Hi All,
I'm trying to render a slideshow in the best possible quality to a file that I can then be burned to a DVD. The idea is to allow people to view the media in the best possible quality on their TV sets. Can anyone guide me to a tutorial that covers these details or give me some suggestions?
I'm new to video editing entirely, so I'm on a steep learning curve. What are the best files to eventually burn to an ISO file? Does the Render to DVD function of kdenlive produce the best "to DVD" results?
TIA...

Edit - OK, I tried the DVD NTSC 16:9 VOB (CBR) and the output was noticeably degraded. I forced progressive and did two passes. The listed parameters for the render were: properties=dv_ntsc_wide/DVD mlt_profile=dv_ntsc_wide pass=%passes.

I was able to render it to a pretty quality using File Rendering / MPEG-2 (CBR, slower, better), but when I used the DVD Wizard, it demanded that I transcode the file. I figured this would result in more quality loss.

The original files are jpgs combined with videos (1080P 29.97 fps) set up in a slide show format.

Does anyone have suggestions how to go from the original material into the best quality output for a DVD ISO file? I could go up to just over 8GB on the file size. The MPEG-s file size described above was 3.1 GBs.

TIA...

Edit #2: OK, I learned that DVD is on 720 x 480 with 30 fps (29.97?). My footage consists of pictures and 1080p and 29.97 fps video.

So, I decided to copy my kdenlive life and make a "to DVD" version where I changed the profile to 720p x 29.97 fps (I'm hoping the 0.03 isn't a problem or that someone rounded off the real 29.97 standard as 30 fps when they claimed "30 fps is the DVD standard"). The idea is to render to lossless MPEG-2 file and then transcode it to work on a DVD (losing significant quality in the transcoding only and not in the rendering process, too).

Well, there's a problem. Two, actually. First, it renders to a video VLC says is 1080p. Second, the audio is absent.

I used lossless/HG with MPEG-2 and forced progressive. I tried all audio options when rendering my 1:00 minute zone, and none of them produced any audio (or the right resolution). It is likely the resolution is my lack of knowledge, but I thought changing the project settings to 720p 29.97 would render to the same. Not.