http://forum.videohelp.com/ Everything about Macintosh Hardware, Software and all Mac Video related issues, including VCD, SVCD, DVD, DivX Authoring, Capturing, Converting, Editing, Ripping and Playing. en Wed, 22 May 2013 06:44:05 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.videohelp.com/images/misc/rss.png http://forum.videohelp.com/ http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356153-iMovie-11-Slideshow-to-DVD-for-Wedding-Screen-Projection-Questions?goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:02 GMT Hello everyone,

I will keep this as brief as possible. I've been tasked with creating a photo slideshow to be displayed at my niece's wedding later this week.

The content basics: approx 120 images- most are from scans(at 600 ppi) of photos of various sizes- 3x3 up to 5x7 and saved as high-quality jpegs(also saved as .tifs but I didn't notice any perceptable quality difference on my 27" Cinema display).

The output and display requirements:

Output #1: a DVD of the iMovie slideshow that will be played on a DVD player connected to an HD capable projector that will display the slideshow on a 100" diagonal screen(4:3 format). The slideshow will run passively in the backgound(not a viewing 'event') and loop throughout the night during the wedding reception. No music or sound from the DVD will be played during this playback of the DVD; it will be muted.

Output #2: a handful of DVDs of the slideshow(16:9 format) to be passed out as gifts to family members that will be played on either their HDTV(most are 720p) or their computer at home. The DVD slideshow will have transitions between photos, a few title slides, and integrated music clips.

I did a test export today(15 slides plus a music clip) from iMovie to iDVD and saw a pretty noticible reduction in photo quality comparing(on my same Mac screen) the photos in iPhoto to the photos in the rendered iMovie slideshow.

I'm fairly new at creating photo slideshows. Specifically, my questions are what settings in iMovie and iDVD should I set to optimized video quality for both of these output needs? I was told to set up my iMovie slideshow in 16:9 format for Output #1(the large screen at the wedding) to optimize visual quality- knowing it will letterbox. I also read somewhere that it might be better to create the slideshow in iDVD vs iMovie for quality purposes. However, I have multiple music clips for the slideshow and iDVD doesn't support that.

Anyhow, ANY tips at all would be greatly appreciated so I optimize the slideshow quality and try to avoid any technical surprises at the wedding.
Thank you! ]]> Mac carneasada http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356153-iMovie-11-Slideshow-to-DVD-for-Wedding-Screen-Projection-Questions http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356106-Nondestructively-move-h-264-from-MKV-to-m4a-%28mp4%29-while-compressing-Audio?goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 10:15:09 GMT I determined my family would be well off with MKV for the near future, so ripped most DVD's to MKV, keeping the mostly present AC3 track. Next thing my wife bought an iPad and now I'm thinking about the possibility of avoiding encoding/reencoding these many movies.

As mp4 can contain h.264, I was thinking if there was a Mac tool to move/mux the video nondestructively, while compressing the AC3?

Or am I better off just starting over in Handbrake with the lot? ]]> Mac pwes http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356106-Nondestructively-move-h-264-from-MKV-to-m4a-%28mp4%29-while-compressing-Audio http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355873-Convert-a-VIDEO_TS-folder-with-subtitles-to-MP4-with-hardsub?goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 22:06:55 GMT I have a VIDEO_TS folder of a series that I would like to convert into MP4 (or any other high quality format), so that I may watch it on my XBOX 360 (via Vuze or a flash drive). However, I noticed that each video in the folder has 2 subtitle tracks. I'd like to convert these and hardsub the second subtitle track. If there's no way to choose a track, then the first one will do I suppose.

Does anyone know of a way to do all of this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!:)

I'm running OSX 10.8.3 on a MacBook Air (1.8GHz Core i5 + 8GB RAM) ]]> Mac heyyro http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355873-Convert-a-VIDEO_TS-folder-with-subtitles-to-MP4-with-hardsub http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355757-Blu-ray-Burner-High-Quality-Production-of-HD-Discs-with-editing-software?goto=newpost Sun, 05 May 2013 06:45:41 GMT Could do with the assistance of others out there. I am looking to either hire someone to burn raw footage to blu-ray discs or alternatively obtaining a blu ray burner that will produce very high quality discs that are not region locked and can be played on a Mac laptop. The footage is... Could do with the assistance of others out there.

I am looking to either hire someone to burn raw footage to blu-ray discs or alternatively obtaining a blu ray burner that will produce very high quality discs that are not region locked and can be played on a Mac laptop.

The footage is currently 4 hours long and is in .MOV format with the codec in Apple ProRes 422 (LT) Linear PCM Timecode

Also what kind of software would I need to split a 4 hour movie into segmented parts to put on separate blu rays so that the quality of the film is not impacted due to high compression rates?

The current file size is over 128GB, so looking at how we could go about making a high quality video, and hoping this is easy to accomplish

Any help with this would be fantastic ]]> Mac NoobVH54745 http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355757-Blu-ray-Burner-High-Quality-Production-of-HD-Discs-with-editing-software http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355752-converting-or-rendering-video-to-AVC-HD-Mpeg4?goto=newpost Sun, 05 May 2013 03:16:55 GMT I am editing some files that are in AVC HD- Mpeg4 format. I need to export them out to the exact same format. But my older Mac can't seem to create that format. I have scoured the computer for that format. I can find Mpeg 4 but it doesn't meet all the other specs of the original format. How can I either render out to the AVC HD-Mpeg format or convert a file to the format?
Thanks ]]> Mac Tom in HD http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355752-converting-or-rendering-video-to-AVC-HD-Mpeg4 http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355709-Help%21-I-have-no-idea%21-Crappy-quality-from-iMovie-to-youtube?goto=newpost Thu, 02 May 2013 23:35:58 GMT Hi, I have the following issue: I uploaded a video into my I-movie. When I watch it in I-movie, the quality is crystal clear. When I want to upload it to Youtube, the quality is pretty bad. I do know that Youtube compresses video so the quality is always a bit worse, however, in this case the... Hi,

I have the following issue: I uploaded a video into my I-movie. When I watch it in I-movie, the quality is crystal clear. When I want to upload it to Youtube, the quality is pretty bad. I do know that Youtube compresses video so the quality is always a bit worse, however, in this case the quality is MUCH worse: the video is slightly blurry and just not clear/ sharp.

Trouble is; I do not know what camera was used to film the footage, nor do I know what the original movie format was.
When I want to download it onto my MAC using the 'export movie' function, it only allows me to to do so in medium (640 x 360), small or tiny format.

If I want to upload it to YOUTUBE I get the same choices.

When I did export the movie to my MAC using Quicktime and then watch it in Quicktime it still does not look as clear as in I-movie. As mentioned, in Youtube, it gets even worse.

How can I get at nearly the same quality in Youtube as I get in I-movie? ]]> Mac michaelv03 http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/355709-Help%21-I-have-no-idea%21-Crappy-quality-from-iMovie-to-youtube