Making a DVD
I just finished loading stills, transitions and audio into FCE and would like to make several DVD's of this. How do I proceed?
i-mac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Export to QuickTime Movie. Take it to iDVD.
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I exported my movie to quicktime but then quicktime decided to disappear. Now can't find movie when I open idvd. How do I get quicktime back?
Where did you save the file?
-DH
-DH
Thanks. I want to play the DVD on my TV, so can you please tell me the proper settings in FCE before I make a Quicktime movie?
My Easy Setup shows;
All Formats, 29.97fps Rate, and AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1440x1080i60
Are there other settings I should be concerned about?
My Easy Setup shows;
All Formats, 29.97fps Rate, and AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1440x1080i60
Are there other settings I should be concerned about?
In FCE, do the following, in order:
*Sequence > Render All > Both*
*Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown*
Save your project
Export to *QuickTime Movie*
... if you created chapter markers, select Include > Chapter Markers
... UNcheck the option called "Make Movie Self-Contained"
... Save your movie ... and remember where you saved it
Then, in iDVD, do the following, in order:
*iDVD > Preferences > Projects > Video Mode:* NTSC (USA setting)
*iDVD > Preferences > Projects > Encoding:* High Quality or Professional Quality
*iDVD > Preferences > Movies:* Create Chapter Submenus
*File > New* (create a new project ... you must do this after changing Preference settings)
*File > Import > Video* (to import the QT Movie you exported from FCE)
*Sequence > Render All > Both*
*Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown*
Save your project
Export to *QuickTime Movie*
... if you created chapter markers, select Include > Chapter Markers
... UNcheck the option called "Make Movie Self-Contained"
... Save your movie ... and remember where you saved it
Then, in iDVD, do the following, in order:
*iDVD > Preferences > Projects > Video Mode:* NTSC (USA setting)
*iDVD > Preferences > Projects > Encoding:* High Quality or Professional Quality
*iDVD > Preferences > Movies:* Create Chapter Submenus
*File > New* (create a new project ... you must do this after changing Preference settings)
*File > Import > Video* (to import the QT Movie you exported from FCE)
Many thanks. I think it works!
Martin, I copied out the very helpful steps you described in this July 20 thread. But I found I could not set the preferences in iDVD until I had created a new project, as they were greyed out. When I created a new project I gave it the name I wanted, then I was able to set the preferences as you described. Then in the next File > New step I gave the project its final name. It all worked out fine and the movie is being distributed among my family, but I could not follow the exact order that you described. Should I have opened an existing project first in order to set the preferences?
Thank you very much for all the valuable information you give on this forum. It's a great help. Keith
Thank you very much for all the valuable information you give on this forum. It's a great help. Keith
Making a DVD