IMovie Export Settings to DVD

Hello
Would someone be able to let me know what the best settings are for exporting to DVD from iMovie 08 to iDVD?
Is it best to publish or export as a quicktime movie .mov/.dv. The reason being is I am finding that when i publish the quality of the DVD isnt that good and the file size seems rather low. Im shooting on Sony Handycams but also Sony HVR-Z1 so the quality should be good.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Glen.

Hi friends,
I have such a problem with my Imovie project. Its true that I have IMac not a long time but I heard that the system is great. I bought it because of functions that have inside like Imovie. I made my first project in Imovie and I wanted to export it to dvd. What I get was an unacceptable (****) quality. I've made import movies from brand new FULL HD Sony camcorder so it should be increable quality like by HDMI cable conected directly to the FULL HD LCD TV. I'm talking about EXPORTING not IMPORTING movies because imported movies was a HD quality. The problems started when I tried to burn the project to DVD. The quality was unacceptable. May anyone help me with that PLEASE ??? ONES AGAIN MY QUESTION IS - HOW CAN I MAKE A HD OR DVD QUALITY MOVIE FROM IMOVIE PROJECT WHICH MOVIES FILS WAS DOWNLOADED FROM SONY FULL HD CAMCORDER ??? Sorry to bother You but 2 hours talk with Imac support didn't get any useful information - What I heard is "MAYBE MAX QUALITY IS 920*540 BUT HE WASN'T SURE" so no useful at all. I can't find it anywhere even with manuals, or like I said, with a Imac support. PLEASE HELP IF YOU MAY ... My home email is [email protected] Best Regards Andrzej

Similar Messages

IMovie Export settings crash

Every time I go to export my final project, iMovie crashes when I try to change the export settings. I click export using quicktime, then try to change the settings. However, when the settings menu pops up, it never loads, but remains white. After the busy pinwheel pops up, about 5 seconds later the whole program quits and I recieve an error message. The videos are imported from my GoPro Hero3 through Cineform studio. I have exported an earlier version with no problems, but upon the addition of footage imported from a Contour Roam, the program crashes every time.

Hi Spectre!
I can recommend you invest in David Pogue's 'iMovie 6 & DVD - The Missing Manual', which is stuffed full of such goodies.

Best Export Settings for DVD burning and Computer viewing

Hello,
I am trying to export a 1 hour video that I need to be compatible with standard DVD players as well as viewable on any computer.
Original footage was shot with a Canon 5d Mark ii in 24fps.
I have done all of my editing in Premiere Pro CS6. From there, I exported a high quality file to bring into Media Encoder (for trials of best output). My master file from Premiere was exported with the Preset MPEG2. The only thing I changed in the preset was VBR from 1 pass to 2 pass.. This gave me a 6.2 GB file.
I then brought that file into Media Encoder where I have tried the following presets:
MPEG2-DVD - Match Source Attributes
MPEG2-DVD - NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
MPEG2 - HDTV 720p 23.976 High Quality
MPEG2 - NTSC DV High Quality
These settings have encountered various issues.. some have significant banding, but most importantly, none of them will play on my DVD player when I burn them to a disc.
The discs I am using are Sony DVD-RW with a 4.7GB capacity.
Where am I going wrong here? From what I've read, the format needs to be MPEG2 to be viewed on DVD... Sorry if I sound ignorant! This stuff is tricky..

