FCP-X and iDVD 16:9 video squished

I've read the other posts and apple support suggesting to use QT pro to adjust the video settings. That doesn't fix the problem.
I have a video shot in anamorphic, edited for PAL anamorphic in FCP-X and dropped into iDVD set up for widescreen PAL and I still get a squished video.
Any ideas?

I have the same Problem and the same Opinion.
What's the Problem to apple to fix it. It's Part of the PAL 16:9 Standard that the Resolution for 16:9-Material is stored in 720x576. With the PixelAspectRatio the players know how to present it in the right Ratio. Theres no need to reencode the Movies, it's just a flag in the container, that has to be set.
Hey apple, what's the Difficulty changing that. I have a DV-Video in 16:9 that contains the right PixelAspctRatio and confirms the Standard so I will not buy quicktime pro to fix it!!!
Please, do your job right!

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SOLUTION: Are you having problems using HDV in FCP X and iDVD?

If you edit HDV (TAPE) in FCP X and want to burn the video in iDVD you will find the following problem . . . iDVD squashes the image as shown in the screenshot below.
Whether you export as ProRes or H.264, iDVD will see it like this as a squashed image.
This is because iDVD does not recognise HDV anamorphic images unless they are in the Apple Intermediate Codec.
There are 2 solutions to this problem:-
1. Create a ProRes 422 Custom Compressor Preset with a frame size of 1920 x 1080.
The only downside to this is that the conversion process in my 2008 iMac takes about 5 times realtime.
2. Create an Apple Intermediate Codec preset for HDV. This encodes on my iMac in around realtime, so it is at least 4 times faster than the ProRes solution.
Unfortunately, if you have Compressor 4 you cannot create Apple Intermediate Codec presets, but Compressor 3.5 will and what is more important, that preset can be installed in Compressor 4.
So you can export your HDV project from FCP X using Compressor Presets in either ProRes or AIC and use the resulting file in iDVD to get a correctly proportioned image like this.
I prefer to use the AIC preset as it is 4 times faster and there is no quality difference on the final DVD.
What do you do if you haven't got Compressor 3.5 or 4?
Well you can email me for a 12KB copy of the preset as I believe FCP X can use it even though you don't have Compressor.

Ian,
Thanks for the tip!

SOLUTION: Are you having problems with using HDV, FCP X and iDVD?

If you edit HDV (TAPE) in FCP X and want to burn the video in iDVD you will find the following problem . . . iDVD squashes the image as shown in the screenshot below.
Whether you export as ProRes or H.264, iDVD will see it like this as a squashed image.
This is because iDVD does not recognise HDV anamorphic images unless they are in the Apple Intermediate Codec.
There are 2 solutions to this problem:-
1. Create a ProRes 422 Custom Compressor Preset with a frame size of 1920 x 1080.
The only downside to this is that the conversion process in my 2008 iMac takes about 5 times realtime.
2. Create an Apple Intermediate Codec preset for HDV. This encodes on my iMac in around realtime, so it is at least 4 times faster than the ProRes solution.
Unfortunately, if you have Compressor 4 you cannot create Apple Intermediate Codec presets, but Compressor 3.5 will and what is more important, that preset can be installed in Compressor 4.
So you can export your HDV project from FCP X using Compressor Presets in either ProRes or AIC and use the resulting file in iDVD to get a correctly proportioned image like this.
I prefer to use the AIC preset as it is 4 times faster and there is no quality difference on the final DVD.
What do you do if you haven't got Compressor?
Well you can email me for a 12KB copy of the preset as I believe FCP X can use it even though you don't have Compressor.

Ian,
Thanks for the tip!

HDV exported from FCP 7 into iDVD has red/green moire pattern?

Yesterday I was testing some native HDV (1440 x 1080) in FCP 7.
I exported it as a QT Movie as I used to in the good old days but when I imported it into iDVD the image was coverd with a greeny-red moire type pattern.
It wasn't a serious problem as I simply re-exported as ProRes and that cured it.
However, I am curious as to what may have caused it as it never occurred in the dim and distant past.

