Mp4 From Imovie Burned To Dvd In Toast 11 = Lousy Color On Hd Tv

[jmbell]

Newbie here: Cannot figure what I'm doing wrong.

 

- iMovie exported as mp4; (1920) colors look great on my iMac

- burn as video DVD with Toast 11

- play on TV in a bluray player (DVD is not bluray) = colors look really washed out.

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How and where do I correct?

 

I've also tried a little test iMovie; same thing happens.

Would it make a difference to buy and use the Toast bluray plug-in? Or is this correctable some other way?

 

Thanks.

[bimicher]

Newbie here: Cannot figure what I'm doing wrong.

 

- iMovie exported as mp4; (1920) colors look great on my iMac

- burn as video DVD with Toast 11

- play on TV in a bluray player (DVD is not bluray) = colors look really washed out.

---------

How and where do I correct?

 

I've also tried a little test iMovie; same thing happens.

Would it make a difference to buy and use the Toast bluray plug-in? Or is this correctable some other way?

 

Thanks.

 

I don't have a Mac or iMovie so I may be way off base.

 

If you are creating a standard DVD then there is no pint in exporting to mp4 as it will be converted to DVD mpg format. BlueRay is not involved at any point.

[tsantee]

The colors shouldn't look washed out although the picture should look soft if you are viewing it at full screen rather than actual size. There isn't any setting to change. I don't know why it turned out that way.

 

You don't say how long the movie is. You do say you have a HD video, a HDTV and a Blu-ray player so it doesn't make much sense to me for you to be making a standard-definition video DVD. With Toast's Blu-ray plugin you can burn HD Blu-ray format to regular or DL DVD media if the video isn't too long. There also are ways to play HD video from your Mac or a hard drive on your TV without needing to burn discs at all.