Want to make first high-def DVD

I would like to start burning high-def DVDs. After searching this forum, it seems that (a) iDVD is not yet set up to burn full high-def video to DVD and (b) Toast 10 might be the best option.
How do I determine if my Mac Pro has the appropriate hardware to burn to a blu-ray DVD? Will Toast 10 burn to a blu-ray DVD that will work in a blu-ray player? If the duration of the video is sufficiently short, can it be burned to a standard DVD and, if so, will it play back in full high-def on a blu-ray player?

If you want to make a homemade DVD look professional, you need:
1. Cameras with better color
2. Tripod
3. Excellent lighting
4. Professional encoder for mpeg2; with software, set it to multipass and maximum quality. It may take many times real time to encode
5. Proper shooting techniques, so that you're not always moving or panning, which would tax the encoder
6. Color correction, to make it as vivid as desired
7. Proper optics, i.e. something with a short depth of field to add complexity to the image
8. Proper directing
9. A format of film or video which is not highly compressed (like HDV or AVCHD) and introduces artifacts
10. A proper soundtrack and sound editor, which will make it "look" better
11. Dual layer discs allow you to increase your bitrate
So, a homemade DVD and a professional one have very little in common. The fact that they are both SD has little to do with anything.
Jeremy

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I imported a 17' MiniDV piece into iMovie and it's lost synch. How can that be? I have done no editing, I just want to make it into a DVD.

imported a 17' MiniDV piece into iMovie and it's lost synch. How can that be? I have done no editing, I just want to make it into a DVD.

Hi
Do You mean miniDV tape (interlaced video PAL or NTSC) ?
If so - iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - are not tools of Choise if You want a DVD as result - They all discards every second line resulting in less quality.
Sync. Problem - If miniDV tape - How was it recorded -
Audio mode - Is Camera set to record in 12-bit 32kHz - Should be 16-bit 48kHz
Recording mode - SP (60 min on a 60 min tape) or LP (90 min on 60 min tape)
If LP-mode - Then You need - Same Camera as recorded - tolerances is to small even for a Camera of same brand and type to play-back.
I would use FinalCut Express and a setting of PAL/N TSC and 32kHz audio if Camera is set to record in 12-bit
If LP-mode - iMovie HD6 is more tolerant in Captuing than FinalCut and Imediatly after Import/Capture - Extract Audio
And set iM HD6 to NOT IMPORT AS INDIVIDUAL Clips - to many drop outs to work.
Yours Wildly Guessing Bengt W

Want To Make A High Definition Audio DVD

I have the Creative Suite Production Suite Premium, CS2. I only realize now that it could be what I need for a project I have thought about for a long time. I want to make DVDs with high quality PCM stereo sound, hopefully 24 bit/96 kHz rate. However, I don't see that mentioned in the manual. Classic Records and a few others have been making such discs and calling them 24/96 DAD. Only basic video is necessary, like some photo stills or titles. The DVD should be self starting, like a CD in a CD player, and have tracks or chapters, like a CD. I am not talking about DVD-A. They work well, but are useless as 95% of DVD players will not play them. However, 95% o DVD players will play 24/96 DVD like the Classic DAD.
I have experimented with Cirlinca SOLO, but the results are terrible. Most will not play in and DVD player, or play silently, or only work with 16/48. I have used Adobe Audion CS3 to produce 24/96 sound files, and was able to use Minetonka Bronze to make wonderful DVD-A discs, but they are useless as almost no one can play them. Can Encore CS2 or any Encore version make a standard DVD with this autiophile sound?
Mike

Hello Mike,
Neil Wilkes (or maybe Jeff Bellune) should be along shortly with the answers. I think that Neil is on Summer holiday, as he's not been around lately. Should only be a matter of time, until one, or the other, weighs in. When in town, Neil monitors this sub-forum pertty closely.
Good luck, and I look forward to the answers too,
Hunt
PS FWIW, I use the SurCode DTS for some very nice Audio on a few of my DVD's. Still, that does involve a bit more $ and work, plus a selectable Menu for the DTS. I'll be interested what the experts advise.

