• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Exporting hour and a half project for a DVD

  Posted by Mark Anderson on July 12, 2013 at 1:54 am

  I have a 90 minute documentary that needs to be exported and converted into a DVD. What is the best suggested settings for the export? I am using FCP7 and the footage was shot on 1920 x 1080. Many thanks!
  -Mark

  Mark Anderson replied 12 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Steve Eisen

  July 12, 2013 at 2:48 am

  The answer is in the manual (very detailed). Export a reference movie drop that file in Compressor and choose a preset for DVD.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Vice President
  Chicago Creative Pro Users Group
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  Ernie Santella

  July 12, 2013 at 4:49 am

  This tutorial should help with settings. (Slightly dated, but still good info)

  https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/compressor2_custom_presets.html

  Ernie Santella
  Santella Productions Inc.
  http://www.santellaproductions.com
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  Mark Anderson

  July 12, 2013 at 1:58 pm

  Thanks guys. Ken Stone’s instructions look to be very thorough. I will look into using Compressor, but have not used it much in the past. I typically export shorter (3 – 5 minute projects) as a MPEG4, H264, and pump the bit rate to 5,000 and have great results with that method. Would that method still work well on a 90 minute piece, then drop the file into iDVD?
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  Eric Strand

  July 12, 2013 at 4:07 pm

  Another tutorial option

  https://youtu.be/MBWWn5OMO-Y

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  Mark Anderson

  July 12, 2013 at 4:14 pm

  Thanks, Dave! I have family from Cedar Rapids and I’m a fan of KCRG!

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