Thanks! I am using 8 and 16x TY, normally not an issue cause i use iDVD 95% of the time, and I can knock it down to 2x or 4x in that program. Thanks for tip #1! So are you using the iDVD for burning the DVDs but creating the DVD files in DVDSP?

Also, I did know that you can just drag the HDV file into DVDSP. But I wasn't sure what to set it at for compressing. Should I just leave it at the default Bit Rates? Not sure what you mean ... there shouldn't be any compressing, in FCP, go into the File menu, export, export to Quicktime movie, make sure current settings is selected and self-contained movie ... then once the QT movie is created, open DVDSP, make sure HD-DVD is selected in preferences, then import the QT movie into DVDSP, then drag the imported video and audio files to the track editor, do menus, and burn. I'm pretty sure that's all it takes. Of course, your project length is limited to about 25-30 minutes. If you need to put in more, maybe then you'd want to use compressor to squeeze it down.

Thanks!

I just exchanged for a new Toshiba HD-A3 to see if I had a faulty unit. Let us know how that goes.

"So are you using the iDVD for burning the DVDs but creating the DVD files in DVDSP?"

Sorry, I meant I usually do the whole shebangbang in iDVD, export QT files from FCP and use iDVD for everything. But for HD-DVD you have to use DVDSP.

As for the other part, if you skip compressor and go right to DVD SP, then DVDSP preps the files for DVD burning and compresses, and in the preferances there are sliders for the Bit Rates, plus if you want to do 1 pass, 2 pass VBR, stuff like that. But if you haven't adjusted that then the default is probably perfect!