Hello all. I've spent a few hours dredging the 'net and still rather lost so I've come here seeking help from those that know
Relatively simple issue. I'm still in my first Mac year after nearly 20 with a PC. With the PC I had it all sorted and kind of straight in my head. For some reason I liked the iMac (I do love it!) but am encountering issues from time to time.
Ok to the point. I took a 20 minute film on my Canon HV30 HD camcorder and imported it to iMovie at 1080 all no problem. Edited and finalised it all no problem. I am PAL being UK based and everything is in 16:9. 25fps. I'm on a 2012 iMac. v. 10.8.2
Managed to burn it to a DVD using iDVD. Playback on my plasma 42" screen looks way below par and there seems to be the introduction of lots of 'jaggies' on the metal mesh that figures in a lot of the footage (I am assessing a dangerous dog in a kennel in the video). On my Mac screen this all looks very smooth and acceptable.
I'm using Share>iDVD and then it takes a minute to go through the progress bar and then leads me to the iDVD menu. I am asked to choose a theme (is it possible to avoid a theme and just burn the project straight off? if so, how please?) and I seem to be asked about 4:3 and 16:9 setting when using 'Old themes'. Might the viewing ratio affect the viewing experience or is that just referring to the menu screen? On the 'Media' button I can choose a Medium, Large, 720 or 1080 sized video. I choose a 1080, though when burning another disc at Large the image is a little less clear, but either way the jagged bars are still very apparent. I could actually leave it as it is, but I'd like the video quality to be as good as I can get and I feel I'm missing the best it could do due to my lack of understanding most likely.
Is there a better software that would burn all of this more easily, free from the need to choose a theme and iron out my IQ problems?
On the PC I used to use Pinnacle which I would finish the project with an .iso file and then use Imageburn for burning. Job done with very acceptable results. I was partly swayed to Mac for its video abilities and am now feeling lost.
Should I be looking for a .iso equivalent which I gather is .dmg Just tell me if I'm going off on a wild tangent?!
Hopefully this is half way coherent and thank you for reading it through.
Nick
Relatively simple issue. I'm still in my first Mac year after nearly 20 with a PC. With the PC I had it all sorted and kind of straight in my head. For some reason I liked the iMac (I do love it!) but am encountering issues from time to time.
Ok to the point. I took a 20 minute film on my Canon HV30 HD camcorder and imported it to iMovie at 1080 all no problem. Edited and finalised it all no problem. I am PAL being UK based and everything is in 16:9. 25fps. I'm on a 2012 iMac. v. 10.8.2
Managed to burn it to a DVD using iDVD. Playback on my plasma 42" screen looks way below par and there seems to be the introduction of lots of 'jaggies' on the metal mesh that figures in a lot of the footage (I am assessing a dangerous dog in a kennel in the video). On my Mac screen this all looks very smooth and acceptable.
I'm using Share>iDVD and then it takes a minute to go through the progress bar and then leads me to the iDVD menu. I am asked to choose a theme (is it possible to avoid a theme and just burn the project straight off? if so, how please?) and I seem to be asked about 4:3 and 16:9 setting when using 'Old themes'. Might the viewing ratio affect the viewing experience or is that just referring to the menu screen? On the 'Media' button I can choose a Medium, Large, 720 or 1080 sized video. I choose a 1080, though when burning another disc at Large the image is a little less clear, but either way the jagged bars are still very apparent. I could actually leave it as it is, but I'd like the video quality to be as good as I can get and I feel I'm missing the best it could do due to my lack of understanding most likely.
Is there a better software that would burn all of this more easily, free from the need to choose a theme and iron out my IQ problems?
On the PC I used to use Pinnacle which I would finish the project with an .iso file and then use Imageburn for burning. Job done with very acceptable results. I was partly swayed to Mac for its video abilities and am now feeling lost.
Should I be looking for a .iso equivalent which I gather is .dmg Just tell me if I'm going off on a wild tangent?!
Hopefully this is half way coherent and thank you for reading it through.
Nick