compressor

[Benjamin Reichman]

Tell us more: what codec/format did you start with, and what do you want to end with, and why?

[Devon Leesley]

I imported dvd with Mpeg Streamclip. THen put it on timeline for more editing. Then export to quicktime movie. Then import to compressor FCP. I choose DVD:Best Quality in settings menue. After hours of process i end up with 2 icons on desktop, video and audio.2 seperate animals. thanks for any help. I’m missing a step somewhere.

[Cody Walters]

Compressor did exactly what you asked it to do. When you choose a DVD preset, the end result is a video and audio files for DVD burning. Are you wanting to deliver to a DVD or are you wanting a single file for uploading to the web?

Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding Videos

Final Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D

[Benjamin Reichman]

Cody’s completely right: that’s what Compressor is supposed to do.

I’ll add one more thought: if you have Final Cut Pro 7, you can use the Share function to burn a simple DVD more easily than in DVD Studio Pro. However, the Share function doesn’t give you much control at all over the look of the menu, etc.; it takes a long time; and in my experience, it’s pretty flaky.

So I would recommend bringing the files you just made into DVD Studio Pro and creating a simple menu there. You can use the menu, buttons, etc.–or the whole project file–as a template for future DVDs.

[Devon Leesley]

Help me here. I’m so silly. I’d kinda like to have both video and audio together to send to Studio Pro to make a master dvd. If i take the 2 seperate files there is there away to, for the lack of a better term, stick them back together? thanks.

[Michael Gissing]

In DVD Studio Pro you import both files, sync them in the timeline and then burn a DVD. The software then muxs the two files into a standard DVD format.

As DVDs support multiple audio tracks it makes more sense to join and mux all elements at the final stage.

[Devon Leesley]

Thanks. It worked. New problem. I’m in studio pro now trying to navigate my way through. I have chapters marked on the movie. Why do they not show up when trying different menues? Thanks