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Exporting from FCP to DVD Studio Pro
Could use some help here. I’ve been trying to export files to dvd. Tried several ways. I’ve used both Quicktime settings as well as Compressor. I’m looking at trying to use the best codec for all my projects. Some projects could be an entire 2 minutes some plenty of action and effects. While some may be nearly 2 hours long with little action and no effects (these would be for archiving purposes only and would not be for broadcast quality. Those projects for the best quality would be very short and up to about 1 hour. I don’t have Quicktime Pro (I don’t believe), but I do have the Final Cut Studio. I just need a few pointers and that’s it. The question: what is the preferred way to export from Final Cut Pro to use in DVD Studio Pro? Thanks!
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Hi there,
if you have studio then you do have Quicktime pro. At the moment the fastest way for me to create a DVD, is to export a quicktime movie of the project, and put it straight into DVD Studio. Export it with the same codec you use to capture, presumably DV. I imagine compressor is quickerat encoding but DVD studio can encode in the background, leaving you to create your menus, or use compressor for something else. Plus if you have just digitised a whole tape for archive, you can take the quicktime file straight from the capture scratch folder into DVD studio.
I dont it that often, but this works for me.
nick -
Thank you so much for your help. I followed your suggestion and it worked as you said. However, I had to put it on 2 dvds. So the next question is: Is there any way that I can export the whole thing from FCP on one dvd and maintain a decent quality outcome? If not, I’ll just carefully play around next time until I get it. Again, thanks for your help. Bob
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