First off, don't export your timeline and then take the result to AME to re-encode, this is compressing your video twice and degrading quality (not to mention takes extra time and hard drive space). Always export direct from Premiere to Media Encoder. If you must use an "intermediate" file as part of your workflow, perhaps to archive a completed video that might later be exported to other formats, then use a lossless codec such as UT or Lagarith (free downloads).
For DVDs, you MUST use "MPEG-2 DVD". Other forms of MPEG-2 are not appropriate, as the official DVD specification requires that the MPEG-2 file has certain attributes. Not recommended to use "Match Source" for ANY export, just choose an appropriate setting as needed.
This should be correct for your application - MPEG-2 DVD > NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
If you want to encode a DVD file over 1 hour in length, then you will need to adjust the encoding bitrate so the resulting file will fit the disc. Rule of thumb is 560/minutes = bitrate, but you might round down the result a bit to allow for menu overhead and such, depending.
Once you export the "MPEG-2 DVD" file, you can NOT simply burn that file to DVD media. That is only creating a DATA disc and it will not be playable in a DVD player (though a computer or PS3/PS4 may work since they can play most media files). To make a DVD that works in all DVD players (and meets the spec), it MUST be "authored" in a program like Adobe Encore. This compiles your content and menus and all that and then writes the result to the disc in certain way so that DVD players can read the disc. If you open any DVD on your computer, you will see a folder called "VIDEO_TS" and inside that there are .vob files and others. That is a proper DVD. And once you have a proper DVD, you can't simply copy the VIDEO_TS to another disc (as DATA), you must tell the burning software to create as a "VIDEO DVD" and not DATA, or it again won't be readable in a DVD player. Very picky spec, sorry.
When using AME to export MPEG-2 DVD, it will create two files, audio and video (.m2v and .wav), you will then Import both of those into Encore together. Note that you CAN import other formats into Encore, such as .avi but Encore will then transcode that to the correct MPEG-2 format anyway, so best that you take charge and create the right media in the first place in AME before you get to Encore.
EDIT: In AME, any time that your source is higher resolution than the destination, such as HD to DVD, you can check the "Max Render Quality" button in AME to provide the best downscale quality.
EDIT 2: I see you're using DVD-RW media. That is fine for experimenting, but for delivery to clients always use good quality DVD-R or DVD+R media. DVD-RW may not have the best compatibility with players and costs more anyways. DVDs are so cheap now that I just proof to DVD-R and toss the bad ones, up to you.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

Ideal iMovie export settings for iPhone?

What is the proper setting for iMovie exports to the iPhone?
Obviously 480x320 is the desired target resolution, but I tried using "Quicktime" and encoding in h.264, but the video is not viewable on the iPhone. Alternatively, in selecting MPEG4, oddly h.264 was greyed out as not an option.
Anyone? I know the "iPod" settings work, but that is not the ideal iPhone screen resolution.
blakespot

I had the same problem getting iMovies over to my AppleTV and found a solution that works for iPhone too.
In iMovie click: Share>Share...>Quicktime (at top of box)>Expert Settings (under Compress Movie For)>Share (button at bottom of box)>Movie to iPhone (on Export: pick list). Click Save at the bottom of the dialog and you're off!
I used this to convert several of the movies I had on my AppleTV and put them on my iPhone.

Best export settings for dvd

Im sure this question has been answered already but i dont see it anywhere. So what is the best export settings for getting the highest quality from my original footage for making dvd in encore? My original footage is recorded in AVCHD

>require this much memory
Just a comment to help with future communication... memory is RAM, file storage is on a hard disk
Glossary of Terms http://forums.adobe.com/message/2276441 to help w/communication
My 3 hard drives for video editing are configured as...
1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and ALL program installs (2)
2 - 320Gig data for Win7 paging swap file and video project files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folders and files
3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input & output files (1)
(1) for faster input/output with 4 drives
- use drive 3 for all source files
- use drive 4 for all output files
(2) only 60Gig used, for Win7 & CS5 MC & MS Office & other smaller programs
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows paging swap file
http://search.microsoft.com/search.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US
Drive C space http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1007934?tstart=0

Using imovie exporting files to dvd

hi,i have recorded 1h video clip.transfer to imovie ,when i done few corection i want to transfer to dvd but it comes to 10gb.please can you tell me how i can squeeze 1h clip from 10gb to 4.7gb . Thank you
iMac

That is what iDVD does: compresses the video file to the DVD standard format of mpeg2.
iDVD does not care about file size, only file length:
iDVD encoding settings:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US
Short version:
Best Performance is for videos of up to 60 minutes
Best Quality is for videos of up to 120 minutes
Professional Quality is also for up to 120 minutes but even higher quality (and takes much longer)
That was for single-layer DVDs. Double these numbers for dual-layer DVDs.
Professional Quality: The Professional Quality option uses advanced two-pass technology to encode your video (The first pass determines which parts of the movie can be given greater compresson without quality loss and which parts can’t. The second pass then encodes those different parts accordingly) , resulting in the best quality of video possible on your burned DVD. You can select this option regardless of your project’s duration (up to 2 hours of video for a single-layer disc and 4 hours for a double-layer disc). Because Professional Quality encoding is time-consuming (requiring about twice as much time to encode a project as the High Quality option, for example) choose it only if you are not concerned about the time taken.
In both cases the maximum length includes titles, transitions and effects etc. Allow about 15 minutes for these.
You can use the amount of video in your project as a rough determination of which method to choose. If your project has an hour or less of video (for a single-layer disc), choose Best Performance. If it has between 1 and 2 hours of video (for a single-layer disc), choose High Quality. If you want the best possible encoding quality for projects that are up to 2 hours (for a single-layer disc), choose Professional Quality. This option takes about twice as long as the High Quality option, so select it only if time is not an issue for you.
Use the Capacity meter in the Project Info window (choose Project > Project Info) to determine how many minutes of video your project contains.
NOTE: With the Best Performance setting, you can turn background encoding off by choosing Advanced > “Encode in Background.” The checkmark is removed to show it’s no longer selected. Turning off background encoding can help performance if your system seems sluggish.
And whilst checking these settings in iDVD Preferences, make sure that the settings for NTSC/PAL and DV/DV Widescreen are also what you want.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US

Export settings for DVD authoring playing in Canada from Europe.

