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What's another good DVD menu authoring software, that can accept all kinds of formats? I was pretty upset when i found out that iDVD didn't accept any file formats that i have, so converting them only made them look worse. I really like the menus in iDVD, but if it doesn't accept the right file formats, it's ot worth using. Is there any comparable editing software with the like menus?
 
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Most formats will be converted if you are going to be producing a playable DVD because the DVD will require a proper MPEG-2 file. Beyond DVD Studio Pro, an offering from Adobe, and a primitive tool including as part of Toast, I'm not sure there are other DVD creation applications for the Mac. I'll also be interested, out of curiosity, if there are others.

I'd take a careful look at your conversion method. As far as I know, iDVD can't use a native MPEG-2 file, so you'll end up effectively converting twice. Once to something iDVD can read, and again when iDVD converts the file to mpg2, which takes some time.

When you do convert, do not limit the bit rate, or else make it high. Changing the image size from someting smaller than what the output will be will give a worse image.

Your lack of information makes me suspect that you are taking something like an already converted Divx file and expecting some miracle to occur. At any rate, your lack of information will get you less help. When you post, think about what kind of questions responders might have.
 
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What questions might you be asking? I created the file in 2 formats, 345Mb MPEG2 and an 8.80 GB AVI file. I converted both of these to MP4 at the highest quality possible, with no compression at all. I still got a green line at the bottom of the clip, but it only showed up in the finished DVD. When i played it in Quicktime, it never showed up.
 
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Specs of the original file; size, source, codec, length? Same specs for your converted files. Sounds like you are using something other than a OS X.

Note, giving the above info doesn't mean 'I' can answer your questions, but it is the type of stuff that helps people help you.
 
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Yea, i'm making my files via Bootcamp on a PC partition with Photodex Proshow Producer. I honestly have no clue about the codecs involved, the length is a mere 5-6 mins long, size is 720x480 pixels.
 
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I see via their web site that one of the output formats is MOV (QuickTime) but they don't give details about it, and I'm not going to download, install and figure it out for you. You might try that.

Open the info panel in QT for that movie and confirm the size is 720x480. Make sure the frame rate is 29.97fps. Also confirm the quality is good at this stage.

You said a green bar is not visible when played in QuickTime, on the Mac I assume. Is the green bar one pixel or many? I'm am completely out of my element here, but this might have something to do with the first frame being odd or even.

Also remember that you can use preview in iDVD to see the result. So try that with your current file to see if it displays the green bars. If so, then remember to try that before burning a new DVD with other tests.

You might want to search the forums for people who have done a similar thing using iMovie or have used sources transfered from their Windows OS's. I can imagine people have bumped into this before.
 

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