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Movie rendering for DVD (What compression to use?)
I’m new to Final Cut (and creating a DVD) so bear with me…
I have my movie sequence (my animation reel) all set up to render out to put
onto DVD’s. However I cannot figure out what QT compression to use.I’ve tried “Export/Quicktime Movie” with Self Contained on, as Final Cut Help suggests
to render for DVD, but end up with really bad quality.I have also tried “Export/using Quicktime Conversion” and under options
tried ‘Video’ compression and also ‘Sorensen 3’ both at the highest setting but still really bad.My source clips in the timeline are all excellent high quality QT movies.
The timeline is only 4 minutes in length so I am assuming it can’t be any size issue.
All my 3 attempts, (the rendered compressed QT movies) are only 800 – 900 mgs each.
(I’m thinking that my movie can be up to 4 gigs and still fit onto the DVD?)I have also tried ‘None’ compression but it won’t render- I keep getting a “General Error”, whatever that is!
I am planning on a very simple load and play DVD using “iDVD” on my Mac.
Can anyone help me with how to get the best quality DVD using Final Cut Express and iDVD?
Thanks very much for any and all thoughts.
Brian
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Also…
It seems that my renderings are interlaced which is giving me a very soft look.
How can I turn off interlacing?Brian
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more…
my clips look great in the viewer window but interlaced and really fuzzy in the canvas window!
What’s that about??
Brian
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First of all, don’t judge anything by the canvas OR the viewer. What it looks like on an external NTSC monitor is the only thing that matters.
As for iDVD, you don’t have to do any compressing. It does it for you. In Final Cut, go to FILE>EXPORT>QUICK TIME MOVIE. Use “Current Settings,” “Audio and Video,” and “No Markers.” UN-Check the “Make Movie Self Contained” option.
Then, open iDVD and drag that file onto the menu.
That should do it!
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Thanks Jeff.
I am giving that a try now.
One thing I can’t understand though, if I render out as you suggest shouldn’t I
be able to see a great quality movie when I open that file in Quicktime and play it directly on my
computer before even putting it onto a DVD?Brian
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Jeff,
Hi. It worked! My DVD looks very good on a TV monitor.Being in the graphics business here is one small issue:
If I give this DVD to a potential (anal retentive) producer or director
and they pop it into their computer instead of a TV/DVD player to play it, then it looks really terrible on
the computer screen. Any suggestions on how to deal with this?Perhaps a computer screen version and a NTSC version on the same disk?
Do you have this same concern?Thanks very much, you’ve been a great help.
Brian
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