Re: Exporting DV using Toast

On Dec 8, 9:27 am, Martin S Taylor <mar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have some old home-recorded DVDs which I want to re-master as Xmas
presents, so I extracted the footage from them in DV format using Toast,
edited them using Final Cut Pro, and mastered and burnt them using iDVD. All
went well until playing the final disc image with DVD player, it's all
juddery, like a very old home movie. Playing it frame by frame you can see
that when an object moves from left to right, sometimes successive frames
move it the other way, from right to left.

Messing about to try to find out what's wrong, it seems to be a problem with
the original DV files. How can this be? I thought once you had a DV file
which played properly in QuickTime Player and such, there was nothing to
worry about. How naïve.

Even if I export the file from FCP using QuickTime conversion it still won't
work in iDVD.

Three questions, then.

1. What *is* going on, and how can a DV file work so well right up to the
point when I prepare a disk image?

2. What should I use to rip files off a DVD (and preferable a DVD-RAM) into a
format that I can edit them using FCP? Without losing quality.

3. I've used Toast because it seems to be the only thing that will extract DV
files from DVD-RAM disks. If it is the only way, is there an easy way to
convert the extracted files into a format which won't produce the juddering
when burnt to DVD?

I think I had this same problem when I created an HD DVD in iMovie
when the source didn't justify it. When I scaled it back to normal
resolution things were fine.

Sorry an't be more specific as it was a while ago.
--
Cheers,

Steve
.

Relevant Pages

  • Exporting DV using Toast
    ... presents, so I extracted the footage from them in DV format using Toast, ... went well until playing the final disc image with DVD player, ... Playing it frame by frame you can see ... I've used Toast because it seems to be the only thing that will extract DV ...
    (uk.comp.sys.mac)
  • Why No One Wins in the High-Def Format War
    ... Why No One Wins in the High-Def Format War ... What does Paramount's defection to HD DVD mean for consumers? ... Blu-ray appeared to have an enviable ... Blu-ray players in its stores. ...
    (alt.video.dvd)
  • CINRAM NOW MIDDLE MAN IN DVD WAR VHS v. Beta: Part II
    ... CINRAM NOW MIDDLE MAN IN DVD WAR VHS v. Beta: ... today?s fierce battle between two emerging DVD ... The battle is between Sony?s Blu-ray disc and Toshiba?s HD-DVD. ... claim to have a superior next-generation DVD format, ...
    (alt.video.dvd)
  • Paramount has a Blu-ray day.
    ... Par has a Blu-ray day ... The high-definition DVD format war has taken a strange twist. ... The addition of Paramount to the Blu-ray side means studios repping ...
    (alt.video.dvd)
  • NewestShareware.com Issue #284
    ... An easier to read version of this newsletter in HTML format can ... Added support for FireFox Google Toolbar History Cleaning. ... SuperDVD Video Editor is a all-in-one solution for home video editing ... Direct Burn any format moviesto VCD DVD. ...
    (comp.software.shareware.announce)