DVD and Digital Linear Tape

I'm mastering my first indie/professional product. I need to send my DVD to be duplicated. Digital Linear Tape is the "recommended" format to make copies of a disc authored in DVD Studio Pro. I have absolutely no experience with this type of drive, or access to one. The cost of this hardware is not in my budget right now. Is there another way/format/media to send the files to a duplication house?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Check with your replicator whether they will accept DVD-R/+R
DLTs were the old reliable for a long time, but more and more plants have started using DVD-R
Take a look at this thread and links in there for some more discussions
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3907567
And some of the links mentioned there
http://www.dvdverification.com/public/92.cfm
(dvdverification.com can also make DLT masters for you)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3001637
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2211031
Are you replicating or duplicating?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3048505
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2574318

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Digital Linear Tape (DLT)

I understand that in order for a replicator to produce disks with copy protection, the master must be delivered on digital linear tape (DLT). My video editor for my current project does not have a DLT deck, so I am considering buying such a deck for her to deliver the master and backup the entire project, and then using the deck myself for backing up my computers. I would like to know from anyone with the relevant experience what is involved with installing and using a DLT deck.
Thanks,
John Link

Josh: DLT III or IV as a general purpose back-up strategy is really obsolete. Doesn't make any sense. It's really slow and the capacity is small compared to anything available today.
I wouldn't suggest at all that you use it for back-ups. Just for delivery of DVD masteras.
For all purposes, it's old technology. It just happens to be the old technology used to master DVDs. As such, you can take advantage of the fact that it's ridiculously cheap, given that only DVD authors have any interest in it
All the tips about delivering DDP images on disc are fine for specific projects and all, but I can tell you that the commercial DVD industry still relies on DLT.
Message was edited by: Adolfo Rozenfeld

Does Vista Home Premium 64 allow Digital Linear Tape (DLT) backup?

I am trying to create a master encore css encrypted project on a DLT drive. However Encore does not see any device. The device manager shows the tape drive and it has no errors. I tried a simple file backup test in windows and had no option to choose anything other than a cd/DVD or dard drive for backup options. This made me wonder if Vista Home Premium or any of the Vista versions support DLT. I can't find any info on this subject. Any ideas?

Yes, the driver is up to date. Not only does it show up in device manager but you can check the hours on the device plus it shows the tape and it's status whether it present in the drive or has been written to and available space. So I can remove it and it refreshes showing no tape present or install and it refreshes showing it present. So it seems to function in that respect.

Subtitles (for dvd AND printing to tape)

Hey,
I have found a good number of freeware programs that help with creating subtitles for DVD Studio Pro, etc. but my concern is that I want to be able to print my sequence to mini-DV for screenings also.
Is there is a program I can use that actually feeds directly into Final Cut or program that can be used with burning DVDs as well as writing to tape, etc.?
Thanks,
Elliat

We don't have Virex or Norton software in the machine. We have Disk Warrior which was helpful in the past with other problems. Should I run another check using Disk Warrior?
We only have one machine which has three internal drives. We've experienced the same problems using each of the drives.
We do have some video stored in the system drive, but normally we don't use that drive. The system drive currently has 70GB availble, as do each of the other internal drives.
We have updated our FCP to 4.5, but should we trying re-installing it?

Transfer a movie from a DVD to Digital tape

After completing an iDVD movie project, I burned it to a DVD, but unfortunately then deleted all the movie and iDVD data to make room for subsequent projects.
I noted a glaring textual error when later playing the DVD - too late to edit.
Is it possible to download the movie from the DVD disc to digital camera tape using the firewire - the reverse process used to originally build the iMovie data?
Ewald

Sure, that's possible. But if the idea is to correct the text, you'll probably suffer less quality loss if you convert/uncompress the digital files on the DVD into a format that you can work with. Basically, you'll be converting VOB files to MPEG-2 and then uncompressing them to DV Stream format (.dv) that iMovie likes. Do a search in this forum for "Streamclip" or "converting DVD" to get some ideas for workflow steps.
John

Help: Convert 8mm tape to dvd and edit with imovie

Please help. I would like to convert my 8 mm tapes to dvd and edit them using imovie. I have the original camcorder that captured the video and it still works. (The camcorder is a Fisher Camcorder-8 model FVC-801 circa 1987). It says digital on the camera so I think the videos may already be in some sort of digital. I also have a new macbook and it only has usb ports not firewire. To play the video on the tv the camera came with a RF Adaptor and all i do is plug the adaptor into the camera and the yellow, red, and white cords into the tv. I have done a bunch of research and it seems that I will need some sort of converter. Can someone please tell me what kind of convert, which brand I should buy, and how the process works (ie what gets plugged into what, etc) Thank You.

