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FCP 3 Quicktime Export problem
Used all Final Cut Pro versions before. Never had a problem. But now that I’m using FCP 3 (FCP 7), when I export a 98-minute timeline into a quicktime, it gives me a 19.5 gig movie. Such a large movie. How can I burn into disk on DVD Studio Pro. I’d like to burn the movie onto a single layer Disk. How can I do that with such a large file. I think there is a way to export a smaller file and then make a DVD out of it in DVD Studio Pro. My real concern is, I wanna know how can I export the movie from Final Cut Pro 7 into a QuickTime and still have a small enough file that will fit into a single layer disk. Hope you can help. Thanks a lot.
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If you are exporting DV, you will always get some 19GB files for a 90 minutes clip. This whatever version of FC you use.
Send your movie to Compressor and make an MPEG-2. That’s the only kind of files supported in standard DVDs.
Or import it directly to DVDSTP.
rafael -
I’m exporting a 97-min movie shot on HDV in HDV, 24fps, into a Quicktime. And the result of the export is 19 plus gigs with these dimensions: 1920×1080. So does that still mean that I should export using Quicktime conversion and then compression? Do I not lose any resolution? Thanks – Z
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[Zeyat aden] “So does that still mean that I should export using Quicktime conversion and then compression? Do I not lose any resolution? Thanks – Z”
Of course you will lose resolution. The DVD format is SD only, so the resolution will be 720×480 regardless of your source footage.
Do not export a file from FCP using Quicktime Conversion. Simply export a Quicktime refrence movie (uncheck “make slef-contained”), then open the reference movie in Compressor and choose the appropriate DVD encoding profile for your footage. Make sure to choose an anamorphic profile. Encode your audio as .ac3.
Next, import the .ac3 and .m2v files into DVD Studio Pro and author your DVD.
DVD Studio Pro does not author Blu-Ray discs, so if you need to create an HD (Blu-Ray) disc, you’ll need to use other software.
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This is unfortunate. A resolution of 720×480. Wow! How does the footage? I guess I’ll have to see. And what if I want to burn an HD? Doesn’t DVDS have an HD tab? Appreciate all the help. Thanks.
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[Zeyat aden] “This is unfortunate. A resolution of 720×480.”
This is the standard since 15 years.if you want something in HD, you can make an HD DVD (no standard) with DVDSTP. You have the presets in Compressor.
The other option is Bluray.
Rafael -
Hello there,
Please. Emergency. I have followed the above suggestions. And I get less than 4gigs file. Import into DVDSP. Create the DVD and burn it. It plays on apple computers, but I try this DVD Players and it doesn’t play. I read about DVD STUDIO Pro on Apple’s site and it says that UDF disks don’t play on most of DVD players.
The problem is, my original footage has been shot on HDV (Canon) and even when Compressor has shrunk big size (over 19gigs for 1hr 37min footage) into a small size with an MPEG, it seems that the footage is still HDV and hence the reason for DVDSP encoding the disk with UDF 2.5 (Universal Disk Format). What am I doing wrong here? What should I do? Please HELP!
Thanks.
Zeyat
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