting multisession DVD: there is no standard for it. All the software that can burn multisession DVDs do it in a way that is not standards-based.

Cannot burn a DVD+RW as "appendable"

I'm trying to burn my documents folder to a DVD+RW but I want to be able to write new data to the same disc in future.
I've created a disc image of the documents folder using the Disk Utility but when I come to burn the image, the option "leave disc appendable" is greyed out so I cannot tick the box.
Where am I going wrong with this? Or can I not use a DVD+RW in this way?

The Finder does not support burning mulitsession (appendable) discs at all. Disk Utility only supports mulitsession CDs, not DVDs. In order to burn multisession DVDs, you will need a thrid-party application such as Roxio Toast ($79-99). I have Toast on my Mac, but haven't attempted to burn multisession DVDs yet. I will do so the next time I buy blank DVDs (it could take a while though).
Once an optical disc has been closed (i.e. is no longer appendable), it appears as read-only in Disk Utility. However, you should find an Erase button under the Erase tab. If you erase you disc, it will appear as a blank disc again, and you will be able to add files to it. However, all the data previously stored on the disc will have been erased, so you will need to burn both the new and the old stuff.

Multisession DVD

I am a new IMAC user and in the process of adjusting from my PC experience. I was attempting in vain to multisession a DVD RW using Disk Utility but found the "Leave disc appendable option" greyed out. On reading the help information more closely, it appears multisession only works with CD-R discs. The drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K04L. Can someone clarify this?

A third-party application called DragonBurn can burn multisession DVD+R and DVD+RW disks. DVD-R and DVD-RW media do not support multisession burning.
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I can't burn any DVD or CD - burning process interrupts before it ends