If you want to edit the footage, I'd recommend to NOT put them on DVD first. That will only compress the footage heavily ... then you'll have to uncompress to convert them into a format that iMovie works with natively.
Instead, capture the footage by playing through a qualified DV device (DV camcorder, VTR or converter) and capture directly into iMovie for editing.
Once you're done with the edit, that's when you'd export for DVD for final delivery.
-DH

HT203167 I downloaded two movies from itunes at the same time (both free digital copies from a dvd) and when they finished downloading... they disappeared. I've not been able to re-download them or find them.. anywhere. Any suggestions for tracking them d

I downloaded two movies from itunes at the same time (both free digital copies from a dvd) and when they finished downloading... they disappeared. I've not been able to re-download them or find them.. anywhere. Any suggestions for tracking them down?

If you downloaded them on your computer's iTunes then they should have gone into the Movies part of your iTunes library, if on a device (iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch) then into the Videos app - they haven't appeared there ?
If you downloaded on your PC and they don't show in the Movies section then you could try searching for them by name (or part of their name) via windows explorer and see if that finds them. Or if you downloaded them on a device and they aren't in the Videos app then have you got a film age rating set in Settings > General > Restrictions that is hiding them, and if not can you find them via the device's spotlight search screen (swipe your first homescreen to the right) ?

I'm looking for software for my iMac to use to copy old VHS movies onto DVD and old records (digital turn table) in CDs. Recommendations please?

I'm looking for software for my iMAC to use to copy old VHS movies from a VCR into DVDs and records from my digital turn table into CDs. Any recommendations?

For the VHS movies, try googling Elgato - they make a number of USB devices that are supposed to be able to do this, but check what formatting options they offer : you will want a device that converts directly into .MOV files (to play in QuickTime), or into H.264 for iTunes / iPods, etc.
As for the vinyl records - first you need a device that will convert the analogue output (phono) into a digital form and will connect via FireWire or USB. The Griffin iMic is one such USB device (if still available?). From there you can use the free Audacity download to read in the signal and convert to a suitable format, e.g. MP3. (You will need to use SysPrefs / Sound to switch to an external audio device, instead of your Mac's built-in mic.)
(Wait - you said "digital turntable" - software already on your Mac? How do you use a virtual turntable to play vinyl?? Unless what you really mean is an analogue turntable that has a CD writer in it, or a USB connection to connect the turntable's DAC output to a computer?? In which case, either use your turntable to burn CDs, or connect via USB and the free Audacity software to convert the signal to music tracks and output as MP3.

I use imovie to create videos. When I burn the video to DVD and play it back there is digital breakup in the playback from the DVD It does not shoe in p[layback on the computer. I understand there isd some file I need to delete and reboot the imovie to co

I use imovie to create videos. When I burn the video to DVD and play it back there is digital breakup in the playback from the DVD. The digital breakup does not show in playback on the computer. I understand there is a file I need to delete and reboot the computer and imovie will rebuild the file in the program. Help!

My method is to use the DAW in standard recording mode, and set up the camcorder entirely separately. After recording, I automate the audio mix with fader moves and effects, then export ("bounce to disk") a full-fidelity AIFF, 16-bit 48 kHz stereo file (most videos use 48, not 44.1). I use iMovie '11 to import the video from the camera, then import the stereo audio file and match it up to the camera audio by dragging it into the iMovie Project. Make the waveforms visible, it's not too hard to align.
Then, use iMovie's "Export as Quicktime" feature. Here, by going through the menus and options, you can control the audio compression (for example, 256k instead of 128, although 128 seems to be enough for YouTube).
AppleMan1958 posted a YouTube video about controlling iMovie's export options that may help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vJg-909lx2s#!

