Re: [videoblogging] Re: christmas dvd - iDVD questions
Susan,You're exactly right. With iDVD, you export as a disc image RichardOn 12/28/05, Susan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Richard--Something else... When I create a project for a DVD, I save it to an .iso file on my hard drive. That initial rendering takes "thehour" or more that you're talking about... but once you have an .isoimage for a DVD, you can then just copy that image to the DVD itself without having to render each time... I'm sure Mac must have anoption like this too...Susanhttp://vlog.kitykity.com--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>> Bill,>> I think I figured out the answer to my question. Use "currentsettings" ...> Richard On 12/23/05, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > Thanks Bill!> >> > One simple question ... when you say you do the export quicktimedo you > > leave it at "default settings"?> >> > On 12/23/05, Bill Streeter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> > > Here is what I do to make a DVD with iDVD.> > > > > > I save an uncompressed quicktime file from FCP> > > (file/export/quicktime). This is very quick because the file isjust> > > transcoded into a QT wrapper. The files are large but not to > > > worry ... I'll explain in a minute.> > >> > > I then create my iDVD project which you obviously know how todo.> > > When you get your project together and hit the burn button iDVD > > > creates your menus and then encodes your files into MPEG2 format> > > that is significantly smaller than your uncompressed quicktime> > > source files but DVD quality. So if you have say 10 1 gig clips that> > > total 60 minutes in playing time, they won't be that big by thetime> > > iDVD is done with them and burned them onto a DVD.> > >> > > Also iDVD takes a long time to process this stuff so just be patient> > > and let it go overnight or something.> > >> > > One more thing Richard, if you don't have a large externalfirewire> > > drive you might want to consider getting one. It's almost essential> > > for working with FCP. You can set it to be your scratch diskwhen> > > you edit and you should get a little better performance fromyour> > > machine. Also it saves your system disk from a lot of wear and tear.> > > And it's really handy for backing up things and doing little> > > projects like this where you're going to be creating a lot oflarge> > > files.> > > > > > Bill Streeter> > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS> > > www.lofistl.com> > >> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > wrote:> > > >> > > > I know this is a video blog list, but, beings that I've neverbeen> > > > particularly on topic, and beings that some of you may want to do> > > this same> > > > thing with your vlogs, I have some iDVD questions.> > > >> > > > I had this really great idea, which is that I would make a> > > Christmas DVD for > > > > friends and family members gifts. (Mainly since I can't getthem> > > to watch my> > > > videos on the web :).> > > >> > > > It just so happens that I have about 1 3/4 hours of video total> > > that I have> > > > made since the richard show started, and the iDVD 5 has this> > > option for> > > > highest quality and 120 minutes, so I'm thinking I can fit > > > everything on> > > > there.> > > >> > > > First of all, I figured I should start with something betterthan> > > my> > > > freevlog compressed .mov files for the web, which would be a > > > hassle, since I> > > > used 4 different editing programs (premier elements, premier,> > > iMovie, and> > > > FCP), and what I saved is generally a project file to compress > > > from. So I> > > > started in final cut pro and tried exporting uncompressed 10bit> > > NTSC 48> > > > kHz. This took a long time and would create multiple gigabyte > > > files for each> > > > of my 21 videos, and with iDVD all these files have to be onone> > > drive. Then> > > > I tried the default quicktime for downloading to LAN, and this > > > took an even> > > > longer time, but created much smaller files. (I did this witha> > > couple of> > > > movies as an experiment.)> > > > > > > > So I pretty much gave up on that for now, and got into iDVDand> > > made a> > > > simple 2-level menu and added all the movies (in theirquicktime> > > free vlog > > > > compression setting format) and clicked burn and based on the> > > progress right> > > > now, it looks like the first DVD may be done about January 1.(OK,> > > I'm > > > > exagerating, but it looks like it may be, like, at least anhour,> > > or more,> > > > for one DVD to burn.)> > > >> > > > (Oh yeah, I have a 1.67 GHz power book Gr with 1 GB SDRAM)> > > >> > > > My questions:> > > >> > > > 1) Should I go to the trouble to recompress or export inbetter> > > format? (If > > > > so, what format/settings?)> > > > 2) If I do recompress/export and make bigger files is thatgoing> > > to make the> > > > iDVD burning process even slower? > > > > 2) Is there a way to make it faster?> > > > 3) Feel free to answer any other questions I should haveasked :)
[videoblogging] Re: christmas dvd - iDVD questions
