DVDSP v 1.5 +OS 10.4.9 = DVDs play in a standalone player, not apple player

I recently upgraded my OS to 10.4.9, but my DVDSP is version 1.5. Now it will "build" dvds, but it won't "build and format" (burn) dvds. Does this have something to do with quick time 7?
ALSO: I burned the audio TS and video TS folders to a DVD - and it plays, but only in my stand alone DVD player. When I try to play it on my computer Apple DVD player says disc is not supported. What's going wrong?
I Mac Flat Panel Mac OS X (10.4.9)
I Mac Flat Panel Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Turthfully I am suprised DVD SP even runs at all on 10.4.9. It stopped being usuable awhile ago in OS terms. Is your iMac also an Intel Machine? If so you would need the Universal Binary
As to getting something to play that works on standalones but not the Apple Player, it is strange. How did you burn it since the Format from DVD SP is not working?

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This might be attached to my previous problem, but I thought I would give it a new topic as it is now a new problem.
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What should happen is that a short intro video plays (first play) then onto the Menu where, of course, the viewer makes their selection.
If I stop the DVD by hitting th STOP button on the standalone player several times, I eject the disc and then re-insert it, the DVD plays as it should; showing the first play video and then going to the menu.
Would anyone know a solution to the problem apart from telling the client to hit stop first, ejecting and then re-inserting the DVD?
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I can only tell you what I'd start doing because I don't know what is happening here any more than you do. First I'd buy some other brand -R dvd blanks. Next I'd make some minor change to the DVD SP setup and burn a new set. You should know that burning dvd's on a Mac or PC is not as foolproof as commercially burned dvd's. You CANNOT guarantee compatibility. If you sell 50 copies you WILL find some people that can't play yours because of compatibility issues. For them you can try burning a +R dvd or buy another external burner and try that too. No single solution will guarantee compatibility when burning from a computer and playing on a commercial dvd player. some folks "never have a problem" but in general I think that's because they don't burn that many dvd's for that many people. sooner or later most folks that burn dvd movies on their mac or pc will find somebody that can't read their dvd.

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Keebler said:
From the tests I ran, yup...BV is better.
I couldn't believe the difference in colour (BV's were much deeper and richer).
That's my experience too, although I'm not sure I'd call it deeper and richer, more like simply darker. In any case, I'm not sure I would call that a benefit because in my hands Bitvice causes brightness shifts from the original DV source whereas Compressor's MPEG2 output is nearly an exact match for the original. Personally, I'd prefer that the output looks as much like the input as possible. If I want a darker image I'll adjust the video in my FCP sequence, I don't expect the MPEG2 compressor to change my video for me.
However, I'm using NTSC sources and output so maybe you'll see different results with PAL. Also, since I'm using Apple's MPEG2 Playback component to view the finished results I guess that Apple's Compressor has a potential advantage because they are handling both the encode (to MPEG2) and the decode for playback.
In any case, Bitvice is a good product, they have a demo that you can download so it's worth a look to see if you prefer their output.

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i have a 3 min project i am pressing for DVD,
what is the difference between the compressor presets for MPEG 2 and DVD?
also i shot it with a Z1P in DV wide and worked in FCP in anamorpic and have tried compressing in 16:9 and building the dvd in DVDSP in 16:9 but the final burned DVD plays on my Widescreen LCD TV in a wide version but it is letterboxed?
cheers
TH

is it because i upgraded from FCP HD version 4,
i have both options, mpeg2 outputs a mpeg2 file and a DVD PCM Audio, and DVD outputs a mpeg2 file, a AIFF 48/16 and a dolby 2.0.
another question,
i have made a video, PAL DV 48khz,
i made a dvd of it in DVDSP, compressed with MPEG2 60min high quality widescreen- mpeg2 file and AIFF
it worked perfect when i checked it but the client says that the audio goes loud and soft all the time while viewing it on his DVD player
have i stuffed up somewhere, the audio should be 48Khz all the way right?
thanks for your time if you reply

