John Pale
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Yes. You need Quicktime Pro to save and edit movies. Thats really the only benefit to buying the Pro version.
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Export your tracks as AIFF files, in additon to providing the OMF. Your sound guy can line up the AIFF files on additional tracks in Pro Tools…he can use them as a guide, or actually replace the raw clips, if your keframing was intricate and you want him to use exactly what you did.
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[2lucid4] “My compositions are 1920×1080, 29.97 and I rendered them out upper field first with the DVCProHD codec.”
This is not the correct frame size for DVCPRO HD, which is an anamorphic format.
If you are rendering these compositions in After Effects, you should be using the DVCPROHD 1080/29.97 preset, which will give you a frame size of 1280 x 1080.
If you somehow “manually” created a custom larger frame size with the DVCPROHD codec, it will not play properly.
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[2lucid4] “My compositions are 1920×1080, 29.97 and I rendered them out upper field first with the DVCProHD codec.”
This is not the correct frame size for DVCPRO HD, which is an anamorphic format.
If you are rendering these compositions in After Effects, you should be using the DVCPROHD 1080/29.97 preset, which will give you a frame size of 1280 x 1080.
If you somehow “manually” created a custom larger frame size with the DVCPROHD codec, it will not play properly.
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[2lucid4] “My compositions are 1920×1080, 29.97 and I rendered them out upper field first with the DVCProHD codec.”
This is not the correct frame size for DVCPRO HD, which is an anamorphic format.
If you are rendering these compositions in After Effects, you should be using the DVCPROHD 1080/29.97 preset, which will give you a frame size of 1280 x 1080.
If you somehow “manually” created a custom larger frame size with the DVCPROHD codec, it will not play properly.
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The folks on the DVD Studio Pro forum are pretty pro-CBR whenever its practical. One method is not inherently better quality than the other…they both have their uses.
VBR is really good for cramming as much video as you can onto a DVD without sacrificing too much quality. The theory being, the bit rate goes up in complex areas and goes down in the simple areas. You can have the complex areas use a bit rate of 7 and the simple areas go down to 4 or less. This can save a lot of space. The problem is Compressor will sometimes spike higher than your max bit rate when using VBR. The bit rate can go up to 8 or 9, which many DVD players cant handle on a DVD-R (replicated “hollywood” dvd’s are made with a different process and can be encoded with high bit rates without problem). Setting compression markers will only make the problem worse. Sometimes with VBR its a matter of trial and error, trying to find the proper spread between the min and max bit rate, to get good results. But why put yourself through it if its unnecessary. VBR is not needed on a short project like yours…you can just use a high bit rate that never changes. Fast encode and high quality.
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Excel works just fine, if you already have it.
Export a Bin as a Batch List from FCP to make a template.
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There is no CBR preset.
You can duplicate an existing preset, then go to the Inspector, click the second button from the left to open the Encoder pane, select the Quality pane and select One Pass CBR from the Mode drop down menu.CBR is actually better for most projects under an hour, though the deceptive names of the VBR presets (Best Quality) might leave you to believe otherwise.
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forgot to mention, you should be using AC3 encoding for your audio.
Using AIFF can cause video problems, as it tends to make your overall bit rate rather high.
Where you have I frames, like in the transitions, you may go over what your DVD player can handle. -
Sounds like your bit rate is spiking high on the transitions. A regular DVD player might not be able to deal with it on a DVD-R, though your computer’s DVD player might be okay with it.
Use CBR, at about 6.8 for the encode. No need for VBR, as your project is under an hour.