Thanks for testing and confirming my findings Russ.
I didn't get this problem back in 2008 as native HDV, FCP and iDVD worked OK together . . . at least in that respect.
However, in those days I was using FCP 6 and I wasn't using OS X 10.6.8 or later. So maybe there has been a change in FCP 7 or the OS that has caused the problem.
OK, long answer to Michael as to why I was doing this "test".
Back in 2008 I bought a new iMac and a Canon HV20 HDV camera expecting to see a dramatic improvement in image quality . . . . which I did . . . . on the computer .
I hadn't mastered DVDSP and Compressor and preferred to use my familiar iDVD which did everything I needed.
So I plonked my edited footage in iDVD and burned a standard def DVD.
I was horrified to find that the DVD footage shimmered badly where any straight lines or fine detail appeared but even worse was the appalling judder that occurred with any subject or camera movement.
I spent several weeks investigating and testing, deinterlacing, swopping fields, converting to AIC and ProRes etc. etc. to no avail. (Incidentally if I set my camera to downconvert to DV during capture, the DVDs produced were fine, but I wanted to edit those beautifully detailed HDV images not DV ones).
Finally a suggestion from Tom Wolsky solved the problem . . . . . put the finished edited project in a DV-PAL sequence in FCP and render it.
The result was rock solid images and beatiful smooth motion.
However, the downside was the time it took to render the HDV project to DV which I found unacceptable.
So I gritted my teeth and taught myself to use DVDSP which got rid of the problem of instability but introduced other, admittedly lesser, but well documented problems. But that's another story.
Now we come to the present.
Last year I bought a Panasonic SD800 3 MOS AVCHD camera, edited in FCP X and exported either to AVCHD Discs or standard DVD.
A few weeks ago I was showing a friend how to use iDVD and the only footage available was my AVCHD stuff.
I used it, expecting the same (or even worse) instability as I had found with HDV.
To my pleasant surprise, the resulting DVD was acceptably stable with smooth motion.
So a couple of days ago I started wondering whether HDV in FCP X and iDVD would be OK.
It was, which meant I could go back to iDVD occasionally when I wanted one of its custom canned menus.
Then I wondered what HDV in FCP 7 sent to iDVD would produce.
Hence my recent test!
I bet you wished you had never asked, Michael.

IDVD behaving strangely with HDV video from FCP X and FCP 7?

AVCHD exported from FCP X as ProRes 422 works perfectly in iDVD producing a 16:9 DVD.
HDV doesn't, even though QT Player plays it perfectly.
The odd thing is that 4 years ago, using legacy FCP my exported HDV videos had no problems being recognised as 16:9 by iDVD.
So why are FCP X produced HDV videos not recognised as 16:9?
P.S. I know that iDVD never recognised DV in the 16:9 format but it always worked with HDV.
Incidentally, the old trick of opening it in QT Pro and changing the frame size to 1024 x 576 does not work!
Even stranger, I have just opened the HDV clips in FCP 7 and exported them as a QuickTime Movie.
iDVD plays them back in the correct aspect ratio but look at the effect . . . . muted colours and green patterns all over.
This never happened in the past!

I mentioned several problems so I don't know which one you are referring to.
After experimenting I found some workarounds.
To cure the squashed image I created a ProRes 422 preset in Compressor 4 with a frame size of 1920 x 1080 and exported from FCP X using Compressor Presets.
Everything now works perfectly except the encoding seems to take longer.
I got rid of the moire pattern when using FCP 7 by exporting as ProRes 422 1920 x 1080.

How do I export a 98 min video edited in FCP 7 to IDVD for single disc DVD burning?

How do I export a 98 min video edited in FCP 7 to IDVD for single disc DVD burning?

Your current settings should match the source material in your timeline. Though, it probably doens't matter what it is as long as your settings are not for a highly compressed format like h.264 or mpeg2.
iDVD should take any all "I" frame format and encode it. (All I frame formats include DV, DVCProHD, ProRes).
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I have a new macbook pro and just made a video on imovie and it asked me to put it on idvd but there is no idvd listed as an option. How can I get idvd?

