90 minutes on a DVD

I will have a 90 minute video I want to burn in iDVD. Can iDVD handle this. What setting do I use. I know the video will NOT be longer that 2 hours but I need to account for the possibility if it goes over 90 minutes by 5 or 10 minutes. I dont think it will but you never know. Please let me know the setting if this is possible. Other wise I'll use compressor and will a low bit rate that I know will fit in DVDSP. I prefer to use iDVD for ease of use.

You're better off staying with apple's top end software for this project IMO.
But if you want to go FCP=> iDvd that too will work (but of course compressor won't help you with the i-apps unfortunately).
If you do choose to the use i-Apps / iDvd, I'd recommend pro encoding settings for your particular project (that is if you don't mind waiting twice as long to encode your iDvd project).

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HELP ME!!!! the last 15 minutes of my DVD drops

HI:
I recently exported a movie in Final Cut as i almays do, with Quick time compression, then imported into DVD Studio Pro 4 ans looks that fits ok in the DVD Lenght, it's 4.5 Gb, but when i burn it and check it on my tv the last 15 minutes looks droped and the image turns in to big square pixels...
The lenght of my video is 1:43 hours, i don't know if this could be a problem of the maximum capacity of the DVD that seems to be 4.3 Gb Maximum.
Please help as soon as you can, cause i have to deliver the DVD as soon as posible.

alexvega wrote:
Export>Using Quictime Conversion>settings: Video: Compression: DVDVC/pro NTSC, 29.97 frames, maximum quality. Audio: 44.100 Mhz and the other settings by default.
No Internet streaming.
Not sure what your original footage was shot on or the source material, but you may want to try exporting as a uncompressed codec and straight from the timeline without using QuickTime conversion. You can be taking a quality hit there, particularly if you are then dropping it into DVD SP, which it sounds like you are doing. The default preferences in DVD SP for encoding may be too high and using the PCM uncompressed audio can be putting too much bandwidth through. If the last 15 minutes is different (more pans, zooms, etc.) that could be what is happening. Kind of hard to tell without seeing the footage or your settings on the project. Also bad media (brand of DVD) can cause the issues and also bad burns. Is it the entire last 15 minutes, or more pronounced during certain cuts/edits?
Try this
1.) Export the movie from the timeline using Quicktime (not Quicktime conversion).
2.) Set up Compressor with a 7.5 CBR video preset and a AC3 192 preset. Take a look at this movie. I went with the assumption that what you are encoding is a NTSC 4:3 video target, otherwise things would be tweaked more. Also note that if something else is also being done (such as your source is originally PAL or something else) other steps should be done. Lastly, set the CBR to aout 5.5 and not 7.0 CBR just trying to get you in the ballpark and when doing the movie I used 7. 5.5 should fit 1 hour 43 minutes on a DVD-5 and leave enough bandwidth room to work if in fact it is a high encoding issues. There is a good chance that two pass VBR could give better results at a lower rate, but it really depends. If you are using bad media, could be a problem. What is it? Verbatim? Sony? Taiyo Yuden? + or -r?
Also note in the movie I am double clicking the m2v and Dolby at the bottom of the screen to call up the dialog/inspector and that you should drag or place you movie into Compressor before applying the presets as in the end of the movie. Just makes things a bit quicker.
http://www.dvdstepbystep.com/compressor.mov
3.) Take the movie from Final Cut and drop it into the Compressor window, then submit the job. You will have an m2v and AC3 file as a result (note that the encoded files default to be encoded to the same folder as the .mov you dropped in, but you can send it elsewhere if it is easier to find.)

75-minute film to DVD -- how?

Greetings. A simple question, I'm sure...
I've got a 75-minute film that I need to export to DVD. My elementary-school students and actors each need a copy; we'd also like a DVD to show the whole school on a big screen.
I've got...
... Final Cut Pro X
... Compressor 4
... iDVD
The "options" are overwhelming. My experiments have resulted in poor quality output.
Could someone suggest a straight-forward settings/methods for accomplishing this transfer, without loss of quality?
Many thanks!
Cat

Well, I still maintain that iDVD will do excellent quality DVDs - I've used it for years with excellent results when the physical disk is displayed on HDTVs, projectors, etc. On the suggestion to use High Quality, my recollection is that High Quality equals one-pass constant bit rate. It can give excellent results, but if you have a lot of motion you might see some artifacting. And, it used to be limited to only 60 minutes of video on the disc - I assume that's still the case. Professional Quality encoding will almost always give better quality, and will fit more video on the disc.
I took a little time today to experiment with using Compressor instead of iDVD. I immediately ran into the fact that there are practically no options for making a professional-looking contents screen for your disc. I just don't know if I could live without all the polished iDVD themes available, unless I was just making a quick-and-dirty preview disc - but I never have a need to do that. I always make use of the "fancier DVD menu options."
In addition, I often create DVDs that are not just one video, but rather several shorter videos on one disc. I can't see a way to do that when authoring in Compressor. I even checked out a few web tutorials and the lynda.com training for Compressor. If it's possible to have multiple videos (not multiple chapters) on a disc created in Compressor, please tell me how.
So why not compress in Compressor and use those files in iDVD? As Tom said earlier, iDVD won't recognize them. I think they're meant to be used in DVD Studio Pro or some other higher end DVD authoring tool.
It may be possible that if you are creating a disc with only one video, can live with a contents screen that is bare bones (or nonexistent), and tweak the settings in Compressor to two-pass vbr and maximum data rate, you might get a DVD that is slightly better quality than iDVD can produce. However, I'm not yet convinced, so in the interest of open-mindedness I will be testing this when I get time this coming week. And, for my particular needs it's going to have to be noticeably better to offset the authoring and workflow restrictions it would impose.