Apple tv video quality vs hd tv and high def dvd's

ok...i know it supports 1080i, but does the video quality of video in itunes really look good compared against say a blu-ray disc, or hdtv signals? i'm sure it will get better (with a hardware or software upgrade?) if its not close to high def quality but want to know what i'm in store for if i buy appletv now...thanks. PS: i currently have directv HD and a ps3 for blu-ray, and my tv's are all HD...

Based on my own testing, the distinctions between an HD-DVD movie (which are true 1080) and an Apple TV video converted as its own maximum settings (which is 720) is actually quite noticeable if you have a 1080 TV set, but at the same I don't consider it a show-stopper. I watch a lot of HD broadcast content that's only 720p, and it's still very good.
An HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD will normally be in 1920 x 1080 resolution (1080p or 1080i, generally depending on your equipment). The Apple TV's maximum resolution is 1280 x 720 (basically 720p). Therefore, even an original HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD converted to Apple TV will need to be scaled down to 720p for display on the Apple TV.
Further, Elgato EyeTV actually scales these down somewhat lower, so HDTV recorded content could be even worse-off, depending on the original source. The standard Apple TV export settings use a 960 x 540 frame in order to keep the bit-rate and frame rate within tolerances (since a 720p signal is approximately 60fps, and the bitrates will generally exceed 5-6 mbps, which pushes the limits of the Apple TV).
Even more interestingly, Elgato's new turbo.264 dongle will only encode in "Apple TV" format at a maximum resolution of 800 x 600 (and if you do the math you will realize that this will be considerably less for a 16:9 aspect ratio video).
The result is that videos converted from an EyeTV Hybrid are technically much worse off on the Apple TV than viewing the original source material. Whether this is significant enough to be noticeable will depend on your output medium, but on my 62" DLP, the difference is quite apparent (although still far superior to an SDTV signal).
You can get 1280 x 720 content to play back at 60fps at 5mbps bit-rates on the Apple TV by using ffmpeg-based encoders and manually selecting higher settings, although it's been hit-and-miss in my own testing, and of course it creates gargantuan files. Elgato and others have obviously tried to stay with the more conservative settings to ensure that they can guarantee the broadcast possible range of support.
In fact, although most of the standard encoder settings max out at 2.5-3.0 mbps, I've successfully pushed up to 6 mbps through the Apple TV, although such content has to be synced rather than streamed, since even an 802.11n network has a hard time keeping up (it worked, but there were some drop-outs and glitches in the process). Of course, 6mbps content is going to fill up the Apple TV hard drive pretty quickly as well (you'd only be able to fit around 11 hours on the internal 40GB hard drive).
The other thing to keep in mind with DVD movies is that they come from film, which is a 24fps source (based on the physical nature of film). As a result, the distinctions between a 720p and 1080i signal are less prevalant when dealing with film content, since you won't get the full 60fps HDTV capabilities anyway. Interlacing can still create some nasty side-effects, but it's far less of an issue when you're dealing with less than half of the normal frames.
In my own experiences, I have an Apple TV that is connected to a 1080p upscaling DLP TV (native 1080i input, internalized de-interlacing), and a second Apple TV that is connected to a 720p LCD TV. With the first Apple TV, I can notice the difference between 720p and 1080i output settings only when viewing photos, since the remainder of the standard content doesn't exceed 720p anyway. Further, because my TV de-interlaces a 1080i signal to 1080p, I don't get the flicker that is normally associated with a 1080i signal.
On the second Apple TV, I leave the setting to 720p, since that's the native resolution of the second TV, and I get noticeable interlacing-based flickering on the 1080i, particularly with photo slideshows (mostly in the transitions).

