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I've been trying to burn a concert video file to DVD. I've been using Toast for a long time and know it pretty well. This is an .mov file taken and compiled from YouTube. I know Youtube quality isn't the greatest but this file actually looks really good. When I play it as an .mov file full-screen on my computer the quality is great and the colour is vibrant.

Then when I try and burn it to DVD the colour is slightly washed out and the quality is really blocky. I have the burning options set at BEST quality.

This is really frustrating. Am I doing something wrong? :|
 
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It's probably just a side effect of the compression needed to fit it onto a single DVD. How big is the MOV file?
 
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Only thing I can think of is when you convert from say AVI to a DVD there is some loss. I am sure the same goes for MOV. When converting from one format to another there is always some loss that I can see. MOV or AVI will not play on a DVD player without conversion.
 
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dtravis7 said:
Only thing I can think of is when you convert from say AVI to a DVD there is some loss. I am sure the same goes for MOV. When converting from one format to another there is always some loss that I can see. MOV or AVI will not play on a DVD player without conversion.
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Thanks for your input. Is there anything at all I can do, to get this on DVD at acceptable quality?
 
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In Toast are you selecting DVD Video from the Video Tab and then dropping in your MOV? If so do you see a panel to the left where you select the Menu style? If so my Toast has a slider at the bottom of that panel with Video Quality. Is yours set to Best?
 
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similar problem

I just finished a freelance commercial and i'm trying to burn it onto a dvd. Same problem! Started as a high quality .mov, but the resulting dvd has dull colour- even with the highest settings.

Burning with idvd keeps the quality reasonably similar but then you are forced to have to choose one of many themes and there seems no way to have it just play.
 

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