[Ed Dooley]

If I had typed faster I would have been the first to suggest the QT route. 🙂
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Ditto what those guys said. But, if for some reason you are absolutely stuck with going
from the ripped DVD footage, at least don’t go out to DV. Export as an uncompressed QT
and bring it to a service bureau who will transfer to 35mm from the QT. At least you won’t
be making a sub-standard product even worse.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

1-Yes, you can use Compressor, or you can use this:
https://www.nattress.com/standardsConversion.htm

2-Why would you want both on the same DVD? Another way to think about it is that
any modern PAL DVD players will play NTSC DVDs, so you really only need to create NTSC
DVDs. See this thread:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?univpostid=855397&forumid=55&postid=855397&pview=t
Ed

[Venom Racing] “My question is this:
1) Can I convert my NTSC version into PAL without a lot of headaches?
2) Can I then put both versions onto a DVD that will work worldwide? Would I need an applet or some type of “widget” that can determine the appropriate format so that it will play correctly? I already have a regional selection menu created for users to select the region and play the correct data version, but if the EU version is not in PAL format, it probably won’t make a difference what menu I’ve created because they won’t be able to see it. = ) “

[Ed Dooley]

Users/UserName/Library/Preferences/

You should read these (easily found on a search):
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_troubleshooting_fcp_jordan.html
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302337
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93385

Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I’ve also read of corrupt files or sequences causing this. Two possible things to try:
-First create another sequence and copy the timeline to that
-If that doesn’t work, duplicate the sequence, and using the duplicate, remove
one clip at a time of the clips that are different from the timelines that work (you
said they’re the same except the one with errors is a minute longer, right?). After
eliminating each clip, try compressing again to isolate the potential corrupt file.
A long process perhaps, but it’s all I can suggest (oh, trash your prefs too).
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I don’t know if this helps at all, but Error 50 is a common error when using OSX
in a shared network with Windows machines. It’s also common for hard drive I/O
problems when using drives formatted for PC/Mac. Are you on such a network? Or are
you using an external drive that may be formatted as Fat32? Is anything else different
from the last exports of other sequences?
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Since this is the AJA IO forum, and you don’t ask anything related to it, I suggest you post in either the AJA Kona, Blackmagic, FCP,
or HD High End forum. You asked questions related to all of those products and workflows.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

24 Arial is a good size. There are a number of recommendations to not ever go below 22 point, but as you probably know,
it depends on the font. we use 24 point Arial pretty regularly.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Instant HD works in FCP too, so for $100 it may be worth a look.
I’ll report back.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

After running into the problem and upgrading to the latest driver, and downgrading the firmware, did
you also trash the FCP prefs and verify permissions? I had a similar AJA problem, but after trashing prefs
and verifying and repairing permissions, it went away. Worth a shot.
Ed