all articles tagged 'iDVD'

How do I export a high quality movie?

When you’re finished with your edit, how should you export?

Well, it depends.
METHOD #1. Reference movie
If you want to export a temporary file as quickly as possible, export a reference movie.

File > Export > Quicktime Movie

UNcheck “Make Self-Contained”
Pros:

  • If you’ve rendered your sequence, this is the fastest way to export
  • The file size is very small - it only contains audio and pointers to the video files, no actual video

Cons:

  • The exported file is fragile and not portable. If any of the referenced video files (including render files) are moved, renamed or deleted, or if the ref movie is moved to a different computer,



What brands of blank DVDs are the best?

We’ve always had good luck with Apple brand blanks. The charts below, from http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm, rate blank DVDs:

1ST CLASS MEDIA - EXCELLENT DISCS:
Almost flawless burns with 95-100% reliable results. These …



How can I make my DVDs work the way I want in both DVD players and computers?

There have been a lot of questions from people who are unhappy with how their DVD video discs are working when played on computers and/or DVD players.

Here is a short list of differences:

  • Buttons rollovers do not work the same depending on what WinXP DVD player application is being used, or in Apple DVD Player
  • TVs show cropped action safe area, computers show the whole picture
  • MPEG2 encoding that looks fine on a TV often looks bad on a computer… or vice versa sometimes!
  • DVD players play



What are the capacities of blank writable discs ?

A detailed answer can be found here.