Hi everybody !
Sorry for my bad english, but I assume you're all aware about the frenches are not very good at english.
I've got the following problem: I can't burn any dvd or cd. I've already tried with different programs such as Sonic, Nero 7.0, and I Tunes, and I got every time a mistake wich interrupted the burning process before it ends.
So I don't know what to day ! I've already tried to re install the drivers, but it's didtn't change anything.
In order to help you, I've saved an error log from nero. I hope it could be helpfull to someone who could help me !
Here is the log:
moi
5C82001080000000000666822849
Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: -
ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Core\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 02/11/2004 13:54:32
NT-SPTI used
Nero Version: 7.0.0.0
Recorder: <MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S>Version: 1.60 - HA 1 TA 0 - 7.0.0.0
Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1
Drive buffer : 2048kB
Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ?
CD-ROM: <MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S >Version: 1.60 - HA 1 TA 0 - 7.0.0.0
Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1
=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : FUJITSU MHV2100BH PL atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : AXV CD/DVD-ROM 2.1b axvodka Port 2 ID 0 DMA: Off
=== CDRom-Device-Map ===
MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S D: CDRom0
AXV CD/DVD-ROM F: CDRom1
=======================
AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (0) Byte
ShowDrvBufStat : 0
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 2045MB (2095084kB)
Free physical memory: 1277MB (1308144kB)
Memory in use : 37 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)
21.9.2006
CD-ROM (ISO)
21:04:46 #1 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6410
Iso document burn settings
Determine maximum speed : FALSE
Simulate : TRUE
Write : TRUE
Finalize CD : FALSE
Multisession : TRUE
Multisession type: : Start multisession
Burning mode : TAO
Mode : 1
ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char)
Character set : ISO 9660
Joliet : TRUE
Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE
Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE
Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE
21:04:47 #2 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3007
MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
SmoothLink activs
21:04:47 #3 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 525
ReadBuffer-Pipe got 81920KB of Memory
21:04:47 #4 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 124
Reader running
21:04:47 #5 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 113
Writer D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S running
21:04:47 #6 ISO9660GEN -11 File Geniso.cpp, Line 3304
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)
21:04:47 #7 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3301
Turn on Track-At-Once, using CD-R/RW media
21:04:48 #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 277
Last possible write address on media: 359844 ( 79:59.69)
Last address to be written: 318786 ( 70:52.36)
21:04:48 #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 289
Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD)
21:04:48 #10 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2568
Recorder: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
21:04:48 #11 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 456
>>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<<
=========================================
21:04:48 #12 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 846
Setup items (after recorder preparation)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 ()
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original disc pos #0 + 318787 (318787) = #318787/70:50.37
relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required, no patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 318785 blocks [D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S]
21:04:48 #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1058
Prepare recorder [D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S] for write in TAO
DAO infos:
==========
MCN: ""
TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc not fixated
Tracks 1 to 1:
1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 307200 653182976, ISRC ""
DAO layout:
===========
__Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_RecDep_______ ___
-150 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00
-150 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00
0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00
318787 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00
21:04:48 #14 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1126
Removed 2 run-out blocks from end of track 1. Length: 318787 -> 318785.
21:04:48 #15 Text 0 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 34
SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FCTL_LOCK_VOLUME
21:04:48 #16 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Caching of files started
21:04:49 #17 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4129
Cache writing successful.
21:04:49 #18 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Caching of files completed
21:04:49 #19 Phase 32 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Simulation started at 24x (3 600 Ko/s)
21:04:49 #20 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2669
Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0
21:04:49 #21 Text 0 File MMC.cpp, Line 21541
Set BUFE: SmoothLink -> ON
21:10:08 #22 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 228
all writers idle, stopping conversion
21:10:10 #23 Phase 33 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Simulation completed successfully at 24x (3 600 Ko/s)
21:10:11 #24 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Burn process started at 24x (3 600 Ko/s)
21:10:11 #25 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2669
Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0
21:10:11 #26 Text 0 File MMC.cpp, Line 21541
Set BUFE: SmoothLink -> ON
21:12:16 #27 SPTI -1040 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 306
CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1040)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x10
Sense Qual: 0x00
CDB Data: 0x2A 00 00 01 76 C0 00 00 20 00 00 00
Sense Area: 0xF1 00 03 00 01 74 5D 0A 00 13 00 00 10
Buffer x03390000: Len x10000
0x72 F1 87 E5 D3 3D 4A 96 F9 B0 73 83 D3 14 72 A1
0xF3 49 6E 93 44 25 04 6D E5 CE 44 5F 3E C6 79 47
0xDD DD EA 3A FD 71 4D 32 CB 35 F3 DF 4B 18 BD 7D
21:12:16 #28 CDR -1040 File Writer.cpp, Line 302
Illegal block size for command
D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
21:12:16 #29 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 228
all writers idle, stopping conversion
21:12:17 #30 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 222
conversion idle, stopping reader
21:12:17 #31 CDR -201 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 200
Invalid write state
D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
21:12:17 #32 TRANSFER -18 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 200
Could not perform EndTrack
21:12:17 #33 Text 0 File MMC.cpp, Line 16273
<MAT****ADVD-RAM UJ-841S > start Close Session
21:12:30 #34 SPTI -1040 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 306
CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1040)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x10
Sense Qual: 0x00
CDB Data: 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Sense Area: 0x71 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 13 00 00 10
21:12:30 #35 CDR -1040 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 249
Illegal block size for command
D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
21:12:30 #36 TRANSFER -19 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 249
Could not perform Fixation
21:12:30 #37 Text 0 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 258
falling back to disc fixation
21:12:30 #38 Text 0 File MMC.cpp, Line 16273
<MAT****ADVD-RAM UJ-841S > start Close Session
21:12:30 #39 SPTI -1046 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 306
CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1046)
Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
Sense Code: 0x30
Sense Qual: 0x05
CDB Data: 0x5B 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Sense Area: 0x70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 AA 00 00 30 05
21:12:30 #40 CDR -1046 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 249
Illegal disc
D: MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
21:12:30 #41 TRANSFER -19 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 249
Could not perform Fixation
21:12:30 #42 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1724
Burn process failed at 24x (3 600 Ko/s)
Existing drivers:
File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.32a, size=20640 bytes, created 25/04/2005 11:03:00 (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K)
Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
So, thanks to you !
See you !
Romain

Hi
The error log doesnt provide any very useful information.
According to this error log the simulation was running correct but the burning process was not started.
In such case its very hard to say why it happens. Possibly the drive is damage and cannot calibrate the lens properly or you use not compatible medias.
The burning process depands also on the fiels and data which youwant to burn.
Some data, CD, DVDs are encrypted and its not possible to burn and to copy it.
In other case you could also try to burn the medias with lower speed and not with 24x.
But in worth case you the drive has a malfunction and you have to replace it ;(

DVD drive and multisession DVDs

I have a few multisession DVDs that were burned with Nero on my PC, but the MBP sees only the 1st session. Is there any way to make it see all the sessions?

hmm what about seeing what Toast has to offer on the situation? Maybe you could do a straight copy of the DVD and try the new one. Only ever heard of Multisession CDs though but I hardly ever use PCs.

