DVDSP setting for best quality

[shortnstout]

Hi,
I am on a never-ending quest to get reliable DVDs, that don't skip or stop on players, etc. I use Taiyo Yuden, etc. I know its best to burn at slower speeds. I do wedding videos so it really helps to use DVDSP (for menus) instead of Toast. Is there no way to change things like "burn speed". I don't see how that is possible but I don't see it. What should I have my settings at to make reliable, high quality DVDs? not counting bitrate (I've been exporting in compressor anyhow).
thanks!
sns

 

[Holy Harry]

Second that question...How DO you reduce burn speed on DVDSP on a Mac?

 

[rook]

Have you tried lowering your bit rate? That may help in playing in more machines.

 

[shortnstout]

yeah. i often burn at like 5 and still have problems.

 

[Ming]

Second that question...How DO you reduce burn speed on DVDSP on a Mac?

short answer: format to a .img file and use Disk Utility to burn the DVD.

detailed:

When the DVDSP project is ready, hit build and format. Where it shows your DVD burner, change that to hard drive. This will instead of burning the build onto a DVD, create .img file. I also go into the last tab and deselect all the region codes I won't be needing. Click the build button in the lower right corner of the dialoge box and then it asks where you want to save the .img file to. Then the project will be built and formatted to a .img file in the location on the hard drive you selected. Once this is all done, double click the resulting .img file and it will mount in finder. From here you can soft proof if you want to by launching the Apple DVD player which will play the DVD from the .img file. If everything is to your taste, open Disk Utility (applications>utilities) Select the object in the left column (the topmost object, not the child object) and click the burn icon. This brings up a dialogue box which allows you to adjust your burn speed. With TaiyoYuden 8x DVD's and a superdrive you will probably have options for 4x 6x 8x 10x 12x. Always choose the lowest one.

 

[Holy Harry]

Alleluia! That works really well... thank you Ming in Denver - thank you very much!

 

[little bobby]

I think I was doing that before I ever used the "burn" button in DVDSP. It also allows you to backup the .img file to a data disc or to a hard drive...if you do that sort of thing.

 

[d00d]

Yeah, it's nice to have the whole DVD in one nice .img file on your hard drive for each project, that way it's easy to make copies quickly in the future. I also use the same method, but just with Toast instead.