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how to export a reference movie
I want to keep high quality throughout. I am capturing via HVR-Z1U and bringing it into FCPHD either via iMovieHD or firewire to FCPHD then how should I export to to DVDSP
I know if I send to tape i can save on quality loss but i need to go to dvdsp. so my question is. can someone tell me the best steps from the beging to keep the best quality for my video. please
thanks
jared
Dual G5 2gh power pc
3 gb ddr sdram
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The first thing to do is export it from FCP and compress it.
John Pale’s answer to this question a month or so ago: Export your sequence(s) as “Quicktime Movie” (not Quicktime Conversion). If you are preparing the DVD on the same computer, you can uncheck “Make Self Contained”. Drag the resulting file into Compressor, running as a standalone app (avoid using the FCP command “Export To Compressor”…many people have problems with it and it encodes MUCH slower that way).
Do a search on this forum or better yet, the DVD authoring forum, for the next steps. All the basic questions have been answered before.
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DVDSP does not support HDV (, you’ll need to re-size to PAL/NTSC at some point before DVDSP.
I’ve never done it with HDV, but I believe your best route would be exporting from FCPHD to Compressor for re-sizing and encoding to MPEG-2. If you want to use another encoder then export as a Quicktime movie and in the options dialog, de-select the ‘make self contained’ box. This will give you a QT ref movie.DL
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Huh? Daniel, I think you’re correct about the size issue, but a reference movie is not self-contained. It REFERS back to your FCP project.
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Chris,
This is what I wrote:
“…de-select the ‘make self contained’ box’….”
de-select means don’t select it or un-select it….
DL
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Daniel,
Sorry, missed that.
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