iMovie/iDVD

[bonnie123]

I converted an old family movie from a Video on my DVD recorder and it burned it as a VIDEO.TS file which plays on my computer and TV.
I needed to edit it and add sound but couldn't import it into iMOVIE.
I then tried a conversion to an .AVI file -- same result.
I then converted the VIDEO.TS file to a .DV file and it worked perfectly.
I imported into iMOVIE, edited and added sound and saved it as an IMOVIE PROJECT.
Everything works perfectly in iMOVIE.
I then attempted to "SHARE" with iDVD so I could burn the finished product but got an "UNSUPPORTED FORMAT" message.

Please help - where have I goofed?

 

[gauchogolfer]

As long as you can manipulate the video in iMovie I'd be surprised if iDVD had problems. Have you tried opening the iMovie project from within iDVD? That may be a work-around. Also, you can 'Burn Project to Disc' from within iMovie, if you don't want to add any iDVD effects.

 

[-DH]

>>where have I goofed?<<

You would have been much better off doing the editing BEFORE you converted the footage and burned it to DVD.

The DVD-Video creation process highly compresses the video footage ... then you converted it into an editable format for iMovie ... and now you're going to compress it again to make a new DVD. You're taking at least 3 major quality hits with the workflow you choose.

-DH