FCP output to iDVD
by Original Idiot
on
Mar 8, 2007 at 6:08:23 pm
Hello,
I am trying to output 720p24 HD footages to DVD+R (4.7GB) through iDVD (to give out as samples) yet when I see the results on TV, the footage looks like DV, not HD.
Am I doing something wrong or is iDVD a poor application for HD?
Thanks
FCP 5.1.4
OS X 10.4.8
G5 2.66 GhHz Dual-core Intel Xeon
Panasonic AJ-PCD20
HVX-200
Re: FCP output to iDVD by Tom Wolsky on Mar 8, 2007 at 9:43:45 pm
How are you exporting? iDVD does not support DVCPRO HD, only DV or HDV material in AIC. And of course everything you bring into iDVD will be compressed into MPEG-2. It does not support HD DVD or Blu-ray.
All the best,
Tom
Author: "Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials" and "Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop" Class on Demand "Complete Training for FCP5" and "Final Cut Express Made Easy" DVDs
Re: FCP output to iDVD by Tom Wolsky on Mar 9, 2007 at 12:26:20 am
First of all iDVD doesn't support 24fps, only 29.97 and 25. Nor does iDVD accept native HDV material. HDV has to be in the Apple Intermediate Codec. You could export to that.
Why don't you go to DVD Studio Pro using Compressor?
All the best,
Tom
Author: "Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials" and "Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop" Class on Demand "Complete Training for FCP5" and "Final Cut Express Made Easy" DVDs
