Mpeg 2 settings are not DVD compliant ???……..

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

Mpeg 2 settings are not DVD compliant ???……..

Posted by Dom Butler on March 21, 2011 at 12:11 am

Hi,
Sorry to have to post here again, have searched for hours trying to remedy my problem.
Trying to fix an issue of my text being totally degraded after I send it through compressor ??
I have tried various different options, the best seems to be using the settings for HD DVD Mpeg 2 , but I cant get it to burn a DVD as it always comes up with the message “Cannot create the DVD because the Mpeg2 settings are not DVD compliant “….???..

..if the settings are not compliant to create a DVD then why are they available as an option for settings ??…..or am I missing something ????….this issue has all spiraled from an earlier problem of not being able to create text which is good quality when I try to export and make a DVD for TV viewing.
Any help would be most appreciated ….
Thanks

Ted Scarlett replied 14 years, 8 months ago 6 Members · 10 Replies
10 Replies

Scott Sheriff
March 21, 2011 at 12:53 am

DVD’s are not HD. So you need to create SD assets for use in creating DVD’s

Try following the create SD DVD steps in the manual, it’ll work.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…
Dom Butler
March 21, 2011 at 1:45 am

Thanks for your response.
But can you explain why the video footage displays fine but any text/titles are badly pixellated ?
Thanks
Scott Sheriff
March 21, 2011 at 2:01 am

Hard to say without knowing the particulars of your sequence/codec and where you generated the titles.
I’m guessing the problem is starting there.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…
Chris Tompkins
March 21, 2011 at 11:06 am

The HD DVD format is dead. BluRay is the Hi-Def format.
Choose a SD DVD preset, adjust your frame controls and data rate for best picture.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC
Dom Butler
March 21, 2011 at 5:28 pm

Sequence settings – HD1440x1080
Timebase -29.97
Compressor – Apple Pro REs
Titles created in Final Cut Pro.
Rafael Amador
March 21, 2011 at 7:24 pm

That have nothing to do with an standard “DVD” specs, so obviously Compressor says NO.
With your MPEG-2, you can make a non standard HD-DVD or BR in DVDSTP, which you can toast on a DVD disk.
It will play only in Macs.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com
Courtney Alberson
November 4, 2011 at 12:52 am

Hey! Not sure if you’re still having trouble. I fought tooth and nail with the FCP suite for weeks. After 50 DVDs with VERY low quality results (including atrocious text pixelation), and several goose chases (including stumping the one-to-one FCP guy at the Apple Store), someone gave me the answer.

Basically step one is you need to convert the sequence to 720p30 before you start compressing and burning it. (right click on the sequence>Settings and change the Pixel Aspect Ratio to HDV 720p30). While you’re in there, change the Quicktime Video Compressor settings to match. You will have to re-render the entire sequence (it may look a little squished, but that’s ok). I also checked the Anamorphic 16:9 box because I had already completed the production of the sequence and couldn’t afford to have anything cut off.

Then export that using File>Export>Quicktime Movie with Current Settings. Afterwards, take that file into Compressor and compress it using the Apple>DVD>DVD: Best Quality DVD 90 min (using a VBR somewhere like 6.0 – 7.7). That will give you the m2v file that you can then import as an asset into DVDSP. It worked like a charm for me! I can’t tell you how many hundreds of files I tried before finding this solution. The process I followed is listed out here with all the screenshots: https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/hdv_to_sd_dvd.html
Ted Scarlett
November 30, 2011 at 6:10 am

So if I’m filming in 720 from my camera do I need to change it again in FCP? i’m using FCP7 and I am running my footage from my camera to apple pro res and then importing to FCP. After editing I export as a Quicktime movie and can begin to construct my DVD in iDVD. However I can’t fit much footage onto the DVD. I tried compressing them to MP2 and MP1 format but after doing so I’m not able to drag and drop the footage into iDVD. Any ideas?

Tedd
Chris Tompkins
November 30, 2011 at 12:59 pm

720 from you camera…???

Are you trying to state 720p HD? OR 720×486 SD?? Details are needed.

You need to look up some tutorials online on how to make a DVD.

IF you shot HD, then Edit HD.
Export using “Current Settings”
Take that file into compressor and choose a easy, ready for you, done already preset for making DVD files.

Take those mpeg2 files into your DVD authoring program to build/create/burn your DVD.

Or are you wanting to make a Bluray disc?

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC
Ted Scarlett
November 30, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Hey Chris

thanks for the reply. I’m using HD 720p from the camera. I dump the footage onto my imac and send it to compressor for Prores. After editing I export the footage as a Quicktime movie. At this point I can easily drop and drag footage into iDVD. However the videos take up a lot of space on a 4.7 DVD (really 4.2). Once I take the footage into compressor and compress it to MP2 I’m unable to drop and drag or import the compressed footage to iDVD. Not sure what I’m doing wrong so any help is appreciated.

Thanks!!

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