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DVD Burning Tips For Mac
iDVD Burning Tips
Burning a DVD directly from iDVD is not a good idea. For some reason burning a DVD this way generally causes glitches and errors. Never, in my experience, has a DVD but faultless using the iDVD burn feature, which also takes a very long time.
A much better option, as shown in the screenshot below, is to "Save as Disc Image...."
This creates a perfect digital DVD file as an img, which can then be opened and the VIDEO_TS dragged to any folder. Windows has issues with img files, so it is better to just pass on VIDEO_TS folder.
Burn your DVD in Disc Utility (see screenshot below) by dragging img file in the side bar, then highlight it with one click and press Burn. This way is much faster and more reliable than burning a DVD in iDVD.
With Toast 9 Titanium, select the tab VIDEO_TS Folders and drag your VIDEO_TS folder into the window (as shown in the screenshot below) and press burn (the big red button in the bottom right of the software window). This way of burning a DVD can be more reliable than the above method.
DVD Studio Pro, which comes as part of Final Cut Studio (and not sold separately) is the best option for creating that perfect DVD. You can use Compressor 3, which is part of the Final Cut Studio package, to convert the audio of your DVD from PCM to Ac-3 and so increase the bit-rate of the video image quality.
Then the process is much the same, save your final DVD using "Save as Disc Image...." and so create an img of your FanEdit, which can be opened and the VIDEO_TS file dragged anywhere you want.
iDVD Burning Tips
Burning a DVD directly from iDVD is not a good idea. For some reason burning a DVD this way generally causes glitches and errors. Never, in my experience, has a DVD but faultless using the iDVD burn feature, which also takes a very long time.
A much better option, as shown in the screenshot below, is to "Save as Disc Image...."
This creates a perfect digital DVD file as an img, which can then be opened and the VIDEO_TS dragged to any folder. Windows has issues with img files, so it is better to just pass on VIDEO_TS folder.
Burn your DVD in Disc Utility (see screenshot below) by dragging img file in the side bar, then highlight it with one click and press Burn. This way is much faster and more reliable than burning a DVD in iDVD.
With Toast 9 Titanium, select the tab VIDEO_TS Folders and drag your VIDEO_TS folder into the window (as shown in the screenshot below) and press burn (the big red button in the bottom right of the software window). This way of burning a DVD can be more reliable than the above method.
DVD Studio Pro, which comes as part of Final Cut Studio (and not sold separately) is the best option for creating that perfect DVD. You can use Compressor 3, which is part of the Final Cut Studio package, to convert the audio of your DVD from PCM to Ac-3 and so increase the bit-rate of the video image quality.
Then the process is much the same, save your final DVD using "Save as Disc Image...." and so create an img of your FanEdit, which can be opened and the VIDEO_TS file dragged anywhere you want.