FCE-iDVD check pls?

I have searched the forums, read with interest http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10663447&#10663447
I have two long FCE files (and 2 FCP) that with a little tinkering can be made to just under an hour, maybe one of them 70mins.
When I burnt some disks for a person to view them, occasionally on some transitions there was what was described to me as a 'juddering' effect... the disk is clean, the dvd player new(ish)so ia that linked directly to quality control? The excellent post from a while ago seems to suggest there wouldn't be a noticeable drop in quality... am I doing something wrong?
I have roxio toast 10 but I like idvd better... should I use roxio's conversion and then send to iDVD??
Thanks all for time and patience. Help is appreciated.

If you follow the instructions in that thread you should get the best quality possible.
If the juddering is only occurring occasionally on transitions there is probably little you can do about it.
However, exactly what transitions does it occur on? Is it on dissolves or the types such as a wipe that have a sharp edged image moving across the screen?
Sharp edges are more likely to judder because of the nature of the TV picture.
What is the original format of the video?

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iDVD Problems
Two days ago I was burning DVD disks without a problem on my 21.5" Intel iMac with OS v10.6.2. All of a sudden on each try in the Multiplexing part of the BURN cycle, with about 13 minutes remaining, I get the messages: “You inserted a blank DVD. Choose an action from the pop-up menu or click Ignore”, and, “Multiplexer Error - There was an error during formatting.”
To begin with when starting the burning sequence the program asks for a disk to be installed and a BLANK DVD is a natural.
Concerning the Multiplexing error, I went to the iDVD website and researched my problem with no positive results.
Thinking through this problem I did the following steps:
1 Recorded the program on my PowerBook 15” with OS 10.4.6 into Final Cut Express v2.0.3 and edited as necessary.
I used one “Chapter Marker” to combine two sequences.
2 Exported the project to “Quicktime v7.1.3” and checked to make sure the project worked, including the Chapter Marker, and it worked as it should.
3 I then moved that Quicktime Movie to my main computer, a 21.5” iMac using OS X v10.6.2 and again checked to make sure it still worked, including the Chapter Marker, and again it worked as it should.
4 Opened iDVD and set up for burning the same way I did two days ago.
At this time (13 minutes from completion) I got the above mentioned window messages.
Thinking that the problem was again connected to the “Chapter Marker” I went back to the FCE version and removed the “Chapter Marker” but my result was the same.
I then tried burning the project using another Theme to see if this would cure the problem but that didn’t work either.
I then tried to do the burning on the original PowerBook both with and without the “Chapter Marker,” with the same result.
Ran TechTool Deluxe and ALL areas PASSED.
Eliminated FCE Preference files and even uninstalled FCE and a fresh install.
Now, putting aside my 21.5” iMac and concentrating on my PowerBook where the process starts, I now get, when I try to put the movie into iDVD (Marquee Theme), the movie replaces the words in the Marquee and what I get in the main portion of the Marquee are two buttons, “Play Movie” and Scene Selection”
I moved the movie to my 17” Flat Screen iMac which runs OS v10.4.11. When I tried to burn the DVD on that, I got the same result as before.
I believe my whole problem is something on my PowerBook but I’m at a loss what to do next.
Sorry this is quit long but I wanted to be as complete as possible.
Any HELP would be greatly appreciated.

2/2/10
This morning I rerecorded my project on my 17” Flat Screen iMac, OS X 10.4.11 then editing in FCE v2.0.3. When done, I imported it into QT Player 7.1.3. When I imported it into iDVD v5.0.1 it worked as it should i.e., The name on the Marquee stayed with my “Now Showing” name and the movie went into the proper place.
I then transferred this QT project to my PowerBook (PowerBook G4 15", Mac OS X (10.4.6)) and then inserted it into iDVD v5.0.1 BUT this gave me the same result I had before i.e. the movie replaces the words in the Marquee and what I get in the main portion of the Marquee are two buttons, “Play Movie” and Scene Selection”
I upgraded the PowerBook from OS X 10.4.6 to OS X 10.4.11, reinstalled FCE v2.0.3 and QT 7.1.3. I then rerecorded my project on the PowerBook, edited in FCE and converted to QT 7.1.3. and then inserted it into iDVD v5.0.1 BUT this gave me the same result I had before i.e. the movie replaces the words in the Marquee and what I get in the main portion of the Marquee are two buttons, “Play Movie” and Scene Selection”
It works fine on my 17" flat screen but not on the PowerBook. Checking the settings on both computers they are set up the same.
Now I’m at a loss and think tomorrow I will start over by reinstalling the original OS X software, zeroing out the computer and build it up again unless someone can give me a better idea.