Burning High Def DVDs

I've been reading quite a few posts on this topic, but it seems I'm always missing something:
First, I have bought Snow Leopard but have not installed it yet. I'll be using iMovie 09.
I'm considering buying the Canon Vixia HG21 which needs IM 09 for transferring and editing High Def signal. Up until that point, I'm clear on what to do.
It's what happens then where it's nebulous.
I understand that I'll need Toast to create Blu Ray disks, but what happens to the menus and fancy intros with music we get with iDVD? Is there any way to get them?
If I create short movies (15-20 min max) that can fit on "regular" DVDs, I assume I can still get the High Def signal, but how/where can they be played? I don't have a Play Station. I know I'm looking at investing money to get a High Def TV and something that can read the DVDs (Blu Ray or not) I'll be creating, but I'm unsure on what to get and rather ask questions now than discover too late I made the wrong choice.
Thanks for any insights.

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Wanting to make a high quality slide show

I have pse 5 and want to make slide shows. I know that I must save the show to .wmv.
Please give me some tips on making the best quality HD tv slide show using pse 5. I am primarily concerned with visual quality, not features such as a 1000 different transitions.
As far as VCD's go, are they capable of producing excellent quality, assuming a short slide show?
Or, will I have to get Premiere to get the best playback quality?
Lastly, do the stand alone slide show programs create better quality (not transitions, etc.) shows?
Thanks very much in advance.
Steve.

>As far as VCD's go, are they capable of producing excellent quality, assuming a short slide show?
simple and direct answer - NO
>best quality HD tv slide show using pse 5
How will you play back this slide show on your HD TV?
Do you have a Media Center configuration where you can play from your PC to your TV?
Do you have a DVD burner that can burn Blue Ray DVDs and a TV DVD player that can play the Blue Ray DVDs?
Premiere Elements does have the potential to give you better quality for TV playback from a DVD. More info and suggestions sort of depend on responses to those questions above as well as the specifications of your PC and therefore its capability to handle HD video.
EDIT - adding comment
If you want to pursue the Premiere Elements discussion, there is a forum at muvipix.com (a site started by some regulars at the Adobe Premiere Elements forum) that may be a better forum for this discussion.
>Lastly, do the stand alone slide show programs create better quality (not transitions, etc.) shows?
Potentially yes. ProShow Gold is a program that some Photoshop Elements users like for their slide shows. Hopefully someone who is using that software will post to this thread.

So i have created a quiz with scoring and stuff but now i want to make a high score system just for one user any ideas?

The questions each have a invisible dynamic text box that when the right answer is pressed it goes up by one and at the final score page i have a dynamic text box which has a simple code which adds the contents of these invisible text boxes, so i need a code which would use another dynamic text box which will hold the high score of the player, all i need is a one player and session cookie high score system any ideas anyone? (this is action script 2 BTW)

you can use the sharedobject if you only want each user to compare their own scores.

How many minutes can fit on a red laser "high def" dvd?

using the share feature in FCP7 and making the "bluray" (avchd) dvd but on a standard 4.7 dvd, how many minutes of footage can I burn?
What about a double layer 8.5gb DVD??

check out this video - I think Bruce might say how much you can fit.
http://www.macvideo.tv/dvd-authoring/features/index.cfm?articleId=112361

Dropped support for high-def dvd?

Does anyone know if Mavericks dropped support for the HD DVD format offered by Compressor 3?
A DVD authored with this format will not play on an iMac (2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo) running Mavericks, but will play on a Mac Pro (2x2Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon) running Mac OS 10.6.8. Other DVDs play fine on the iMac.
Thanks in advance for any information regarding this.

