Correct resolution for DVD

Am creating a Flash Presentation that now needs to be put
onto DVD, but when burning a .mov file onto DVD it seems to
compress it and it simply looks awful, whereas my .mov and .swf
file are nice and sharp.
What is the best resolution to create at in the first place
for widescreen TV?

I wanna say 740x480
http://www.jeremymoore.com/AdobePremiere/PAR_Displays/
or is it 1280 x 720
http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Aspect.html
This always confuses me as well. I know that 4:3 looks good
at 640x480 or 480x360.

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Hoping to find some answers here - I called Apple Care but they weren't very helpful and told me to call LG..but I really doubt the issue has anything to do with LG.
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Yes, I tried xrandr:
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At first this didn't work at all, so I tried to mess with screen resolution applet and got output on the second monitor, but not at the desired resolution.
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VGA connected 1024x768+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1280x800@60 60.0 +
1360x768 59.8
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
1280x1024 60.0
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1280x800 60.0*+
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
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720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
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Correct settings for DVD

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I Need the correct resolution for images imported to iDVD

Maybe some kind soul can help me out. I took some photos with my digital camera. Made slides of them in Powerpoint, imorted to iPhoto then to iDVD slideshow and all was fine. No cutoffs of top or bottom and no black bars. Now I've tried for another project to take these sides from Powerpoint, import to iPhoto, set up a slide show with timings and sound. then export to iDVD, but it cuts the tops and bottoms of the pictures. I've read everthing I can find on proper resolution and ratio. I constrained them to the 4:3 inside iPhoto and still cutoffs of top and bottom. I put them into Photoshop and constrained to 640x480 as suggested and then after import to iDVD there are black bars on top and sides when it plays on a tv/dvd player but looks okay on the computer moniter. I need the slides to be full on the tv safe area and show full on a tv with no black bars or cutoffs. I've gone nuts trying to figure this out. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I constrained them to
the 4:3 inside iPhoto and still cutoffs of top and
bottom. I put them into Photoshop and constrained to
640x480 as suggested and then after import to iDVD
there are black bars on top and sides when it plays
on a tv/dvd player but looks okay on the computer
moniter.
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Can't get correct resolution for second monitor

