Q: Convert HD DVD project to SD, or start over?
I shot and edited an instructional video that has 12 parts. I shot it in 1080P so it would look good on big TV's. The idea was to create a DVD that the viewer could use to select the desired subject on the menu and watch it. The menu works great, the video looks good, so I burned it to DVD's. They play perfectly in the Mac, and nowhere else. From what I've read in this forum, HD DVDs made in Studio Pro 4 won't play in regular DVD players. HD DVD lost out to Blue-Ray, blah, blah,blah.
So my question is: is there a way to convert what I've got to SD and move on, or do I need to start over with a totally new project and re-create the menus, import the video as 16:9, etc. ? Thanks for any help.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Posted on Mar 8, 2016 7:57 AM
Success!
I started over, using my existing .m2v and .ac3 files from Compressor. Even though they were compressed using HD DVD settings, they came into the new SD project without any problem. I'm guessing that DVD SP just shrinks them down to make them fit, because it says that the video is 720x404. My menu is very simple so that only took a few minutes to recreate, since I already knew what it should look like and how it should work. I set the project to be 16:9 and used letterbox & pan and scan. After "Build & Format" the resulting DVD actually worked in a DVD player connected to a TV. The video looks fine; not as good as Hi Def would look, but still clear and usable.
If it matters to anyone, I used DVD-R discs.
Posted on Mar 11, 2016 6:41 AM