[Phil Hall]

May Be I should ask what should my Sequence settings be in FCP 7 for AVCHD?

[Phil Hall]

Hi Michael

For my capture settings in log and transfer AVCHD plug in is set to ProRes 422
for my sequence Apple pro res 422 1440 X 1080 50i 48 khz

When I insert a clip in the time line FCP change sequence to match clip settings?
I tried yes and No with the same results

in compressor I’m using the dvd mpeg2 best quality 90 mins and leave it as is I don’t play around with the settings.

I’M sure your write I doing something wrong but I searched just about everywhere it find out what

[Phil Hall]

Hi Gary

I Played the footage from a dvd player on a Panasonic plasma, I played the dvd on to CRT monitor and a LCD portable DVD player. The footage looks bad no matter what I use. The same footage on Edius 5 to DVD looks ok. It’s only from FCP I have a problem and I would say I’m doing something wrong for it to look so bad. Even in the preview in compressor looks really bad.

[Phil Hall]

Hi Chris

I have done the following. From the FCP menu > Share > Create DVD
I have also Export as QT movie current settings then imported in to compressor then in to DVD Studio.
I have also Export as QT Movie and changed it to a H.264 then in to compressor then DVD Studio
(which looked the best out all of them) but took about 8 hours for a 30 minute dvd. I have also done send to compressor with the worst results. What am I doing wrong?

Phil