I am trying to use two monitors with a Vostro 1400 (Intel X3100 video card), the problem is I can't set the external monitor to 1280x1024. Gnome's screen resolution program only let me choose from 640x480 to 1360x768. Besides the resolution of the second monitor, everything else seems to be working fine. Some relevant info:
Xorg.0.log
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 21 09:13:30 UTC 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 17 December 2008 10:46:49PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 25 02:18:40 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Failsafe Monitor"
(==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen".
Using the first device section listed.
(**) | |-->Device "Intel GMA X3100"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
(**) Extension "DAMAGE" is enabled
(**) Extension "XFIXES" is enabled
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x7b54e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xfea00000/1048576, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000eff8/8
(--) PCI: (0@0:2:1) Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller rev 12, Mem @ 0xfeb00000/1048576
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[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
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(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
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(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
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(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
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(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
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(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
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(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(==) AIGLX enabled
(==) Exporting typical set of GLX visuals
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
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(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
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(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.4.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ,
965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43
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[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
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[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
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(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
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(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
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(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) intel(0): Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
(**) intel(0): Option "DRI" "True"
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965GM
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "965GM"
(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xFEA00000
(II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available.
(**) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) intel(0): initializing int10
(WW) intel(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(II) intel(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) intel(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 7616 kB
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Controller
(II) intel(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using monitor section Failsafe Monitor
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "LVDSDDC_C" initialized.
(II) intel(0): Attempting to determine panel fixed mode.
(**) intel(0): Option "NoDDC" "True"
(II) intel(0): found backlight control method /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video1
(II) intel(0): Output TV has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) intel(0): Output TV disconnected
(II) intel(0): Using user preference for initial modes
(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x800@60
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1280x800
(II) intel(0): Monitoring connected displays enabled
(II) intel(0): detected 512 kB GTT.
(II) intel(0): detected 7676 kB stolen memory.
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
(==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
(**) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (336, 210) mm
(**) intel(0): DPI set to (193, 247)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "exa"
(II) LoadModule: "exa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so
(II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.4.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) intel(0): Comparing regs from server start up to After PreInit
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x61200 (PP_STATUS) changed from 0xc0000008 to 0xd000000a
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS before: on, ready, sequencing idle
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS after: on, ready, sequencing on
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x71024 (PIPEBSTAT) changed from 0x00000206 to 0x00000000
(WW) intel(0): PIPEBSTAT before: status: VSYNC_INT_STATUS SVBLANK_INT_STATUS VBLANK_INT_STATUS
(WW) intel(0): PIPEBSTAT after: status:
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x68084 (TV_FILTER_CTL_2) changed from 0x0001f5f6 to 0x00028283
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x68088 (TV_FILTER_CTL_3) changed from 0x0000fafb to 0x00014141
(II) Loading sub module "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) intel(0): Kernel reported 488960 total, 1 used
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 1955836 kB available
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Using the DRM lock SAREA also for drawables.
(II) intel(0): [drm] framebuffer mapped by ddx driver
(II) intel(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) intel(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) intel(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful.
(II) intel(0): [drm] Registers = 0xfea00000
(II) intel(0): [drm] ring buffer = 0xe0000000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped front buffer at 0xe0100000, handle = 0xe0100000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped back buffer at 0xe5600000, handle = 0xe5600000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped depth buffer at 0xe6a00000, handle = 0xe6a00000
(II) intel(0): [drm] mapped classic textures at 0xe7e00000, handle = 0xe7e00000
(II) intel(0): [drm] Initialized kernel agp heap manager, 33554432
(II) intel(0): [dri] visual configs initialized
(II) intel(0): Page Flipping disabled
(II) intel(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(**) intel(0): Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
(**) intel(0): Option "EXANoComposite" "false"
(II) EXA(0): Offscreen pixmap area of 62914560 bytes
(II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II) Solid
(II) Copy
(II) Composite (RENDER acceleration)
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 0 at 0x0077f000 (pgoffset 1919)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 1 at 0x01a00000 (pgoffset 6656)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 2 at 0x05600000 (pgoffset 22016)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 3 at 0x06a00000 (pgoffset 27136)
(II) intel(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: bind key 4 at 0x07e00000 (pgoffset 32256)
(II) intel(0): Fixed memory allocation layout:
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(II) intel(0): 0x00020000-0x00029fff: HW cursors (40 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x0002a000-0x00031fff: logical 3D context (32 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00032000-0x00043fff: exa G965 state buffer (72 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00044000-0x00044fff: overlay registers (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00045000-0x00045fff: power context (4 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x00100000-0x019fffff: front buffer (25600 kB) X tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x0077f000: end of stolen memory
(II) intel(0): 0x01a00000-0x055fffff: exa offscreen (61440 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x05600000-0x069fffff: back buffer (20480 kB) X tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x06a00000-0x07dfffff: depth buffer (20480 kB) Y tiled
(II) intel(0): 0x07e00000-0x09dfffff: classic textures (32768 kB)
(II) intel(0): 0x10000000: end of aperture
(II) intel(0): using SSC reference clock of 96 MHz
(II) intel(0): Selecting standard 18 bit TMDS pixel format.
(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
(II) intel(0): Pipe A is on
(II) intel(0): Display plane A is now enabled and connected to pipe A.
(II) intel(0): Pipe B is on
(II) intel(0): Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
(II) intel(0): Output VGA is connected to pipe A
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS is connected to pipe B
(II) intel(0): Output TV is connected to pipe none
(II) intel(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 16
(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) intel(0): using SSC reference clock of 96 MHz
(II) intel(0): Selecting standard 18 bit TMDS pixel format.
(II) intel(0): DPMS enabled
(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
(II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: Enabled
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 12
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_texture_from_pixmap with driver support
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 211
(EE) intel(0): underrun on pipe A!
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 0.99.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.99.2
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: x-axis range 0 - 1023
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: y-axis range 0 - 767
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: pressure range 0 - 127
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "SHMConfig" "True"
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.1
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_model: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "br"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_layout: "br"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "abnt2"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_variant: "abnt2"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) PS/2 Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PS/2 Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?
(**) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: always reports core events
(**) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
(II) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: Found 5 mouse buttons
(II) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: Configuring as mouse
(**) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical?" (type: MOUSE)
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event11"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_model: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "br"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_layout: "br"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "abnt2"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_variant: "abnt2"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_model: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "br"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_layout: "br"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "abnt2"
(**) Video Bus: xkb_variant: "abnt2"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_rules: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_model: "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "br"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_layout: "br"
(**) Option "xkb_variant" "abnt2"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: xkb_variant: "abnt2"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
AUDIT: Thu Dec 25 02:18:51 2008: 11649 Xorg: client 5 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=11673 )
AUDIT: Thu Dec 25 02:18:51 2008: 11649 Xorg: client 5 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=11674 )
AUDIT: Thu Dec 25 02:18:51 2008: 11649 Xorg: client 5 rejected from local host ( uid=1000 gid=1000 pid=11675 )
(EE) intel(0): underrun on pipe B!
xorg.conf
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel GMA X3100"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "DRI" "True"
Option "NoDDC" "True"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "ExaNoComposite" "false"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Failsafe Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1280x800"
Horizsync 31.5-50.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
DisplaySize 336 210 # 96 DPI @ 1280x800
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
#Section "Monitor"
# Identifier "Monitor externo"
# Vendorname "Samsung"
# Modelname "917p"
# Horizsync 31.5-50.0
# Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
# modeline "1280x1024@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
# DisplaySize 339 271 # 96 DPI @ 1280x1024
# Gamma 1.0
#EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Failsafe Device"
Monitor "Failsafe Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800@60"
#Modes "1280x1024@60"
Virtual 2560 2048
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "RENDER" "Enable"
Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
Option "XFIXES" "Enable"
EndSection

