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Where’s My MPEG2?
After re-installing (geez) Final Cut Studio 2, I suddenly and sadly realized that I don’t have the convenient little MPEG2 Quicktime conversion option in my Export pull down menu. I’v been using Studio 2 for over a year and have found that little jewel a wonderful way to do a quick burn DVD for client approvals. Now…it’s gone!
I did the usual updates via Apple to get back up to speed on the latest versions, so FCP is back to 6.05.
Second headache, so I can’t MPEG2 out of the pull down, so I pulled my project into Compressor and ran an MPEG version. (You already know what happens, right?) DVD Studio Pro won’t let me add this new file as an asset. So, I’m stuck, FEDEX is already come and gone and the best thing I can do is stick the new MPEG directly on a disk and hope that the client doesn’t mind watching, well, a Quicktime. Of course they live in Windows world and are always boggled by QT’s.
What’s the preferred codec for burning quick with an audio and video track that DVD Studio Pro likes?
Mike Maloney
Maloney Marketing Group
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MPEG-2 export is no longer available in recent versions of QuickTime. It’s been gone for quite a while.
MPEG-2 files encoded in Compressor work fine in DVDSP. Not sure what you’re doing but that’s the way most people make DVDs.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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Tom,
I would suspect that Mike chose the MPEG preset in Compressor rather than one of the DVD presets. Don’t ya think?
BTW, like that new avatar photo…
David
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I think the same, David.
Mike, you can just import your QT movie to DVDSTP and he will convert it to MPEG-2.
however the best way is Compressor.
you have much more control and options than with DVDSTP.
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That little mpeg2 gem was installed with DVDSP 1 and 2 I think. So if you’ve cleared a system and installed DVDSP4 without installing the earlier versions, then it won’t get installed. I think you can go back and run the installer from DVDSP 2 or whatever old version you have.
That encoder was fast and convenient. Much faster than compressor it seemed.
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Just when you think you’ve got this beast collared, Quicktime changes it’s mind. Thanks for the suggestions, I’m going to try a reinstall of DVDSP without running the upgrade. It was on the original version of Studio 2, otherwise I would have never found it to begin with.
Mike Maloney
Maloney Marketing Group
maloneymarketinggroup.com
beartoothrecording.com
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Once you have installed DVDSTP 2, you can save the QT MPEG-2 Component.
rafael -
Of far more interest than Tom’s new photo is why Maloney thought he needed to reinstall Final Cut Studio 2.
bogiesan
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Since you asked, I made that decision not based upon Final Cut, but rather Pro Tools. I’ve had a litany of issues with the software and it was decided that the best work around was to start with a fresh OS platform. FCP has run fine. No one ever wants to reinstall things from the ground up, least of all me.
But, after repairing disk permissions, deleting preferences, uninstalling, reinstalling, etc., ad infinitum,
the Pro Tools tech and I both agreed a fresh system might solve some of those issues. Turns out, however, it’s hardware related.MM
Mike Maloney
Maloney Marketing Group
maloneymarketinggroup.com
beartoothrecording.com
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Yeah, I’m due for a spring cleaning myself. There’s just so much clutter in the computer that it’s refreshing to go through everything and clean house. Then back it up, initialize the drive, install the OS then the major needed apps. Then for a month I just install smaller apps as the need arises. But have to find a gap between projects and some free time!
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