need some iDVD help

[mrboscombe]

Need some help with iDVD please. Just started using it.

I've edited a film in Final Cut, and burnt to DVD using iDVD. It's all working fine when you play it back on a Mac (I've run it on two using OSX 10.4 and on one using OSX10.3) but when I play it on a DVD player (and an XBox360) and a TV, the film is cropped at the top, bottom and sides.

The film was edited in Final Cut at DV Pal (5:4) and I've tried the 16:9 and 4:3 settings in iDVD. Am I missing something in iDVD?

Please help!

 

[huntercr]

Need some help with iDVD please. Just started using it.

I've edited a film in Final Cut, and burnt to DVD using iDVD. It's all working fine when you play it back on a Mac (I've run it on two using OSX 10.4 and on one using OSX10.3) but when I play it on a DVD player (and an XBox360) and a TV, the film is cropped at the top, bottom and sides.

The film was edited in Final Cut at DV Pal (5:4) and I've tried the 16:9 and 4:3 settings in iDVD. Am I missing something in iDVD?

Please help!

Might be a dumb question to ask, but you're minding the TV safe/overscan in FCP right?

 

[fluidedge]

When you export from final cut select "Quicktime movie..." not "quicktime conversion"

open the video in quicktime (right click and select not double click)

it CMD-J to open movie propeties, click on video track.

Now adjust the pixel ratio to what ever you want (1024x576 for 16:9 PAL)

(also check the high quality box down in the bottom corner )

now hit cmd-S to save it.

In iDVD, drag and drop this saved file into your project

HTH

 

[mrboscombe]

TV safe wasn't a dumb question at all. That seems to have sorted things out. Thanks very much!

 

[huntercr]

TV safe wasn't a dumb question at all. That seems to have sorted things out. Thanks very much!

Excellent! Glad I could help. Good luck!