ichbinesderelch wrote:have you tried using xrandr? xrandr -q shows available outputs, xrandr --output outputadapter(like VGA) --mode 1280x1024, as far as i can see, virtual monitor is set high enough that this should kinda work!
Yes, I tried xrandr:
$ xrandr --newmode "1280x1024" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
$ xrandr --addmode VGA 1280x1024
$ xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024
$ xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS
At first this didn't work at all, so I tried to mess with screen resolution applet and got output on the second monitor, but not at the desired resolution.
I tried running these commands again and got output on the second monitor, but at the wrong resolution. The strange part is that the resolution I want is listed by xrandr:
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2304 x 800, maximum 2560 x 2048
VGA connected 1024x768+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1280x800@60 60.0 +
1360x768 59.8
1024x768 60.0*
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
1280x1024 60.0
LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1280x800 60.0*+
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Correct Resolution for HDTV via DVI and ATI 9800

I have a gigabit G4 400 and a sharp aquos 26in lcd tv. I bought a used ATI 9800 pro mac edition 128mb version. I have it cabled HDMI to DVI. So far it works fairly well, but its taken quite a few setting revisits. I'm having some resolution issues. The tv itself is supposed to only be a 720p at its highest do to the physical size. The card has the ability to go higher then that and it goes into 1080i mode, but it doesn't look as good. The smoothest setting was 1024x540 but the screen objects are to big still. 1344x756 is near the native size but not exactly (should be 1366x768) and it looks pretty good, but text is a little hard to read and kind of jagged looking. Its like you can't sit as far, but not as close as a regular display. One of the problems that I keep having is that the interlace goes weird periodically and I don't know why. It seems to happen on most of the resolutions after switching settings or resolutions from say the itunes visualizer (whichs looks way cool on the tv btw) or coming out of sleep. Then I have to go into ati displays and toggle a setting the causes the display go black for a sec then comes back fine again. I'm wondering if I need to get a component to dvi adapter instead of going the hdmi since I'll be able to force it to go no larger the 720p.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Why are you not trying to use the DVI to DVI?
The reason the card output of 1080i does not look as
good is because the tv is downgrading the sigal to
720p since that is its max.
My tv doesn't have DVI only HDMI, but I have a HDMI to DVI cable.
So even though the tv is only supposed to capable of 720p, the card pushes it higher, then the tv the downgrades the signal again? The tv itself says 1080i when I switch it over to the HDMI input whereas my directv input signal says 720p.
This a possible ATI driver issue (not supporting that
res)or maybe a hz synch issue? The DVI port of the TV
is meant for HDCP so if may have the feedback needed
by the vid card for proper synching.
Very curious to see what you do, because I am looking
to do the exact same thing.
I have a DA with a Mac 9800 Pro and want to replace
my 20" ACD with a 26" LCD tv that can double as my
monitor vs buying a usb tv input device for the DA.
G4 DA DP 533, 1.25G
Ram, 250G Sata hdd, DVDBurner G4 iBook
800
Check the native resolution of the tv you're considering. It didn't dawn on me till later, but my 17in flat panel imac g4 has a better native resolution then the 26in tv. so even though its bigger, not really gaining any extra space.

