Making of a DVD

I make *.MTS videos in the format of 1280x720. When I output the video (PR Pro CS6) using Encore CS6 to produce a DVD it outputs in the format 720x576. Is there a way I could maintain the 1280x720 format?

TommyKovacs wrote:
Is there a way I could maintain the 1280x720 format?
No. The DVD specification is 720x576.
Regards
Axel

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Making more complex dvds in iDVD

I have a lot of short animations that I want to use to create a dvd for the students who made them.
They are on different topics (some are stop motion projects, some are Flash animations, some are Monty Python-style animations, etc.) so I want to create a dvd where the main menu screen has 4 or five main headers (chapters? directories?) and each one of those can then be clicked on to reveal another page with a menu list of individual animation projects, and then each animation could be clicked on and played as desired.
Is this possible to do with iDVD? If so, can anyone please advise me on how to do it or where to search for instructions on making a dvd with such a structure?
Thanks a lot for any advice.

Something is very wrong with your iDVD! Your experience is certainly not the norm!
I cannot speak to how iDVD works with Snow Leopard, but since iDVD has not been updated since the 08 version, I doubt that Apple focused on making sure it would be ok in SL.
The difficulties you describe with adding audio clips and changing fonts should not be happening if iDVD is working properly. If you are using audio that is not AIFF, you might try changing to that, but you still have the problem with the fonts.
The themes are set and you cannot change the way they work. Themes that have submenus within them are designed to give consistency to your DVD's look. You cannot have a main theme and then select submenu themes that are different.
If you use themes from earlier versions of iDVD-- that have just the one main screen design, you may be able to select another different theme that does have submenu options for your submenus.
If you are going to go ahead and try again to get iDVD to work for you in 10.5.8, you might consider creating a new iDVD project. I recommend that you delete iDVD's preference file before opening iDVD: Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.idvd.plist
Drag the plist file to the trash. iDVD will open a new one when you reopen it.
I would also do Repair Permissions on your computer's drive, using Disk Utility.
If you are satisfied with the iDVD project itself, either your original one or a new one, I recommend that you create a disk image file of it before burning to DVD disk. Creating one looks like the burn process and the encoding takes just as long, but the end result is a disk image file, not a burned DVD disk.
You now have a self-contained file of your iDVD project. You can safely move, change, rename, or delete any/all of the media used in the projects without losing the ability to burn DVDs of this iDVD project in the future. A disk image file can be moved to an external drive or another computer. It is a backup for DVDs, and it saves drive space (if you delete the original media).
Once the disk image file is successfully created, you can use it to test out how your project will play. By clicking on the file to mount it, and then opening the application DVD Player, you can see if it plays correctly. This is not the same as iDVD's Preview function, which will not always show you if there are problems.
If the disk image file plays fine, then use it to burn your DVD disks via Disk Utility.
These disks should play on most set-top players, as well as on most computers.
The brands of DVD disks usually recommended here are DVD-R Verbatim, Maxell and Taiyo Yuden. I think Sonys are ok, too. I have used them without problems. Burning at 4x or less is the recommended slow speed, but burning at 1x or 2x might be better for you.
Yes, DVDSP has a steep learning curve, but in the end, it might give you the options you want to do, if you are willing to spend the time and effort to learn how to do all of it.

Making episode based DVD in Premiere Elements?

Sorry, but this isn't a Photoshop Elements question, but there's no Premiere Elements section.
I notice all the DVD templates are for movies, that is they have a play movie button that plays ALL scenes, and then a scene menu separate scene menue that allows you to start the movie from specific scenes.
I want a way of making an episode based DVD, where there is no single play button on the main menu, nor is there a scene menu, but intead is a series of buttons on the main menu each of which plays a separate video, and each video played stops at the end of that video, and does not procede to play any of the others. I would actually like to make it replay a given video when it gets to the end (allowing for indefinite running of a particular video), instead of stopping and going back to the main menu.
If it is possible to do this in Adobe Premiere Elements, please let me know. Thanks.