Why have MPEG2 and DVD presets

i have a 3 min project i am pressing for DVD,
what is the difference between the compressor presets for MPEG 2 and DVD?
they are both MPEG2! I only had MPEG2 until i upgraded to FC Studio.
the only diff i can find is 1 can be 60mins and the other does 90mins.
so why have the 2 lists containing 20 options when most are the same?
Also I shot it with a Z1P in DV wide and worked in FCP in anamorpic and have tried compressing in 16:9 and building the dvd in DVDSP in 16:9 but the final burned DVD plays on my Widescreen LCD TV in a wide version but it is letterboxed and streched horizontally a bit
cheers
TH

If you simply appled the FC Studio upgrade over an existing installation which inclided Compressor 1.2.1, the old presets were not removed.
All the Standard Definition presets in Compressor 2.0 are prefixed by "DVD".
All the old presets are prefixed with "MPEG-2".
Do not use the old presets with Compressor 2.0
Delete the old presets which can be found in User/Library/Application Support/Compressor/
There is a more elegant method which I believe is accomplisehed by moving that "Compressor" folder to the desktop and restarting Compressor 2.0
A new folder with the correct presets will be built.
But I haven't done this myself, nor did I have to as I wiped my drive before installing FC Studio.

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I did not adjust the computer display for NTSC color during these tests because I wanted to minimize my variables.
I didn't mean to suggest that you should have used an NTSC display profile, I just wanted to give an illustration of how much a display calibration (or profile) can change the results.
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You might want to purchase a home theater setup or tune-up DVD that you can use to make adjustments to your TV/DVD mix (a visual calibration). Next thing would be to run a reference clip with a good range of contrast levels, colors, bright and dark scenes through your workflow from end-to-end to make certain that what you see early on is what you get in the final product. Be aware, however, that things like room brightness can have a marked effect on how someone perceives color and tone. You should also review or check on what kind of changes your digital-to-analog converter may have introduced (I assume that you used some type of Firewire-to-analog converter with your NTSC monitor during you color adjustment work in FCP).
As a form of test, you could even try to run duplicates ("rips") of small sections of pre-existing DVDs through your workflow. I suspect that you will find a good amount of information on the internet about video color calibration and FCP, I'm no expert on the subject, but I certainly have an appreciation for how difficult color adjustment and matching can be. Good luck along the way.

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I exported my project using Compressor and created an AC-3 audio stream along with the m2v file. This time DVDSP recognized the video and I could import
Carl
this is a correct procedure, so you have figured it out OK
there are always a number of ways to do something in software, but your way is fine. DVD needs MPEG 2 video and not a straight Quicktime file from your timeline
it the audio only comes in on one track (is this normal?).
yes
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G

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Motion project import to DVDSP

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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/proapplicationsupport31macosx104.html
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Looking forward to being surprised by a clever solution,
John Link

Since you have no audio or motion then try the jump to loop point script. Either way would be fine.
I played around with that a little bit and it seems that to get all the fade-outs I'd like to have would require several scripts and keeping track of SPRM 7. I think that I am going to abandon all of the fade-outs but keep the fade-ins. I can do that with a single main menu and a single chapter menu and not use the built-in transitions or any scripts at all. The behavior looks good and I think the disc will be very safe.
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I may not be writing code but I am programming the DVD and the principle of non-duplication is violated by almost-identical menus.
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http://www.mydvdedit.com/
http://dvdafteredit.com/
It allows you to see the "real" DVD Structure which tools like DVDSP or Encore hide to make things simple. You can even go through the abstraction layer line by line to see how that SPRM 7 is used (wish I knew why that Sony Player doesn't work for your project).
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That's a deal breaker! I'll be working with DVDSP in the foreseeable future.
Also go here:
http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/index.php
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Thanks. I'll take a look.

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