Finished Project DVD picture too sharp? Almost motion blur

I just did a test burn of my first iDVD project and I found that the video had this very crisp motion blur. The footage is of a band performing with lots of strobe lighting and what not. But it is even noticeable when the band members move around the stage with vigor during a close up of them. Anyway, not knowing too much about video makes me wonder if this video were interlaced before being burned if it would make a difference when viewed.
If the benefits of interlacing a video do indeed apply here, how would I go about that with my existing process of : DV file, iMovie, and than iDVD.
THanks!

Basically, what I think the issue is is that I need to interlace the video somehow before burning. Is it not true that deinterlaced videos look the best on progressive scan TV's? cause I dont have one of those. Anyway, there is a nasty motion blur due to the image being too 'crisp' and sharp. Any clearer now? Any one have any advice? thanks!

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Yes and No.
There are Bugs and ways to make better or Worse DVDs - see if this can help.
There are two "Bugs" (or at least one)
• In iDVD - do not go back to video editing program - if You got Chapters set in Your movie - if You try - then now back in iDVD it will ask You to up-date ==> all Chapters will point to Chapter one. Medicine - create a brand new iDVD Project.
• There MUST NOT BE any Chapter mark set in very beginning of the Movie - or in any transition or within 2 seconds from them.
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 ( AND AS MEDIUM - not HD etc as DVD then will suffer in quality ) 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
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• 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
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(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
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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)
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Region codes.
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DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
1 = US
2 = EU
unclemano wrote
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I have NEVER seen iDVD do this before, especially when I was under the 2 hour and 4.7GB limits.
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• Use Verbatim DVD-R (absolutely no +/-RW)
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• No other process running in background as - ScreenSaver, EnergySaver OR TIMEMACHINE etc
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• Lay-out - Turn on TV-Safe area and keep everything buttons, titles etc WELL INSIDE not even touching it !
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• Burn from this .img file (burning stage)
To isolate where the problem starts.
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• Lay-out - Turn on TV-Safe area and keep everything buttons, titles etc WELL INSIDE not even touching it !
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• Minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up hard disk
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• 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
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or
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Hello, hooziz,
Welcome to the discussions.
iDVD should be thought of as a container that is used temporarily, just when you burn a DVD or encode the projects' data. The media is not stored within the project the way it is in iMovie. All the media used in iDVD are represented by a kind of alias, referring iDVD to actual file when the project is burned. So, if you move any media or even rename a photo, iDVD will not be able to locate it to burn your disk. Obviously then, if you move your iDVD project only, take it to another computer and expect to find all your photo, music and movie files there, you will not, because they are 'at home' on your computer.
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Many of us routinely create disk image files of our iDVD projects as a way to save the projects without having to save the original movies. iDVD disk image files take up less drive space. A disk image file can be used to burn DVDs. It also is a good way to determine if you have any problems with the encoding process.
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Imovie shuts down when I click to Export Movie, share or finish project.

Imovie shuts down when I click to Export Movie, share or finish project.
I have upgraded RAM Memory cards from 4 to 8 GB and cleaned away the soft wear and files I do not need.
The movie is in HD and about 25 min long.
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Process:         iMovie [1190]
Path:            /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie
Identifier:      com.apple.iMovieApp
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Hello there, averypamby.
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Motion 5: Export a QuickTime movie
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH16623
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Do Nothing: The movie is not opened after the export is completed.
Open with QuickTime Player: The movie is opened in QuickTime Player.
Open with Compressor: The movie is opened in Compressor (if installed on your system).
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If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.
For more information about options available in the Render pane, see Render settings.
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Click Next.
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Important:    The Export Movie command does not use background rendering, so you must wait until rendering is finished before you can continue to work in Motion.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
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Saving finished projects?

I'll apologize in advance if this is covered somewhere else but I did a fair amount of looking and found nothing.
When I'm done with a project I need to be able to burn all images and data to a DVD and an archive hard drive. I thought that binders were going to be the ticket. Now that there are no binders, what is the process.
I've been using 4.1 and really loving it. But if there is no way to save off finished projects in an way that will be useful in the future and also keeps my working library manageable, I can't see how this software can work for me. I am certainly willing to change my workflow but forever growing one library containing all projects is just not reasonable for me. Does each project need its own library?
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I have a finished project that I want converted to AVI or downloaded on DVD. My elements 9 would just shut down when I attempted this so I upgraded to elements 13 in hopes this error would be fixed. In 13 I get an unknown error message and then it shuts down. I need serious help.

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Important. This is not Adobe. Rather user to user. So, we have no control over or insider contact with Adobe on how it deals with its products or support for them.
We are fairly successful in what we do to share our work with others. If you wish to continue here, we are glad for the opportunity to be of assistance.
If moving forward...mini test run....
1. Move your source file which you describe as AVCHD.mts to a Local Disc C location like Video.
2. Open a new project to the Expert workspace, and import that AVCHD.mts file into the project with the project's Add Media/Files and Folders. When the video is
in Project Assets, drag it to the Timeline Video Track 1 and Audio Track 1. Is there an orange line over that content or no colored line?
3. Up to this point, have you gotten any Unknown Error message(s)?
If you are OK up to this point, I will ask for more details to fine tune the project settings. What I am presently not on firm ground with is the details of what you are trying to
import. In one instance you talk about AVCHD.mts file as the source and in another instance you talk about converting a project to .avi or a burn to disc product.
I am not 100% sure if you mean video file (likeAVCHD.mts) when you write project (meaning to me project file..prel). The difference would affect the troubleshooting plan.
Please review and consider. We need to be firm on the properties of what you are trying to import and from where in order to gain success. So, that is why I do not want to take
anything for granted.
Thanks.
ATR

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I would like to change the colors of one of the templates in DVD Studio Pro. In particular the .psd menu file. Is there a way to import the .psd file into Motion and change the color. Or maybe there is an easier way of doing this. Any help would be appreciated.

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http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-use-dvd-studio-pro-4-with-motion-53426/
OR... you can just export your Motion project and import it into DVD SP as a Quicktime file, and put that in the Menu section. Then you can add your buttons and so forth and proceed from there.
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