export from FCE to iDVD, results in black border around movie

Hi

Is it widescreen ?

Did You in Your browser window set sequence and material to anamorphous. To me it was a revelation that the Browser window was exstendably to the right with lot's of columns - and one of them was Anamorphous.

Did you start a WideScreen project in iDVD - First window that opens after You clicked Start a New iDVD project (top button). At bottom this new window You set 4:3 (SD format) or 16:9 for WideScreen.

In iDVD You also need to go up to Project and down to Projectinfo

then set 16:9 here TOOO !

Proportion - Change it to 16:9

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When I go from FinalCut to iDVD - I do

FCE/P to iDVD

Several things

• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD

• Free space on Start-up hard disk

• Encoding

• Brand and type of DVDs used

• Burn speed set

• iDVD BUG

• Chapters

How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do

• Disable Screen and Energy saver

• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down

• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file

• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark

• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)

• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)

This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.

Free space on Start-up hard disk

I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)

Encoding

• I use Pro Quality encoding

Brand and type of DVDs used ( Important as cheap brands DO NOT WORK )

• I use Verbatim

• I use DVD-R

Burn speed set (IMPORTANT)

• I set down this to x4 (or x1)

iDVD BUG

• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to

the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither

of them will work.

Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.

Use of Chapters

• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !

• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self

• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition

(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks

Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want

them except at very beginning - still)

Material used to build movie

• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)

• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes

• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc

Problems - then Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.

from post ??

May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving

Yours Bengt W

my FCE project is currently "DV PAL 48kHz"

This is most likely why you are getting these results. DV PAL is a standard def 4:3 frame size, not 16:9 widescreen. When you put your 1920x1080 clips into a DV PAL sequence, FCE conforms the clips to the DV PAL sequence settings.

Double-check your actual sequence settings. Control-click your sequence in the FCE Browser. Select Item Properties. What does it say for frame size, compressor & vid rate? Do the same with one or more of your clips.

Do your sequence & clip properties match?

What was the original source of your clips? (eg exact make & model camcorder).

You will have to change the Sequence setting in the FCE Easy Setups to HDV-AIC 1440 x 1080i50.

Only Newly created Sequences are effected not existing ones for the changes to apply.

This advice assumes you shot in HDV and the camera is outputting in HDV.

Al