• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Compression question

  Posted by Mark Mower on June 23, 2012 at 3:28 pm

  Is it possible to burn a dvd longer than 2 hours without losing image quality? Total length is 2h 16m. I’d like to use menu screen/chapter markers as well. Just not sure if I would have to use the program Compression or if I can just export a certain way right out of my timeline. Thanks!!!

  Chris Tompkins replied 13 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  June 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm

  You need to use Compressor, although you can “Send to Compressor’ from your time-line.
  Putting to hours of video on a DVD means to compress more the picture with the unavoidable quality lost, however there is an easy solution to avoid this: Using dual-layer discs.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Chris Tompkins

  June 23, 2012 at 5:59 pm

  You can fit 3 and 4 hours on a DVD if you want.
  Like Rafael said, it’s a quality to volume ratio. The more you squeeze on the disc, the worse it looks.

  Bring your FCP master into Compressor and choose the 2 hr DVD preset, adjust the data rate to make your long video fit.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC

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