DVD Studio Pro Tip o' the Day 5/30 - Quick DVD

It's fairly easy to create a DVD from your original file from Final Cut. Here are a few options, along with a movie if you want a slightly more custom DVD.
When done with your Final Cut video, choose File/Export/Export Quicktime Movie and deselect Make Movie Self Contained(Very important step). Then, open DVD Studio Pro, and drag your Quicktime Movie into the Assets pane at the bottom of your GUI (Graphic User Interface...) and it will either start to compress immediately or it will compress when you burn the DVD. Those settings are in the preferences, but are not important right now.
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Next, click in the Graphical area (has the blue menu and the green track nodes) and click the Blue menu, then delete it. Then, right click on the Green track node and select First Play from the contextual menu.
That's it. This DVD will burn, with no play button, but you will be able to press play on the DVD remote and it will start your movie. When it is done, it will go back to the gray screen and you will need to press play again to start it.
If you want it to loop, you can connect the track's End Jump to itself and it will loop until you stop it.
For a slightly more complex version, try this:
click here for movie
Hope this helps.