Hans J. Rieche
Level 1 (13 points)
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Q: dvds in 1080p format

I built movies in 16:9 1080p format. I burnt these movies using iDVD.  But the result is disappointing regarding the resolution, compared with QuickTime Player's result. Can I get the same good resolution (hight definition?) with iDVD? If so, how?

Posted on Aug 31, 2013 2:22 AM

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Hans J. Rieche

Q: dvds in 1080p format

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  • by Brad Wright2,

    Brad Wright2 Brad Wright2 Aug 31, 2013 8:00 AM in response to Hans J. Rieche
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    Aug 31, 2013 8:00 AM in response to Hans J. Rieche

    It's not as easy as you think it is.  Transfering HD video to DVD requires some understanding.  Read the following tutorial:

     

    How to transfer HD videos to DVD.

  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby Aug 31, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Hans J. Rieche
    Level 6 (19,450 points)
    Aug 31, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Hans J. Rieche

    Hi

     

    AND

     

    DVD - is as Standard - Home burned or Commercial doesn't matter - must be so - Interlaced SD-Video Quality.

     

    And can not be anything else.

     

    Problem:

     

    • Feeding iDVD progressive material - iDVD want's interlaced - ALL DVDs are interlaced

     

    • Feeding iDVD a frame rate - not same as wanted DVD - Conversion made BADLY

     

    • Feeding iDVD HD-Quality - Downscaling is done VERY BADLY

     

    So to get the best possibly DVD

     

    • Use a video-editing program that can deliver

    - Interlaced SD-Video Quality

     

    iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - Can not do that !

     

    iMovie up to HD6 - Can do this

     

    FinalCut any version - can also do this

     

    • Use JES_Deinterlacer (free on Internet) - to get the right frame rate

    - NTSC (USA) - 29.97 fps

    - PAL (EU) - 25 fps

     

    iMovie and iDVD tries to do this conversion - but far from my need of quality. JES_Deinterlacer does this close to Pro-applications. And their costs are Astronomical ! JES is free ! and the quality gain is nearly not noticeable.

     

    Best one can do from iMovie'11 are:

     

    • NOT USE - Share to iDVD - Worst option ==> BAD BAD DVDs

     

    • Share to MediaBrowser and as Medium (may be as Large) - NOT as HD or other resolutions

     

    • Even better are described by Karsten Schlüter - by Share to QuickTime and by use of MPEG-Streamclip and JES_Deinterlacer - get the lines copied in an intelligent way so that there will not be staircaseing of diagonal lines. But this magic is above my head - still it was not far from

     

    • Best solution - Not use iMovie'11 but iMovie HD6 or FinalCut.

     

    Yours Bengt W