Hi Richard-- Something else... When I create a project for a DVD, I save it to an .iso file on my hard drive. That initial rendering takes "the hour" or more that you're talking about... but once you have an .iso image for a DVD, you can then just copy that image to the DVD itself without having to render each time... I'm sure Mac must have an option like this too... Susan http://vlog.kitykity.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill, > > I think I figured out the answer to my question. Use "current settings" ... > Richard > > > > On 12/23/05, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Bill! > > > > One simple question ... when you say you do the export quicktime do you > > leave it at "default settings"? > > > > On 12/23/05, Bill Streeter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Here is what I do to make a DVD with iDVD. > > > > > > I save an uncompressed quicktime file from FCP > > > (file/export/quicktime). This is very quick because the file is just > > > transcoded into a QT wrapper. The files are large but not to > > > worry ... I'll explain in a minute. > > > > > > I then create my iDVD project which you obviously know how to do. > > > When you get your project together and hit the burn button iDVD > > > creates your menus and then encodes your files into MPEG2 format > > > that is significantly smaller than your uncompressed quicktime > > > source files but DVD quality. So if you have say 10 1 gig clips that > > > total 60 minutes in playing time, they won't be that big by the time > > > iDVD is done with them and burned them onto a DVD. > > > > > > Also iDVD takes a long time to process this stuff so just be patient > > > and let it go overnight or something. > > > > > > One more thing Richard, if you don't have a large external firewire > > > drive you might want to consider getting one. It's almost essential > > > for working with FCP. You can set it to be your scratch disk when > > > you edit and you should get a little better performance from your > > > machine. Also it saves your system disk from a lot of wear and tear. > > > And it's really handy for backing up things and doing little > > > projects like this where you're going to be creating a lot of large > > > files. > > > > > > Bill Streeter > > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > > www.lofistl.com > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I know this is a video blog list, but, beings that I've never been > > > > particularly on topic, and beings that some of you may want to do > > > this same > > > > thing with your vlogs, I have some iDVD questions. > > > > > > > > I had this really great idea, which is that I would make a > > > Christmas DVD for > > > > friends and family members gifts. (Mainly since I can't get them > > > to watch my > > > > videos on the web :). > > > > > > > > It just so happens that I have about 1 3/4 hours of video total > > > that I have > > > > made since the richard show started, and the iDVD 5 has this > > > option for > > > > highest quality and 120 minutes, so I'm thinking I can fit > > > everything on > > > > there. > > > > > > > > First of all, I figured I should start with something better than > > > my > > > > freevlog compressed .mov files for the web, which would be a > > > hassle, since I > > > > used 4 different editing programs (premier elements, premier, > > > iMovie, and > > > > FCP), and what I saved is generally a project file to compress > > > from. So I > > > > started in final cut pro and tried exporting uncompressed 10 bit > > > NTSC 48 > > > > kHz. This took a long time and would create multiple gigabyte > > > files for each > > > > of my 21 videos, and with iDVD all these files have to be on one > > > drive. Then > > > > I tried the default quicktime for downloading to LAN, and this > > > took an even > > > > longer time, but created much smaller files. (I did this with a > > > couple of > > > > movies as an experiment.) > > > > > > > > So I pretty much gave up on that for now, and got into iDVD and > > > made a > > > > simple 2-level menu and added all the movies (in their quicktime > > > free vlog > > > > compression setting format) and clicked burn and based on the > > > progress right > > > > now, it looks like the first DVD may be done about January 1. (OK, > > > I'm > > > > exagerating, but it looks like it may be, like, at least an hour, > > > or more, > > > > for one DVD to burn.) > > > > > > > > (Oh yeah, I have a 1.67 GHz power book Gr with 1 GB SDRAM) > > > > > > > > My questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Should I go to the trouble to recompress or export in better > > > format? (If > > > > so, what format/settings?) > > > > 2) If I do recompress/export and make bigger files is that going > > > to make the > > > > iDVD burning process even slower? > > > > 2) Is there a way to make it faster? > > > > 3) Feel free to answer a
Re: [videoblogging] Re: christmas dvd - iDVD questions
Bill,I think I figured out the answer to my question. Use "current settings" ... RichardOn 12/23/05, Richard Show < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Thanks Bill! One simple question ... when you say you do the export quicktime do you leave it at "default settings"?On 12/23/05, Bill Streeter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Here is what I do to make a DVD with iDVD.I save an uncompressed quicktime file from FCP (file/export/quicktime). This is very quick because the file is justtranscoded into a QT wrapper. The files are large but not toworry ... I'll explain in a minute.I then create my iDVD project which you obviously know how to do. When you get your project together and hit the burn button iDVDcreates your menus and then encodes your files into MPEG2 formatthat is significantly smaller than your uncompressed quicktimesource files but DVD quality. So if you have say 10 1 gig clips that total 60 minutes in playing time, they won't be that