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    Compressor Nightmare!!!!

    Posted by Edward Neary on May 3, 2006 at 1:30 am

    I have a Power Mac G5, with Panther and am using FCP 5 with DVD Studio 3 along with compressor 2.0.1.

    I compressed a 1 hour and fifteen minute video with settings of:

    DVD Best Video 4:3 90 minutes All
    Video Format: NTSC, 29.97, 4:3, bottom First
    Quality: Two Pass VBR Best, Avg. Bit rate 3.5 Mbps, Max. Bit Rate 8.0, Motion Estimation is Best

    Here’s the Problem: Under the Summary Tab it Estimates the File Size at 1.96 GB, but when I compress it ends up creating 3.87 GB file. By the time I add the compressed audio and get the file to DVD Studio Pro 3 my file is 4.9GB. I’ve changed settings 4 times and it’s wasting hours.

    What to do?

    Francois Stark replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Francois Stark

    May 3, 2006 at 6:36 am

    I think your audio is not compressed. Compressor has two options for the audio: AIFF and Dolby 2.0. The AIFF is actually uncompressed and will take up 650 MB for 72 minutes. the Dolby will take up MUCH less space. Remove the AIFF from the DVD project and use Dolby. If your video is only 3.89GB, it will fit with the Dolby audio.

    Regards
    Francois

    Regards
    Francois

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