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Compression for 10min Film
Hi,
I’ve just finished cutting a short film in FCP and am now trying to export it to put on a DVD. To do this i am using Compressor and Adobe Encore CS5. First off, I’ve been having trouble finding the optimum compression settings. I’ve tried making a .m2v with .ac3 audio via the ‘DVD:Best Quality 90 minutes’ Setting but the file still comes out quite low quality. As the film is only 10mins I then tried the equivalent HD DVD Setting but this resulted in too large a file and yet still low quality. Could anyone please tell me what I might do differently? Or am I just going to have to put up with the low quality for DVD?
I know this is posted in the FCP forum but the next part of the problem is linked. When I try to use the .m2v file in Adobe Encore the transcoding process further compresses the film and thus reduces the quality even more. As far as I understood .m2v files could bypass the transcoding process in Encore but for some reason that option isn’t available. Again any solution to this would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
-Nick
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3 Replies
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Well, if you are editing HD and making a regular DVD…that is SD…so it won’t be as high quality. Just a warning….
#42 – Quick and dirty way to author a DVDShane’s Stock Answer #42 – David Roth Weiss’ Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:
1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.
2. Open DVDSP, select the “graphical” tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.
3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option “first play”.
5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.
6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the “general tab” in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select “16:9 pan-scan.”
7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.
THATS ALL!!!
NOW…if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose “16:9 LETTERBOX” instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.
Shane
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For a 10 min movie I would suggest using a CBR encoding method in Compressor at 7Mbps, this is faster and better than any VBR and it will have less playback issue. It is also highly recommended that you encode the audio to ac3 also.
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And you should make 2 changes to the ac3 preset to achieve optimal results. In Compressor’s Inspector (with the ac3 preset selected) in the Audio tab change Dialog Normalization from -27 to -31. And in the Preprocessing tab change the Compression Preset to None.
John
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