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sorry guys, but i am too lazy to create a new thread. but i got a quick question, i got a 4x superdrive. if i use a 2x dvd-r, would this work.

i can't make my superdrive to burn...

 

[stoid]

sorry guys, but i am too lazy to create a new thread. but i got a quick question, i got a 4x superdrive. if i use a 2x dvd-r, would this work.

i can't make my superdrive to burn...

Make sure you set, in your DVD burning prefs, to only burn at 2x otherwise you'll get a coaster.

 

[redAPPLE]

Make sure you set, in your DVD burning prefs, to only burn at 2x otherwise you'll get a coaster.

thanks for the advice.

 

[redAPPLE]

Update! So the "hack" worked. now i am "stuck" with 2 folders after the "burn".an .img file was created with the video_ts and the audio_ts folders.

if i want to burn this to a dvd in a later date (i have a superdrive (internal) and i only want to archive my movie), how can i do this with iDvd or better yet in dvd studio pro?

any help would be appreciated.

 

[WinterMute]

I'm not sure you can burn with iDVD or DVDSP from a VIDEO_TS folder, I use Toast for that, any good burning utility should do, but toast 6 works well. I archive DVD projects like that all the time.

If you need to be able to edit you DVD's later you can't create a VIDEO_TS folder, you need to use the "Archive Project" option from DVDSP, or simply store the MPEG2 and audio files (muxed if using iDVD)and the graphics stuff along with the DVDSP file. This is much more economical with space than storing 2 hours of DV-stream and render files from a FCP project.

You can also save an iDVD project by unchecking the "delete rendered assets" (I think...) from the iDVD preferences, apparently this saves the converted video/audio as part of the iDVD file, and you won't need to re-render when you burn, although I have never tried this.

You can always recover your video and audio from the VIDEO_TS folder using DVDX 1 to 1 or suchlike, but its time consuming and a pain.

 

[redAPPLE]

If you need to be able to edit you DVD's later you can't create a VIDEO_TS folder, you need to use the "Archive Project" option from DVDSP, or simply store the MPEG2 and audio files (muxed if using iDVD)and the graphics stuff along with the DVDSP file. This is much more economical with space than storing 2 hours of DV-stream and render files from a FCP project.

"archive project" option? could you please elaborate on this... where do i find this? sorry but i am still a dvdsp newbie, so a "step by step" woudl be appreciated. thanks.