NiceGuyTommy
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Hey all. Here's the problem... and I think it stems from the fact I'm British!
Okay, so I've got Final Cut HD and iDVD and Toast. I was told if I export from Final Cut Pro as a Quicktime file, I could put this Quicktime file in to iDVD - and using a download add on from the internet - convert the whole thing to an image file (we have an external DVD burner and apparently this is the best way to do it). Then we burnt the image file through Toast.
All seemed great, the DVD's play back in colour on my DVD player, my girlfriends etc etc... however, when we played it on one DVD player in my house the image was black and white. We figured that this was the case because being in Europe, Pal format is standard, and the add on we got from the internet was American and therefore burnt our DVD's to NTSC format (with no exception). Not a problem we thought. Then we took it to have it screened, and the DVD player at the cinema played the image in black and white!
I know it's not that major, but it's like playing Russian Roulette if we take our DVD to be screened somewhere and their DVD player can't play NTSC - or can, but in black and white only. Does anyone know how a UK filmmaker with Final Cut etc can get his work on to a DVD if he hasn't got an internal DVD burner in his Apple? Thanks for reading.
I'm starting to think, once it's fully edited, record it back to DV tape, and just take it somewhere with a little bit more of a professional setup than us? Probably just answered my own question there.
Thanks for any replies, sorry for the ridiculously long post.
Okay, so I've got Final Cut HD and iDVD and Toast. I was told if I export from Final Cut Pro as a Quicktime file, I could put this Quicktime file in to iDVD - and using a download add on from the internet - convert the whole thing to an image file (we have an external DVD burner and apparently this is the best way to do it). Then we burnt the image file through Toast.
All seemed great, the DVD's play back in colour on my DVD player, my girlfriends etc etc... however, when we played it on one DVD player in my house the image was black and white. We figured that this was the case because being in Europe, Pal format is standard, and the add on we got from the internet was American and therefore burnt our DVD's to NTSC format (with no exception). Not a problem we thought. Then we took it to have it screened, and the DVD player at the cinema played the image in black and white!
I know it's not that major, but it's like playing Russian Roulette if we take our DVD to be screened somewhere and their DVD player can't play NTSC - or can, but in black and white only. Does anyone know how a UK filmmaker with Final Cut etc can get his work on to a DVD if he hasn't got an internal DVD burner in his Apple? Thanks for reading.
I'm starting to think, once it's fully edited, record it back to DV tape, and just take it somewhere with a little bit more of a professional setup than us? Probably just answered my own question there.
Thanks for any replies, sorry for the ridiculously long post.
