Alexander Kallas
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Gary,
Interesting post, but some questions.
1. ” I set the levels in FCP to tape standards”-what tape standards? There are audio peak markers in FCPHD and up, is this what you mean?
2. “Make sure the master volume control is set to 0dB”-what/ where and how please?
Thanks
Alexander -
[mus man] “So, do you not want me to mention my old editor? That would be kind of strange, especially as I was only pointing out what is a universal trick.”
??? Too cryptic for me.
Cheers
Alexander -
This is an Apple forum, I don’t know Vegas.
What I’m saying is, setting -31 in APack keeps the audio to the level you have in FCP, so the latter must not be too hot.
Cheers
Alexander -
John and Todd
I would caution against 0dB audio, it’s just too close for comfort.
For DVD AC3 sound is the standard.
In A-Pac you must set the “Dialog Normalization” to -31dBFS (from the default -27dBFS) to avoid this volume drop on your DVD.
Cheers
Alexander -
[Frank L. Jr.] “but FCP won’t give me the option of mpeg-2 export anymore.”
Frank,
You can get this download from the Apple site WITH a valid FCP key.
It should also install with DVDSP if you have that.
QT Pro does not have it.
Cheers
Alexander -
[Todd Beabout] “BTW, I used to leave the audio down when exporting until I realized my error, but I did not receive any complaints regarding the audio levels on those DVDs.”
So Todd,
Why change to 0dB?
Surely running so close to clipping is unecessary.
Cheers
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Kevin,
Don’t use F-W hubs, they really mess with your system.
If you have to use more than one F-W drive at the same time, then do it with a fire-wire card for your Mac.
Cheers
Alexander -
Havard.
Because it works when moved, were you out of/low on drive-space on the other Mac?
Cheers
Alexander -
Hi Walter,
Does it really mater if we are going to A-Pac for DVD with 2/0(L,R) ?
Cheers
Alexander -
Bryan,
You didn’t say wether you used VBR or Single Pass CBR from Compressor.
VBR gets confused with transitions, and can produce spiking.
Use CBR and I think you’ll get a better result, even at a high bit-rate.
Cheers
Alexander