[Derek Rucas]

So just to reiterate/update (in case someone else needs this info:)

1) Edit your XDCAM video in Final Cut Pro and export as a self-contained movie. Under “Current Settings”.

2) Import this video into Compressor.

3) Under “Settings” Apple > Formats > MPEG-2, choose “QuickTime H.264” and drag that onto your clip.

4) Click, the “Submit” button. This will export a QuickTime H.264 file.

7) Drag the file into Adobe Encore and go to town with your Blu-ray authoring.

Derek Rucas
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[Derek Rucas]

Thanks Jon, I read somewhere that someone was having problems with the H.264 so I opted for the other method. I’m sure you’re correct…when I have more time I will use the H.264.

Thank you for your time.

Derek Rucas
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416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

Hm…seemed to work for me and the results look pretty good!

Derek Rucas
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[Derek Rucas]

As it turns out I just posted this in my thread below. My file size was large as well (almost 2 hours). I will re-post the steps here. I also used FCP to edit XDCAM, encoded with Compressor and authored with Encore.

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1) Edit your 2 hour XDCAM video in Final Cut Pro and export as a self-contained movie. Under “Current Settings”.

2) Import this video into Compressor.

3) Under “Settings” Apple > Formats > MPEG-2, choose “Program Stream” and drag that onto your clip.

4) Under “Settings” Apple > Formats > Audio, choose “Dolby Digital Professional 2.0” and drag that onto your clip.

5) Now, click the “Program Stream” setting you dragged onto your clip. In the Inspector window, select the “Encode” button.

• File Format: MPEG-2
• Stream Usage: Blu-ray

Under the “Video Format” tab:

• Video Format: HD 1920X1080
• Frame Rate: (whatever you shot in)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Field Dominance: Progressive

6) Click, the “Submit” button. This will export an m2v (video) file and an ac3 (audio) file.

7) Drag these 2 files into Adobe Encore as your video and audio files and go to town with your Blu-ray authoring.

Hope this helps.

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

Thanks for all your help Jon, although, I did some more research and decided to take a different approach using Compressor. Here were my findings, (which ultimately fixed both problems including the red pixelization.)

1) Edit your XDCAM video in Final Cut Pro and export as a self-contained movie. Under “Current Settings”.

2) Import this video into Compressor.

3) Under “Settings” Apple > Formats > MPEG-2, choose “Program Stream” and drag that onto your clip.

4) Under “Settings” Apple > Formats > Audio, choose “Dolby Digital Professional 2.0” and drag that onto your clip.

5) Now, click the “Program Stream” setting you dragged onto your clip. In the Inspector window, select the “Encode” button.

• File Format: MPEG-2
• Stream Usage: Blu-ray

Under the “Video Format” tab:

• Video Format: HD 1920X1080
• Frame Rate: (whatever you shot in)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Field Dominance: Progressive

6) Click, the “Submit” button. This will export an m2v (video) file and an ac3 (audio) file.

7) Drag these 2 files into Adobe Encore as your video and audio files and go to town with your Blu-ray authoring.

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

I exported with ProRes 422 overnight and my file size jumped from 30GB to 149GB. I haven’t encoded with Adobe Media Encoder yet…just wondering if this sounds right to you?

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

Hi Jon, thanks for all your help. I have to make both DVDs and Blu-rays. Right now I’m trying to burn the DVDs and I think you nailed it. I am going to encode at 4.5 mbps and see how it goes.

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

I’m exporting out of Final Cut Pro 7. It’s native XDCAM footage encoded as H.264 (I believe.) Transcoding before building the disc gives me the error, “transcoding failed”. Hm.

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

I tried building a disc. The video needed to be transcoded and it failed. Someone suggested that I transcode first before building, so I’m in the middle of that now. Will post back.

Derek Rucas
http://www.derekrucas.com
416-723-6793

[Derek Rucas]

Did you try plugging your Canopus into the front firewire ports?

Sometimes those things can be finicky and plugging them into a different port at the opposite end of the computer will do the trick.