big by the timeiDVD is done with them and burned them onto a DVD.Also iDVD takes a long time to process this stuff so just be patientand let it go overnight or something. One more thing Richard, if you don't have a large external firewiredrive you might want to consider getting one. It's almost essentialfor working with FCP. You can set it to be your scratch disk whenyou edit and you should get a little better performance from your machine. Also it saves your system disk from a lot of wear and tear.And it's really handy for backing up things and doing littleprojects like this where you're going to be creating a lot of largefiles. Bill StreeterLO-FI SAINT LOUISwww.lofistl.com--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I know this is a video blog list, but, beings that I've never been> particularly on topic, and beings that some of you may want to dothis same> thing with your vlogs, I have some iDVD questions. >> I had this really great idea, which is that I would make aChristmas DVD for> friends and family members gifts. (Mainly since I can't get themto watch my> videos on the web :).> > It just so happens that I have about 1 3/4 hours of video totalthat I have> made since the richard show started, and the iDVD 5 has thisoption for> highest quality and 120 minutes, so I'm thinking I can fit everything on> there.>> First of all, I figured I should start with something better thanmy> freevlog compressed .mov files for the web, which would be ahassle, since I> used 4 different editing programs (premier elements, premier, iMovie, and> FCP), and what I saved is generally a project file to compressfrom. So I> started in final cut pro and tried exporting uncompressed 10 bitNTSC 48> kHz. This took a long time and would create multiple gigabyte files for each> of my 21 videos, and with iDVD all these files have to be on onedrive. Then> I tried the default quicktime for downloading to LAN, and thistook an even> longer time, but created much smaller files. (I did this with a couple of> movies as an experiment.)>> So I pretty much gave up on that for now, and got into iDVD andmade a> simple 2-level menu and added all the movies (in their quicktimefree vlog > compression setting format) and clicked burn and based on theprogress right> now, it looks like the first DVD may be done about January 1. (OK,I'm> exagerating, but it looks like it may be, like, at least an hour, or more,> for one DVD to burn.)>> (Oh yeah, I have a 1.67 GHz power book Gr with 1 GB SDRAM)>> My questions:>> 1) Should I go to the trouble to recompress or export in better format? (If> so, what format/settings?)> 2) If I do recompress/export and make bigger files is that goingto make the> iDVD burning process even slower?> 2) Is there a way to make it faster? > 3) Feel free to answer any other questions I should have asked :)>> ... Richard, ho ho ho>> --> Richard> http://www.richardshow.com > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-->Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM~->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/ -- Richard http://www.richardshow.com -- Richard http://www.richardshow.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Group
Re: [videoblogging] Re: christmas dvd - iDVD questions
Thanks Bill! One simple question ... when you say you do the export quicktime do you leave it at "default settings"?On 12/23/05, Bill Streeter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Here is what I do to make a DVD with iDVD.I save an uncompressed quicktime file from FCP (file/export/quicktime). This is very quick because the file is justtranscoded into a QT wrapper. The files are large but not toworry ... I'll explain in a minute.I then create my iDVD project which you obviously know how to do. When you get your project together and hit the burn button iDVDcreates your menus and then encodes your files into MPEG2 formatthat is significantly smaller than your uncompressed quicktimesource files but DVD quality. So if you have say 10 1 gig clips that total 60 minutes in playing time, they won't be that big by the timeiDVD is done with them and burned them onto a DVD.Also iDVD takes a long time to process this stuff so just be patientand let it go overnight or something. One more thing Richard, if you don't have a large external firewiredrive you might want to consider getting one. It's almost essentialfor working with FCP. You can set it to be your scratch disk whenyou edit and you should get a little better performance from your machine. Also it saves your system disk from a lot of wear and tear.And it's really handy for backing up things and doing littleprojects like this where you're going to be creating a lot of largefiles. Bill StreeterLO-FI SAINT LOUISwww.lofistl.com--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I know this is a video blog list, but, beings that I've never been> particularly on topic, and beings that some of you may want to dothis same> thing with your vlogs, I have some iDVD questions. >> I had this really great idea, which is that I would make aChristmas DVD for> friends and family members gifts. (Mainly since I can't get themto watch my> videos on the web :).> > It just so happens that I have about 1 3/4 hours of video totalthat I have> made since the richard show started, and the iDVD 5 has thisoption for> highest quality and 120 minutes, so I'm thinking I can fit everything on> there.