[Rich Riedel]

thanks, ian. will do. Tweaking the cut a bit today, will attempt another export/DVD burn tomorrow.

Would appreciate it if you guys check in another day or so, just in case I’m shrieking for help over something or other.

thanks so much
rich

[Rich Riedel]

thanks Todd and Matt, i’ll give them both a shot. thanks again for your really prompt replies

rich

[Rich Riedel]

Dave,

thanks very much. Just for curiosity’s sake, what was the disaster you were warning everyone about re: creating a 29.97 sequence in a 23.98 project? As I said, I already did so, and so far nothing seems awry (aside from the aforementioned jitter in my QT export), but just wondering if there are any corruption issues/damage-control steps I should be thinking about.

Thanks again
Rich

[Rich Riedel]

Responding to a couple of points raised here, and trying to solve a problem myself. I’m working in a 720p24 project in Final Cut 5.1.2, captured at 23.98, shot with the JVC gyhd100u.

I’m trying to output a DVD. 1st attempt, I exported the sequence with the current settings as a self-contained QT. The file plays and looks fine on my computer, which is a G4 (1.5 Ghz, 2 GB Ram). Import in iDVD, burn the disc, and it doesn’t play in my DVD deck.

2nd attempt, under advice of the editorial crew from the movie Dreamer (which was cut on Final Cut), I re-imported that same QT file back into Final Cut, created a 29.97 sequence, and dropped the imported clip into said sequence. I then exported the 29.97 sequence as a self-contained QT to my desktop, then imported that QT into iDVD and burned it. This 2nd DVD played in my DVD deck but there was a jitter to it (unnoticed by most people watching it but very obvious to me). This jitter was also present in the QT file that I exported from the 29.97 sequence.

I see that you have advised not to ever create a 29.97 clip because it would result in disaster. Could you elaborate? Because I created the sequence, and while the results weren’t perfect, so far it hasn’t resulted in any disasters… Is something about to happen that I need to be aware of?

Bottom line, I have a 23.98 project and would like to output a DVD without any pulldown jitter and so far I haven’t been able to figure out how to accomplish this. I see that someone has mentioned outputting a DVD at 24. How can I do this?

I’d be extremely grateful for any help on this.

Thanks,
Rich