Blurry DVD's burned using iDVD

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robert222

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Has anyone seen this and have a remedy?

Specifically, when I made a slideshow in iMovie, the pictures are perfect. High resolution.

When I share it and burn it via iDVD, the resolution of the pictures is terrible. Whether I play the burned DVD on my Mac, my Plasma, or a regular 4:3 TV, they're very poor quality :eek:

Any ideas...

Thanks
 
Have you checked encoding quality in the project preferences?
 
Rather export it as a movie and then burn on DVD.
 
I'm not a Mac user, but I'll bet you've got the bitrate encoding settings set too low. Afaik the max DVD bitrate is just below 10 000 kbps.
 
StbA said:
Rather export it as a movie and then burn on DVD.
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Thanks for the reply. I am very new to Mac (got it 2 weeks ago).
How do I do the above method? Do I need additional software?


Thanks
 
robert222 said:
Thanks for the reply. I am very new to Mac (got it 2 weeks ago).
How do I do the above method? Do I need additional software?


Thanks
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Nope everything is included in the software.
PM me if you require Skype support.
 
Ask the 'Apple discussion forum'. I changed to Mac last September and all my questions were answered within minutes!
 
StbA said:
Nope everything is included in the software.
PM me if you require Skype support.
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So in iMovie, I exported my project as a movie. It's in .m4v format in document folder.
How do I burn it to a dvd if I can't use iDvd? I assume I won't be able to create the Dvd menus as in iDvd?
I'm not sure the dvd will work in normal dvd players if the file is in m4v format?
 
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What version of iMovie?, Version 8.04 has the option to export it as a Quicktime movie.

Edit: When you export it as a Quicktime movie click on Options, there is a whole slew of settings you can play around with.
 
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I exported as a movie (.m4v) and the quality is almost as good as in iMovie :-)
When sharing via a dvd I had to change the quality from the default "best performance" to "professional quality" Much better!
I also reduced the use of "Ken Burns" panning effects as this doesn't work well on tvs (lots of lines and jarring)
Thanks for you help!
 
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