DVD Studio Pro 3 Review 22
Alex_Alexzander writes "A new
review / tutorial of the major new features inside DVD Studio Pro 3 is on OSXWORLD, covering transitions, alpha transitions, the new graphical view, support for DTS audio, improved integration with Adobe Photoshop, and more."
DVD SP3 and iDVD (Score:5, Interesting)
I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:5, Informative)
However, earlier versions have had problems with some third party burners. I could not use a particular 1x DVD-R drive because it DSP would try to burn at 64x instead (the highest speed the drive says it supports according to Roxio Toast). I could not find a setting in DSP to prevent it from trying to burn at the highest "supported" speed.
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:5, Informative)
On the contrary....iDVD has always supported other drives, including externals - the enabler at this site brings that to light:
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/personal_site
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:5, Informative)
What I meant was that DVD Studio Pro works with third party drives out of the box, whereas iDVD does not, requiring additional software to enable their use. Software Apple would rather not have exist.
(*) To others thinking of doing the same, don't forget to edit the application package's Info.plist file to enable it to run on a non-AGP Mac. And the same to Compressor. And to repeat these changes every time the software is updated until you finally break down and buy an AGP-based Mac (I'm waiting for the expected dual-3 GHz G5).
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
Re:I have no SuperDrive, you insensitive clod! (Score:2, Insightful)
This is awesome for being able to work on a project on a lab computer or portable without the actual DVD burner installed.
Of course you need one to burn them though..
Re:iPod? (Score:2, Informative)
Using it now (Score:3, Informative)
But I've found the DVDSP 3 interface a little daunting after using DVDSP1 and 2, I haven't quite gotten off the ground with it yet. I suppose I should RTFM, but this is a Mac app, we don't have to read manuals, right? Hmmm..
Re:Using it now (Score:2)
Re:Using it now (Score:2)
Re:Using it now (Score:3, Interesting)
They won't sell Compressor with the necessary variable bit rate encoding with iDVD at that price. So you need to buy the more advanced software to enable that ability, or third party software that will do it for you.
You should try my problem: I want to put together a seamless 6 hour epic
Re:Using it now (Score:1)
Or, export all of your sequences as stand alone DV files and put them into a playlist in Quicktime Player. Redirect the DV output through the bridge.
Re:Using it now (Score:1)
Unfortunately the resulting epic has no convenient places whence to pause where timing won't be critical. At least, not until the final unified credits sequence.
Or, export all of your sequences as stand alone DV files and put them into a playlist in Quicktime Player. Redirect the DV output through the bridge.
Now that's a thought. QuickTime Pro does have basic editing ability. Simple concatenation of the cl
Re:Using it now (Score:2)
Story icon... (Score:3, Funny)