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Hey,
I have found that there's a huge difference between output quality between Share --> DVD in FCP X and iDVD.
I'm working with piles of legacy, interlaced, standard def footage from a mini-DV tape camera. (I just bought a shiny, new HD camcorder, but still have all this old, valuable footage to deal with.)
If I use the Share --> DVD module of FCP X, I get amazingly good looking results, especially considering the source material. FCP really seems to know how to massage the video to look its best on a DVD. But today I tried for the first time to burn a DVD in iDVD because I wanted the fancy-schmancy chapter menus that iDVD can produce. I produced a Master Video of my project (which looked great in an actual size window but showed obvious scan lines when played full screen) and then used iDVD to burn it to DVD. The results were hideous: ugly, obvious scan lines everwhere -- the FCP X titles looked especially broken up and horrendous.
Is there a way to get iDVD to output good looking DVD video under these conditions, or do I need to stick with FCP's internal functionality? Or, should I be looking at other DVD burning software? I stopped using Toast a bunch of versions ago because for some mysterious reason, it caused kernel panics on my MacBook Pro, but that was, like, 4 versions ago...
Eager for your expertise, and thank you.

Finally, here are 2 grabs from QuickTime player. First is a title image at rest. Second is part of the same title in motion.

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