Thanks guys for your help. However I discovered that I don't need to buy new software to accomplish this. I found that there a powerful customization technique I can use for fully editing the DVD menus in an Adobe Premier Elements DVD menu template/preset.
I discovered that the DVD menu templates, while not editable in Premiere Elements, can in fact be edited in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, as they are just PSD files. The names of the buttons are layer groups and the specific naming conventions of the layers tell Premiere Elements how to handle them. For example, any button who's graphics are in a layer group who's name starts with "(+^)" is a button that takes you back to the first page of the Main Menu (the quotes aren't actually part of the layer name, so remember when customizing the buttons in Photoshop, to not use those quotes, I just used them to demark the text that appears in the layer name). Any layer group with a name that starts with "(+*)" corresponds to a button that starts playing a video at a Main Menu Marker on the timeline. Any layer group who's name starts with "(+-)" corresponds to a button that causes playing of the movie starting at the first frame (and removal of this makes the DVD behave just like a DVD with a series of TV episodes). Any layer group who's name starts with "(++)" corresponds to a button that goes to the scenes menu (which of course contains buttons that start playing a movie starting at a Scene Marker. And "(+>)" and "(+<)" correspond to buttons on the main menu that navigate go forward and backward through pages of the main menu (or if they appear in the Scenes Menu then they navigate forward and backward through pages of the scenes menu).

Making Duplicates from DVD not files saved

I have been reading a lot of the discussions and I think I am understanding that after making a DVD from iMovie I can delete all files. I am making movies from stills in iPhoto so I keep the original photos. Can I just duplicate at a later time the DVD for more copies? I do not anticipate making any changes.
I have not deleted anything yet.

Can I just duplicate at a later time the DVD for more copies? I do not anticipate making any changes.
If you are simply wanting to be able to make clones in the future then you can copy one of your finished DVDs using Disc Utility, which has full instructions on http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
Therefore keep at least one master backup copy or use Disc Utility to create the disc image and keep it on a hard disc if you have the space.

Making an Informational DVD using Final Cut or Keynote??

I am making an informational movie but including graphs, flash video maybe, pictures, charts, and more. I want it to end up as a DVD with chapters so it can be navigated through also. As a newbie to all of this should I use Final Cut or Keynote to accomplish this. The video is basically someone sitting and informing people by reading text which gets boring so including the other materials as well either in the form of a side window like Keynote does or voice over a picture like Final Cut. Any suggestions?? Thx

If you want a DVD as the end result you have to convert any Keynote parts to video at some point.
Keynote exports to H264 by default -which does not work in Final Cut Pro. be sure to choose a format that does from the video export menu in Keynote.
For a list of those formats -see FCP's Easy Setup menu.

Problem Making Copies of DVD

Hi all,
I just burned a DVD using iDVD and gave it to a friend who was going to make 30 copies of it using equipment he has.
Unfortunately it didn't work. His computer (not sure what kind of equipment he has) gave him a "read error" and was not able to continue. He said the only time he's seen that happen was when he's tried to copy a DVD from Blockbuster, so presumably when a DVD has some kind of copywrite protection. Does iDVD put such "protection" in?
He also mentioned that it took about 4 hours to read the DVD (only to fail at the end) when normally reading a DVD (before churning out copies) takes about 15minutes.
My workflow here is at a standstill. And I don't know what to do.
Cyrus

Cyrus,
It sounds like burn error-rate problems. Discs burned at high speeds (over 4x) may have a level of burn errors that make them difficult for some readers to read.
iDVD offers no control over burn speed and will burn discs at the lowest of the rated disc burn speed or burner speed rating. This can easily be 8x or higher with new equipment.
To burn at a lower speed you must 'burn' to a disk image (an option under FILE in iDVD) and then use Apple's Disk Utility or Roxio's Toast to actually burn the disk image to writable media. Both offer burn speed choices. I recommend burning at no more than 2x for maximum compatability.
F Shippey

Making Copies of DVDS

I recently used Costco services to transfer a 16mm movie to DVD. (The movie was a college project. The copyright is my own.) Now I want to make additional copies of this DVD for friends and family and I cannot. When I tried using Toast to input the movie to my HD, where I would then use iMovie to do some additional editing, then transfer back to iDVD, the Costco DVD is "copy-protected"! I can't make any additional copies. I'm a bit stunned. This is MY movie.
Anyway, does anybody have any suggestions on how to import the project to my HD?
Thanks in advance.
Rich Green

Toast will make a 'cloned' copy without any conversion if that is all you want.
If you want to convert back to DV for further editing, try changing the permissions on the TS folder in Get Info (Finder). If you are successful, then you need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.

