User manual APPLE DVD STUDIO PRO 4.0.3 LATE-BREAKING NEWS

[. . . ] The 1. 0 version of the HD DVD-Video specification includes some changes that will affect how you create HD projects in DVD Studio Pro. 1 Important: HD discs created with DVD Studio Pro versions 4. 0, 4. 0. 1, and 4. 0. 2 are not compatible with any DVD players that conform to version 1. 0 of the HD DVD-Video specification. Note: You can open the older projects in DVD Studio Pro 4. 0. 3 and use its Build and Format features to create discs that are compatible with DVD players that conform to version 1. 0 of the HD DVD-Video specification. Build files (in HVDVD_TS folders) created with DVD Studio Pro versions 4. 0, 4. 0. 1, and 4. 0. 2 cannot be formatted directly--you must create them again using the Build function. HD DVD Playback on Apple DVD Player You must update to Apple DVD Player version 4. 6. 5 or later, included with Mac OS X v10. 4. 4, to play HD DVD discs created with DVD Studio Pro 4. 0. 3. [. . . ] Â If the assets are MPEG-2 or HDV, the project opens but shows any of these assets set as 4:3 as missing, reports them as having an incorrect format, and requires them to be replaced. To work around this, you need to note the names of the affected assets, close the project (without saving it), replace the assets with anamorphic 16:9 versions using exactly the same names, and then reopen the project. The project's assets refresh, allowing them to be used. Â If the assets are H. 264, they are treated as if they are anamorphic 16:9 assets. This will distort any of these assets that are actually 4:3. Â If the assets are QuickTime (other than HDV or H. 264), their encoding aspect ratio setting is modified to 16:9. This will distort any of these assets that are actually 4:3. Note: This change affects the text on pages 21, 22, 58, 63, 86, and 107 of the DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual. Using DVD-R Dual-Layer Media If your system contains a DVD drive that can write to the new DVD-R dual-layer media, you can burn your DVD project to it with DVD Studio Pro. However, there are several issues: Â Since there is no current way for DVD Studio Pro to identify DVD-R dual-layer media as having two layers, burning a dual-layer project to it results in a warning appearing telling you that the DVD media may have insufficient room to hold the project. This message is based on the assumption that the disc is single layer. Both layers of the disc will be written to as needed, however, when you click Continue. Â If you are burning a dual-layer project, the break point you set will not affect where the layer break actually occurs. Instead, the first layer is written to until filled, at which point the drive switches to writing to the second layer. Â The switch between layers is a seamless layer change not supported by some DVD players, which may stop playing the disc when the switch point is reached. Important: Do not use DVD-R dual-layer media unless these issues do not impact your project. You can use DVD+R double-layer media for burning your dual-layer projects. With DVD+R double-layer media, DVD Studio Pro places the layer break point and sets the switch point to be nonseamless as specified in your project. 5 Sending HD Projects to Replicators When mastering HD projects with DVD Studio Pro, you will use the DDP 2. 0 or DDP 2. 1 formats to write the DLT or hard disk files. To ensure your replicator will be able to successfully process the files, make sure they are licensed by Doug Carson and Associates (DCA). Writing to DLT Now More Reliable DVD Studio Pro now more reliably identifies when the DLT drive has insufficient space for the formatted project. Previously, when DVD Studio Pro was used with certain system configurations, it would incorrectly detect that the DLT drive had insufficient space. Distributing Graphical Tab Tiles Now More Consistent The By Type and Autolayout options for distributing tiles in the Graphical tab now function more consistently. Â If no tiles are selected, choosing Arrange > By Type or Arrange > Autolayout affects all tiles. Â If one or more tiles are selected, choosing Arrange > By Type or Arrange > Autolayout affects only the selected tiles. See the DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual for more information about arranging tiles in the Graphical tab. Referencing Graphics in an STL Subtitle File The example on page 460 of the DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual incorrectly shows spaces around the token name. The correct example is: $SetFilePathToken = <<Graphic>> 00:00:12:04 , 00:00:14:12 , <<Graphic>>RabidLemur. tif 00:00:16:14 , 00:00:19:08 , <<Graphic>>MooseLemur. tif It is important that you do not include any spaces either before or after the filename (RabidLemur. tif and MooseLemur. tif in this example). Setting a GPRM's Mode to Counter The text on page 508 of the DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual incorrectly defines what happens when a GPRM is set as a counter. The value counts up, not down. Additionally, switching the GPRM mode from counter to register causes the counter to pause, with the GPRM retaining the last value counted to. If you switch back to the counter mode, the counter starts with the existing GPRM value. 6 Previous Release Information About DVD Studio Pro 4. 0. 1 and 4. 0. 2 The following information was included with DVD Studio Pro 4. 0. 1 and 4. 0. 