iMOVIE & iDVD

[Tolly]

hey, this may be a silly question but ill shoot for it anyway. well as soon as i got into dvd burning, i jumped right into the big, complicated stuff (4.3G+, DVDSP, FCP, etc.). i was just wondering, what can the other, more simpler programs do? like imovie and idvd, sorry i have never even experimented with them. im just curious, what types of format will they accept and what types of authoring can u do? if someone could fill me in on the capabilities of these two progs that would be great. thanks guys!

[resnullius]

i haven't tried idvd but imovie IMO is only good for capturing from your dv cam.

[Tolly]

ok thanks for that info, but does anyone know anything more about idvd? is it true that u can import 90 mins. of almost any video format (mpeg, avi, mov) and burn it to a dvd-r? and, probably little or nothing, but what can you do for parts of the process of backing up commercial dvds? i already know the more complicated processes, but i wanna learn more about this idvd program, eventhough im pretty sure it cant do the heavy stuff. if someone could give some details for idvd that would be great. i wanna know its capabilities. i may be able to do things i need to do more simply in idvd!

[major]

a good place to start reading is http://www.apple.com/idvd/