CAUTION: Apple Final Cut Pro (Mac) 10.8 No Longer Supports DVD Burning

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Larry

Hidden at the bottom of the latest release notes for the 10.8 update to Final Cut Pro is this innocuous phrase: “Removes support for disc burning.”

This means that, starting with this version, you will no longer be able to burn DVDs directly using Final Cut.

NOTE: While Compressor still encodes files for DVD and Blu-ray Disc using the MPEG-2 presets, it no longer burns them. For that, you would need a third-party application; like Roxio Toast.

Over the years, fewer and fewer people created DVDs using FCP. Given that Apple is always watching the market to figure out what features are necessary, they likely decided that there weren’t enough people burning DVDs to continue supporting this function.

HOWEVER, if burning DVDs are important to you, Apple and Corel, the developer of Roxio Toast, have teamed up to provide a 50% discount to Toast 20 Pro, which is optimized for the latest Mac hardware and is full of pro-level options.

Link: https://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/pro/?promo=EUXG

This discount is good for a several weeks, but won’t last forever.

Key DVD features in Toast 20 Pro include:

Optimized for macOS Sonoma and Apple-silicon Macs
Burn CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, with appropriate hardware
Create custom chapters and menus
Customize icons, backgrounds, and other options

However, Toast 20 Pro has extensive features that go far beyond DVD burning. This link has all the details.

I’ve used Roxio Toast in the past and found it to be useful and fully supported by Corel. Even better, it is available for purchase, not subscription.

And saving 50% for software you own is always good.

NOTE: I don’t make any money if you buy through these links, but this special offer was not promoted elsewhere so I wanted to let you know.

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20 Responses to CAUTION: Apple Final Cut Pro (Mac) 10.8 No Longer Supports DVD Burning

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Andrew Findlay says:

June 24, 2024 at 2:40 am

Hi Larry
Is Dvd burning, or disc image creation, still supported in the new version of Compressor…?
Thanks,
Andrew
Larry Jordan says:

June 24, 2024 at 3:01 am

Andrew:

While Compressor still encodes files for DVD and Blu-ray Disc using the MPEG-2 presets, it no longer burns them. For that, you would need a third-party application; like Roxio Toast. Compressor’s Help Files explain how to configure the preset. Search for “DVD”.

Larry
Lucas Barker says:

June 24, 2024 at 3:31 am

Well, this stinks. At work I use an outdated version of Compressor (on a 13-year-old iMac) to burn discs with closed captions (we still have several older customers who rely on them). My supervisor would love to pull that Mac out of my office, but making discs with closed captions is a must-have for us.

I know I’m an outlier, but we still exist.
Larry Jordan says:

June 24, 2024 at 3:38 am

Lucas:

I totally understand. Apple lost interest in DVDs a long time ago – sadly, like you, many of us are still using them.

Larry
Mark Gilmour says:

June 24, 2024 at 5:37 am

Hello Larry, I’m very happy the new Compressor 4.8 still encodes to mp2 files. My solution to creating dvds is as follows:
I have 2 each Mac Minis Mid 2011
Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.5
DVD Studio Pro vs 4.2.2
This setup works fine as I still have customers that request dvds too. Hope this helps someone who can use this information. Thank you for your wisdom and help.
Larry Jordan says:

June 24, 2024 at 5:57 am

Mark:

Thanks for your update. There’s no better DVD software than DVD Studio Pro.

Larry
Philip Snyder says:

June 24, 2024 at 6:56 am

Larry,

There are several MPEG-2 presets in Compressor 4.8. Which is the one that would be used for creating DVDs and/or Blu-rays? Also, would that include audio as well?
Thanks,
Philip
mark suszko says:

June 24, 2024 at 7:20 am

I wonder how much of the decline in dvd burning is self- fulfilling: the harder you make it to do, the more people drop away from using it.

My question is, how would I burn a data disk dvd full of h.264 files and stills?
Larry Jordan says:

June 24, 2024 at 7:36 am

I’m n the past you could use macOS, which may still be supported, I’ll have to check.

Otherwise, Roxio Toast is a great utility.

Larry
Larry Jordan says:

June 24, 2024 at 7:37 am

You’d use a transport stream.

Search for DVD in the compressor help files, it provides the settings you need to use.

Larry