IDVD and Toast . . .
I've finished an iDVD project, shot in HD. I want to burn it to a Blu-ray disk using Toast and a LaCie burner. Is that possible, and where do I start?
Roxio Toast is even easier to use than iDvd IMO. Toast 10 has ok menus but not nearly as nice as iDvd's motion menus. If you want to add Blu-ray functionality to your current version then you'll need to purchase the blu-ray plug in available from Roxio's web site for under $20. That's why I recommend the Pro version. However, the best place for questions and answers is via Roxio Forums.
http://forums.support.roxio.com/
Nevertheless I can say this and I quote from the link /web site below ... Toast 10 Titanium has the ability to copy and burn information to Blu-ray discs, while Toast 10 Titanium Pro adds the ability to burn HD video to Blu-ray via the High-Def/Blu-ray Disc plug-in ($19.99, included free with Toast 10 Titanium Pro).
http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/appletell-reviews-toast-10-titanium-stand ard-and-pro/
Hope this helps but if not just come on back. Here's another link you may want to review if you haven't already:
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/pro/overview.html
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I have just finished my first project using iMovie6/iDVD6 and have run across similar problems experienced by others. Specifically painful, the audio keeps dropping out of iDVD6 and the only remedy has been to delete the iDVD6 project and start over.
My question is, is it possible to take a project that uses the iDVD6 iMovie6 files /iDVD6 menu/chapter screens etc and export the pre-encoded project to Toast 7 in order to encode?
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JimF Shippey,
Thanks for the quick response.
I have noticed the audio issues when previewing the project in iDVD. The original iMovie project plays fine. I created a disk image last night so I will check on that once I return home.
I typically burn my project from a disk image in Toast and certainly appreciate you reiterating the fact that using iDVD to encode and burn in one step can be a painful/expensive lesson to learn.
Bummer about the iDVD to Toast to encode. I kinda figured that was the case but had to ask anyway.
The source audio is from a Canon GL1 DV camcorder. I believe the audio is 16bit PCM.
I never experienced this in any other version of iDVD and have been editing with the camera in FCE and iMovie for years.
A patch will surely fix this ..
Jim -
Burning using iDVD plus Toast not working
OK, I've made a disk image of a movie, and every time I try to burn it to a DVD using Toast Titanium, Toast crashes. I drag the two files onto Toast, which I presume is all I'm supposed to do. Any ideas?
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susanSusan, to burn an iDVD disc image in Toast, choose the Toast Copy window and select Image File. Then select the image file itself and burn your DVD.
I was confused by what you mean by dragging the two files when there is only one image file. My guess is you are referring to the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders that appear when you mount the image file. You don't need to bother mounting the image file.
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