img vs mov

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img vs mov

i have a ?. i made a movie using fce. and was wondering will i lose quality if i convert to img file and burn with disk utility,opposed to burning the mov file in toast? the movie was shot with my cannon avchd camcorder using 1920x1080i pf30. i am fairly new to this so dont bash me.i used idvd to make a title then converted to img then burned in disk utility but it does not seem to be dvd quality. thanks for all your help.

i mac 24' 4gb memory, 3.06ghz intel 512 nvida, Mac OS X (10.5.4), pc vista

Posted on Nov 12, 2008 9:15 PM

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Nov 12, 2008 11:54 PM in response to vinnymac1

Hey Vinny,

The important thing to understand is that a .mov is a file
and a .img is like a disk. Actually, the .img denotes a disk image,
which is kind of like a virtual disk.

Whether you record your movie on a real disk or a virtual disk
doesn't matter much in this case. More important is how you
store your movie ON that disk. In other words, if you make a .mov,
it's important to choose the right settings. Once you do that,
it can be included in a disk image (.img), which you can burn
in Disk Utility or Toast, whatever.

You should also know that titles can be tricky. Make sure they are
big enough, progressive, no serifs--all things that will make them
easier to encode.

Speaking of encoding, DVDs use .m2v format, which is then used
by iMovie or DVD Studio Pro to make a disk image (.img),
which you can then burn to a DVD.

I realize it's all a bit confusing, but take your time and keep working
at it, and you'll figure it all out.

Les

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Nov 13, 2008 7:12 AM in response to vinnymac1

thank you for your help.i used i movie to burn and i noticed the highest setting is professional quality what exactly is that resolution wise.

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