Error 0x800703EE on Win 8.1 machine when I tried to burn a DVD.

Hello,
I have below mentioned error when I tried to burn a DVD on my HP laptop.But same file can be copied to the USB drive without a problem.Can I have a solution for this ? Thanks in advance.
Error message : Error 0x800703EE : The volume for a file has been externalley altered so that the opened file is no longer valid.
Note : Win 8.1 - 64 bit

I have sorted out above issue by disabling the defender and Fire wall.Cheers ! :)

Sound problems with film made in iMovie when burned to DVD in iDVD

PLEASE HELP!!!
I have upgraded to iLife 09 and for all the bad that people have to say, I actually like it a lot. Anyway, it gave me the encouragement I needed to play with some old home movies I had stored with the aim of producing DVDs to give to my friends, and hopefully showing off the slick production values I have come up with.
So after spending a week getting to grips with iMovie and editing an old holiday film with all the cuts, transitions, chapter markers and music etc that I wanted, I ended up with an hour long movie that I was happy with.
Then to iDVD. After trying out all sorts of ways to go from iMovie to iDVD to ensure the best quality, I have finally given up trying to replicate the on screen quality of the movie in iMovie with the finished DVD, and just opted for the easy to use 'share to iDVD' option. The quality is not great, but then the footage is old anyway so not too much of an issue.
Then I spend another few days playing with and learning iDVD and again end up with a finished product that I am happy with, with nice looking menu's and a slideshow etc.
So I come to burn the final DVD, for which I pick the 'Professional burn' option which takes 4 hours but I am happy to wait if it means the best quality possible, and my DVD is done.
I then play the DVD to discover my problem - the sound in the movie is not right. To explain further, in my movie I have reduced the sound of some of the film clips to nothing and placed music over the top. When played and previewed in iMovie it works fine - the music plays and the sound that is attached the the video does not. When previewed in iDVD it works fine - just as I had edited it in iMovie. But then when I burn the DVD, some of these sounds are present again which completely wastes all my hard work at the editing stage.
I have searched and searched for help on this but am unable to find any.
Sorry for the very long description and story behind my issue, but it is massively frustrating. Basically, at some point during the 'burn to DVD' stage in iDVD it decides to completely ignore most of the sound edits I have made on the movie in iMovie.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.

Many thanks. Looking at that thread it looks like there are a few others having the same issue as me. Might be to do with not using the predetermined rates for clip slowdown and inputting my own.
The frustrating thing is that I have only done this once right at the start of my hour long movie and if I change it now it with though the timing of my whole film out.
Not much else I can do though I suppose.

Shaky Video when Burned to DVD

Hello all,
Call me an amatuer when it comes to camcorders. I have a Sony DCR-SR40 HDD camcorder and when I take video recorded on this device, transfer to my Mac, and then edit in HD 6, the video (when played back on a DVD) comes out shaky for action video where people are moving. It is almost like there are tracers when they are moving.
When the raw footage is played back in its native mpg format it looks fine, and when it is burned using Sony's "One Touch" DVD burn the video is not shaky or look like it has tracers, it looks fine. I am thinking it has to do with the quality of the image being recorded by the video camera and that when it gets compiled/burned to DVD it causes the shakiness. It has done this in iMovie HD 6 and in Adobe Elements 3.0. Is there a fix for this?
If it is just a camcorder issue, any recommendations for a good quality camcorder to capture sports footage (Football) that would burn great in iMovie and not have that shakiness/tracers?

>MPEG2 exported from Premeire, to quicktime, to encore
That is, to me, a backwards work flow
Mpeg2 is an output format... but you are using it as your source file in Premiere... what is the source of the file?
Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... a screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
For PC http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
For Mac http://mediainfo.massanti.com/
You are then exporting to Quicktime... which Encore must then encode to MPEG2 to make a DVD (the VOB on a DVD is a renamed MPEG)
You are starting with a compressed file... exporting which may add more compression... and compressing again in Encore... it is no wonder your DVD has lost quality

Need HELP to burn 35 DVDs very URGENT !!!

I have created a 16/9 screen DVD, size 451 Mo.
Problem 1:
When I register it as Disk image, I cannot open it on my HD to preview before burn it. When I click on the icon, it says "specify application", so I put iDVD, but it doesn't open. So I burn my project directly from iDVD. It takes time. I need to burn 35!!! Is there is possibility to fixe it, or I have to encoder every time I have to burn the same DVD?
Problem 2:
When I burn my project to DVD-R x16 Verbatim, using "Optimal quality" or "Optimal performances", my quality image is suffering. Pixels are becoming too big (like 1mmx1mm mosaique), so it is difficult to read text and to see pictures. My original project is perfect. I thought I was DVD quality, because I was using DVD+R x16 verbatim. But it seems to be iDVD problem.
Thank to all who know anything about and can help. I have to deliver the project by the end of this week.

