How to burn multiple projects to a DVD-RW using FCP?

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How to burn multiple projects to a DVD-RW using FCP?

I often create a number of FCP projects from video clips taken on holiday. I then like to select which projects to burn to DVD but it seems that this function in FCP will only do the project that is currently loaded in the timeline.

It doesn't help to use RW DVD's because FCP recognises that there is already something on the DVD and erases it before loading the current project.

Any solutions or am I just missing something in the way FCP works?

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John

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jan 16, 2015 4:01 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Jan 16, 2015 4:16 PM in response to johnfromwilloughby

YYou need a DVD authoring application like iDVD, DVD Studuo Pro, or Adobe Encore.

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Answer 2

Jan 17, 2015 12:40 AM in response to johnfromwilloughby

If you are interested in iDVD there is some useful information from Old Toad in this link.

Good dvd creator app for iMac

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Answer 3

Jan 17, 2015 4:04 AM in response to johnfromwilloughby

You can use a dedicated DVD application in order to get all the bells and whistles of dvd menus and such.

FCP X produces very basic dvd output, but you can still achieve what you want if you find the basic dvd interface sufficient.

Here is how to burn projects A, B, and C to a single DVD disc:

1) use export file to create movies A.mov, B.mov, C.mov

2) (optionally) create a new library and/or a new event for this one - let's call it "For DVD" - it is a good way to keep things organized

3) Import movies A.mov, B.mov, C.mov - choose "Leave in Place" because you don't need to create another copy of those - FCP X will just point to the movies you had already exported.

4) Create a new project, and drag these movies to the timeline.

5) Add a chapter marker at the beginning of each movie

6) Export to DVD

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Answer 4

Tom Wolsky

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Jan 17, 2015 5:06 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

TThat will make a continuous play of the A, B, C movies. If you want to do you could just edit the three projects, and copy and paste into a master project with chapters. Then build the DVD, but that's really a different thing because there is no function outside of DVD Studio Pro that allows for playback to stop at the end of a chapter.

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