How best to Convert, and edit video tape to digital

I want to convert, and edit VHS and Betamax video tapes to digital. My research indicates that there are a number of ways to achieve this, including:
1. A video recorder with a hard disk and DVR (Which?)
2. The "pass through" feature on a MiniDV camcorder (Discussion Sites)
3. EyeTV 250 Plus (Magazine)
4. Canopus' (ADVC300), which “cleans and stabilises analogue video before conversion so the digital is a higher quality than the original analogue” (Magazine and Discussion Sites)
Some claim that an S-video connection is essential for best results.
Can an expert advise the best solution?

I have a Canopus ADVC-300 that I use when digitizing VHS and Hi8 material.
It works quite well. The included software allows you to adjust the quality of the image as it is being converted.
Connect the tape deck to the ADVC-300 using SVHS cable and an audio RCA cable then firewire between the ADVC-300 and your mac. Turn on everything and launch iMovie to capture the playing video stream.
If you have technical questions regarding iMovie and or iDVD, each has a specific forum here on the Apple Discussions site.
Good luck,
x

Best video Hardware/software for converting VHS DVD and others on Mac?

Hello,
I am having problems finding some much needed details on what the best software/hardware is for converting video formats on a Mac. I should note I am using a NEW iMac 4GB memory and Leopard OS so what I use needs to be compatible. Perhaps next year I will get a Mac Pro, but for now I'm using this setup. Here's is what I need to do:
1. Transfer old VHS tapes (home movies and such) to DVD. I need to be able to use DL DVD discs for my recordings so I don't have to switch DVDs. In other words make them just like the DVDs you play that you buy. Therefore, they also must be able to playback in home theater DVD players, not just on the computer. I would assume the best way as for encoding is to get the VHS tape in digital format on the hard drive, then use the codecs to turn them into DVDs?
2. Once on the hard drive I also need to convert them to a format neutral playback on both the Mac and PC. What is the best, MPEG 4?
3. The ability to do some nice editing of making bookmarks, chapters and thumbnails for the DVD menu and divisions I wish to make. In other words, if I have a home movie containing my Summer and Winter vacation, I want to insert bookmarks at points to skip to like in a movie DVD and also have a thumbnail of it just like DVD movies does.
4. A nice MAIN menu for the DVD that will let me hit the main categories, not just chapters for the TOP level DVD menu. Such as Summer Vacation, Winter vacation.
5. The software should be easy to use so I don't have to take a HUGE crash course requiring lots of work making the project a chore. Also, I don't want or need a professional package, just something simple that is less than $200 per software program. Not the expensive $500+ software options for movie makers.
Thank you for any tips and advice on this matter.

"Best software/hardware" depends on your exact needs & wants.
One simple way to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD is with a *DVD Recorder*. Many of these come with VHS and DVD decks already built in. Insert your VHS tape, a blank DVD, hit record and off it goes. When finished, you have a playable DVD.
To transfer your VHS tapes to DV for editing you will need a converter. The *Canopus ADVC-110* is a very nice, relatively inexpensive device that will do that job for you. (It's also possible to use most modern DV camcorders as converters, too.) You would connect your VHS deck to the Canopus box via their analog video & audio connections, then connect the Canopus box via FW to your Mac, and then when you play the VHS tape you would capture the video in iMovie or FCE.
Once your videos are captured on your Mac, you could use iMovie or *Final Cut Express* to do whatever editing you might want to do. Regardless of which one you edit with, however, it's iDVD that you would use to create your DVD menus and burn your DVDs.
So, overall, the workflow would be like this: *VHS Deck > Converter (camcorder or converter box) > Capture on Mac (iMovie or FCE) > Editing application (iMovie or FCE) > iDVD > DVD*
For playback on computers MPEG4 would be an ok choice, H.264 is probably a better choice, and then there's the matter of whether or not you want to export as a QuickTime movie and/or AVI.
iLife came with your Mac, so you already have iMovie and iDVD. How about giving them a try before you consider investing in a significantly more sophisticated application like Final Cut Express. (just my opinion)

Best way to archive a bunch of DV / Digital Hi8 tapes?

I have a bunch of MiniDV / Digital Hi8 tapes (and the associated cameras) that I have not gotten around to cleaning up and put on DVD.
I am looking at a Flip MinoHD as a replacement for both. I live the quality / features of our Sony MiniDV but it's size and tape requirements result in it being left home most of the time.
So I am looking to get the video off the tapes and onto a HD or DVD for future use (and sell the cameras). Is there an easy way to take a DV tape and export to a MPEG4 / H.234 file etc. that I can drag and drop directly into iMovie '08 / iMovie HD6?