>> First of all, I figured I should start with something better thanmy> freevlog compressed .mov files for the web, which would be ahassle, since I> used 4 different editing programs (premier elements, premier, iMovie, and> FCP), and what I saved is generally a project file to compressfrom. So I> started in final cut pro and tried exporting uncompressed 10 bitNTSC 48> kHz. This took a long time and would create multiple gigabyte files for each> of my 21 videos, and with iDVD all these files have to be on onedrive. Then> I tried the default quicktime for downloading to LAN, and thistook an even> longer time, but created much smaller files. (I did this with a couple of> movies as an experiment.)>> So I pretty much gave up on that for now, and got into iDVD andmade a> simple 2-level menu and added all the movies (in their quicktimefree vlog > compression setting format) and clicked burn and based on theprogress right> now, it looks like the first DVD may be done about January 1. (OK,I'm> exagerating, but it looks like it may be, like, at least an hour, or more,> for one DVD to burn.)>> (Oh yeah, I have a 1.67 GHz power book Gr with 1 GB SDRAM)>> My questions:>> 1) Should I go to the trouble to recompress or export in better format? (If> so, what format/settings?)> 2) If I do recompress/export and make bigger files is that goingto make the> iDVD burning process even slower?> 2) Is there a way to make it faster? > 3) Feel free to answer any other questions I should have asked :)>> ... Richard, ho ho ho>> --> Richard> http://www.richardshow.com > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-->Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM~->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/ -- Richard http://www.richardshow.com SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Typepad Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[videoblogging] Re: christmas dvd - iDVD questions
Here is what I do to make a DVD with iDVD. I save an uncompressed quicktime file from FCP (file/export/quicktime). This is very quick because the file is just transcoded into a QT wrapper. The files are large but not to worry ... I'll explain in a minute. I then create my iDVD project which you obviously know how to do. When you get your project together and hit the burn button iDVD creates your menus and then encodes your files into MPEG2 format that is significantly smaller than your uncompressed quicktime source files but DVD quality. So if you have say 10 1 gig clips that total 60 minutes in playing time, they won't be that big by the time iDVD is done with them and burned them onto a DVD. Also iDVD takes a long time to process this stuff so just be patient and let it go overnight or something. One more thing Richard, if you don't have a large external firewire drive you might want to consider getting one. It's almost essential for working with FCP. You can set it to be your scratch disk when you edit and you should get a little better performance from your machine. Also it saves your system disk from a lot of wear and tear. And it's really handy for backing up things and doing little projects like this where you're going to be creating a lot of large files. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard Show <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know this is a video blog list, but, beings that I've never been > particularly on topic, and beings that some of you may want to do this same > thing with your vlogs, I have some iDVD questions. > > I had this really great idea, which is that I would make a Christmas DVD for > friends and family members gifts. (Mainly since I can't get them to watch my > videos on the web :). > > It just so happens that I have about 1 3/4 hours of video total that I have > made since the richard show started, and the iDVD 5 has this option for > highest quality and 120 minutes, so I'm thinking I can fit everything on > there. > > First of all, I figured I should start with something better than my > freevlog compressed .mov files for the web, which would be a hassle, since I > used 4 different editing programs (premier elements, premier, iMovie, and > FCP), and what I saved is generally a project file to compress from. So I > started in final cut pro and tried exporting uncompressed 10 bit NTSC 48 > kHz. This took a long time and would create multiple gigabyte files for each > of my 21 videos, and with iDVD all these files have to be on one drive. Then > I tried the default quicktime for downloading to LAN, and this took an even > longer time, but created much smaller files. (I did this with a couple of > movies as an experiment.) > > So I pretty much gave up on that for now, and got into iDVD and made a > simple 2-level menu and added all the movies (in their quicktime free vlog > compression setting format) and clicked burn and based on the progress right > now, it looks like the first DVD may be done about January 1. (OK, I'm > exagerating, but it looks like it may be, like, at least an hour, or more, > for one DVD to burn.) > > (Oh yeah, I have a 1.67 GHz power book Gr with 1 GB SDRAM) > > My questions: > > 1) Should I go to the trouble to recompress or export in better format? (If > so, what format/settings?) > 2) If I do recompress/export and make bigger files is that going to make the > iDVD burning process even slower? > 2) Is there a way to make it faster? > 3) Feel free to answer any other questions I should have asked :) > > ... Richard, ho ho ho > > -- > Richard > http://www.richardshow.com > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM ~-> 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/