I have a new macbook pro and just made a video on imovie and it asked me to put it on idvd but there is no idvd listed as an option. How can i get idvd. it doesn't seem available

Since Apple has stopped supporting and offering iDVD you'll need to purchase the iLIfe 11 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com: iLife 11 which will include iDVD 7.
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Video studder, iMovie, EyeTV, Tivo and iDVD

Video stutter has been discussed elsewhere. I have tried all solutions that I have read. My problem seems to be with the following, and I was hoping someone could explain the reason for the problem, and possible solution(s).
I have recorded a show on my DirecTV Tivo. The show was transferred to VHS tape . Then imported to the computer through EyeTV. Exported from EyeTV through EyeTV's "export to iMovie" feature. Video was edited and sent to iDVD.
Video, when played back in iMovie from the computer was fine. The burned DVD has the studder.
I tried using the same iMovie file in Toast 8 and the video is fine. However Toast does not have the sophistication of iDVD, so not an option.
Using another Tivo , and using Tivo download manager, I brought a show directly into the computer. Here I did the same as before with iMovie and iDVD. All worked well, video was smooth.
So it appears that the issue is somewhere in the chaos of all the transfers.
I still have all the shows on tape that I really want to burn to disc.
Are there any suggestions.

In lieu of a minidv camcorder, you could substitute a Firewire/digital <=> analog media converter box like a Canopus or Sony DA1 or DA2 connected to a standard vcr player/recorder. (I prefer using only firewire devices. USB tends to be a bit more problematic for video on most macs).
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Idvd project with video and slideshow for dvd-rom file access

working on an idvd project with both a video section and photos in a few photo galleries. its' a slightly more complex project, but still only 2gb on a 4gb disc. After we burn (with all dvd-rom contents checked, and advance>edit dvd-rom contents shows photo files all there) the finished disc doesn't have files available in the dvd-romcontents! its' driving us mad as simpler projects are burning properly, with both photo and video files available. Could there be some kind of conflict occurring? does anyone have any ideas?!
17" Desktop G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Steve,
It sounds like Windows Movie Maker Live was used. The regular WMM will Export to DV-AVI Type I, which will Import into PrPro much better.
I would recommend converting the WMA/WMV to DV-AVI, and Importing that into a DV NTSC (if you are in NTSC-land) Project.
Then, you would use Encore to do the DVD authoring. There are several ways to get the material on your Sequence into Encore. ADL (Adobe Dynamic Link) is probably the easiest way to do this.
What is your exact workflow from PrPro, into Encore?
What brand of blank media are you burning the DVD to?
This ARTICLE will give you some tips.
Good luck, and let us know a bit more,
Hunt
PS - Multiplexing is the function of combining the Audio and the Video into one file. There are usually two choices, "None" and then often "DVD." For None, you will get two separate files - one for the Audio and one for the Video. With "DVD" you should get a muxed (combined) file. Actually, the separate Audio and Video is the preferred way, if one is doing an Export from PrPro, and then an Import to Encore. One would Import the Video into Encore as a Timeline, and the Audio as an Asset. In Encore, just drag the Audio file from the Project Panel to the appropriate Timeline, where it will snap into place.

Sectioning videos using iMovie and iDVD

I did my first conversion of some video from Mini-DV to DVD using my new iMac yesterday. I read the "Getting Started" tutorials for iMovie and iDVD and successfully burned a DVD. It came out good in the end, but I'm not sure I did things the best way. I wanted to section the video so when I watch the DVD I can click on a "button" from the menu for whatever section I want. So, I transferred all the video from the camcorder to iMac. That was easy. Then, I went into iMovie and marked off the sections of the video I wanted as "favorites" and it put a green line above it, then I selected the option for it to only display the favorites. So, it was easy to edit out the bad parts. Then, I dragged it all from the Event Library to the Project Library. I went to Share-Media Browser and clicked on Publish. Then, I went into iDVD and was able to get the video into it. But, I couldn't get it into sections like I wanted.
So, I went back into iMovie and did a File-Duplicate Project and named it with a "-1" at the end. Then, in the Event Library I selected the first section of the video (so it had the yellow boarder around it) then dragged it to the Project Library. Then, I did a Share-Media Brower and clicked on Publish. I went back to the original and did a File-Duplicate Project and named it with a "-2" at the end, and repeated the whole thing for the next section. I did this for each section, "-3", "-4", etc. Then, I went into iDVD and was able to get the video into sections like I wanted. I renamed the "-1", "-2" stuff to what I wanted and burned the DVD.
Did I do this right or did I do this the hard way? I have iMovie '08 7.0 (471) and iDVD '08 7.0 (1068).
Someone told me that the "sections" I'm referring to are called "chapters". I did a search for chapters and the only reference I can find is in the "iMovie '08 Getting Started" document where it says "Click Import. You can also import video from a project created in iMovie HD. … All chapter markers are also lost".

