• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Best Setting to Burn DVD

  Posted by Dean Longfield on February 21, 2012 at 7:25 pm

  Hi,

  I have FCP Studio 3, with FCP 7 and DVD SP 4 and Compressor 3.5. I shoot in XDCAM EX 1080 60i.
  However I edit the XDCAM EX footage in an SD wide screen timeline. If I Export to QT Movie with current settings and use that .mov file to import into DVD SP4, I get some artifacting on the DVD burn to the point where I can’t give that to clients.

  I did try Share > DVD , which made an MPEG-2 which i imported to DVD SP4 and it looked considerably better.

  I have tried Share > Send to Compressor previously and burned DVD in Compressor, but did not notice
  much quality difference than the EXPORT > QT Movie method. Also if I tried to take the file made by Compressor and bring it into DVD SP 4; only the video would enter DVD SP 4, not the audio, (the audio did not automatically follow). If I tried bringing in the audio separately the sync was off in the final product.

  So I’m a bit perplexed. As of right now the best method I’ve been able to find is FCP Timeline > Share w/DVD setting > DVD SP4.

  I’m about to try Apple Pro Res 422. ( Share > Apple Pro Res 422) & Export > Settings: Apple PrRes 422 NTSC 48khz [Anamorphic] ).

  Any comments or suggestions would be helpful and appreciated. Thanks.

  Dean Longfield replied 14 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Dean Longfield

  February 21, 2012 at 7:39 pm

  I just tried, from an SD – FCP timeline : Share > Apple Pro Res – which made a Apple ProRes 422.mov, which I brought into DDVD SP 4 and the burn came out looking like QT Movie burn (too many artifacts/pixelization).

  Traditionaly I had always burned DVD’s using an MPEG-2 source file and it seems that that is still the way to go, and from FCP 7 it appears that using Share > DVD are the settings that will accomplish the MPEG-2 source file.

  If there is a way to obtain BETTER quality than what I’ve described above, please let me know.

  Thanks !
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  Dean Longfield

  February 21, 2012 at 7:42 pm

  Thanks Dave. I’ll run some tests using that method.
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  Shane Ross

  February 21, 2012 at 8:44 pm

  Well, you had a small typo in that first post…”Edit your footage in a Prores 422 2080i timeline”

  It should be: Edit your footage in a ProRes 422 1080i timeline. FULL HD quality timeline. THEN export for DVD.

  Shane
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  Dean Longfield

  February 21, 2012 at 9:26 pm

  Hi Dave,

  i sent my second post as a follow up to my first post NOT as a response to your answer/suggestion..
  Apparently I was writing my follow-up and you were writing your suggestion at about the same time,
  ….anyway, I did subsequently read your post and appreciate the suggestion.

  Any confusion there of is more to do with the nature internet communication and timing than anything else, (not comprehension or a lack there of).

  Have a nice day.

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