[Delphine Morris]

HI everyone sorry I jump on this at a later date, reading you and still struggling with the whole HD to dvd workflow. I HAVE to produce a DVD I only have FCP7 and compressor and dvd studio pro and none of the tools and sophisticated roundabout way you mention. How do I get a decent enough looking dvd please! footage shot in 1920 1080i imported in FCP pro res, edited in 1080i timeline, export as is to compressor in QT, dvd settings in compressor as below, then into dvd studio pro and it looks unbearably jagged, interlaced and jittery where I am going wrong please???

Thanks so much deadline looming and panicking here!
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MPEG-2 elementary stream for DVD Authoring
File Extension: m2v
Estimated size: 2.48 GB/hour of source
Type: MPEG-2 video elementary stream
Usage:SD DVD
Video Encoder
Width and Height: Automatic
Selected: 720 x 576
Pixel aspect ratio: PAL CCIR 601 (16:9)
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls Automatically selected:
Retiming: (Fast) Nearest Frame
Resize Filter: Linear Filter
Deinterlace Filter: Fast (Line Averaging)
Adaptive Details: On
Antialias: 0
Detail Level: 0
Field Output: Same as Source
Start timecode from source
Aspect ratio: Automatic
Selected 16:9
Field dominance: Automatic
Average bit rate: 5.5 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum bit rate: 7.2 (Mbps)
High quality
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP
DVD Studio Pro meta-data enabled

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[Delphine Morris]

Hi all! I don’t do many dvds theses days but for this project I need output in HD (for computers, public presentations etc) and also on DVD SD for smaller distribution. faced with a deadline and panicking, I thought my workflow was foolproof but DVD results are interlaced, jagged, video stuttering: unbearable. Where am I going wrong?

Footage shot on a Canon XF100, HD 1920 -1080i, brought into FCP via pro res into a 1920-1080i sequence, output to QT as is, brought into compressor and put through a classic setting for DVD (see below), then into DVD studio pro. All looks good on screen but once dvd is burned is is all wrong.

Also HD QT from Interlaced sequence is not surprisingly … interlaced, am I better of putting in progressive sequence in FCP first before QT export or transcoding after?

Any ideas how I can fix this?

in compressor:
images:
Description: MPEG-2 elementary stream for DVD Authoring
File Extension: m2v
Estimated size: 2.48 GB/hour of source
Type: MPEG-2 video elementary stream
Usage:SD DVD
Video Encoder
Width and Height: Automatic
Selected: 720 x 576
Pixel aspect ratio: PAL CCIR 601 (16:9)
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls Automatically selected:
Retiming: (Fast) Nearest Frame
Resize Filter: Linear Filter
Deinterlace Filter: Fast (Line Averaging)
Adaptive Details: On
Antialias: 0
Detail Level: 0
Field Output: Same as Source
Start timecode from source
Aspect ratio: Automatic
Selected 16:9
Field dominance: Automatic
Average bit rate: 5.5 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum bit rate: 7.2 (Mbps)
High quality
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP
DVD Studio Pro meta-data enabled

sound:
Description: Dolby Digital Professional for DVD, Blu-ray and AVCHD authoring
File Extension: ac3
Estimated size: 86.4 MB/hour of source
Audio Encoder
Sample Rate: 48.000kHz
Channels: 2
Bits Per Sample: 16
Target System: DVD Video
Data Rate: 192 kbps
Compression Preset: None
Audio Coding Mode: Selected
Audio Coding Mode: 2/0 (L, R)
BitStream Mode: Complete Main
Center Mix Level: -3dB
Surround Mix Level: -3dB
Dolby Surround Mode: Dolby Surround
LFE Exists: No
Dialog Normalization: -31 dbFS
Copyright Exists: Yes
Original Content: Yes
Audio Production Information Exists: No
RF Overmodulation Protection: Off
Channel Bandwidth Lowpass Filter: On
DC Highpass Filter: On
LFE Channel Lowpass Filter: On
3dB Attenuation: Off
phase 90: On
Deemphasis: Off