Mixing 4:3 and 16:9 in one dvd project

I have video that is in the 4:3 style and a 16:9 slideshow - is there anyway I can combine them on one iDvd Project. (It looks like everything should be one way or the other.

I shared the slideshow made in iMovie to iDVD the project created was 16:9 - that is when I realized the video I'm working with is 4:3. I have never put a slideshow on a video DVD so am new to this. I will probably use the Revolution theme and need to figure out how to put the slideshow as a separate item. Believe it or now I have done quite a few video projects using FCE and iMovie with menus etc so not sure why this is confusing me. I have only used the main theme before with chapters. Do you use two different Revolution themes when adding a slide show. Guess this is a new question, but maybe F Shippey will replay back. I know I will figure it out - will try what you said first. The video project isn't complete, but could try with what I have done so far. Thanks

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your problem will not be the process of 'glueing stuff together'
follow advice given here
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
under 'Getting started' or follow the 'Video' tutorials ...
the real task is, to make all clips readable for usage in iM ...
before making you a technician on video-codecs:
download and install the free tools Mpeg Streamclip and Perian.org
you have to relaunch your Mac after doing so...-
BEFORE adding any of your external sources into an Event, use Streamclip to manually convert to DV, or if source is HDef, to Quicktime/Appleintermediate.
the resulting files should import flawless into iM, proceed as usual.
iM 'swallows' a lot of formats, so it could be this manual conversion isn't needed ...
don't hesitate to come back here, if probs occur ...

IDVD and photos burned on one DVD

I remember how to attach photos, but the recipient can't open the photo files. Is there a better way to share an iMovie and the photos I used for the movie? Thanks!

mishmumken is right. What you're doing is overkill and could result in a lower quality finished product. That's why I suggested the large size in the export process.
Even better is mishmumken's suggerstion of cropping the photos to 4:3 ratio, preferable 640 x 480, before hand as that's the final size they will end up at before creating the slideshow.
Give you resulting movie file a try by creating a disk image of the project and playing it with DVD Player. Check the movie carefully for artifacts, etc. and if there are none you can then burn the disk image to disk.
I suggest you follow this workflow for optimum quality:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

Combining 2 imovies to make one dvd

Wondering how!
Combine 2 iMovie projects with bookmarks to get one DVD should I
copy and past one imove into the other? (will it retain all bookmarks?)
or
can I make 2 iDVD projects and combine them into one DVD to burn some way?
If anyone has doen this easily I love to know.
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Arnolfo,
You can easily have more than one movie on a single DVD.
The iDVD button in iMovie is just a short cut to get a project going in iDVD.
If you want to add multiple movies to one DVD, it may be easier to launch iDVD first and then add the movies to the iDVD project.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164953
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Hi.
I'm trying to put a four hour video on to one DVD. It was originally on one dvd so I must be able to put it back, right.
The reason it fitted on one disk is because it was in LP, or 336x256. But iDVD wants to change it into 720x576. Something that makes no sense, the quality isn't going to get any better, this is just a waste of space. But I can't seem to find a way to turn it down.

Hi
Can't help with resolutions but just made a 3h DVD - NOT using iDVD but Roxio Toast™
a. In Toast I made a Video_TS folder
b. This I copied to DVD and selected Fit on One DVD disk
Result was better than I imagined.
With iDVD You need
• a more modern version of iDVD eg iDVD 09
• a DVD burner capably of burning Double Layer DVDs
• DL-DVDs
To me Roxio Toast™ was cheaper.
Yours Bengt W

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[Solved] System audio and microphone input, as one mixed stream?

I'm using ffmpeg to record screencasts with this command:
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Since I don't have a Realtek ALC663 codec chip, the best I can do is provide guidance.
While all the info you need is provided by the hda-analyzer program, it is confusing. What helped me (a bunch) to better visualize the "virtual wires" of my codec was to download it's datasheet.
I found one for the Realtek ALC663 here:
http://www.datasheetarchive.com/
Just search on "alc663" in the search bar at the upper right, then I had to click on the PDF symbol in the search results, which then displayed just the first page of the datasheet. But by clicking on that first page, the whole document could be downloaded... at least that's how it worked for me. Otherwise, try something like using the "Advanced Search" function of Google to search for PDF files with some relevant search words.
Then go to the Block Diagram page of that document. This is what really helped me understand/visualize the wiring. But to be redundant, this diagram should match the wiring shown in hda-analyzer... it's just more "human friendly".
Notice the hexadecimal numbers that are inside the ovals (0Dh, 1Bh, etc). For all my different codec chips, these numbers have matched the Node IDs shown in hda-analyzer (and all other ALSA data on my systems), but that might not be true for all codecs, so be careful.
Also notice that not all the "virtual wires" are shown. Just like in some electronic schematics, the document writers "cheated" by labeling a "virtual wire" and then using that label elsewhere in the document. For example, the "virtual wire" coming from Node 0Fh is labeled "Mono DAC". That "virtual wire" connects to the input of Node 17h on the wire labeled "MONO".
So let's follow some signals... like the "front" two stereo channels...
(1) The PCM digital audio signal will come in at Node 02h. This node seems to allow selection ("SRC"), convert from digital to analog ("DAC"), and volume control ("VOL") from -64 dB to 0 dB in 1 dB steps. This codec chip seems to support 44.1k, 48k, 96k, and 192k samples per second.
(2) It then heads to Nodes 0Fh and 0Ch, but let's just follow the 0Ch mixer node. Where it then leaves with a label called "Front DAC" and connects to many other nodes (14h, 15h, 19h, and more).
(3) But let's just look at Node 14h. The output (called "FRONT(Port-D)") would probably be connected to speakers if this was a laptop, or to jack(s) if this was a desktop. The input to this node has a mixer that mixes the "Front" and "Surr" channels, then it goes into an Input/Output amplifier ("I/Oa") before leaving the chip.
Hmmmm... think about that for a minute. An external connection that is obviously an output (speakers) has an input??? The answer is "yes" for this codec chip. I quote from the datasheet:
"Multiple analog IO (except MONO, PCBEEP, and HP-OUT) are input and output capable, and provide headphone amplifiers."
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So... assuming that you wanted to loop the "front" signal path that we just followed back as input (capture)... let's follow that path...
ALSA play to hw:?,? -> 02h -> 0Ch -> 14h -> ((22h -> 09h) or (23h -> 08h)) -> ALSA capture from hw:?,?
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In my case I used hda-analyzer to connect the front two stereo channels going to my "Line Out" into the capture input and found that I also needed to unmute some of the mixers/switches in that new path that were not available in alsamixer. Then I fired up alsamixer and played with it's controls until I got a good bouncy audio signal using:
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while simultaneously playing some tunes, to verify that it was working. Then told hda-analyzer to create a Python script of the changes. Then I used hda-analyzer to put the codec back to it's original condition and created another Python script.
Now I had scripts to turn on the hardware loopback and to turn it back off again. Like I said in that previous thread, the changes will disappear on a reboot unless you jump through even more hoops.
Obviously, you need to use the correct "plughw:X,Y" for your system (i.e. The correct sound card,device)... Hint: look at the output from "arecord -l". Like your codec, mine also had two capture devices to complicate matters, so I had to keep trying different alsamixer settings and/or "plughw:X,Y" parameters until things smoothed out.
Now just fire up projectM-libvisual-alsa and enjoy the trip... or try your screencast quest.
This is, by far, one of the hardest methods for loopback... but perhaps the most personally satisfying/frustrating, and with the fewest problems once it's working.
Good luck.
Last edited by pigiron (2012-09-17 00:05:18)

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