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Exporting a sequence to DVD
Hi there. I’m relatively new to FCP, and I have a relatively simple question. I just want to export a brief (approximately six minutes) FCP sequence to a DVD, to be played in a DVD player.
I’ve tried exporting the sequence to Compressor and dragging those files to Toast Titanium, but the resulting DVD shows up as unplayable in a standard DVD player. Dragging the MOV file to Toast didn’t work either – the end result video quality was poor.
I’m just starting to wrap my brain around DVD Studio Pro, and my brief experiment with moving files into that program (from Compressor) was unsuccessful.
I don’t need menus or graphics or anything – just a playable DVD, no bells or whistles.
Thanks,
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Chris, I use DVD Studio Pro for this all the time, and it’s remarkably easy.
-Export your FCP project to Compressor
-In Compressor, find all of the DVD options and choose the one you want. Drag the one you want into the batch window.
-Make sure you also drag a destination into the batch window, too. Compressor needs to know where to put the assets when it’s done. Using the desktop is fine.
-When Compressor is done, you should see two new files on your desktop: an .m2v(video) file and a .acm(audio) file.
-Launch DVDSP, and delete the two default assets that appear in the window.
-Drag your two new assets into the window.
-Right-click the icon and select “First Play”.
-Click the burn button (I forget the exact name). It should open your DVD tray. Throw in a dvd and off you go.Paul
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Thanks! I won’t be doing any more editing until tomorrow morning – I’ll try it out then. I appreciate the quick response.
Chris
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For a short video of 6 minutes, you could also skip the compressor step, and just send a quicktime to DVD SP and let it compress it.
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