I have edited a wedding which is 720p in 50fps.
What should be done in order to author a DVD in Adobe Encore and sending it to Canada in order to play correctly in a DVD player there?
Should i edit in 720p, 50fps and export to 720p 30fps?
Please, i need some quick and correct answer!
thank you all, in advance

I have edited a wedding which is 720p in 50fps.
What should be done in order to author a DVD in Adobe Encore and sending it to Canada in order to play correctly in a DVD player there?
Should i edit in 720p, 50fps and export to 720p 30fps?
Please, i need some quick and correct answer!
thank you all, in advance

Export Settings for DVD - Low Quality

Exporting several Adobe Premiere Pro CC sequences to later import into Sony DVD Architect Pro. I have been trying the DVD MPEG-2 Progressive Widescreen export and getting poor results. The footage in my sequences is a mix of Canon XA10 footage, Digital Juice and Video Hive footage and After Effects titles.
None of the sequences (now chapters) look crisp or they seem stretched on DVD playback. It might just be because it is SD instead of HD, but all my lower thirds from After Effects look really blurry with artifacts. Other titles look much better.
I've also tried
1. Pulling sequences into a new 720x480 timeline, clicking Sale to Frame Size then exporting to DVD MPEG-2 Progressive Widescreen.
2. Exporting sequences in AVI DV-NTSC Widescreen, then pulling into a new 720x480 timeline then exporting to DVD MPEG-2 Progressive Widescreen.
These tend to make the footage look smoother, but a bit blurry and After Effects lower thirds still look worse than anything else.
THANK YOU for any help!

I had seen someone else recommend blurring the whole footage a bit. I have way too many text objects to apply blur to all of them (lots of chapters with nested sequences with lots of After Effects animated lower thirds). If the client feels test is too oversharpened I can circle back and give it a try. My co-worke says she can't notice it at all so it may be me working on it at the computer makes it more noticeable.
I really hate to "dumb" down the master HD source project though because I need to make exports to other formats too like Windows Media where that blur is probably unnecessary. Obviously I could make a copy of the whole project or duplicate sequences, but there are so many ongoing edits I fear I'd wind up editing two project files.
Also, the font is part of the finalized visual identity scheme so I can't swap it out.
Thanks for all your help today. If anyone else has experience with Premiere Pro and Sony DVD Architect I'd love your tips and tricks too.

Best export settings in iMovie for later import to iDVD

Hello,
I've created a few iMovie projects that I've put on DVD using the Share To iDVD option.
I have a few different projects that I want to put on one DVD. What are the best export settings in iMovie to create files that I can later import using iDVD?
Cheers

I would sugest using the Apple defaults - which you will get if you use SHARE/Export Movie.
It is possible to infinitely tweak the parameters by using SHARE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME, but in my experience, you are not likely to visibly improve quality. However, you might be able to get more compression(i.e. a smaller file size) at nearly the same quality.
However, there is no harm in experimenting if you like.
You should use Movie to QuickTime Movie. Click Options. Generally, set the video codec to h.264. If space is not an issue, you can use Apple Intermediate Codec instead, but only if you are going to edit the movie some more. For a final movie, use h.264.
For frame rate, use automatic or 24 frames, but you can use fewer and see if it imporves quality.
For bit rate, you can use up to 20 Mbps, but 16Mbps is the highest I have gone, and that results in a very large file. With h.264, you can get good results with 10 or even lower. (Note: 10 Mbps = 10,000 Kbps)
Here is the HELP section on this.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3a9e47fe

IMovie to Quicktime using expert export settings - help with size settings

I want to produce PAL DVDs in widescreen format using iDVD. The original video was recorded in standard size and I want to use iMovie HD to produce Quicktime movies for these DVDs.
I am using the expert settings to export to Quicktime files. I am using H.264 compression.
It is the size settings that I need your advice.
Which do I use? PAL 720x576 4:3, or PAL 720x576 16:9, or one of the HD settings?
Do I preserve aspect ratio?
I have looked through many posts, etc but none readily answers my issue with size settings.

