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FCP: Exporting Files to fit on dvd
can anyone help me figure out what is the best compression to use when trying to make a quick dvd video.
basically i am trying to put my assemblies onto a dvd to show to the director. i have 12 hours worth of footage. what is the most efficient way of doing this? how long should i make the sequence, and what method of compression is idle to fit a 4.7gig dvd.
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Fatty33,
If you want to make a DVD-Video (ie playable from a DVD player), then you only have one option: MPEG2. It is the standars compressor for DVD-Video. Any other compressor will only let you burn the files to a DVD-ROM (ie a data DVD, not DVD-Video).
As a rule of thumb, MPEG2 at 8mbps Constant Bit Rate (CBR) will give you around an hour to a 4.7Gb DVD. Using Variable Bit-rate (VBR) will vary that duration, as will playing with the bitrate value.
If the director is happy to see compressed video, I’d aim for around 2hrs to a DVD – any more than that starts to look a bit dodgy for my taste. Check out http://www.creativecow.net and browse the tutorials and forums for more info. DVD Authoring is a potential nightmare if you really delve deep. You should be able to get your rough cuts compressed and ready for DVD Studio Pro with the above info.
Or you could buy a low-end standalone DVD recorder. It’ll be a helluva lot faster than compressing video in software. 12 hours of video will take you a week to compress. It’ll take you 12 hours with a recorder.
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Fatty33,
Is the director going to watch the 12 hours?
David
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