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Q: Loss of quality when rendering a DVD in iDVD

I've created a "film" based on one of my photo sessions in Aperture adding music and text in iMovie.

All my photo are highest DNG quality from Leica M9.  In iMovie I use highest possible HD quality (1080p).

However when i finally render the "film" on a DVD in iDVD there is loss of quality. Shall I use Final Cut Pro instead

of iDVD or are there other possibilities ??

Posted on Jun 5, 2015 10:08 AM

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Q: Loss of quality when rendering a DVD in iDVD

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 5, 2015 2:04 PM in response to gsf1
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    Jun 5, 2015 2:04 PM in response to gsf1

    You have to remember that iDVD and video DVDs are standard definition.  The images and videos get resampled down to 720 x 540 pixels. It will always look sharper on the computer than when played on a TV set. 

     

    This Apple document discusses preparing images for iDVD:  iDVD '09 (7.x): Preparing images for iDVD slideshows

  • by gsf1,

    gsf1 gsf1 Jun 6, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Jun 6, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks to Old Toad for the answer. I was aware of that DVD (and iDVD) imposes a standard format, but I didn't realise that the loss of quality

    is so "visible". When I want to see my holiday photos and/or my generated "film" in 1920*1080 format I use AppleTV to see them on the TV or of course

    directly on my iMac. However I want to share my "film" with my friends who have neither iMacs nor AppleTV.

    So to keep the picture quality you need to render the "film"on a BlueRay disk, but how??

    Can I use Apple's Final Cut Pro together with a 3'rd party BlueRay burner ?? Neither Macs nor iMacs are able to burn BlueRay disks as far as I've investigated.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 6, 2015 8:27 AM in response to gsf1
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    Jun 6, 2015 8:27 AM in response to gsf1
    Neither Macs nor iMacs are able to burn BlueRay disks as far as I've investigated.

    If you have a BlueRay drive connected to your Mac and the right software you can burn BR discs.  For use with iDVD your should redo the movie in 480p.  You can still have the 1080p version for use with AppleTV.

     

    Bengt Wärleby's post in this topic describes why 1080p shouldn't be used for idVD: . However, Brad Wright2 posted a link in the same topic to a website on transferring HD video to DVD.  That might be of help to you.

  • by gsf1,

    gsf1 gsf1 Jun 7, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Jun 7, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks again to Old Toad for the answer. Unfortunately the answer missed the point. I'm NOT interested in rendering my HD

    photos I have in Aperture (so long as OS X still supports Aperture v3.6 but thats another complicated story) or my films in iMovie onto

    a DVD if I loose the HD picture quality. We have now established that I need to burn them onto a BluRay disk. BR burners are available

    as 3'rd party products. But what about SW now that iDVD is out of the game? In iMovie I can generate a HD (1920*1080) QuickTime film,

    but what SW is available to render it into BR format ?? Is Apple's Final Cut Pro the answer, I can't digest that from the PR on Final Cut Pro.

    Are there 3'rd party SW available that can do the job, please can someone advice me. 

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Jun 7, 2015 11:48 AM in response to gsf1
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    Jun 7, 2015 11:48 AM in response to gsf1

    You can burn BluRay DVDs with Roxio Toast.

  • by gsf1,

    gsf1 gsf1 Jun 9, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Klaus1
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    Jun 9, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Klaus1

    Mama mia, its 20 years since I last saw Roxio Toast, I thought it didn't exist anymore.

    I should have remembered that myself, thanks to Klaus1.

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Jun 11, 2015 8:26 PM in response to gsf1
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    Jun 11, 2015 8:26 PM in response to gsf1

    Mama mia, its 20 years since I last saw Roxio Toast, I thought it didn't exist anymore.

     

    I use Toast 12 to burn 1080p Blu-ray movies.  It works great.

     

    This is my DVD/Blu-ray burner, it has FireWire 800, and USB 3 ports.  I get rock-solid performance when making DVD and 1080p Blu-ray movies on my Mac.

     

    It is automatically recognized by OS 10.9.5 or later.

     

    I use it with Toast, iDVD and Apple's Disk Utilities.

     

    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MR3F8BDSD16/