2. Importing Item Descriptions and Script Files You cannot import item descriptions or script files saved with any earlier version of DVD Studio Pro (1, 2, or 3) into DVD Studio Pro 4. Since an item description is a text file describing an element such as a menu or track, you can create a new item description by importing a project that contains the element into DVD Studio Pro 4, and then saving an item description of it. Menu and Subtitle Text From DVD Studio Pro 2 or DVD Studio Pro 3 Projects May Change When you open a project created in DVD Studio Pro 2 or DVD Studio Pro 3 that contains text typed onto a menu or subtitle within DVD Studio Pro, that text may appear different. DVD Studio Pro 4 now correctly processes the text for both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, and for both NTSC and PAL resolutions. Rotated Menu Text Items From DVD Studio Pro 2 or DVD Studio Pro 3 Projects May Change When you open a project created in DVD Studio Pro 2 or DVD Studio Pro 3 that contains rotated menu text items, the rotated items may appear different. DVD Studio Pro 4 now correctly rotates menu text items without distorting them. 8 DVD Studio Pro 3 Projects Using Custom Transitions That Have Been Moved May Not Work Projects created with DVD Studio Pro 3 that use custom Alpha Transitions may not build correctly if the transitions have been moved. (When you play the VIDEO_TS files, the transition is skipped. ) You can correct this by choosing a different transition, then choosing the correct transition again everywhere the transition is used. Opening iDVD Projects With Missing Assets If you try to open an iDVD project in DVD Studio Pro and it is unable to locate one or more of the project's assets, a message appears listing the missing assets and their path. To correct this project, open it in iDVD, resolve any missing assets, and save the project. It will now open correctly in DVD Studio Pro. Asset Information This section contains information about using assets in DVD Studio Pro. Encoding H. 264 Assets for Use in HD DVD Projects When you export a movie from Final Cut Pro or Motion and want to use the H. 264 format, you must use the H. 264 for HD DVD presets included with Compressor to ensure the video is compatible with DVD Studio Pro. Do not export through QuickTime. If you make a custom H. 264 preset in Compressor, select the Multi-pass setting and set the bit rate to18 Mbps or less to ensure DVD compatibility. Currently, only progressive H. 264 video formats are supported, including 480p (NTSC only), 576p (PAL only), and 720p (NTSC and PAL). You can add 1080i HD video to an HD DVD project by using the HD MPEG-2 encoder (either in Compressor or in DVD Studio Pro). Exporting H. 264 Clips With Markers From Final Cut Pro Compressor does not export chapter markers when using its H. 264 for HD DVD presets. The DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual incorrectly states that Final Cut Pro chapter markers in H. 264 clips will be recognized by DVD Studio Pro. You can either create a chapter marker text file that you can import or manually add the chapter markers in DVD Studio Pro directly. Using HDV Video From the Final Cut Pro Capture Scratch Folder The HDV video clips that Final Cut Pro captures from HDV sources cannot be imported directly into DVD Studio Pro. Only HDV video clips exported from Final Cut Pro are formatted correctly for use in an HD DVD project. When the clips are captured, they do not have legal opening and closing GOP structures. When HDV clips are exported from Final Cut Pro, the opening and closing GOP structures are made legal. 9 Using the Animation QuickTime Codec Using the Animation codec with HD resolution video can significantly reduce your computer's performance, and should be avoided if possible. An alternative is to use the Apple Intermediate Codec. Updating Rendered Final Cut Pro Reference Movies You can import Final Cut Pro reference movies (those that are not self-contained) into your DVD Studio Pro projects. If any part of the Final Cut Pro sequence requires rendering, you must render it before importing the movie. If you need to make a change to a rendered portion of the movie in Final Cut Pro, you must rerender it, then reexport the movie, using the same name, and overwrite the previous reference file. When you go back to DVD Studio Pro, a dialog appears noting that the movie has changed and that the DVD Studio Pro project has been updated to use the new movie. Updating Final Cut Pro HDV Movies DVD Studio Pro cannot relink to an HDV movie if you make any changes to it after it has been imported into a project. If you update an HDV movie after it has been imported, you must remove the original version of the movie from the DVD Studio Pro project, and then import the updated version of the movie. Importing Motion Projects DVD Studio Pro allows you to import Motion projects without having to export or render them in Motion first. DVD Studio Pro is unable, however, to play a Motion project's audio until the audio has been encoded by DVD Studio Pro. The default setting in the Encoding pane of DVD Studio Pro Preferences is to not encode assets that need to be encoded until you build your project. You can change this setting to encode assets in the background while authoring your project. Note: If you export the Motion project from Motion using QuickTime or Compressor and import the resulting movie into DVD Studio Pro instead of the Motion project, the audio plays as expected. [. . . ] The Late-Breaking News PDF file is downloaded and possibly displayed using your computer's default web browser (depending on which version of the Mac OS X operating system you have installed). Â Mac OS X v10. 3 Panther: Your web browser saves a copy of the Late-Breaking News PDF file to the default download location on your computer's hard disk. (For Safari, the default download location is the desktop. You can change this location in the General pane of Safari Preferences. ) Â Mac OS X v10. 4 Tiger: If Safari is the default web browser for your system, the Late-Breaking News PDF file is displayed directly in Safari. [. . . ]