Making First DVD with Toast, Any Catches?
Having finished my first short movie in iMovie as best I could, I'm trying to burn it to DVD using Toast. The only way I see to get the whole movie in as a continuous entity is to take the entire Quicktime movie from the Media Browser to the video Content Area. Otherwise it's all broken up into random clips.
Once it's there, are you supposed to just put a DVD in the burner and click record? Is there no way to play it in Toast first and KNOW what you are getting, or do you just trust?
ARE THERE ANY CATCHES? AM I ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, OR RIGHT?
Thanks for any help or advice.
When I managed to access the menu, rather than just the virtual remote which first comes up, and clicked on the first window, the entire Disc Image played--PERFECT. Picture is a little pixillated--hopefully will look better on a TV than the computer--but the sound was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT and EVERYTHING was in synch EXACTLY AS MEANT TO BE.
My remaining question is, having selected everything before making the Disc Image, such as form, quality, etc., is all I do just burn the Disc Image in Toast to DVD? Or is there some hidden step such as other forms to select? Thanks!
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Do You have a NEW Mac ?
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