I just feed iDVD an uncompressed quicktime file and go. Works for me. No complaints. Just make sure you are using a DVD-R not a DVD+R, that seems to be the most common issue when DVD's won't play in set top players.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In [email protected], Richard BF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Darren, > > Welcome to the group! > > >I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to burn DVDs that > >will play in standard, non computer players from the following > >applications and formats: > > You didn't say what your problem was. Are there any error messages > coming out of these applications? > > The main problem with burning DVDs and having them work on standard > players, is the burn speed. Fast burns don't always work too well on > standard players, so always pick the slowest burn speed. > > Although DVD Studio Pro allows you to set the burn speed, then build > and burn, I've found it to be generally unreliable. I prefer to do it > this way: > > 1. Build the DVD in DVD Studio Pro, test with the simulate function, > then use the build function to save it as a directory containing > VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories. Don't burn in DVD Studio Pro, > build the directory structure only. > > 2. Use FFMPEGX's IMG function to convert the directory into a DVD > image file. I've found FFMPEG to be more stable that DVD Studio Pro, > and there's way more users testing it. You can find the IMG function > inside the Tools tab in FFMPEGX. > > 3. Use Mac OS X Disk Utility to mount the new image as a disk. > > 4. Run Apple's DVD Player, open the mounted disk and test it. It is > important to do this step, as you're guaranteeing that the image has > been built correctly. If everything works as expected, then > everything up to this point has worked fine, and you can move on to > the burn. > > 5. Use Mac OS X Disk Utility to burn the DVD. Make sure you click on > the blue arrow to expand the advanced options, and select the slowest > burn speed. Then burn the DVD. > > 6. Check the resulting DVD in a standard player. If it doesn't work, > then (depending on why it doesn't work) chances are its still burning > too fast, or you need to try a different DVD format (DVD-R, DVD+R, DL > etc). > > Again it is important to do step 4, which will determine whether the > problem is with the DVD file structure or the burn process. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Richard > > -- > Vlog: http://www.kashum.com > Feed: http://www.kashum.com/rss2.xml > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