I would consider the usage of iMHD6 plus a slightly different 'structure' of workflow and final DVD ...
'problem' with Chapters, as they are implemented in iDVD, is, that they really functioning just as a bookmark... you jump directly to some specific position in timeline.. but then, the disk play 'til the end of a movie... (showing the next and the next and... chapters...)
iDVD allows sub-menus, think of it as 'Folders' ... which also could keep Folders..
create a movie, showing the whole program/dance...
now, select (in iMHD6) the few clips which show 'Right Hand Pass'
in the Export/Quicktime/Full Quality dialog of iMHD6, check the box 'selected clips only' ...
now, you get a/many .movs on your harddrive, with all the individual segments ...
due to lossless export, you can import that short clips into new iM projects and add content.. a slow-mo, a chart, some narration, recordings of other dancers doing the same 'move' etc ...
in IDVD, switch to 'map view' .. illustrated how-to here:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#idvd-create-67
now, create a structure for YOUR how-to... on top should be a button for the movie which shows the whole dance; create a sub-menu containing other sub-menus for 'spins', 'turns', 'passes' (= I have NO idea of Square Dance ); inside each sub-menu item (which is a 'Folder'), you place the concerning clip(s) (drag'n drop/choose form Media) ...
structured that way, you are allowed to add much more than just a chapter = a part of your movie; editing a 'standalone' clip of your section allows to 'process' that part, as mentioned above: you can repeat it, you can add slowmos, you can add stills/charts/paintings, explaining specificly that 'move', add a narrated and a no-audio version, whatever ... there's a nice plug-in from geethree.com for iMHD6, *Slick 6* (click here), called 'White Board', which allows drawings on videos..
when the 'chapter', which is now a clip/movie on its own, is finished, the dvd will jump back to the menu/submenu... and the viewer is allowed to watch it again, choosing the next one, a different one, or jumping to 'top level' to choose a different section or watching the whole dance...
only limitation: all movies added together should stay under 120min..

HT201528 IDVD version of videos pause momentarily about every ten seconds and diagonal lines are ziggy. Image looks good all the way through the process and even on idvd

I am trying to make a dvd from a video I shot with a Sony HD avchd camera on a new mac mini running mac os x version 10.7.4
I'm using an up to date Imovie but copied IDVD version 7.1.2 and the support libraryt from an up to date macbook. The video is about 40 minutes long. It looks beautiful all the way from teh camera to playing it on idvd, but when I play the dvd on a player or in a computer it stops momentariily about every ten seconds and the picture is ziggy on diagonal lines.
Also, if I try to save the movie as a .mov file there is no audio.
Can't I move idvd to my new computer?