Making 5.1 DVD in DVD Pro

Hi,
Do you know how to make a 5.1 surround sound DVD in DVD PRO?
Thanks
Elad

When I was looking to do the same I didn't find a tutorial, but cobbled together the how to from various sources. Some things I learned:
DVDSP will be a 5.1 project if the aac audio is a 5.1 mix. The key is how to get a 5.1 mix. I used STPro which can output an aac track directly (no need for compressor). There are a number of steps inside Soundtrack to configure and output 5.1 inclusing setting each track to 1-6 output, setting the bus to 1-6 outputs and setting the master output as 1-6.
It's also possible to setup FCP for 5.1. As above I used STPro.
Hope that helps.
-Bill

When making back up dvds, which do I choose?

Aa I make back-up CDs or DVDs of my favorite images, does it matter if I make them large JPEGs, Tiffs or...? Not sure I understand the advantages or disadvantages of the options. thanks.

I'd make backups of whatever files you have on your hard drive, without doing any sort of export. The originals you shot and then imported into Ligthroom, whether RAW, DNG or JPEG, are going to be the highest possible quality.
In general terms, though, TIFFs are higher quality (they have lossless compressions, meaning that they are the exact same - pixel for pixel - as the original. As a result, though, they tend to have a much larger file size. JPEGs are compressed (the program saving to JPEG might degrade the quality just a bit - or a lot - to make the file size significantly smaller).
So, if you want to keep the highest-possible quality and don't care much about file size, go with TIFF. If you need to keep file size down and don't mind sacrificing just a bit of quality, go with JPEG.
Hope that helps - if you have any other follow-up questions let us know.

Making 'mask' for DVD face graphic

I'm trying to figure out how to make a circle (the outside border of the DVD face graphic), with black that bleeds to the edges of the square template.
If I make a straight circle, add a line, and expand the line, it doesn't quite reach the edges of the square.
If I make a black jpeg, and drop in a mask, the mask makes transparent the outside of the circle, which is the opposite of what I want. How can I make the circle transparent, and the outside of the circle - to the edges of the template - black?
All ears,
Ben

Ben Low wrote:
How can I work in CMYK in Pages (is it possible)? I've seen the little slider I can set to CMYK, but it doesn't seem to affect the overall image ... I'm not sure how to use it. I want to be able to select my colors from a CMYK color swatch. Or be able to set the 'project' to a mode: CMYK (as in Photoshop).
That's out of my area. Someone can help with that, but you might as well post it as a new question.
How can I know what ppi, or dpi, Pages is working in?
Except for graphics you may add that have a fixed number of pixels, Pages output is vector graphic, which is to say it is mathematically described, and scales to whatever size is needed.
When I 'print' a PDF file, I get a PDF that I can zoom in 2000% and it's still sharp as a razor. When I open this PDF in any Adobe Reader \ app it comes up as a CMYK (even though Pages was obviously in RGB), thus my colors don't match the original Pages project. (Maybe that's why I want to be able to work in CMYK in Pages, so I don't have to worry about weird conversions happening after the fact...)
Again ask someone else about the colors.
And thank you for that most efficient and exactly-what-I-wanted-to-do answer. Much much appreciated...
Oh, and what color was the circle shape? Or was there a color fill? Or was it just the outline of the shape, with no fill?
I put a Square on a blank Page Layout page, made the fill black, set the size to 4" square. I added a Circle shape and set the Line to None using the Format Bar. Set the size and position of the circle.
File > Print > PDF > Open in Preview.
Select just the black Square with the selection tool. Then Tools > Crop, Edit > Copy, File > New from Clipboard. File > Save (to Desktop).
Drag the cropped PDF file into your Pages document, then Format > Instant Alpha. Click in the center and then hit Return and you're done.
Jerry

Chapter markers not making it to DVD SP

Hi everybody. I don't see chapter markers I expected to find in my DVD SP project. This was my first time placing chapter markers in FC and it was my understanding they would appear in the DVD SP timeline. Here's my workflow:
I exported a sequence from FC that had four chapter markers using 'quicktime movie'/current settings/not self contained/'include DVD SP markers'. Opened in compressor and exported at best settings for 90-minute film for SD DVD with 'include DVD SP metadata' selected. (should I have also selected 'include chapter markers only'?)
I brought the clip into DVD SP and placed it into track one. No markers. Do I have to do something to make DVD SP find the markers? Have I made a mistake?
Note: the chapters show up when I open the .mov file in Quicktime but not when I open the M2v file in Quicktime.