Yes - footage is in 4:3
I want to show the DVDs on widescreen TVs but not sure if TVs automatically adjust 4:3
movies into widescreen ratio (say with letterboxing).
For my standard footage video,I guess I am not sure of what ratios I should be using at the iMovie export to QuickTime stage, and then whether to set the iDVD project into 16:9 format, or leave it in 4:3 format and hope to widescreen TV do the converting.

Optimal Quicktime Export Settings For Eventual Burning to Blu-Ray DVD

Hello. We currently have a huge backlog of FCP, FCE HD and iMovie HD projects created in 720p and 1080i formats. While we all await FCP and DVD Pro support of the 1080p Blu-Ray DVD burning, in the mean time, what are the optimal Quicktime Export settings to get best possible rendering of my existing FCP, FCE HD and iMovie HD in preparation for eventual transfer to Blu-Ray DVD for best possible viewing on my large screen LCD TV via Blu-Ray DVD player. I'd like to get to work exporting all my movies into the optimal Quicktime format in preparation for 1080p Blu-Ray.
For example, I have been creating FCE projects in a 1080i 60fps format. Once completed I typically have been exporting a "Full Quality" stand-alone movie. Is that what's optimal for the 1080p Blu-Ray DVD format, or something else? For example, what about interlacing? Should I be "de-interlacing" my outputted quicktime movies for better playback in the Blu-Ray 1080p format? What other things should I be considering.

Full quality sounds like you'll be safe. Keep in mind that WHEN DVDSP gets Blu-ray support, it will be able to do al the encoding itself. I do know that the next generation DVDs are using MPEG4 or VC1 compression instead of MPEG2 like standard DVDs are today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-1 That being said, I don't believe that Compressor has a VC-1 encoder, but it definitely has H.264, so if you wanted to do the encode yourself, I guess you could pick that and be set. I would do some research on the technology behind Blu-ray and then base an encode on what you find. There's also MANY threads on here about this already, so Search is your friend and use it to get more info.
Good luck and don't forget to rate if this was helpful,
-Brian

Best export settings for iMovie?

Anything better than "share to large"?
I've used Share to Large to the media browser with success, but I was hoping for something that might give higher quality, even if that comes at the expense of time and disk space. The "Large" file is highly compressed, and I think most of the quality loss I see overall in going from my DV footage to the final DVD, occurs in the export from iMovie.
I tried an export to QT's Best quality DV file last night, but that looked far worse after encoding. Anything else worth trying?

may I drop in here, as one of the authors of
http://sites.google.com/site/theimovieoutputproject/
you stumble into 2, 3 probs, using DV, iM09 and creating a DVD:
• as you can read on the site mentioned above, adding socalled 'bad effects' (e.g. page-curl, animated Titles etc) any interlaced material get 'chopped off' one field .. => vertical resolution in half.
• no chance to bring that back with any export settings.. this is some internal prob of iM, how it handles i-material..
• next prob: iM doesn' offer any more the 'Full Quality' option for DV material .. which 'cloned' the timeline of project on export = no quality loss at all. in case, you're using miniDV/DV/Standard source, you can 'force' such an export by using Export With QT/dv-stream .. IF you're just editing, no bad effects..
• so, no bad effects in use, DV on export .. => a computer can not display the 100% of quality of such a stream! a) you are NOT allowed to watch 'fullscreen', this will zoom the video beyond 100%! b) a computer doesn't handle interlace .. (='jaggies'). and finally, the QTplayer sometimes lack the 'high'flag on playback.. the file has full-quality, the playback not..
• judge final quality of a DVD ALWAYS on TV..
for usage of miniDV and DVD, follow SDMacs's advice, use iMHD6 or FCE, both 'native' dv-editors.
the workaround mentioned on my site above is - imho - less Mac-like ..
another person abuses this board for advertising here his 'solution', selling a pdf .. = $$
finally, a Developer on my German board inspired me about some 'solution', by hacking a 'flag'/atom in the corresponding video-files.. actually testing that, but you need a socalled moov-editor (moov, not mov), a tool from Apple's Developer Site, I don't know, if it is allowed to put it online .. so, I assume no 'public' solution.. :-/

When exporting to a DVD from Final Cut Pro X, what settings are there to make sure you making the highest quality DVD possible?

When exporting to a DVD from Final Cut Pro X, what settings are there to make sure you making the highest quality DVD possible?