Hi
Why is the picture better all the way to iDVD - then degrades on the DVD
• DVD is as standard - interlaced SD-Video
If You need better then only way is via Blu Ray
• iMovie'08 to 11 - can not deliver this any way known to me to iDVD - first step in the degradation process
Use iMovie HD6 or FinalCut to do this delivery to 100% of what's possibly
Jaggy diagonal lines - mostly due to the use of iMovie'08 to 11 as they only deliver every second line in an already limited quality as interlaced SD-Video - taking away 50% doesn't improve a bit
Jumpy movie -. most often due to feeding iDVD wrong frame rate and forceing it to convert - IT DOES this BADLY. I use JES_Deinterlacer (free on internet) to do this and it does this even better than pay applications.
iDVD can only deliver 25fps (PAL) or 29.97fps (30fps) (NTSC) - so feeding it
• 24 i or p
• 50p or
• 60p
Will not improve at all.
If iMovie'08 to 11 are only option - Then
• DO NOT - Share to iDVD - as this too degrade the final product
• I do - Share to Media Browser - and as - LARGE - Not HD or other resolution as this too degrades quality
More can be said on this - My long note follows - if of interest.
DVD quality
1. iDVD 08, 09 & 11 has three levels of qualities. (version 7.0.1, 7,0.4 & 7.1.1) and iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - BEST (but not always for short movies e.g. up to 45 minutes in total)
• Best Performances
(movies + menus less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD (Can be best for short movies)
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6)
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
Menu can take 15 minutes or even more - I use a very simple one with no audio or animation like ”Brushed Metal” in old Themes.
About double on DL DVDs.
2. Video from
• FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov (not self-containing, no conversion)
• iMovie x-6 - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos and the Ken Burns effect NOT is used. Instead just drop or import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
• iMovie’08 or 09 or 11 are not meant to go to iDVD. Go via Media Browser or rather use iMovie HD 6 from start.
3. I use Roxio Toast™ to make an as slow burn as possibly e.g. x4 or x1 (in iDVD’08 or 09 this can also be set)
This can also be done with Apple’s Disk Utilities application when burning from a DiskImage.
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disk. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc). For SD-Video - if HD-material is used I guess that 4 to 5 times more would do.
5. I use Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. I use DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW) - DVD-R play’s on more and older DVD-Players
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
(I use JES_Deinterlacer to keep frame per sec. same from editing to the Video-DVD result.)
8. Don’t burn more than three DVDs at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while before next batch.
iDVD quality also depends on.
• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
These DVDs could be made in DVD-Studio Pro. But they don’t playback on any other standard DVD-Player.
Blu-Ray / BD can be coded onto DVDs but limited in time to - about 20-30 minutes and then need
_ Roxio Toast™ 10 Pro incl. BD-component
_ BD disks and burner if full length movies are to be stored
_ BD-Player or PlayStation3 - to be able to playback
The BD-encoded DVDs can be play-backed IF Mac also have Roxio DVD-player tool. Not on any standard Mac or DVD-player
Full BD-disks needs a BD-player (in Mac) as they need blue-laser to be read. No red-laser can do this.
• HOW much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disk. Go for approx. 25Gb.
less than 5Gb and Your result will most probably not play.
• How it was recorded - Tripod vs Handheld Camera. A stable picture will give a much higher quality
• Audio is most often more critical than picture. Bad audio and with dropouts usually results in a non-viewed movie.
• Use of Video-editor. iMovie’08 or 09 or 11 are not the tools for DVD-production. They discard every second line resulting in a close to VHS-tape quality.
iMovie 1 to HD6 and FinalCut any version delivers same quality as Camera record in = 100% to iDVD
• What kind of movie project You drop into it. MPEG4 seems to be a bad choice.
other strange formats are .avi, .wmv, .flash etc. Convert to streamingDV first
Also audio formats matters. I use only .aiff or from miniDV tape Camera 16-bit
strange formats often problematic are .avi, .wmv, audio from iTunes, .mp3 etc
Convert to .aiff first and use this in movie project
• What kind of standard - NTSC movie and NTSC DVD or PAL to PAL - no mix.
(If You need to change to do a NTSC DVD from PAL material let JES_Deinterlacer_3.2.2 do the conversion)
(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
UNLESS. They are play-backed by a Mac - then You need not to care
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
• How You encode and burn it. Two settings prior iDVD’08 or 09
Pro Quality (only in iDVD 08 & 09)
Best / High Quality (not always - most often not)
Best / High Performances (most often my choice before Pro Quality)
1. go to iDVD pref. menu and select tab far right and set burn speed to x1 (less errors = plays better) - only in iDVD 08 & 09
(x4 by some and may be even better)
2. Project info. Select Professional Encoding - only in iDVD 08 & 09.
Region codes.
iDVD - only burn Region = 0 - meaning - DVDs are playable everywhere
DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
1 = US
2 = EU
unclemano wrote
What it turned out to be was the "quality" settings in iDVD. The total clip time was NOT over 2 hours or 4.7GB, yet iDVD created massive visual artifacts on the "professional quality" setting.
I switched the settings to "high quality" which solved the problem. According iDVD help, "high quality" determines the best bit rate for the clips you have.
I have NEVER seen iDVD do this before, especially when I was under the 2 hour and 4.7GB limits.
For anyone else, there seem to be 2 places in iDVD to set quality settings, the first is under "preferences" and the second under "project info." They do NOT seem to be linked (i.e. if you change one, the other is NOT changed). take care, Mario
TO GET IT TO WORK SLIGHTLY FASTER
• Minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up hard disk
• No other programs running in BackGround e.g. Energy-Saver
• Don’t let HD spin down or be turned off (in Energy-Save)
• Move hard disks that are not to be used to Trash - To be disconnected/turned off
• Goto Spotlight and set the rest of them under Integrity (not to be scanned)
• Set screen-saver to a folder without any photo - then make an active corner (up right for me) and set
pointer to this - turns on screen saver - to show that it has nothing to show
Yours Bengt W

