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Another FCP7 Bug – the “Share” function
Ok… I know with any new release there are lots of bugs.
BUT…
This is one MAJOR bug dealing with the new “Share” menu making one-off DVDs.
First of all, it takes about 30 minutes to create a simple one-off DVD. I can do this in about 20 minutes (much higher quality) thru the simple export to self-contained Quicktime, then import into DVDSP.
Ok… Here’s the really major bug. I took the settings in the “Share” menu and sent my project to Compressor to look at its setting for compression. The bitrate minimum is 7.8 mbit and the maximum bitrate is 9 mbits.
Can someone tell me of a DVD player that can play this? None of ours do and I can guarantee that none of my clients will be able to see the DVDs too.
Hello, Apple… The bitrate is set way too high for any useable DVD players. It should be between 5.5 (maybe 6) and 7.
Just a word of warning if you want to use this function.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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Let me add….
You can send to Compressor, use any preset you want and then burn the DVD using the Share menu’s settings.
Its the default compression settings in the Share menu that have a real issue.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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Thanks for the heads up!
Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLCMac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe“If you can talk brilliantly enough about a subject, you can create the consoling allusion it has been mastered.” – Stanley Kubrick
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[Wayne Carey] “Ok… Here’s the really major bug. I took the settings in the “Share” menu and sent my project to Compressor to look at its setting for compression. The bitrate minimum is 7.8 mbit and the maximum bitrate is 9 mbits.”
Wayne,
It’s not a bug, it’s a new feature designed by Apple to prevent clients from playing back DVDs on those projects requiring additional editing.
The feature buys you several additional days of editing that you can blame on faulty media. Apple is presently working on several additional excuses to go with the new feature that will get you paid for the additional days, and it should be included in a patch due sometime soon.
David
David Roth Weiss
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Wow! This is just like that SNL shipment service that takes the blame for your packages not being delivered on time when it’s really your fault. What a great feature!
Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLCMac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe“If you can talk brilliantly enough about a subject, you can create the consoling allusion it has been mastered.” – Stanley Kubrick
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I have found the Share function to act inapporpriately as well. Importing a ref file to Compressor always works as expected, though.
Jeremy
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that bitrate is too high. skipping can occur on some players.
generally 7mbps including audio is the maximum you should have
on burnable dvd. the error correction is not as good as replicated
so you need that lower bitrate. -
Why would you use “share” over “send to” ?
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[Jason Brown] “Why would you use “share” over “send to” ?”
Send to doesn’t allow background processing or the use of Virtual Clusters.
Jeremy
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By background processing…do you mean how compressor takes over Final Cut? Because it seems now in v7 that it does allow you to keep editing while it works in background.
-Jason
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Using send to or share? That’s what Share was desinged for (I think).
Jeremy
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