In short, no. The math will never change: the larger the file size the better the quality. In the case of H.264 or MP4 content, this is highly compressed and iMovie won't edit it in it's native form, it is converted to AIC which again has a file size much closer to that of DV material if not larger actually. Any flavor of MPEG compression (including the camera linked to) is throwing away frames. What you want to know is can you compress DV to MPEG and then Uncompress it later. Sure... but you will take a quality hit on the compression and again when uncompressed. As example, DV material is 30-frames per second, when compressed it to MPEG 2 it is now 2-frames per second with the encoder "remembering" the motion difference. When de-compressed again, the application will attempt to restore the 28 missing frames. Google MPEG 2 compression for more of an explanation.
It might help to think of it this way: you have a beautiful 16x20 wall print that you want to store for future use. If you store the 16x20 it's going to take up the appropriate space. To save on space, you could store a wallet size image. Then when you wanted the 16x20, you could scan the wallet and uprez it to 16x20. Won't be the same- but you saved some space. Again, the math doesn't change.
You can compress your DV movie to a DVD (MPEG2). And hopefully the quality is visually the same- but that is NOT archiving source material by any means.
Mike

Archiving Hi8/ Digital 8 tapes

Hello to all,
What's the best way to archive hi8/digital 8 tapes? thru Imovie6 or Imovie8? I do have tons of these tapes. If I saved these at an external drive thru I movie6, can I export them to Final Cut Express? I know it's easy to browse them at Imovie8 but i'm not a big fan of it.
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
Thank you

What is your ultimate goal with this video footage? You can import into iMovie from a digital 8 camcorder, and you can probably get the Hi8 tapes imported also if the digital 8 camcorder can play them.
See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6256392&#6256392
But, movies take up lots of drive space. An hour of iMovie in DV format will take up 13 GB, before you do any editing. Most of my iMovie 6 movies are close to 2 hours long, and can be anywhere from 20 to 60 GB, depending on how much editing, how many audio and video clips, etc.
You can easily see that about 10 edited iMovies quickly fill up a drive. Considering that you will probably want to do a bit of editing of the raw footage, you will be importing all of it, and will also quickly fill up your drive, before you get 'tons of these' into it. Why not just keep the tapes as they are until you are ready to use them? The tapes are small, easy to store, and as long as you keep the digital camcorder to import them, you will be fine.
I am getting close to finishing putting all our family photo and videos on DVDs, chronologically, 26 years' worth of video! I have last year and this year to complete, then I need to go back and do a couple of DVDs with some really old photos and some slides.
Much of the earlier video footage was on VHS tapes. Those do seem to degrade over time, so I wanted to get those in digital format quickly. I chose to copy each VHS tape to several miniDV tapes using my miniDV camcorder connected to a VCR and TV so I could view it there also. This way I could preserve the VHS videos and not worry about them worsening before I could get to them in my iMovie-making. Also, occasionally I need to import some footage again into a different movie, and it is nice to have those DV tapes ready to go.
I also had some Hi8 analog tapes, and I did the same with them because I don't have a digital 8 camcorder. The Hi8 tapes are still great and had no degradation at all.
Now, to make all my DVDs, I import the DV tape footage, using my miniDV camcorder, into iMovie. I import about an hour's worth depending on the particular events.
Sometimes I can get an entire year's photos and videos in one movie, and sometimes I need to make several movies for a particular year.
Because I don't want to fill my external drive with video footage, nor with finished iMovies, after I burn them to DVDs, I export the finished iMovies back out to DV tapes and save those. I am a bit paranoid about losing my movies, so I have my all of my DVD projects saved as disk images....on two different hard drives. Because I have the ability to burn any of my projects from its disk image, and I have the entire edited iMovie on tape, I can safely delete the original iMovie and iDVD projects, saving a lot of drive space.

Followed video about burning my completed movie to a DVD and iDVD was not listed in the sharing drop down. What gives?

Why wasn't iDVD listed in sharing drop down when trying to burn DVD?

