Most Compatible Format for DVD Players

I am trying to burn a project on some dvds. I have an external burner, and good media. I want to make sure that I am making it as compatible as possible, however. Right now, what I am doing is I have exported the project to full quality dv and am then converting it and burning in Toast. Is there another process that I am unaware of that would make the discs more compatible than the one I am currently using?

Make sure to keep it in NTSC format. PAL doesn't play in all Players, and you might have problems getting it to play.
As far as a different process, they way you are doing sounds a little out of the way. Why not just burn it through iDVD or iMovie? The quality of everything I burn from iDVD is perfect. Just a suggestion.
But the way you are doing it won't make it less compatible.
Just make sure it is a DVD-R(+R's suck), a good brand, Apple or Verbatim, and just burn it at the Best Quality, slower burn speed and you should be fine.
Good luck!
Jordan

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There are a boatload of posts on exactly this topic, they come in waves ... nobody will ask this question for a week or two, then it'll be the same question 2 or 3 times a day
Nobody has asked for a week or two so I guess yours signals the start of the next wave! If you use the search function and you'll find the hundreds of answers that have gone before ...
... or just use one of the many tutorials freely available on the subject: for example, http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdv_to_sddvd.html
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Using iMovie'08 to 11 - makes things even worse - as non of them can deliver 1090% interlaced SD-Video any way known to me to iDVD. They discard every second line - resulting in a severe quality loss.
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I want to learn about format for output to DVD. I have exported as QuickTime movie and stereo downmix so that I have one track of audio in DVDSP and when it plays on 2 speakers I have the two channels of audio - one on instrumental, one vocal. Cool. To get that I must use Custom Settings as I learned from another thread posted here last week or so.
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smidi wrote:
Question #1:
+What format do I use when I enter that custom setting window for the Aspect Ratio?+ I think it should be 4:3, yes?
Depends on the source material, if it is 4:3 then 4:3 would be proper if it is 16:9 (HDV or anamorphic would in all likelihood be the ones you are using (?) then 16:9 would be the aspect ratio
Question #2:
Maybe I should be using Compressor. If yes - +how do I get those 2 tracks in FCP to get into that stereo downmix format? How do I get the 2 separate audio files in to compressor and output to DVDSP?+
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I'm using a pre-loaded DVD template to create a DVD with a Title menu, scene menu, etc. Is there any option for me to save this format for use on my computer only?
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The movie is 90 minutes.
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That's the best standard workflow. With standard I mean that sometimes some kind of footage can need different treatment.
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BH-106
BH-108
BH-109
BH-217
BH-218
BH-219 (NFC)
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BH-609(NFC)
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Hi,
I am from the UK, I filmed some DVCAM footage in PAL format, but bringing it into FCP to output onto NTSC and onto DVD for a Canadian conference / Broadcast.
Can i simply change my project and capturing settings to
get the footage to run at NTSC (even though it was filmed in PAL?)
And if i want a UK edit of the film do I need to recapture all my clips at PAL settings or can this be done via the DVD output???
cheers
Chris

Sadly no its not that simple not so much because the image sizes differ but more because of the difference in frame rates.
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http://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/standardsconversion.htm
Convert to NTSC using JES Deinterlacer (free and works)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html#DEI
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How long is your program? How many menus do you plan to have?
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I need a recomendation; I've been turning some video files into mpeg4's for burning onto DVD. The files look fairly decent, but I'm wondering if AVI or DV or something else would look better. Any suggestions?

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that can directly exported to iDVD (which will convert that directly into mpeg2)
any "in between" conversion, esp, into lossy formats as any mpeg-codec (which comes in many flavors as 1/2/4/h263/h264/...) means a dramatic loss of quality! the mp4 looks nice on your Mac, after second convcersion into a lossy format it will ... nogood on TV.
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