FCP 5 and digital HDD video import

Ok this might have a simple answer. I hope so. I have searched the forums and have not found an answer yet.
I currently have FCP 5. I am considering (finally) purchasing a video camera that has a HDD, but I am not sure how the import would work. I noticed that FCP 6 and FCE 4 both have "log and transfer" screen, but my FCP 5 does not. How is anyone out there transferring video from video cameras with HDDs? Are they. Is FCP 5 compatible with these newer video cameras.
thanks for any reply.
Kyle P

Is FCP 5 compatible with these newer video cameras.
Depends on the codec the camera uses to record. I often use a Firestore HDD recorder attached to my camera ... and edit with FCP 4.5. Since v4.5 doesn't have a log and transfer option, I just import the files directly into my FCP project (after copying them to the Capture/Scratch drive).
But many of the newer cameras use recording codec that are only compatible with FCP 6 and up. Check the camera before you purchase to make sure it's compatible with your version of the software or plan on upgrading.
-DH

Does FCP X has multi cam option? and it support VOB video file ?

Does FCP X has multi cam option? and it support VOB video file ?

Jeaux wrote:
Premier is a bloated Windows app first, ported to Mac. I seriously suggest you download the trial version of Premier before you drop $800. for it (or $1699. for the suite.), and see for yourself if it's all that.
Is Adobe software overpriced? Opinions vary.
And FCPX is a bloated inefficient Apple app not ready for prime time, but will function nicely as a hardware upgrade requirement, it's already started. Why do you think it's so cheap.
Apple makes their money via hardware.
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Urgent! Please help! Can iMovie and iDVD do this??

Hi,
I have used Final Cut, and DVD Studio, for a few years, so I know them well. I haven't used iMovie or iDVD.
I have a client on a tight budget, so I was going to suggest buying iLife, but I need to know if iMovie and iDVD can do this:
They want to create a template video timeline, it will have an intro video, with music. What they want to do is add a talking head video after the intro, with the music fading out, then in.
So the intro with full music will play, the talking head will fade-in, the music will fade down,about 20sec later, the music will fade back up and the voice will fade down, the video and music will continue for about 30sec, then all fades out.
This video will then go into iDVD, where there will be a custom screen with 1 button, to play the video... This will then get compressed and burned to DVD.
They want to have an iMovie template and iDVD template, so they can easily and quickly add new talking head clips.. Then burn a DVD.
I know I could set this up in FCP and DVDSP, no problem. But it's a little pricey for their budget.
Please help!
Thanks

Stewart,
"Could I create a custom THEME in iMovie and iDVD for them to use?"
I suppose if you know what you're doing you could. But iMovie and iDVD are not tools to build themes with.
You should play around with both apps. I think you'll quickly find a way to accomplish what you want.
Matt

Burning a FCP project in iDVD?

I would like to burn a FCP project to DVD using iDVD but cannot seem to import the project...when I open iDVD, and select open existing project, none of my FCP projects can be selected. Is there another way I should be doing this? Should I be using DVD Studio Pro? Thanks!

Hi
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding
Brand and type of DVDs used
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving
Yours Bengt W

FCP-X and iDVD 16:9 video squished

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