Help! Final output quality too low.

Hi. I'm currently using iMovie HD 6 and have just finished creating a home movie. When I preview the movie in iMovie the video quality looks great! However, when I click Share and send the movie to iDVD or Quicktime or anything else, it loses a lot of quality, even though I choose the high quality setting. The only time it doesn't lose quality is when I watch it on my iPod.
Please help.

Hi s
Yes this can depend on several things.
A. I don't use the Share/Export to iDVD function in iMovie - AT ALL.
I close iMovie and drop the movie icon (with a Star on it) into an open iDVD
theme window.
If You have photos in Your movie and not use Ken Burns effect (I don't)
then iMovie will ask You to render after Sharing to iDVD - THIS IS destructive
both to Your DVD project but also sadly enough to Your iMovie project.
If You OK this "rendering" You most probably has to re-insert Your photos
again.
B. If Your movie is close to 120 minutes (and single leyer DVD). iDVD quality
isn't impressive. Other DVD (mpeg-2) coding programs can do a better job.
eg. Roxio Toast™, Devideon or DVD Studio Pro
Selecting - Best Performances for movies up to 59 minutes
Best Quality for 60 - 119 minutes
will give maximum from iDVD
0 - 60 minutes = really a good job
60 - 90 min = fairly OK
90 - 120 min = well
This is also dependant on how much action resp static video that's in the movie.
As more action - as lower quality.
C. Choise of material and burning speed.
I use Verbatim DVD-R (not +R or -/+RW)
I burn via Roxio Toast™ or Apple Disk Util tool or Devideon™
and at x1, x2 or max x4 (less errors)
Yours Bengt W

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