Exporting High Quality Video to burn in iDVD / submitting to Film Fests..

[John Fishback]

For a DVD: Export a Self-contained, Current Settings QT movie, do not use QT Conversion. Bring this file into Compressor and use the DVD Best Quality 90 Minute setting one for video (mv2) and one for audio (ac3). For the video setting in Compressor’s Inspector turn on Frame Controls and change all quality settings to Best. For the ac3 setting change the Compression Preset from Film Standard to None and Dialog Normalization from -27 dbFS to -31 dbFS. When Compressor finishes the encode, start DVD Studio Pro and import both files. Drag them into a Track, set the track for First Play and adjust the track parameters for Display Mode: 16×9 Letterbox. Then Build/Format the DVD. For more detail, search the Cow and you’ll find it.

John

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FCS 2 (FCP 6.0.5, Comp 3.0.5, DVDSP 4.2.1, Color 1.0.3)

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[Tiffany Duke]

Do I want Best Quality 90 minutes – 16:9 or 4:3?

Thank you.

Dukesup

[Tiffany Duke]

Also – I have Compressor Ver 2, does that change anything at all since I do not have the updated version?

Dukesup

[John Fishback]

You’d use 16×9 as you shot 720P. As for Compressor 2, it’s been awhile since I’ve looked at it so I don’t know if the settings, etc. are the same. The principle is the same. Search here and in the DVDSP forum for older posts about Compressor 2 & DVDSP (which I believe has been the same for a couple of FCP versions).

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 2 (FCP 6.0.5, Comp 3.0.5, DVDSP 4.2.1, Color 1.0.3)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Tiffany Duke]

In terms of what you said to do for the “video setting in Compressor’s Inspector – that I should turn on Frame Controls”:

The only options for Frame Control are Custom, Automatic or Off.. Should I choose Custom?

Then you say to “change all quality settings to Best.” is the following look correct?

Resize Filter: BEST (statisical prediction)
Output Fields: Same as Source
Deinterlace: Best (Motion compensated)

Rate Conversion: Best (High quality motion compensated)

Thank you I greatly appreciate the help!

Dukesup

[Tiffany Duke]

Also – is ENCODE the same as SUBMIT?

Dukesup

[John Fishback]

Sounds right. And encode is probably the same as submit. Try it and see how it turns out. If the encode for the entire film is too long, export a short segment to test your settings. When you’re happy, do the entire encode.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 2 (FCP 6.0.5, Comp 3.0.5, DVDSP 4.2.1, Color 1.0.3)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Michael Gissing]

[tiffany duke] ”
Also – is ENCODE the same as SUBMIT?”

Yes it means you are submitting the file to start encoding, once all the parameters are set.

Avoid iDVD. Learning to use DVD Studio Pro takes a little while but it produces much better results.

[Tiffany Duke]

It has taken 3 hrs already and says it needs another 4 hours… does this sound right? It is HQ so it very well might be normal, just want to make sure!

Thank you everyone for the help!

Dukesup