On 30/7/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty, if i save as a quicktime movie and burn it to a DVD, will that >play on a TV set or just a computer. I want it to play on a TV. >I have time, i won't see the bro law till Ag 14th, so i can still work >on this.
Basically, when you burn a DVD, there are effectively 2 types of DVD you can burn. DVD-Video and DVD-ROM The first type mentioned above, DVD-Video, is the type that you can place in a DVD player and watch on a TV. Just like if you hired it from Blockbuster. If you place the same DVD in your computer, then chance are that you will be able to watch it on there also - but not every computer has software that allows it to play a DVD-Video. For instance, if you opened the actual icon of the DVD disc on your desktop, eg double-click on it (without letting the DVD Player application start up, and look at the contents of it in a window, you will see two folders inside - one is called VIDEO_TS and the other is called AUDIO_TS. If you can only see these two folders in the DVD, then it is a DVD-Video and can play in a domestic TV DVD player. And of course, most likely on your computer. (Incidentally in case you were curious VIDEO_TS means 'video title set' and same for the audio folder. Note that all video and audio used for a DVD-Video are contained only in the 'VIDEO_TS' folder and nothing should be in the AUDIO_TS folder - the AUDIO_TS folder is only for audio-only recordings.) The second type of DVD, the DVD-ROM is a DVD that is used for storing files and folders, and typically if you plop a Quicktime movie file on it, it will run from your computer but not on your domestic DVD player onto your TV. If you drag a Quicktime movie file (name.mov) into Toast and let it burn, it will create a DVD-Video, as long as you ensure that the type of DVD you are burning is called 'DVD-Video'. Also make sure you select 'Create DVD Menu' if available. Then you will have a DVD you can watch on your TV from a standard DVD player. Long-winded, but extra info provided for the curious. PS Toast is okay at encoding for DVD-Video, but just 'okay'. Note that I edit in Final Cut, create and build in DVD Studio Pro, and burn in Toast never faster than 2X speed. But that's for professional level work. If it's cak, I'll bung it all in Toast ;-) PPS there's a 3rd type which is effectively a hybrid of the 2 above - a DVD-Video with DVD-ROM files also. When I pop a DVD into a client it is one of these, playable on a DVD video player but also containing other video files so they can pull off (say a WMV) and view on a computer that may not have DVD-Video software installed - and there are plenty of office computers like that still around! HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
