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formats
project
make video for 1st birthday on dvd to be played on a widescreen TV.
settings i’m thinking for output from after effects.
if I use animation codec the files come out very high. and unplayable at times(choppiness)
if i use H.264 they are way more manageable and play smooth.I read that mpeg H.264 is for dvd.
if I use animation(choppiness) do i need a compression software. same for mpeg H.264
i’ve been reading that people are losing quality to there pics do to size/pixel.
idvd is what i was going to load my dvd just because it came with the computer.
i’m looking for project setting recommendations for both compressing pre-dvd (software to be used-cheap)
and will idvd do the job.project settings
time code base= auto
ntsc drop framecolor setting= 8bits or should i do16
working space=? not sureaudio settings=44.100khz
comp settings
preset=hdtv 1080 29.97 1920×1080 16:9 aspect or?
render settings output
format=quicktime
format options video codec=H.264 or animation
check mark 1 keyframe every 1 framebitrate?
sound codec=apple lossless
and yes i am not an avid video user. i did not read the manual. and the formats are to me confusing.
thanks everyone.
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Easiest way for DVD (assuming you want a regular DVD and not Blue Ray):
Use a QuickTime NTSC DV Widescreen preset on export(this will squeeze the video in a 4:3 frame, but it will look right on a 16:9 tv). You will have to resize (stretch) your footage to the same preset. Render out the .mov file and drop it in your iDVD 16:9 preset project. Burn to DVD and you are done.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro -
what do you mean by “You will have to resize (stretch) your footage to the same preset”
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can you explain a little more please on “high-quality file is what you want to use to make MPEG2 files.”
so i can render out everything animation format. so in the output module i use MPEG2 H.264 (top of window) and for the video output it’s animation?
or do I format to quicktime/codec animation then compress to H.264 with seperate software?
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iDVD is using QT files- Animation or DV are fine (DV is smaller size and much faster though and it does not seem to make much of a difference in the final compression that iDVD makes). Since you seem to have HD footage, you need to scale down the size of the output to fit a SD frame. You can do that in the output module of your render queue. Read up more on the adobe site.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.ennstudio.ro
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