Correct Fstab for DVD burner

Hi there!
I just installed a DVD burner in my sys and now i wanted to ask, what to insert in my fstab, because graveman only recognizes the dvd burner as a normal dvd drive.
here is what my current fstab looks like
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,size=512M
/dev/hdd /mnt/cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/fl vfat user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/storage1 ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/storage3 ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/storage2 ext3 defaults 0 0
thx

Here are the two relevant lines from my fstab. I'm not sure about your /dev/dvd part, but you definitely should change the ro (read-only) to rw (read-write) since it's a burner. That may be the problem.
/dev/hda /mnt/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/dvdrw auto rw,user,noauto,unhide 0 0

Best quality conversion for DVD with audio?

This has to be easier than it seems. I have an hour long video I want to compress with the best resolution for DVD, but Compressor help tells me I "must convert the video into MPEG-2 (SD and HD projects)," but this is video only.
I just want to compress this 60GB video losing as little quality as possible and throw it on a DVD with audio, but I just can't make sense of Compressor to find the best way to do this.
Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the response. I did try this, save for the Create DVD Job Action, but it just creates one audio and one video file. I'm trying the Create DVD job action now, so hopefully that will work.
Here is a screenshot of my batch. Does this look correct?
Thanks again.

Color Correction for DVD and online

I have a 13" SD TV hooked up to my mac working as a color correction monitor for FCE.
My question is: Should I always color correct using the TV monitor vs looking at the Canvas in FCE? What I'm seeing is the picture in the canvas is darker and more saturated then the view of the TV monitor. Is it best to trust the TV monitor vs the canvas? And should it make any difference if the final project is going to DVD vs online? I'm assuming the ending product (mov file) should look the same if the mov file is viewed from a computer vs on a TV from a DVD. In a nut shell, once the clip is color corrected using the ext monitor, should I be good to go no matter where the file ends up?
Thoughts?
Thanks so much

Hi
I would take some photos with color miss match eg blue tint (Blå-Stick in Swedish)
and with other known color anomalities.
Put them in TimeLine and playback. View TV - corrected or as bad as from start.
I use a color corrected CRT-broad-cast monitor but prior to this a small TV and
this one did a good job.
Yours Bengt W

What is the correct version of DVD Player for OSX10.3.9?

I just replaced the Sony combo drive in my G4/Quicksilver with a Pioneer DVR-116D, but for some (or no) reason, I do not have the DVD Player application. When I search on the Apple site, I only find version 4.6, which is for Tiger and version 3.1.1, which is for Jaguar.
Hopefully someone can point me to the correct version for Panther.
Thanks,
Jon

Welcome to discussions Jonathan,
The DVD Player that come with Panther is version 4.0 as is part of the iLife package that comes with your installation CD's.
You can reinstall it from the installation CD using Pacifist
And to avoid any problems in using it, read the documentation here:
Pacifist Documentation

Best Export Settings for DVD burning and Computer viewing

Hello,
I am trying to export a 1 hour video that I need to be compatible with standard DVD players as well as viewable on any computer.
Original footage was shot with a Canon 5d Mark ii in 24fps.
I have done all of my editing in Premiere Pro CS6. From there, I exported a high quality file to bring into Media Encoder (for trials of best output). My master file from Premiere was exported with the Preset MPEG2. The only thing I changed in the preset was VBR from 1 pass to 2 pass.. This gave me a 6.2 GB file.
I then brought that file into Media Encoder where I have tried the following presets:
MPEG2-DVD - Match Source Attributes
MPEG2-DVD - NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
MPEG2 - HDTV 720p 23.976 High Quality
MPEG2 - NTSC DV High Quality
These settings have encountered various issues.. some have significant banding, but most importantly, none of them will play on my DVD player when I burn them to a disc.
The discs I am using are Sony DVD-RW with a 4.7GB capacity.
Where am I going wrong here? From what I've read, the format needs to be MPEG2 to be viewed on DVD... Sorry if I sound ignorant! This stuff is tricky..