The CalDigit card is not rated to work on the NEWEST MacPros...the ones with different processors and other internal circuitry. It works fine on previous models. The big reason I suggest the Caldigit card over the rest is:
1) It is half the price with all the same features
2) It can be installed and removed by the customer. The Apple card can only be installed and removed by a certified Apple dealer.
Now, Raid 5 is good as it offers PROTECTION...where RAID 0 does not. If one drive dies, the RAID 5 still works. If the same happened to Raid 0, all info is lost...ALL. Raid 5 will lower the capacity of all the drives, as it uses one for this protection, where Raid 0 is larger. Give and take.
FYI...I cut DVCPRO HD and ProRes on internal drives...no raid. Firewire 800 drives are good for this format too. Raids are only needed for multiple streams of ProRes, and the uncompressed formats. And for protection.
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How Can I Make a High Quality HD DVD Video (dvd vob)

i work a hd project and after we will make a dvd video. if i export a mov and convert it with toast titanium the quality is bad. if i make it dvd studio pro hd dvd mac and pc is open but dvd player does not play it. and the other version dvd studio pro convert from 16/9 to 4/3. but i don't like it. the other one i send to compressor and chose the dvd/hd dvd:mpeg-2 30 minutes it exports mv2 not vob(audio ts video ts)
so i want to make a high quality hd dvd video how can i do that?
thanks
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I don't know about NTSC but there is a nice PAL solution for SD 16:9 for ordinary DVDs. The 16:9 image becomes 720x576 pixels. So the pixels are each quite wide, and the horizontal resolution is less than the vertical resolution, but at least no pixels are wasted as with letterbox.
A semi-solution is to make a HD-DVD. That format has been abandoned but Apple software pretends otherwise. Apple Compressor does compressions at around 20 Megabits/second data rate specifically for HD-DVD, and Apple DVD Studio Pro makes HD-DVDs. For short projects, less than around 30 minutes, the HD-DVD can be made on a normal DVD. (I did this for a 40 minute project by cutting the bitrate somewhat.) The quality is almost equal to Blu-Ray, but who can play it? People with well equipped Apples can.

Are apple a high def joke?

Im close to giving up on apple, heres why :
I have owned final cut pro for a while now and up graded my camera to hd. I bought the top of the range sony camcorder hc7 which is mac compatible and looked forward to making my first high def movies.
But my mac would not capture the footage becasue my verison of Final cut pro HD wouldnt read it. So the guys at the MAc store suggested two solutions
1 downgrade and buy final cut pro express which would read the format
2 upgrade to the new version of final cut pro sutdio which would also read the format.
The problem with solution two is that i was adivsed by the guys at the MAc store that my Powerbook G5 was not powerful enough to run the new new Final cut studio annd so they suggested by a new machine.
So i looked into buying a new machine but this is the bit I am amazed at Mac dont make any machine that can write to Bluray. If I am going to spend a large amount of money to upgrade my technology to high definition there is now way Im buying a machine without a bluray drive. I can of course buy a pc with blu ray drive no probelm. In my opinion apple are a high def joke. Any reason why I shouldnt abandon apple all together and guet myself a Viao?

Jeff I dont understand your comparison of Bluray to Dlt. Bluray is the only storage technology that can seriously be expected to fit high def movies. I dont expect to be able to cram them onto to DVD's. Since HD DVD withdrew from the market, one could hardly consider BLuray format of the week. In case you hadnt noticed high def is the new way of shooting and displaying video. I would suggest walking into any home entertainment store to discover this. Morever I bought final cut pro HD , its got HD at the end of the title of the software so its not reaally unreasonable to assume it might be able to handle HD. Well it couldnt, it wouldnt read my high def footage and I was told by the guys at the MAc store to either upgrade to a version of Final cut pro that would (which involved buying a new machine) or spend exra money to downgrade to another verison that would.
If its such a waste of time to put Blu ray drives in computers why are there many pcs with bluray drives? wake up Apple, people are buying high def products and they will want to output it somewhere. To describe Bluray as obscure sounds bizarre to me. Did you not read the news? bluray won the format war. Its so frustrating being a loyal Apple customer to be so behind the times. I feel like an idiot for going with Apple.
I dont need fancy blu ray functionality, I just want to be able to make my movies and not have to worry about fitting them on a disc that cant cope. I dont really want to switch to pc but so far I havent found any good reasons not too yet. I have a stack of tapes shot on high def needing to be edited. Right now my Mac cant cope with it, Im not willing to buy a new Mac that doesnt have a bluray drive when i can buy a new PC that does. Unless of course i
can make my film in FCP and use an external driver to burn into onto a blu ray? If so can anyone reccomend one?