FCE - iDVD Chapter issues...

Hi iDVD users...
I've got some school concerts edited in FCE.
Now i'm having a few chapter issues ...I've followed Ken Stone's instructions to the letter (and the posted suggestions here) and export to Quicktime, choose chapters etc, and when i open the file in QT it sees the chapters.
iDVD preferences have chapters checked.
Disc one is 50 mins long, 6 chapters. But they don't show !
I'm really sure i'm doing all the right stuff....am I?
When i put the disc into the DVD player, i didn't even get the 'front page' from iDVD, it went straight to play.
I UN-CHECKED auto play in the first place !
I use OS 10.4.5, FCE HD 3, iDVD 6.o.1 and FWIW I have Toast 7.0.2
I'm coming under pressure from work, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
If it comes to it, I'll import to iMovie and do it that way, but I am loath to do that....
cheers all...

You don't see the chapters in iDVD?
I'm really sure i'm doing all the right stuff....am I?
You are selecting only chapter markers when you export? Not all markers?
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc3.html
Finally, export using File>Export>QuickTime Movie. If the DVD is to be built on the same computer that has the media, uncheck Make Self-Contained yo create a reference movie. If you're moving the file to another machine, check Make Self-Contained. In either case from the Markers popup select Chapter Markers.

Rules for iMovie/FCE/iDVD

Reading through many posts seems I find some general rules of thumb not found elsewhere. Thanks in advance for all comments.
For serious video editing work and creation an external firewire HDD is needed, mainly to avoid dropped frames in either FCE or iMovie (iM). The new 20" iMac and external HDD (with 2 firewire connections, for the input device (DV camcorder or DV/SVHS deck) and to the iMac) should be able to run either FCE/iM.
I just did a 45 min project in iM with no noted dropped frames but likely would in much longer projects if I don't get the external drive?
Audio bit rate. Advice I read for iM is that without 16 bit audio the audio gets out of sync in long projects--does FCE also need 16 instead of 12? Not knowing this need, I've recorded a number of projects (with a DV deck and a DV camcorder) in 12--can I capture to the iMac/external HDD in 16 if I'm playing from a source tape that's 12?
Chapter Markers. Seems there are "Rules for Chapter Markers" that I won't repeat here but suspect they apply to both FCE/iM when used with iDVD. Do those rules apply when you use DVDStudio instead of iDVD? One rule I haven't seen yet is that one should likely not use the apply chapter markers option in iDVD as it could apply a marker that violates the "rules" and cause strange results in the DVD when played, right?
Any other rules or concerns I've missed--perhaps always max out on RAM even if its rather costly? What other basic tips or secrets should I know for editing with these products?
Dale

