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 [email protected], 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 [email protected], 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 Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard > > http://www.richardshow.com > > > > > > -- > Richard > http://www.richardshow.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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