• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Burning DVD from FCP

  Posted by Annu Lilja on May 25, 2008 at 10:12 pm

  So it’s me again. Could someone give me a simple explanation about how I can burn a DVD from my FCP sequence. The sequence has both XD CAM and DV material, and the sequence settings match the XD CAM clips. The quality of the DVD doesn’t need to be great, but decent. What export settings do I need to make the file small but not bad quality?

  Also, DVD Studio Pro gives me an error message saying that my target folder is too full when I try to burn my QT file (2Gt) onto a DVD. Where can I set the target folder? My internal hard drive is pretty full, so that might be the reason, but I have tried to change the target drive. I’m doing something wrong, because the program won’t burn the DVD.

  Thanks!

  Shane Ross replied 17 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  May 26, 2008 at 1:56 am

  #42 – Quick and dirty way to author a DVD

  Shane’s Stock Answer #42 – David Roth Weiss’ Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:

  The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:

  1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.

  2. Open DVDSP, select the “graphical” tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.

  3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.

  4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option “first play”.

  5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.

  6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the “general tab” in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select “16:9 pan-scan.”

  7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.

  THATS ALL!!!

  NOW…if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose “16:9 LETTERBOX” instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.

  Shane

  

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