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Problems outputting a composition to DVD
I created a 5 minute composition that is 1280×720. It has multiple compositions nested within. I render the project and burn to DVD. (render settings are “best settings, video for windows and no compression)When i view the DVD there are many areas where the footage is not smooth and seems very choppy. I am a relatively new to the export features of the program and was wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions to help me solve the problem. The final piece is going to be viewed on a 42” widescreen plasma display. Thanks
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Hello,
If you are going to author a DVD video, you are going to want to encode you final render at a Standard Definition resolution (720×480) or (720×486) should do it if you are going to use an NTSC monitor. DVD is not a High Definition format so in order to author your video at its native resolution you are going to have to look at either Blu-Ray or HD DVD. Both of these options are currently prohibitively expensive and neither format is rather common at this moment.
When you render your comp from AE, I would recommend that you render it as a lossless AVI. This is going to create a huge file since you’re using 720p so be prepared to have the Hard Drive space. Then you are going to want to take your video to import into a DVD encoder program. I believe Adobe Encore has encoding abilities, so you are going to have to research that on your own since I’ve never personally used the program. If you are interested in something a little bit more powerful then the best option is Sonic Scenarist. Scenarist is a professional authoring suite that gives you full access to DVD architecture, but it is also not exactly cheep nor is it simple to use. You might also want to look at Tmpeg. This is an mpeg encoding program that should also do the trick. You have to encode your video used the MPEG-2 codec if you want it to properly run on an SD DVD.
Best of luck.
Brian Kayfitz
High Definition Authoring
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You are talking about playing the clip as a video file from a data DVD, not a DVD(video), aren’t you? 1280×720 would be completely wrong for a DVD(video). As for the playback – well, using uncompressed in that case is completely crazy. Data rates are far too high even for very powerful PC systems and the DVD drive is a bottleneck anyways. I suggest you look into using Windows Media. It provides good quality even at low data rates. Of course you can also use DivX and other compressed AVIs, but I recommend you use external tools to do the compression (like VirtualDub or DivX’ own encoder) for efficiency reasons (AE is not good at this).
Mylenium
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For NTSC standard definition DVD, render to 720×480.
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Thanks for the tips – I ended up rendering the project out in 720×480 and then transcoding in Encore and it turned out beautifully. I appreciate your help!
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Mylenium,
Thanks for helping me out – I ended up compressing the project down to 720×480 and 29.97fps and then transcoded in Encore. I think the transcoding program that I was using before was just one of the many problems. Things worked out and it looks good on a widescreen now. Thanks again, Nate
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