Hi
If there is no iDVD on Your Mac (and it's not on newer Macs as Apple discarded it) then You need a program that can do this.
Your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs - BUT DVD as Data-DVDs not as Video-DVDs - they need a program to be encoded and STRUCTURED as such.
• iDVD is part of the boxed version of iLife'11 and can only be bought outside Apple as on Amazon and e-bay
• DVD Studio pro - Part of FinalCut Studio Pro bundle - this to has expired and can only be bought second handed. (High price and tough learning Curve - but best ever done.)
• Roxio Toast™ - Not as elegant as iDVD - but has many other positive additions (I like it as 10-Pro incl BD-component) (now version 11)
• Burn - only free alternative I know of on internet. Very simple - Just for doing a plain Video-DVD
Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
only You can buy from Apple is
• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
AppleMan1958
You can also buy Compressor from Apple for $50 US. It will also create DVD and BluRay but without the nice themes.
Yours Bengt W

Mac Pro not recognizing bootable DVDs and Disk Utility giving odd results.

My issue is complex, but I'll try my best to explain it as I can.
One has been resolved it seems, but I am including it so that the whole issue can be seen in context.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Last night, after rebooting my Mac Pro from my Bootcamp partition (I'm using Windows 7 Professional if that information is helpful) I received a kernel panic upon Mac OS X booting (Mac OS X 10.6.8).
My first action was to launch Disk Utility to verify the Mac HD, verify was stopped by disk utility citing that I should insert my Mac OS X install DVD and repair the disk.
I tried booting from my Snow Leopard install DVD. After the grey Apple logo appeared with the gear spinning below it remained for roughly ten to fifteen seconds (a little long) — then the Apple logo changed to. A grey prohibitory sign (circle with a diagonal line through it, the spinning gear remained. — I tried booting from the Snow Leopard DVD a few time, same result.
Following this I tried booting using Disk Warrior, same result again.
I tried booting both the Snow Leopard and Disk Warrior DVDs in both my upper and lower optical drives, with no change.
I decided to leave the issue and call Apple Support in the morning
Saturday, May 17, 2014
This morning I woke my Mac Pro from sleep, opened Disk Utility and tried verifying the hard drive to see if it was temporary — same result, 'please insert the Mac OS X install DVD and repair the drive.' — I also tried booting the install DVD again with no result.
I then booted my Mac into Safe Mode to check my hardware.
Upon opening Disk Utility and verifying my Mac HD — the result "Macintosh HD appears to be OK", rand the test again to see if this was an anomaly, but disk returned another pass.
I performed a normal restart of my system, although Finder was a little slower to load than normal, the system booted correctly. — I then launched Disk Utility and verified the Mac HD, it returned another pass.
This confused me, after a call to Apple Support the tech explained that 'sometime a Safe Mode boot will fix problems because it disables all non-essential processes when booting. — That makes sense to me.
However.
The issue of my Mac not recognizing bootable DVDs remains — it reads disks correctly, it just will not boot them.
Other steps I have taken to try and resolve this remaining issue.
1. a PRAM reset. — No change.
2. an SMC reset. — No change.
3. Removal of newly installed RAM. — I have tried both running the old and new RAM separately, no change using either combination.
4. Running bootable DVDs in different optical bays. — No change from both bays.
a. My upper drive is an MCE Blu-Ray/DVD combo drive, but I have booted from this drive before. (Less than six months old.)
b. My lower drive is LG DVD-RAM combo drive, I have also booted from this drive before. (Over one year old, replacement for an Apple optical drive.)
None of the above steps have helped, I still cannot boot from my optical drives — I always receive a prohibitory sign shortly after the Apple logo.
Other system information:
Mac OS X 10.6.8
8GB of RAM (4 x 2GB)
500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD (less than a year old, boot drive for Mac OS X 10.6.8)
1TB Samsung HDD (for data storage and also containing Bootcamp partition)
2TB HDD (cannot remember manufacturer, contains Time Machine backups, as well as data storage)
ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of VRAM
Sorry for the long post but I really need to be able to boot from my optical drives.

Update: found an old Mountain Lion installation USB flash drive I created a while back.
I am able to boot from the ML USB flash drive, but am still unable to boot from my either my Snow Leopard Install DVD or my Disk Warrior DVD. — I have verified both DVD and they pass verification tests.
This leads me to believe that the problem resides either in the Mac, or in BOTH the Snow Leopard and Disk Warrior DVDs.
Since I am able to boot from a USB drive, I will look into the possibility of creating a bootable Snow Leopard drive, and perhaps also a Disk Warrior drive — at least until I can resolve the 'not able to boot from DVD' issue.

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