HD Home Movies with Toast

[popeye59]

I own a Sony HD Camcorder (HDR HC-7) and regularly shoot movies of my 4 year old son to share with my parents and godmother. At the moment I

 

Upload to iMovie HD (Firewire link)

Edit in iMovie

Share to iDvD and burn a DVD

 

I have an Intel core duo iMac20 running 10.5.7

 

I have a Sony Bravia HD TV

I have Apple TV HDMI connected to my Sony TV and can play HD content from the iTunes store

I can play content from my home network and uploaded to Apple TV via Boxee

I have an SD DVD Player

My parents have Blu Ray DVD

 

I do not have a Blu Ray DVD player

I do not currently own a copy of Toast Titanium

 

There are 2 things I would like to do:

 

1. Burn HD DVD's for my parents

2. Create HD copies of my home movies that I can play on my Apple TV via Boxee

 

Can I do either of these with Toast Titanium ?

If so can you outline the steps ?

Do I need any more hardware ?

[tsantee]

Sorry I was unclear....AVI and MP4 are example file formats which I know I can play off my network on my Apple TV with Boxee....they are not the format of what comes off my camera. They are examples of other videos which I know Apple TV can play

 

The clips off my camera are .mov files. When they get imported into iMovie they become an iMovie Project file.

 

I still do not completely follow how I take these files into Toast to make AVCHD discs

 

I understand the comment about the BR players

The process is to add the movies either directly from your camera or from your iMovie edit to the Blu-ray setting in the Toast Video window. Toast then can convert the high-def video to either MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 format and author and burn to a Blu-ray compatible disc. When burning to the normal 4.7 GB DVD disc you'll be limited to less than 30 minutes of video per disc (I don't know the exact amount). Toast also has a video editor where you can trim out sections of video you don't want.

 

Roxio has a 30-day refund policy if you purchase Toast as a download from the Roxio site. That way you can try it out and if it doesn't meet your needs ask for a refund.

[wkearney99]

Sorry I was unclear....AVI and MP4 are example file formats which I know I can play off my network on my Apple TV with Boxee....they are not the format of what comes off my camera. They are examples of other videos which I know Apple TV can play

The clips off my camera are .mov files. When they get imported into iMovie they become an iMovie Project file.

I still do not completely follow how I take these files into Toast to make AVCHD discs

I understand the comment about the BR players

Toast 10 can burn discs in many formats. It can create a Blu-Ray compatible disc on a regular DVD disc. One that will playback HD video on a Blu-Ray player. You get about a half-hour of HD video on a 4.7gb DVD disc. Toast 10 will convert the video as necessary to do it. When you've got native HD video it gets recorded without transcoding. To create such disc you'd select that type in Toast, drag your clips to it and burn. Simple as that.

[popeye59]

The process is to add the movies either directly from your camera or from your iMovie edit to the Blu-ray setting in the Toast Video window. Toast then can convert the high-def video to either MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 format and author and burn to a Blu-ray compatible disc. When burning to the normal 4.7 GB DVD disc you'll be limited to less than 30 minutes of video per disc (I don't know the exact amount). Toast also has a video editor where you can trim out sections of video you don't want.

 

Roxio has a 30-day refund policy if you purchase Toast as a download from the Roxio site. That way you can try it out and if it doesn't meet your needs ask for a refund.

 

Thanks

 

[SomeRandom]

Toast can burn HD content to DVDs if you also have the High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-in installed (included with the Pro version, or sold separately for ~$20).

What is the file type and quality of the content you are uploading to your Apple TV?

[popeye59]

Toast can burn HD content to DVDs if you also have the High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-in installed (included with the Pro version, or sold separately for ~$20).

What is the file type and quality of the content you are uploading to your Apple TV?

 

I can upload and play AVI and MP4 files to ATV via Boxee. What I want to do is take HD content to it as well

If I want to to create HD DVDs from my Sony camcorder what is the path to burning ? Can I go via iMovie as I do today ? I want to be able to edit ?

 

[sknis]

I can upload and play AVI and MP4 files to ATV via Boxee. What I want to do is take HD content to it as well

If I want to to create HD DVDs from my Sony camcorder what is the path to burning ? Can I go via iMovie as I do today ? I want to be able to edit ?

 

What you want to do is to burn a Blu-ray type video to a standard DVD disc. These are called AVCHD disc. If iMovie can handle HD (and it does) then you can do it. As others have said, you need the plug in unless you have the Toast 10 Pro.

 

My files are from a Canon HV30 digital camcorder and are in mpg2 format but AVI should work. I use final Cut Express to do my editing but iMovie should do what you want.

 

Note that not all Blu-ray players will play an AVCHD disc. Look at the owners manual.

 

[tsantee]

For AppleTV there are maximum resolutions and limited formats. You can't play your camera's recordings on an AppleTV without first converting it to a supported size and format. You can do this with Toast and with iMovie.

 

Here are the AppleTV specs: H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.

 

 

[popeye59]

What you want to do is to burn a Blu-ray type video to a standard DVD disc. These are called AVCHD disc. If iMovie can handle HD (and it does) then you can do it. As others have said, you need the plug in unless you have the Toast 10 Pro.

 

My files are from a Canon HV30 digital camcorder and are in mpg2 format but AVI should work. I use final Cut Express to do my editing but iMovie should do what you want.

 

Note that not all Blu-ray players will play an AVCHD disc. Look at the owners manual.

 

Sorry I was unclear....AVI and MP4 are example file formats which I know I can play off my network on my Apple TV with Boxee....they are not the format of what comes off my camera. They are examples of other videos which I know Apple TV can play

 

The clips off my camera are .mov files. When they get imported into iMovie they become an iMovie Project file.

 

I still do not completely follow how I take these files into Toast to make AVCHD discs

 

I understand the comment about the BR players