Create DVD from finished FCE Project ?

Once I finish a project in FCE, can I exported as QT movie and use Toast 7 instead of iDVD to create the actual dvd???
any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Hi(Bonjour)!
iDVD will convert HDV content to SD format, with
letterbox at top and bottom, for a 720 X 480 display
(SD). There is an option for wide screen project in
iDVD, but there are some problems ( squashed image on
DVD). Search this forum and iDVD one to see.
Toast 7 tends to be more reliable with wide screen
movie. You get more option to select and the results
are constant.
ffmpegX, DVDedit and visualhub are applications that
allows to tweak more parameters for your DVD
content.
A wide screen DVD needs a wide screen monitor... that
why many persons do prefer to convert to SD with
black bars.
ichel Boissonneault
Thanks Michel,
That is why I prefer Toast 7 to iDVD. For HVD context I rather downsample to SD during capture, edit in SD and burn with Toast.
I guess we will be stuck with that worflow until Apple comes out with a BluRay
burner on the Tower Macs Dual Core for any HVD context.
Do you know of any other way?
Luis
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