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I have a 3 hour 10 minute Final Cut Pro project that I would like to be able to fit on a single dvd-r, not having dual layer burning capabilities.
First of all I don't even know if this is possible without squeezing down the file so much that it's essentially not worth viewing.
I have read some of the DVD Studio Pro instruction manual to try and address this issue and it seems that the I should set the bit rate to as low as 2.8 to fit it all. I am using the h.264 encoder for the video and the mpeg-2 encoder for audio.
There are no presets in compressor for a video this long, so I'm at a loss as to how to create my own.
I would appreciate any advise on what the optimal settings for this should be, or if it's a lost cause and I should just cut it in the middle and make two dvds.
Thanks

Apply the longest preset, and that customize the preset to 3 or lower.
Use Dolby 2.
As you know that h.264 video won't import into DVD SP. Why encode to that format if you intend to encode it again?

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