Burn .mov File To Dvd So It Plays When Disc Is Inserted Into Drive

[Michael Flashpoint]

When I burn a .mov file to a DVD to play when inserted into another computer the file is so low res from the original file. Does any one know how to customize the setting so it plays at the original encoding?

[tsantee]

Need more information. When the .mov file is in the Toast Video window there is a description of the video's specifications. What are those? Typically people don't make DVDs to play on computers. Instead they make a data disc because another computer can play the original video file. So you might do that instead. In that case choose DVD-Rom (UDF) as the file format in the Toast Data window.

 

The reason to make a video DVD is to play it on a standalone DVD player.

[Michael Flashpoint]

I may have not explain correctly. we have clients that want a DVD once inserted into any CPU-MAC/PC, their video player app automactically launches and plays what is on that DVD. Unfortunately the burned DVD file winds up low res from the original. How do I get Toast to burn the origianl file as is?

[tsantee]

You haven't told me what the resolution is of the original video. A video DVD is 720 x 480. A typical computer screen is four times or more that size. If they are attempting to watch it at full screen it will look bad because it is spreading the pixels out so much. Ask them to view it at actual (or normal) size.

 

If your original video also is 720x480 or 640x480 it should look much the same as the original. But if your original is higher resolution it will be reduced in quality to meet the limitations of the video DVD spec. Let me know what you're starting with.