[Daniel Ludwig]

steve,
could you please upload the rar-file to another file-server. There´s a lot advertising and bad popups on that website.

also your link is not complete.

and finally: what you´re describing in your tutorial is a workarround, which pro-apps are doing under the GUI. all in all – it works of course 😉

but encore itself could not create these meta-tags.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

to create DDP-images you can use gearmaster pro, but I´m not sure if it could add ISRCs.

if you could upload your stuff to a FTP I could add the ISRCs and create a DDP-image using DVD AE for a charge, if you like.

please contact me offlist: info (at) moviedesign.de

cheers

dany

[Daniel Ludwig]

carlos,
what have you used as imput-files for authoring? allready encoded assets, or other stuff?

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

gene,
have you got the possibility to upload the entire muxed DVD, so we could have a look at it.

I´ve got DVD AfterEdit over here and could have a look at it. other option is you might call/email

larry applegate or robin hanson from Rivergate Software, they could help you with your problem at some charge.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

hi kim,
as I´ve written before. it´s quite easy – you don´t need to think about PAL-DVDs as pal-player could easily read/play NTSC-DVDs, and I am living in PAL-country (germany)

it´s a common workflow to create NTSC-DVDs for the int. distribution so all regions could playback the DVD.

if you are comming from PAL, it´s more complicated, as you need to convert to NTSC for int. distribution.

it makes no real sence for you to cross-convert to PAL, as NTSC is 720×480 and PAL is 720×576, so you need to to do a small upscale besides the 29.98 to 25fps-crossconversion.

just my 2 ct (euro) 😉

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Kim,
NTSC DVDs could be played in PAL-player, but the other way round is not possible.

so you´re fine with your NTSC-DVD for worldwide distribution.

or did your customer/distributor request a PAL DVD?

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

frank,
SD-NTSC DVD is 720×480, and if you have been editing 1080-material it´s like crap in your eye – you get hurt when you see SD vs HD. 😀

you´ll get the best SD-resolution if you are going to scale down first prior SD-MPEG2-encoding using a high quality downscale-tool. after effects could do a good job on it.

don´t use HD-content within encore to create a SD-DVD.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

you´ve said it – it has been made on a professional authoring-system, that could implement more meta-data then encore.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

hey bijoyini,
what are you trying to do?

you would like to encode your video for (SD-)DVD or would you like to encode video for HD-media?

DVD SP could only create HD DVD which is a dead format – died 3-5 years ago. if you would like to create a blu-ray disc you should use toast (with HD-plugin) or adobe encore which could author blu-rays.

compressor 3 which comes with FCP 7 could also create easy blu-rays.

if you would like to create SD DVD you should also use compressor to encode your m2v and ac3.

NTSC DVD is 720×480 – you should create your own preset instead of using the templates.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

[Alex Wolfe] “I am coming from an apple Pro Res project at 23.98 FPS. I have output via compressor to Apple Pro Res Progressive 24fps versions”

hi alex,
here´s your first real issue – if you are working with 23.98fps video you should export 23.98 from FCP – why using compressor for the export?

export as self-contained quicktime-movie (cmd-e) and there you are. take this one and put it into toast and let it do the encoding-job for you.

cheers

danny