Can I export a high quality DVD from iMovie?

Please help. I am making a short experimental film which will show in a gallery in a few weeks. I need the final product to be as high quality as possible. It will be projected on a big screen before an audience. Can I make a high quality DVD from iMovie? I have iMovie 08 and would like to upgrade it to iMovie 11 to get the most features. But I don't want to do a lot of work then find out I can't exhibit the final project properly. I have been reading about iMovie for days on this forum, but I can't get a handle on exactly what is the difference between all the versions. What do you suggest?

I should mention that my movie is made up entirely of still photos with lots of transitions, jump cuts, etc. I don't know if that makes a difference.

High Definition DVD Burners

What external high def DVD burners will work with Mac OS 10.5.8 and iDVD '09?

KMF1 wrote:
What external high def DVD burners will work with Mac OS 10.5.8 and iDVD '09?
None.
MacOS/iDVD do not support BluRay, standard only.
You need Roxios ToastBRpluginan external BRburner for creation of 'HiDef'disks..

What size should i save my pictures to make a good high def. DVD?

Ok, I am using Elements 10 with Premere 10 to create a DVD high definition movie of our trip to Rome to display on our hi def tv. What I want to know is what size should I save my pictures after fixing them. The JPEGS are usually saved to around 2 mb while the NEF's are saved around 6-11 mb's. I am afraid that the 2 mb files will not retain enough data to show well on the high def TV and maybe the 11 mb pictures may be overkill resulting in long rendering times and larger movie sizes. Anyone have any information on this. Both the Elements 10 and Premere 10 manuals don't address this. The only thing I could find was that they support up to 4086 x 4086 size pictures. Thanks in advance

Hi,
I am not an expert on this subject but since nobody has replied yet, I thought I would give you my current thoughts on the subject so then someone can either confirm it or shoot me down in flames.
If we are talking about a HD TV, they have a screen resolution of about 1920 x 1080 or 1360 x 768 so if your images are greater than that, something has to do some down sizing.
I think that a normal DVD can has a limitation on size of 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL). To get a greater resolution than that you need to talk about Blu-ray.
The important thing to think about is the aspect ratio. The widescreen TVs are 16:9 and your photos are probably 4:3. If you want a full screen picture without black margins each side then I suggest that you do some cropping first.
I tend to crop to 16:9 aspect ratio (using crop tool) and then resize the image to 1920 x 1080 (using image resize). I use a larger size if I know I want to use pan & zoom effects. I use that size, even though some pixels will be lost, just in case I switch to Blu-ray in the future and it might save a bit of work then.
Hope that helps (and is correct)
Brian

How to make high-quality DVD

I want to make high-quality DVD(Blu-ray Format) with premiere.
But, when I used Ecore and select Blu-ray to exported the image disk.
(want burning the DVD from toaster).The DVD was video only.(The menu has not been played).
If changed to DVD to exported the image disk, it was ok, the menu has been played.
Did I lost step or wrong way?
thank you
li

Effectively, I post this because I hope help other one to solve this issue.
So at first I didn't not very clearly understand about it.
The issue point is hope export AVCHD disk form Premiere/Encore.
(Premiere Element can export AVCHD file).
Now, I thought the Premiere/Encore can't export AVCHD disk.
The menu describe form in the other one, I think is not issue point and maybe operate mistake.
thank you!

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