First off, don't export your timeline and then take the result to AME to re-encode, this is compressing your video twice and degrading quality (not to mention takes extra time and hard drive space). Always export direct from Premiere to Media Encoder. If you must use an "intermediate" file as part of your workflow, perhaps to archive a completed video that might later be exported to other formats, then use a lossless codec such as UT or Lagarith (free downloads).
For DVDs, you MUST use "MPEG-2 DVD". Other forms of MPEG-2 are not appropriate, as the official DVD specification requires that the MPEG-2 file has certain attributes. Not recommended to use "Match Source" for ANY export, just choose an appropriate setting as needed.
This should be correct for your application - MPEG-2 DVD > NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
If you want to encode a DVD file over 1 hour in length, then you will need to adjust the encoding bitrate so the resulting file will fit the disc. Rule of thumb is 560/minutes = bitrate, but you might round down the result a bit to allow for menu overhead and such, depending.
Once you export the "MPEG-2 DVD" file, you can NOT simply burn that file to DVD media. That is only creating a DATA disc and it will not be playable in a DVD player (though a computer or PS3/PS4 may work since they can play most media files). To make a DVD that works in all DVD players (and meets the spec), it MUST be "authored" in a program like Adobe Encore. This compiles your content and menus and all that and then writes the result to the disc in certain way so that DVD players can read the disc. If you open any DVD on your computer, you will see a folder called "VIDEO_TS" and inside that there are .vob files and others. That is a proper DVD. And once you have a proper DVD, you can't simply copy the VIDEO_TS to another disc (as DATA), you must tell the burning software to create as a "VIDEO DVD" and not DATA, or it again won't be readable in a DVD player. Very picky spec, sorry.
When using AME to export MPEG-2 DVD, it will create two files, audio and video (.m2v and .wav), you will then Import both of those into Encore together. Note that you CAN import other formats into Encore, such as .avi but Encore will then transcode that to the correct MPEG-2 format anyway, so best that you take charge and create the right media in the first place in AME before you get to Encore.
EDIT: In AME, any time that your source is higher resolution than the destination, such as HD to DVD, you can check the "Max Render Quality" button in AME to provide the best downscale quality.
EDIT 2: I see you're using DVD-RW media. That is fine for experimenting, but for delivery to clients always use good quality DVD-R or DVD+R media. DVD-RW may not have the best compatibility with players and costs more anyways. DVDs are so cheap now that I just proof to DVD-R and toss the bad ones, up to you.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

Best Video Format, Bitrate & Resolution for X-Fi2

I recently got my X-Fi2 and I want to watch videos at full quality on the screen at the lowest possible file size to maintain plenty of room for other stuff like music or more films, so before I start converting films, would anyone recommend the best conversion settings to do this (highest bitrate before you start to notice no quality difference, same goes for resolution)

