compressor

[Russell Lasson]

I would try h.264 at 320×240 resolutions with the data rate constrained to 525Kbit/sec.

-Russ

Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
Provo, UT

[Jeremy Garchow]

Turn down the bitrate.

[Kevin Hamm]

[Grant Strac] “150 minutes of a lecture in acc format that i took off a FCP”

I have no idea what this even means! And then, this:

[Grant Strac] “When i goto burn it on to a cd I am several minutes over”

Um, there are several ways to get this onto a CD, but this is still a confused question. Notice that the first person to answer you gave you video specs, but your statement about being “minutes over” makes it seem like you’re dealing with an audio file.

And if you are dealing with an Audio File, I can tell you the problem. You can’t build an Audio CD that will play longer than 80 minutes. Why? Because that’s how CDs were designed. It actually has to do with a recording of a certain symphony that was 76 minutes long. The engineers on the first CDs had to be able to store and reproduce the entirety of that recording before the executive in charge of the project would present it to become what it is today. So if you are trying to make an audio cd, you’ll have to split the file and make two of them.

Of course, if you can play MP3 CDs, just change the AAC to an MP3 and burn it in the finder.

However, if you have video footage that you want to burn to a CD, um, well… on CD? Really? To play on something other than a computer? And what are you burning the CD with? Toast? A lighter?

In compressor, there is a DVD 150 min NTSC setting, choose that. Or, if your footage is anamorphic, choose the DVD 150 min NTSC 16:9. Make sure to also choose to make the audio to the Dolby Digital file as well, then use DVD Studio Pro to create the final DVD.

Hopefully I’ve covered something helpful for you. If not, if you could give some more information I’m sure help will appear.

kev~!

Kevin Hamm
Video, Web, Print and coloring books.