DVD studio pro

[Shawn Birmingham]

FCPX allows you to create DVDs with simple (or no) menus. Nothing of DVD SP is in FCPX. DVD SP does still work, even in Lion, although Apple has not touched it in 6+ years.

[Devin Crane]

Nope.

[Craig Seeman]

There’s just primitive DVD and Blu-ray support whose features are steps below iDVD.
Apple has said frequently, optical disk is a dead end and even Blu-ray is transitory at best.

[Andrew Richards]

The DVD and BluRay capabilities in FCPX are almost exactly what you have available in Compressor 3.5. Very rudimentary, not an authoring tool at all like DVDSP.

Best,
Andy

[Mark Morache]

Personally, I’m getting less and less satisfied with the look of dvds.

I still use DVD Studio Pro for mastering standard def discs, but anymore I am posting high def videos, on dropbox, youtube or my mobile me gallery, until that goes away.

Vimeo has a pro level for $199/year, and it streams on phones and pads. Could be a good way to go.

What other options are people using?

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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.

Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com

[Andrew Richards]

[Mark Morache] “Vimeo has a pro level for $199/year, and it streams on phones and pads. Could be a good way to go.”

I hadn’t seen the new Pro level, that’s cool. I’ve got a Plus plan, it was all there was when I signed up. The Approvals pages are particularly interesting. Vimeo is good stuff.

Best,
Andy

[Joseph Owens]

Doesn’t matter for some of us — DVDs are part of the deliverable package. For me they’re getting to be the “new VHS”, and PTL that is gone. However…

does no one give a rat’s @$$ about archival/preservation, simple storage anymore? Sure post it up on the net — I’m sure the cloud will last forever, right? Well, until Apple or someone even richer and more arrogant decides that internet cr@p is so yesterday and deletes it all.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Craig Seeman]

Vimeo Pro
https://vimeo.com/pro

https://vimeo.com/blog:430

https://vimeo.com/help/faq#plus_to_pro

Looks impressive.

The replacement for DVD depends on the targeted use but there’s a few.
For presentation playing from an iPad 2 HDMI out to HDTV.
File Players such as Western Digital’s to HDTV or projector is also possible.
For distribution, a link to an HD encode is viable. This can also work for fast client review.

I”m finding few needs for DVD video (and Blu-ray). Some people like to hand out a tangible but then one can only view with the appropriate player. Some people like the option to make menu choices but one can choose between links on a website as well. Even if I need to get a video on a tangible, burning a file to a disc as data seems to have more flexibility these days, especially if you want to show HD. It seems when you consider computers and portable devices that can play an HD file, there is wider use than Blu-ray. My heart breaks when I have to mash HD onto an SD DVD Video disc. There are too many ways to offer better quality HD file for viewing.

[Craig Seeman]

You can certainly use Optical Discs (DVD, Blu-ray, whatever follows) as data file storage. You can fit something better than a mashed MPEG2 file on it, or even a bit more efficient H.264 on it.

Note that any “archival” system must not only endure but the devices that play them must also endure. Some people will find that LTO tape is the best way to go just as long new record/play devices remain backward compatible and in production.

[Greg Burke]

[Craig Seeman] “There’s just primitive DVD and Blu-ray support whose features are steps below iDVD.
Apple has said frequently, optical disk is a dead end and even Blu-ray is transitory at best.”

Thanks I Don’t know what I would do without Apple Telling me What is alive and Dead in the post production world… 😛

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