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Exporting from FCP5 for DVD Studio
I am nearing completion of a 105 minute documentary using FCP5. When I tried to export to QT I got a “general error” warning. I switched to QT Conversion with default settings and 20 hours later had a 8.2 gig file.
Is there a better faster way to get this project into DVD Studio? I will need to share DVDs with sound designer and others and this process seems overly long.
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Make sure your entire timeline is rendered.
Export a Quicktime from your timeline using “Current Settings.”
If you still get that general error, trash your prefs and restart the machine, then try again.
I can’t remember if Compressor is included with FCP 5 or not, I think it was. If so, you take that QT file into Compressor and use the High Quality DVD Settings which will make an MPEG-2 and AC3 audio file for the DVD.
You take those two files into DVD Studio Pro to make your DVD.
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[walter biscardi] “I can’t remember if Compressor is included with FCP 5 or not, I think it was.”
The answer is yes and no Walter. As I’m sure you will recall once I remind you, FCP5 was standalone, then 5.1 was released as part of Final Cut Studio 1, which included Compressor and DVDSP in the full suite.
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