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Not much time: best and fastest settings for DVD
Hallo,
I have very little time left: to be precise 6 hours till the premier of the film.
What is the best quality setting, but still reasonably fast to encode a 73min movie (HD ProRes File) in Compressor?
Is it 90min Best Quality?
I heard the VBR is not good for quality, but rather CBR?What is it about one or two pass – is the quality very different?
I would safe of course enormous time with One Pass?Thanx for any help and suggestions – the time is ticking 😉
Sascha
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2 Replies
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There is no “Best” setting. Fortunately for you, time is on your side. Your video is short. There is plenty of space to fit on your DVD. Why don’t you do the test for yourself. Try 90 minute Best VBR and a CBR between 6 and 7. Look at the results yourself.
It does depends on the footage that was shot.
VBR is going to take more time than CBR.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
My thoughts:
If you have a Mac Pro with multiple processors, set it up for Compressor to use multiple processors. This can DRASTICALLY cut your render time by about 80%. Here’s a tutorial:
Use the 90 min. preset. Change the resize option to Best. Change the preset to CBR. Set your bit rate to somewhere between 6.5 and 7.8. Compressor will tell you how big your file will be in the summary window. Find a size that will fit on your media. I assume you are using a single layer DVD-R, so make your media no larger than around 4 GB.
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