I just competed a video on FCP and want to burn the best possible resolution. It was filmed in a 1080 Canon and I have a bluray burner. The copies that I burn using idvd don't look really sharp. What resolution does idvd burn in and is there a better software to use?
No , iDVD cannot burn Blu-ray.( or AVCHD, see below).
You use FCPX.
Instead of File>Share > Master File it is File>Share >Blu-ray.
The Blu-ray destination does not appear by default if you have not used it before.
To add it to your set of destinations and to the Share menu, choose File > Share > Add Destination, then double-click the Blu-ray destination.
The following is a link to the FCPX help guide
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/final-cut-pro/ver6c4cb86b5/mac
You will see that it mentions Blu-ray and AVCHD discs.
Blu-ray is on Blu-ray disc (BD) and AVCHD is on DVD disc.
Blu-ray needs Blu-ray burner plus BD disc to burn and Blu-ray player to play.
AVCHD needs DVD burner plus DVD disc to burn( or Blu-ray burner plus DVD disc) and Blu-ray player to play.
It can be confusing, you might want to Google for more info'.
AVCHD is similar to Blu-ray but not such high bit rate, so quality not quite as good, but better than standard DVD.
Amount of time on AVCHD is limited to about 20 minutes due to capacity of DVD disc.
You might want to try the AVCHD option first as DVD is cheaper than BD, especially if your video is 20 minutes or so.
I am pretty sure that the disk image option is for Blu-ray only and not AVCHD so if you are going for AVCHD then you will have to select your optical device ( burner) as the Output Device .
If you are going for Blu-ray then you can select Hard Drive as the output device for disk image or optical device (Blu-ray burner ) for direct to BD disc.( section 5 in the link).
No , iDVD cannot burn Blu-ray.( or AVCHD, see below).
You use FCPX.
Instead of File>Share > Master File it is File>Share >Blu-ray.
The Blu-ray destination does not appear by default if you have not used it before.
To add it to your set of destinations and to the Share menu, choose File > Share > Add Destination, then double-click the Blu-ray destination.
The following is a link to the FCPX help guide
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/final-cut-pro/ver6c4cb86b5/mac
You will see that it mentions Blu-ray and AVCHD discs.
Blu-ray is on Blu-ray disc (BD) and AVCHD is on DVD disc.
Blu-ray needs Blu-ray burner plus BD disc to burn and Blu-ray player to play.
AVCHD needs DVD burner plus DVD disc to burn( or Blu-ray burner plus DVD disc) and Blu-ray player to play.
It can be confusing, you might want to Google for more info'.
AVCHD is similar to Blu-ray but not such high bit rate, so quality not quite as good, but better than standard DVD.
Amount of time on AVCHD is limited to about 20 minutes due to capacity of DVD disc.
You might want to try the AVCHD option first as DVD is cheaper than BD, especially if your video is 20 minutes or so.
I am pretty sure that the disk image option is for Blu-ray only and not AVCHD so if you are going for AVCHD then you will have to select your optical device ( burner) as the Output Device .
If you are going for Blu-ray then you can select Hard Drive as the output device for disk image or optical device (Blu-ray burner ) for direct to BD disc.( section 5 in the link).
FCPX can burn Blu-ray discs.
Thanks for the help but I’m having trouble exporting a Blu-ray document to my hard drive. I had already made a master file of 60 GB and burned a few 53 minute discs in IDVD. That’s when I started thinking about better quality. I added Blu-ray to my share menu and followed the instructions in your link. Twice. I’m getting a message that says it failed and the list of reasons is long and in a language I’m not familiar with. I already have a Blu-ray burner but haven’t bought the discs yet until I know I can make the file.
Any Ideas?
Since you are using the Blu-ray function in FCPX then I would suggest that you start a new thread in the FCPX forum.
You would need to describe/copy /paste the error messages that you see whilst attempting to create a disk image.
You are more likely to get answers from the FCPX forum than iDVD forum.
There are some excellent contributors there, all with far more knowledge of FCPX than me.
I will still, however, look out for your post with interest.
How do I do that? Do I use IDVD? I've finished my video and made a .mov on my desktop using share>master file.
The blu-ray disks I see are 25 or 50 GBs. Will either be enough for a 60 minute video? I have a blu-ray burner.
25 GB Blu-ray disc should be fine.
As you are doing Blu-ray rather than AVCHD, then do disk image first and then burn to BD disc from the disk image.
To burn from the disk image right click on the disk image and select burn.
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