In FCP, how did you create the Chapter Markers? The proper way is to hit the m key twice, then click the CHAPTER button. The markers HAVE TO BE on the Timeline - not on the clips (deselect any clips BEFORE adding Chapter Markers).
-DH

Making a Good DVD with HD footage

Hi there,
I am finishing up a feature as I speak and am having trouble getting a good quality image for the DVD. The Film was shot on an HVX-200 and looks just great. That is until I try to export it out. I get a good amount of Jaggy edges and artifacts throughout the 78 Min film. This especially occurs when Motion FX are in play as in the Main Title. We will be having a screening soon for the Execs and I would like to have the best possible quality picture to show them does anyone have an recommendations on how to get a great showable image on DVD or if there is another way format in which I could present it?
I am running FC Studio 2 by the way.

Hi Jake,
If you export your movie in FCP use QT movie (self-contained checked) not QT movie conversion as that would recompress your movie.
Also check out the video on an external monitor not the canvas or computer screen.
To create your DVD first use Compressor (either send the timeline to Compressor or create a QT movie self-contained and import that in Compressor).
After you have done that in Compressor settings tab choose DVD;best quality 90 minutes, drag and drop it in the rectangular area above the settings tab where your video title is being shown.
Compressor will create an MPEG2 video and an ac3 dolby stereo audio file when you click submit.
In the inspector window you can customize settings.
When the compression is done then use FCPstudio4.
Following this workflow has served me very well when producing videos originally shot with HVX 200.
Hope that helps,
G.

Making an audio DVD

To shrink the files, I converted them in iTunes to a MP3 format. This way I can get a lot of music on a DVD. Next I put them all in one playlist. How do I burn a DVD so that I can listen to this music using my DVD player that I have connected to my TV. I have split my audio out from the DVD player and put one side into my stereo receiver?
Thank you

the easy answer to your question is Command Y to get to the ADVANCED menu. Then select burning. There you can select DATA DISC which is what you want. You can put roughly 2.2 DAYS of music onto a single DVD media. If your playlist is longer than that, it will let you know ahead of the burn and you'll need to feed as many discs to cover the data. Dr. Dream

Making Clone of DVD?

I burned a DVD of a music video i made, and i need to make a copy but i no longer have the iDVD file or the fcp file for that matter because my external drive crashed. I cant figure out how to do this.
I have already tried inserting the iDVD made dvd and clicking open to view the Video and Audio folders, which i assume i just need to burn to another DVD, but OSX will not allow me to copy and paste the folders to a burn folder. Only allows me to copy/paste alias.
Any thoughts?

Click here and follow the instructions.
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Making Jpegs from DVDs

I have a DVD from a friend which has home movies on it. I want to save specific frames as Jpegs. Can't figure out how to do this. Any suggestions?

A few other alternatives as well.
You can also use Capture Me to take a snap shot of the DVD Player window. A bit old now, but still works in 10.4.5, and it's free. You'll have to experiment with what format you save the pictures in though. I've found that some formats do not show in Preview, although they do show in Photoshop and GraphicConverter.
If you need to capture a particular frame - and no-other will do - then you will have to pause DVD Player and inch forward using the right arrow key until you come to the frame you want. If you go too far, then you'll have to rewind a bit and start again.
If you have iMovie you can either convert the .vob file to a DV, or import it straight in. Problem is it takes time to do either, but you can easily find and choose the exact frame that you want to save as a picture.
Another alternative you can use, if you have the QuickTimeMPEG2.component, is MPEG Streamclip to move around inside - and save pictures from - the .vob file without having to convert it to anything else. You can also move backwards and forwards one frame at a time if you need to choose that exact frame to save.
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