Sending FCE project to iDVD

Hi,
I just produced my first FCE project - a short promo video lasting less than 5 minutes. In exporting it as a standalone movie, I now want to write it to DVD using iDVD. But, when I go to 'media,' I don't have any access to FCE files, only iMovie and iTunes. Can someone enlighten me on the best way to write my project to DVD?
Thanks,
Terry

Hi
I do - in FCE or FCP
When sequence is ready.
• Export as QuickTime .mov
• NOT Selfcontained (not important - just speedier)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (important)
This I Import into a new iDVD project - from within iDVD
Just remember. iDVD doesn't care about GigaBytes BUT only duration of movie + menu.
Also important is that iDVD needs workspace - this it can ONLY take from one place.
• The Internal Boot Start-up Hard Disk (eventually one external one if it boots)
• THIS has to have 25Gb free space for standard SD 4x3 TV video
• For WideScreen You need much more eg 5 times more.
Yours Bengt W

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http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/idvd_6stone.html
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http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iDVDAtAGlance.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iDVD5GettingStarted.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iDVDTutorial.pdf
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I have exported movie projects in the past with relatively few issues. I am currently exporting a self contained movie and it is taking about 25 minutes to "cook" (a 38 minute movie).
I save the file to my desktop and then drag it into iDVD and go from there. This time, after exporting the file as a self contained Quicktime movie file and saving it to my desktop I notice the thumbnail is a FCE file.
Normally, if I click the icon it opens up in Quicktime. Now it just seems to open FCE. Here are my questions:
Is this normal?
What did I do wrong?
Can I still drag this file into iDVD and render a video?
I am in the process of trying and it is getting as far as encoding the assets and then kind of freaks out after about an hour.
Please let me know.
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If you exported as Quicktime Movie self-contained, it should work just fine. If you open Quicktime first and use its Open command, the file will open there. When I make a self-contained Quicktime movie, this is normal behaviour on my system. Not sure if it depends upon your OS or not; bottom line, it should work in iDVD
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FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
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• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
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• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
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Brand and type of DVDs used
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Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
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• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
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them except at very beginning - still)
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• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
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Yours Bengt W

2 complete FCE projects, files moved or missing, and memory full----help!

I have a
MacBook Pro version 10.4.10
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
and purchased the FCE HD.
After completing FCE projects-exporting to iMovie-sharing it over to iDVD-and burn to DVD, I was and is still in a blur from what happens next.
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