"..The new 20" iMac and external HDD (with 2 firewire connections, for the input device (DV camcorder or DV/SVHS deck) and to the iMac) should be able to run either FCE/iM.."
This may not be true if you're trying to connect a Canon camcorder to the Mac at the same time as an external hard disc: Canons like to have the FireWire circuit all to themselves, and so you may need to do it in two steps with a Canon ..capture to the internal hard disc, then unplug the Canon, plug in the external disc and transfer the movie clips across to the external, and then use that for editing. This doesn't affect Sonys, which happily work with other FW devices connected to the system. I don't know about Panasonics and other brands (..I haven't tried my Panny with an external disc connected, and am in too much of a hurry at the moment to try it. Maybe later today..)
"..can I capture to the iMac/external HDD in 16 if I'm playing from a source tape that's 12?.."
No ..FireWire's a digital connection system, so what goes in at one end (..12-bit source tape..) is exactly what's captured at the other end (..iMac/external HDD in 16..)
One way to convert would be to play your source video into another camcorder through analogue (RCA) connections, with the 2nd camcorder set to record in 16-bit ..or use some other device which accepts an analogue signal IN, and provides a digital signal OUT. That'll recapture the sound in 16-bit, and it can then be transferred into your Mac in 16-bit. But the video may be degraded a little, and it's rather long-winded.
It may be that, once imported as 12-bit, GarageBand can convert 12-bit audio into 16-bit ..I don't know: I'm not that familiar with GarageBand, sorry..
Just try testing your 12-bit audio in iMovie or FCE first ..some people have no difficulties with it ..others do. (..That may depend on whether you're using only your original 12-bit audio, or if you're also trying to mix it with 16-bit audio within the movie project..)
However, note that - once again - Canons are quirky. Because of the way that their own particular internal 12-bit timing runs, Canon-shot 12-bit tapes may give the audio drifting out-of-sync a little on single clips which are longer than 20 minutes. This shouldn't be apparent on ordinary short clips, but if you've shot, say, a school play or concert as a single take on a Canon in 12-bit audio mode, the audio may slowly go out of sync after 20 mins, and would need correcting in iMovie or FCE.
Can't comment on Chapter Markers in DVD Studio vs. iDVD ..I've never had any trouble with Chapter Markers.
"..always max out on RAM.." ..more RAM usually helps; the most noticeable improvement is when jumping up from, say, 256MB to anything above that. The next jump, from 512MB to 1GB is also useful, but doesn't provide such a spectacular improvement as that first increase. More RAM generally means that your Mac has less need to swap things from RAM to "virtual memory" on your hard disc, so less "disc thrashing" as material's repeatedly swapped back and forth, and greater speed of access if you're not constantly reading to and writing from the hard disc.
Fitting a second internal disc, in Macs which can take it, and putting your movie project on that ..or on an external disc, as you suggest.. also relieves "disc thrashing" and any instances of the OS trying to get access to the hard disc at the same time as the movie program wants access.
To stop any delays in accessing an external hard disc, as soon as you've reformatted it to 'Mac OS Extended' (..using Disk Utility..) then open System Prefs, and the 'Spotlight' preference, and then click the 'Privacy' tab, and drag the external disc's icon into the big square space which is labelled "Prevent Spotlight from searching these locations". That stops Spotlight indexing every video clip which you import onto the external disc, which can slow down disc access.
The cup-of-tea icon is a good thing to click on every now and again, in both iMovie and FCE. That lets you stop editing for a while, have tea and biscuits, and come back refreshed, with new ideas..!

Will HD Camera FCE iDVD DVD be an improvment?

If I take footage from a Canon HD10 (just ordered) and edit in FCE (1080i) export to Quicktime then burn it in iDVD (widescreen), will my final project be of higher quality (than if I used a standard miniDV camera) when viewed on a HD 1080i televison and HD upconvert DVD player? What if it is viewed on a standard TV and DVD?
Is there a better workflow I should use?
I've been spending a lot of time reading these forums and haven't been able to come up with the answer to these questions, although I have found answers to a lot of others.
Thanks to everyone who posts...this is great stuff!

Hi,
I did things the way you describe, using
Sony's HVR-FX7.
When viewed from the camera connected digitaly to my HD-widescreen TV, it looked very impressive (the raw material aswell as the material send to the computer, edited and send back to tape).
Lookin at the burned version on DVD (iDVD)(standart DVD-player) was a disappointment!
Maybe my expectations where to high, but movies created with my Panasonic NV-GS 400 and burned to DVD (SD video in 16:9 mode)via iDVD looked much better on the same TV-set.
Frank

No 16:9 movies for me with FCE + iDVD?

I've just tried, at the eleventh hour as per usual, to burn my 16:9 FCE project to DVD. But iDVD keeps spitting out a squashed 4:3 version which looks nasty. I've just read this -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305337
So, basically, it just won't work and I need to give Apple some more money. I'm baffled - I can't create a widescreen movie on my Mac.
Really dissapointing and unfair. These are key, advertised features which don't work with no proper reason.
Any other advice?
Thanks

Thanks Tom, although Anamorphicizer seems to want QT Pro (needs to resave file in QT) and myDVDedit seems hugely complicated for something which will end up in iDVD. Shame. Will continue to investigate.