So far I haven't even been able to get Creative's converter to work. It crashes whenever I attempt to convert a file. (So, those of you who wonder why on earth we'd even think of not using Creative's software, well... without mincing words: It's pretty much crap at this point.)
After some tinkering and a few initial crashes (grrrr.....) I've managed to get Creative Centrale to successfully rip the main movie file off several DVDs in what appears to be a nice quality .mpg2 format.
I use Format Factory (a free video conversion app) to convert these 5 to 6 GB files to a managable size for the Zen X-Fi2.
So far, the format that seems to play the best and smoothest is an AVI file with MPEG4 compression using the DivX codec. (I'm not very audio/visually literate, so I hope I'm explaining this correctly...) Basically an .avi file with MPEG4(DivX) encoding.
Though the Zen X-Fi2 has a widescreen, it seems to default any 640x480 or 320x240 files (with no internal widescreen/anamorphic tags) to the center of the screen - like 4:3 television on a 6:9 set. That basically means any widescreen files saved in this format may end up having black empty space all the way around on the top, bottom, left, AND right.
So, saving the above (widescreen) ripped DVD files to a 480x272 size works out really well. (Or 640x364 if you want a little higher resolution for when you connect your player to a TV.) This ensure the movie will fill the screen from left to right and leave black bars only at the top and bottom for those big, theatrical widescreen movies. (2.35: ratio or whatever...)
I also noticed that the file size difference from the lower to higher resolution is almost neglible. (Did this with my Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs.)
The first time I converted The Fellowship of the Ring (Disc ), I used a video bitrate transfer of 52 KB/s. The size of the file was about 460 MB. It worked, but there was a fair amount of "pixelly" video and artifacting. I tried again using 024 KB/s for the video stream transfer and the video looks really, really nice. The final size was close to 890 MB and 640x364 resolution. I tried one more time at that same bitrate, but lowered the resolution way down to 400x228 and the size was of the new file was still 840 MB. So, the video bitrate transfer has a much heavier influence on the size and quality than the choice of resolution.
So, my personal recommendations for nice quality videos on your Zen X-Fi2:
.avi file, encoded as MPEG4(DivX)
640x364 (or even 480x272) -- only about 40 or 50 MB of difference in file size here)
024 video bitrate transfer (768 or even 52 if you don't mind some artifacting and blockiness and would rather have smaller files)
24 fps
28 KB/s audio bitrate (for nice sound)
2 audio channels
All this from a guy who's just figuring this out as he goes along...

Best video resolution for new ipad (3)?

If I want to put my own movies on the ipad (from dvds that I own, I have all the conversion tools I need), what is the recommended resolution? The retina display is too good If I convert a movie to that resolution it would be 20G. A 1920x1080 movie already takes up 7G, which is too much.
I'm thinking that I probably cant even tell the difference between 1920x1080 and a lower resolution, like maybe 1440x900... the question is how low can I go and still have a film look really sharp with this new display? I only have the 16G version so space is an issue.
I think maybe an upper limit of 2G per movie is reasonable...?

nicros wrote:
If I want to put my own movies on the ipad (from dvds that I own, I have all the conversion tools I need), what is the recommended resolution?
DVDs are SD, which is 720x480 NTSC or 720x576 PAL.
Converting to a higher resolution is pointless, it will just blob out the pixels.
You may want to remove the anamorphic conversion (wide screen movies stretch the horizonal size by 1.4 or close to it).
If you do this it will make sure that the iPad shows the video correctly.
To do so would be 1024X480 for NTSC, or 1024 x 576 for PAL.
The iPad will stretch it out to look full screen, and it will look sharper played out at the origonal reslution and resized on the fly, then it would doing an up-res in a domestic video converter.
Out of interest, the final video size is more determined my the compression ratio / datarate then the pixel size.
You could make a 4000x4000 pixel video in less the 1gb, just lower the compression; it would look rubbsih though.
Go for about 1500 to 3000 mb/s for SD, and higher for HD content in MP4 or Quicktime H.264.
I find most domestic or plain video converters do a bad conversion, and often tend to make files way to big for the quality of the source material. You can lower the data rate quite well in H.264 or MP4 without much noticable quality loss. Saving space for more videos in less space.

Project Settings vs. Encoding and Encore Resolution for BR

I am editing HDV footage from a Canon HV20. When I setup my project in Pr Pro I used the recommended
default HDV project settings. Hopefully these are correct. I will be burning a Blu-Ray disc for the project.
I assume like other products I have used, the best answer here is the native resolution of your source which hopefully is what I am getting.
Now when I render it via media encoder, it asks me for the "frame size"/resolution for the Blu-Ray disc output.
Also when opening a new project in Encore, it asks for similar information. I am in NTSC land.
I am familiar with the HD standard and resolutions, and the end result of this project is a Blu-Ray disc played on HDTV's.
However what is the best media encoder resolutoin and encore "frame size" settings for a Blu-Ray disc with an HDV source?
I saw several articles and videos from Adobe about these settings and they explain what they are, but not what the recommended selections are.
As a sidenote, once you are working on a project in PP can you change the settings/resolution of the project?
Thanks,
BJBBJB1
PS...Did not know which forum to post this in as it straddles all 3 products!!

