![]() ![]() This is kind of an intermediate format to go from one to the other. You have the original iMovie source project and then you have got your DVD which would be created with the other software. Remember whatever you do, this is just a temporary version of your movie and you can actually use this to create the DVD then get rid of it because you are not using it for anything else. ![]() But if I was making a nice DVD and I wanted to make sure that I got the best thing then I would use the highest setting. Now, if I'm in a rush and I just want to get something done real quick and it is 1080p I just may do 720p anyway just because it will export my movie a little faster and will convert possibly a little faster because it is a smaller file size and I'm probably not going to notice the difference going from 720 down to 480 as opposed to 1080 down to 480. So converting from the highest possible quality video to the DVD video will give it the best results. So you just want to choose the highest quality you can here and export it to give the DVD converter, whether it is iDVD or toast or something else, the best possible video to work with. If for instance I was only using 720p video then it won't give me this option because is wouldn't make sense to actually export to a higher quality than the source video so I would then choose the highest quality which would then be 720p. What I want to do is that I just want to use the highest one so in this case I want to use HD 1080p. So for instance if I go to Share and Export Movie in iMovie, I've got all these different settings here at the bottom. You should simply try to use the best settings you can. Well because the video is going to be recompressed no matter what setting you use, don't worry too much about getting the settings perfect. So how do you export it in the right setting so that you can then put it on a DVD. So, chances are you have something much getter than what you are going to put on the DVD. Go back and take a look at Episode 440 of MacMost Now where I explain how DVD's are not high definition videos they are standard definition videos. So if you have high definition video which you most likely have in your iPhone or your camera whatever you've got now it's all high definition, it is really going to be much higher than what you are going to be able to put on a DVD. ![]() It is standard definition, not high definition because DVD's were around way before high definition. But basically the most important thing to realize is that it's 720 x 480. If you want to read about it you can go to the DVD video page at wikipedia and there is all sorts of details. ![]() That is just going to be taken as a source video and converted to a format that is standard across all DVD players that have ever been made. So whether you are using say MP4 set to H264 or some other format, that's not going to be used at all. You see DVD's don't use the compression format that you're exporting from iMovie. It seems a lot of people don't realize that when you make a DVD it is going to reencode all the video. Well, the answer is not to worry about it so much. So the question I get is "Okay I have my video done what export settings do I use to export the video in that step so that I can make a DVD?" So if you are making home videos and using iMovie or anything in Final Cut Pro for instance you may want to make some DVD's from them using DVD software like the old iDVD or something like Toast. What export settings are used from iMovie if I am going to be making a DVD? On today's episode I am going to answer one of the most frequently asked questions I get. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. Check out MacMost Now 721: iMovie Export Settings For DVD at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. ![]()
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