FCE & iDVD

i've searched the internet the last 2 days and am unable to find the anser to my problems. can anyone help?
problem 1) I created a video in FCE. 16:9. I want to export so I can upload to a website. When I try every combination of export (quicktime conversion) it comes out as 4:3 when I open it in the quicktime player. In quicktime player I can expand and it scales to 16:9. From what I understand this has to do with the format my camera shot in, not true 16:9? Anyway, I just want to be able to export to 4:3 with letterbox black on top and bottom, or a 16:9 format that looks correct. This seems impossible, unless I do a straight export from FCE but that makes a huge file. Specs listed below.
problem 2) When I take my exported file from FCE (using export > qt movie) and drop it in to iDVD everything works great. Plays on my mac fine, on my widescreen tv fine, even played on a projector fine, BUT when I put it in a DVD player hooked up to an old 4:3 tv it cut off the sides of the video. I can't seem to find any settings anywhere (iDVD or FCE) for anamorphic. It's hard for me to believe that something so basic would be overlooked. specs below. I downloaded an app called anamorphicizer, but it doesn't work with QT player 10.
Can someone tell me what in the world I am doing wrong on either of these?
Your time and responses are much appreciated!
specs:
iDVD 7.0.4
FCE 4.0.1
QT player 10.0
Mac Book Pro on 10.6.4
camera: Sony AVCHD HDR-CX100

thanks for the reply.
item 1 is a video going straight to the internet. I do believe the camera I used to shoot the video could be causing part of the problem, but since it looks fine (16:9) in FCE and exports perfectly when I use export>quicktime movie, I don't understand why every combination of export under export>quicktime conversion yields a 4:3 formatted video that looks "squished together". I'm looking for a solution that will export a video in the correct format, either a 4:3 that will put on the black bars, or 16:9 like what I get from the straight export, but being able to use the QT conversion export so I can get a copy that is small in file size.
item 2 - when I give out copies of the DVD i want whoever plays them to be able to watch them like they would a store bought DVD. If it's 16:9 it's widescreen. If it's 4:3 there are black bars. I'm even willing to export a second version from FCE if that's possible that is formatted for 4:3 with black bars, and then have a second menu item in iDVD.

FCE, iDVD, and Quad G5 PowerMac

Is Final Cut Express able to take advantage of the full capabilities of the new Quad G5 PowerMac? That is, can it use all 4 processors when rendering effects, transitions, etc.?
Also, will iDVD be multiprocessor aware when encoding?
Thanks.

Great. That will make my work in FCE much faster, and a Quad G5 would be a great benefit if FCE can use all 4 cores.
iDVD uses the same compressor as DVD Studio Pro, right? In that case, I would guess it is also multiprocessor aware, at least while encoding (which is what really matters).
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FCE iDVD Quality Concerns

I have a project in FCE2 that was created largely from slideshow movies exported from iPhoto. I want to transfer it to iDVD. I've done a Quicktime export both self contained and not. The video quality does not look as good as I thought it would in the preview in iDVD or in Quicktime Player or VLC. The photos are a bit blurry and titles, which were created in FCE, are not real smooth I've done projects like this before and seem to remember the quality being better. I don't do this often, so I may be forgetting something.
iDVD is churning away right now. Maybe it will look better played from the DVD. I'm asking now just in case because this project must be completed by this evening.
thanks
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The resulting DVD does look a good bit better than what I saw in Preview, so I guess there isn't a problem after all. The pictures are a little soft, but I suspect the iPhoto to FCE transfer.
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FCE iDVD Query.

Hi Gang,
I always use iDVD for the authoring of my final DVD projects, and I'm working on my biggest and longest project at the minute. I was just wondering if any of you know what the maximum amount of video I can fit onto one normal blank DVD is?
By that I mean in "Final Cut exported movie minutes".
Thanks in advance,
Scott

It's a two hour theatrical show i'm producing a DVD of.
For my own amusment i've produced a 50 minute documentary charting the producion of the show as a special feature on disc one, and a 30 minute "In the Wings" featurette as a special feature on disc two. Plus there's some still slideshows etc.
I was always planning on splitting the show across 2 discs (split by the shows interval) so looks like this will definitelty be the yay to do it.
Thanks for your help as always.

IDVD's unholy war against video quality

I use FCE to make films for various functions to be played on any standard DVD players. So I got DVD studio pro (ebay) hoping to squeeze a little more quality out of the film rather than having iDVD massacre it at the end of my work flow.
I know the SD with dsp export is limited to 720x480, but Im not really sure this really much better than idvd. Does any one know what the output res on idvd is? Suggestions? (Only SD suggestions please)

Captain Scott wrote:
.. I know the SD with dsp export is limited to 720x480, ..
that's no limit by any software, but by DVD-standards..
a NTSC DVD is 720x480, 29.97 fps; the standards allow a max. bitrate of ~9Mbit/sec => which iDVD does use for projects under 60min/Best Performance.
so, using Compressor/DVDSP will not do a significant better job on that..
I assume, something gets wrong on your workflow FCE>>iDVD..
this is what FC Mastermind Ken Stone recommend for sharing from FCE to IDVD:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/compression_chapter_markersstone.html
basicly
• Go to File-> Export -> Quicktime Movie
• ( not "Using Quicktime Conversion! )
• if not allready checked: select "Include Audio and Video"
• if not allready checked: select "Markers: Chapter Markers"
.. and check, wether the video standards of your FCE and iDVD are indentical! (29.97 vs 25)!