First, thanks to both of you for your help! Hmmm, I am sure the confusion is on my end....
Both of you recommend H.264 vs. MPEG 2 for encoding. If I am rendering a 1 hour 20 minute Blu-ray, for burning Blu-Rays that I need to paly on a white variety of standalone players, what is the better choice and whay? I was planning on burning to single layer Blu-Ray at best quality. I am also using 5.1 audio.
For the encoder, I was going to use "HDTV 1080i 29.97 High Quality" as my rendering preset with MPEG2.
However now I am wondering if I should be using H.264? Harm, you mention it and you also mention "square pixels". I am familiar with this concept due to my photography work and slide shows vs. video, but where is this "square pixel" setting in the media encoder??
Anna, I appreciate your comment regarding keeping it simple, however, although I am far from a PPro expert, I definitely am into Home Video and understand quality and resolutions, etc., so I want to get the best quality even if I have to do a little work.. So I'll get there. I see that clicking on that menu item allows you to choose maximum render quality. I have plenty of RAM but since I am not going SD to HD or SD to HD, perhaps it won't matter much. However I am confused by the resolution you are showing there, 1440x1080?
As far as my initial question regarding how to setup my encore project, I may have answered it myself by playing around with the media encoder box. I opened up the drop down advanced section and I see it presents the frame dimensions there. I would assume I would use the exact same frame dimensions in Encore when setting up my project.
So I guess at this point my only decisions are:
1) What codec should I use when exporting from PPro? h.264 or MPEG-2. If it matters, I am using 5.1 audio also. (thanks for all your help with that Harm months ago, it works great!).
2) What resolution to use in media encoder?
3) How do I set square pixels?
4) Once exported, in Encore, is my assumption correct that I will just use the same resolution as exported from P Pro.
Perhaps that is what Anna was recommending, keep the same resolution and then let Encore render to 1920X1080 however I would want to get all my rendering out of the way during the export process and just keep it all the same in Encore if that is a good workflow.
Thanks again for all the help!
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Camera resolution for NetStream. Please help.

I'm developing a videochat app that should work on different network speeds. The idea was to switch to lower resolution if by some criteria delay becomes too noticable (say, delay is 2 seconds, or dropped videoMessage packet ratio is more than 20%). Or if on the other hand user has fast network connection then app should increase the resolution and thus providing better video image quality.
The problem: I can not find anyone done this before, thus I am comming to the conclusions that I'm doing something wrong here.
Is it possible that RTMFP is lowering the video image quality automatically when ever it thinks that delay is too huge? If this is the case, than should I set the video resolution for camera to 1600x1200 and feed it to the netstream and allow NetStream to take care of everything else, or there is some other magic numbers for resolution that I should set?
If this is not the case and RTMFP is not taking care of lowering/increasing video quality automatically then how can I measure the quality. I know there are NetStream.info and NetStream.liveDelay, nether of which for RTMFP connections provides valuable information to detect delay. For me liveDelay is going up to 20 and then fluctuacting there, but for info videoLossRate property is always zero, even if I set everything to max and lag is very noticable.
So how is RTMFP intended to use?

I agree. In fact, make it your workflow when sending this type of file to an online vendor. The importance of the 350ppi requirement is for any of your transparency or raster effects to match their RIP's output line screen. It's becoming an industry wide mistake to refer to file resolution in terms of dpi. Do yourself a favor and get familiarized with the terms dpi and ppi, what they really are and what importance they play in output. The advantage to PDF is the fact that you can establish the output resolution, color settings, and font embedding that will trim the variables that could go wrong on the vendor's end. Your job is to make sure you apply the correct resolution, color, and font settings in the original file and again when you generate the final PDF. If you are unsure, find a local print provider that knows what they are doing and can teach you how to setup a file properly. You may have to intern somewhere, take a good course somewhere, and/or buy a really good and accurate book on prepress file standards. Try your local book store or library. Use better keywords when searching on the web, take a look at some of adobe.com's resources ( i.e., A Designer's Guide to PDF or similar ). Now, you will need to learn more about Illustrator Color Settings and the Raster Effects Resolution Settings. These are two areas you should spend a little time getting to know how different settings will affect output. In the case of your business card, set the raster resolution to "High". That will cover you on their 350ppi requirement. Do not get discouraged by seeing their proof on screen. It's just a preview. Do not get too comfortable with what you see on your screen unless your entire workstation is calibrated and even then you have to be cautious.

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