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[MT-Mike]

Hey all,

Does Toast 9 support Imovie 5.0.2?

If it does... how do you drag the file in... to burn a  DVD
I keep getting an unsupported format error message

Thanks

[tsantee]

Hey all,

Does Toast 9 support Imovie 5.0.2?

If it does... how do you drag the file in... to burn a  DVD
I keep getting an unsupported format error message

Thanks

If your Imovie file is in your Movies folder, choose Movies with the Toast Media Browser to select and add it to the Video window.

[Frank42]

On a similar note, can you use the iDVD features to set up the DVD, or do you just get a recording of the Movie, without the options, slide shows, etc?

Thanks.

[tsantee]

On a similar note, can you use the iDVD features to set up the DVD, or do you just get a recording of the Movie, without the options, slide shows, etc?

Thanks.

Toast creates a video DVD of your final iMovie edit. Whatever is playing in your timeline is what will be on your DVD. If you choose to add chapter markers in iMovie then those are also included in Toast.

The major differences between using Toast or iDVD to create a video DVD from iMovie are that iDVD has motion menus with sound that compliment iMovie thenes and iDVD only uses PCM audio whereas Toast has basic menus without audio and can encode Dolby Digital AC-3 audio at various settings or PCM if you prefer. The advantage of AC-3 audio is it lowers the total bit-rate of the file making it more compatible with some DVD players while also enabling the video encoding to either be at a greater bit rate or for more video to fit a disc with longer recordings.

Another important issue is if you are using iTunes Music Store downloaded audio in your iMovie. iDVD will accept those audio tracks. However, Apple does not allow Toast or other third party applications to use those copy-protected audio tracks. The workaround is to first use iTunes to burn an audio CD of the iTunes Music Store tracks and then import the audio from the burned CD for use in iMovie. This bypasses Apple's digital rights management.

[Frank42]

Toast creates a video DVD of your final iMovie edit. Whatever is playing in your timeline is what will be on your DVD. If you choose to add chapter markers in iMovie then those are also included in Toast.

The major differences between using Toast or iDVD to create a video DVD from iMovie are that iDVD has motion menus with sound that compliment iMovie thenes and iDVD only uses PCM audio whereas Toast has basic menus without audio and can encode Dolby Digital AC-3 audio at various settings or PCM if you prefer. The advantage of AC-3 audio is it lowers the total bit-rate of the file making it more compatible with some DVD players while also enabling the video encoding to either be at a greater bit rate or for more video to fit a disc with longer recordings.

Another important issue is if you are using iTunes Music Store downloaded audio in your iMovie. iDVD will accept those audio tracks. However, Apple does not allow Toast or other third party applications to use those copy-protected audio tracks. The workaround is to first use iTunes to burn an audio CD of the iTunes Music Store tracks and then import the audio from the burned CD for use in iMovie. This bypasses Apple's digital rights management.

Many thanks. I will give that a try. I am very new at doing things outside the Apple programs, and have been struggling to deal with the Canon AVCHD files and making a movie.