Make iDVD Selection Menu into Main Menu

Please excuse me if this is a simple-minded question, but I have not found a solution yet.
I have a .mov file that I want to burn to DVD. It has 4 chapters - okay, okay, so they're cartoons; who doesn't want some favorite cartoons around? Anyway, the start of each cartoon in the .mov file is marked with a Chapter Marker (created via FCE.) When the .mov file is imported into iDVD 5.0.1, iDVD IMMEDIATELY creates a Main Menu page containing "Play / Submenu" and the Submenu screen containing the 4 cartoons. (And yes, they're Roadrunner vs. Wile E. Coyote, so there!)
What I want to do is ELIMINATE the current "Main" Menu page, and instead have the "Submenu" containing the links to the 4 cartoons BE the actual "Main Menu." Thus when the DVD is inserted into a player, the "Main Menu" shows the names of the 4 cartoons.
In the "structure" representation, I have tried dragging the Submenu icon over the Main menu icon; deleting the "Main Menu" icon"; dragging the first cartoon icon over the Main Menu. Nothing works.
I also have iDVD 7.0.4 on the MacMini, if there is a solution there. Any suggestions?

A million thanks for your solution.
And for others who have lots of VHS tapes that are slowly turning into Packing Material, here is a strategy:
Easy-VHS-To-DVD -> Basic Toast (included with EV2D) -> Disc Image -> MPEGStreamclip(Open_DVD:TSVideo) -> Quicktime file (will avoid rendering in FCE) -> iMovie or FCE -> iDVD.
I know, I know, it sounds like a LOT of work, but it is actually extremely easy. The slowest part is the EV2D capture (which is done in real time.) Everything else consists of: 1.Select parameters. 2.Go do something else for 20-30-40 minutes. You will end up with a (semi-permanent) DVD of a VHS that is decomposing day-by-day.
And as noted above: Please do not break copyright by making copies of VHS tapes that you do not own. But if you BOUGHT 'Em, you OWN 'Em.

Problem launching iDVD

I've been an occasional user of iDVD 6.0.2. Tonight when I tried to launch the program, I get a modal dialog box which states: "Connection failed The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and try again". Clicking the OK brings up the box again. A force quit appears to be the only way out. What server is it talking about? All of my files are on my computer. No sharing involved. Does iDVD check an Apple server? I tried opening iDVD from a PowerBook G4 and got the same results. What gives?
Thanks for any help.
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Can only guess but if I was told that it originates in Unix I wouldn't be surprised.
I would start a new account and log into this and see if the problem is solved.
If so I would delete the pref file connected ti iDVD so that iDVD has to make
a new correct one.
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IDVD or iDVDHD to make and burn new movies???

I am a new owner of a MacBook Pro and am trying to use my built in iSight to make a movie and burn it to a DVD for viewing on a DVD player'd tv. I can record the video on imovieHD however cannot burn a viewable copy. When I try to make a movie on imovie it wont let me use my iSight. Also, I cannot export my movie from imovHD to imovie - it says Quicktime couldn't parse it???
Can anyone offer advice? Thanks!

I am a new owner of a MacBook Pro and am trying to
use my built in iSight to make a movie and burn it to
a DVD for viewing on a DVD player'd tv. I can record
the video on imovieHD however cannot burn a viewable
copy. When I try to make a movie on imovie it wont
let me use my iSight.
We don't all have a MacBook Pro, although I am sure most would like one.
Have you posted this question on the MacBook Pro discussion?
Also, I cannot export my movie
from imovHD to imovie - it says Quicktime couldn't
parse it???
Can anyone offer advice? Thanks!
I am not sure what you mean. iMovieHD to iMovie??? Do you mean iMovieHD to iDVD? If you have made a movie with iMovieHD, you can open iDVD create a simple theme and drag your iMovieHD project to iDVD, check to make sure it will play, then burn your DVD in iDVD.
That should work.

FCE-iDVD check pls?

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