Problem 1 Follow these directions:
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
Problem 2 Burn the disk image with Disk Utility and select a speed 4X or slower from the speed pop-up.
G4 DP 1.25 GHz 2GB RAM 4 Drives 770GB Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 SuperDrives (SL 8X & DL 16X)

I just bought a new mac mini and an external DVD burner. I want to burn a DVD video and it will not play on the TV but only on the computer? Need this figured out for tomorrow.

I just bought a new mac mini and an external DVD burner. I want to burn a DVD video and it will not play on the TV but only on the computer? Need this figured out for tomorrow. Can anyone help me?

Congratulations on the new Mini. Are you saying you tried burning and it does not play, or do you want to burn it only for the computer to be able to play it?
OS X Mountain Lion: Burn a CD or DVD may help.

Error Message while trying to burn a DVD-R with my MacBook Pro: "The disc can't be burned, because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media.

While using my Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 to burn a DVD-R I keep getting the error message: "This disc can't be burned, because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media."
So, I tried the iDVD and got the same error message.
Can anyone out there help me? I've tried both a DVD - R, and a CD.
I made a short 2:20 minute presentation from iMovie and used the "share" to iDVD, then to iTunes, then I tried exporting it to Quicktime and saved it on my desk top. That is when I tried burning by opening the blank DVD-R in the finder then draging the movie on to it and selecting the burn option. Thank you for your time in helping me with this frustrating problem.
Peace, Pyxidis

I have had that same problem, but it was unrelated to any upgrade.
In my case the optical drive was simply failing, and I replaced it - it was a Powerbook, about eight years old.
It is possible that it's unrelated to Lion, as unlikely as this may seem, since you've just upgraded.
Optical drives seem to be the most life-limited component in these computers. The laser just seems to get weak with age.

Is it possible to burn a DVD from FCPX in 16:9 aspect ratio?

I am using FCP X 10.1.1 on an iMac with OS 10.9.3
I have HD video shot in 1080X720. I realize a dvd isn't HD, but I would like to try and get the wide screen aspect. Is that even possible? I would love any sort of assistance! Thanks much!
-R

Yes.
Just go ahead and burn the DVD which will finish up with whatever aspect the project is.
A 16:9 aspect ratio has nothing to do with hi-def, it's just that hi-def in the last 10 years has adopted that ratio but it was used long before then, together with 4:3, for standard def DV.

I have created a movie in 16:9 format. I have created an iDVD pane in 16:9 but when I preview the movie that pane changes to 4:3 and burns the DVD as a 4:3 movie. How can I stop that, please I am in Snow Leopard, using FCE4.0.1?

I am using Snow Leopard and have created a movie in 16:9 format (SD not HDV) I created a movie which stays in the 16:9 format in fcp file, .mov fiule and MP4 file. I created an iDVD pane in 16:9 but when I play the movie in the iDVD preview window the iDVD pane switches to 4:3 and it burns the DVD in 4:3. How can I stop this so I get a16:9 DVD. Thanks for any help offered
James Bowman

Hi
As I see this I see two parts
• Howto go from FinalCut to iDVD
• Howto set iDVD right
In FinalCut Express (to 4) or Pro (to 6 - most probably 7 too)
• One has to set Anamorphic in the Browser window - menu columns
• Export as QuickTime movie .mov - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION
In iDVD there are TWO places to set - WideScreen
- Start a NEW iDVD project - AND HERE SELECT WideScreen 16:9
- in Project - select Projectinfo
- now set WideScreen 16:9 - Here too
This use to work for me.
FOR FinalCut Pro-X - I have not a Clue - as I don't use it. SORRY
BTW - There is a good practice to before BURNING the DVD do
• Save as a DiskImage
• Test this by using DVD-Player tool
And if it is OK Size and All - then burn it by using
• Disk Util tool
• here set down burn speed to x4 or less (less burn errors = plays on more devices and better)
• Not using Memorex or NoName etc cheap media - as they usually DO NOT WORK as Video-DVDs
• I use Verbatim DVD-R as they play on more and even older DVD-players
Yours Bengt W

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