There have been a lot of recent reports of difficulties sharing to DVD, but haven't been hearing about unreadable disks. Posibly there was an encoding error. Or it could have been bad media (blank disk).
Does it play in your Mac?
What brand of disks are you using?
Russ

FCP export settings for import in iMovie '08

Q: What QT/ Compressor export settings do I need to use in FCP in order to be able to import the MOV file in iLife '08?
The reason for using iLife '08 is solely for sharing the movie to dotMac.
(if you know alternatives bypassing iMovie '08 ... be my guest).
Background:
I create my footage with a Sony HDR-HC7.
I capture the footage on my Macs (G5 and MBP) via FCP.
I edit my sequence in FCP using the HDV sequence presets
I output using FCP export to Quicktime. MOV file has HDV properties.
Funny: the captured MOV file with HDV properties can be read by iMovie '08 , the edited sequence with exactly the same HDV properties can not be read by iMovie '08 .
I tried a Compressor conversion to:
- Apple preset iTV --> no import
- Apple preset iPod video --> no import
- Apple preset m2v and m4v --> both no import
- Apple preset mp4 --> no import
iLife help mentiones that it accepts DV, mp4 and some MOV formats.
Q: what is the list of "some"
Please help.
Coen

Q: What QT/ Compressor export settings do I need to use in FCP in order to be able to import the MOV file in iLife '08?
Don't have FCP v5/6 but with older FCP/FCE usually use AIC for crossover in MOV file container.
iLife help mentiones that it accepts DV, mp4 and some MOV formats.
Q: what is the list of "some"
I have personally used DV, AIC, MJPEG, MPEG4, H.264 and i believe Photo-JPEG with which another individual indicated he was having problems. As to audio for these files, usually use DV, Linear PCM ("Big Endian" Integer), AAC, or even uncompressed. Avoid Apple Animation and Apple Video compression formats which will import/edit but will not correctly export. However, be advised that there are some caveats. E.g., a "Large or Full" slideshow export from iPhoto places the MPEG4/AAC data in an MOV file container which iMovie '08 will not import. However, if you use the MPEG Streamclip "Save As..." File menu option to save the same data in an MP4 file container. Therefore, would say that some problems here may be associated with iMovie '08 "pre-scanning" of files and possible minor bugs in proper error trapping on compression formats vs file containers.

Best export settings for HD video to DVD

hello, I now use premier pro cs5, from cs4 on my mac, love it, but I shoot with a cannon XL H1s HD video, my questiion is when viewing video from camera or on the screen in cs5, perfect hd picture, but when I export to DVD, i see in the media encoder if I choose mpeg2-DVD it goes output to 720x480, how do I export to dvd for the best HD seetings for DVD to get a HD playback on the DVD, now I see an OK video on the TV playback, but not the same as the original recording, can anyone help,, thanks in advance for any help.....

I found (via a friend who is experienced in Pr & En) that it all comes down to the export/authoring settings.
In Pr, my export settings needed to be adjusted as follows:
Format: MPEG2-DVD
Preset: PAL Progressive Widescreen High Quality
Selected 'DVD' in the Basic Settings section of the
Multiplexer tab (this creates a single mpeg file rather than a m2v file which has a separate video and audio file)
Selected the highest possible quality (5) in the Basic Video Settings section of the Video tab, changed the TV Standard to PAL (to suit Australian TVs) and then
Set the minimum/target/maximum bitrate settings to 8Mbps (when I set it at 9Mbps, the final file had too high a bitrate for DVD)
In the Audio tab, I selected PCM as the audio type.
I also ensured that the Use Maximum Render Quality checkbox was ticked at the bottom of the export settings window.
Then I exported.
Once encoding was complete I opened Encore, started a new project, selected DVD as the authoring mode and PAL as the Television Standard within the Basic settings for the new project. I then imported the final mpeg file as a timeline into Encore, set all the appropriate first play/title button/end play functions as necessary, then I opened the Edit Quality Presets window from the File menu and made the following settings;
Format: MPEG2-DVD
Presets: PAL DV High quality 8Mb CBR 1 Pass
Basic Video Settings - Quality: set to maximum (5)
Basic Video Settings - Field Order: None (Progressive)
Basic Video Settings - Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9
Basic Video Settings - Bitrate Settings - Bitrate [Mbps]: set to maximum (9)
Basic Audio Settings - Audio Format Settings: Audio Format: PCM
click OK
Then I authored the DVD and was quite pleased with the result. Still not quite to the quality I was hoping for (i.e. the quality of a DVD movie), but still a significant improvement on my initial attempts using default Pr & En settings.
Hope it helps

IMovie Export Settings to DVD

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for