MUSIC SKIPS AFTER 9 - 10 Minutes on slideshow DVD

Have created 60 minute slideshow with 500 photos. Added music from iTunes (music entered into iTunes via purchased CD's). Everything is fine when the slideshow is tested prior to burning a DVD. Once the DVD is create, the music ALWAYS pauses or skips momentarily every 9 or 10 minutes during playback. Images remain on screen. This has happened on every DVD slideshow I have created. Would appreciate any suggestions. Many thanks.

What you have described is an issue that has been known to happen when there are more than 99 photos in the slideshow created in iDVD. When you have a large number of photos, you can avoid this problem by using iPhoto to create your slideshow. Save this slideshow as a QuickTime movie, and then import into iDVD.
I hope this helps.

Best transcode settings for 20+ minute sports video DVD?

I've been producing videos and DVDs for a while but I'm new to Encore. From my initial experience, the finished quality is much better than the Apple iDVD that I have been using. While I'm very happy with the DVD, I'd like to see if I can get better quality results.
Yes, I'm going from HD > SD (DVD) and I understand it's not the same thing and that the resolution is much less. I would just like help with the DVD transcode settings that I'll use to build my DVD.
I'm exporting standalone quicktime movie from FCE with no custom settings.
My quicktime file resolution is 1920 x 1080 @ 29.97 fps.
My videos are usually about 20-25 minutes long and have lots of motion in them. Any suggestions are requested.
I'm very happy with the color but some of the motion looks a little jumpy at times and some of the stills aren't as crisp as I'd like.
Thanks,
Bob

Time for the proverbial spanner in the works.
If you are in NTSC lands, and your source footage is HD at 24fps, you could always try encoding to the 24p MPEG-2-DVD setting.
This will put the progressive scan footage on the DVD at 24p, without degrading it to interlaced - and on an upscaling player you will get output at 24p.
If the disc is played on a non upscaling system, the player will automatically pull to 29.97, so you lose nothing and gain a lot.
The Adobe Media Encoder does a fine job of the 24p for DVD encoding as well - just remember to render out as elementary streams (.m2v and .WAV) - do not use the Dolby Digital encoder at this point (unless you need the SurCode 5.1 of course) and use LPCM - let Encore handle this.

400 minutes onto a DVD

Here's where I stand. The client has a 400 question trivia game that they want on a DVD. Each question will have 3 versions: one with a 30-second countdown, one with a 20-second countdown and one with a 10-second countdown. So the questions will actually be video tracks unless there is another way to apply a countdown. There will also be an introduction animation, so there will actually be more than 400 minutes.
Any suggestions on how to handle this?

400 Minutes would require a rate of about 2.6 http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
If these are the same questions you could just drop markers in at the 20 and 10 second sections and send the person to the marker, so that would make the 400 questions really 200 minutes. (There is a limit on the markers in each track, but you should be okay) Something you may want to consider is buttons over video. The background for the track would be the countdown, while the overlays would be the questions themselves...could save work on the prep side and it make be worth trying and see how it looks.
A variation on the bingo http://dvdstepbystep.com/bingo.php may work for the questions, that one handled 75 questions in one group.
It is a interesting project but there is going to be some scripting and alot of leg/prep work. There is not going to be one way to do this though. (If the client was interested in Flash/Director or Program of some sort it would be alot easier )

Quickly create 8 minute highest quality DVD with no menus from Motion 4?

What's the fastest/simplest way to create a high quality DVD without any menus that just plays from Motion 4?
I set quality to best.
I just tried using Share, and I can see one of my processors working at 100%, but I've got no indication of any progress - or even that it is working, except I can see a few files in the directory I told it to create them in.
I told it to create a DVD (there was a checkbox), so I put a DVD in the drive.
I have no idea how long I should wait until giving up? I'd generally avoided trying to send anything to Compressor from motion, as it would take 10x longer.

Heya Les,
For the quickest method at the highest quality I would export a self-contained movie from Motion and take the self-contained QT movie and bring it into Compressor. Because SD DVD is compressed to MPEG-2 video format you will want to have control over how the file is compressed at the target bitrate of compression in order to achieve the best quality. You would want to duplicate and edit one of the DVD settings in Compressor then set the video bitrate to about 7.5/mbps because anything over that bitrate may cause playback errors on certain DVD players. I may receive compensation from my link. Make sure the audio is set to 192/kbps AC3 in Compressor.
You can setup distributed processing with Qmaster to enable multiple processor cores in a cluster and take advantage of multi core processing in Compressor. Additional info if necessary (more on the web by searching).
Then after Compressor is finished compressing the self-contained QT file take the compressed MPEG-2 file and .AC3 audio file and import them into a DVD Studio Pro project and follow these instructions to make the movie autoplay without any menus. I'll throw up some screenshots on the linked page soon to provide a visual reference of how to use DVD Studio Pro to create a DVD that autoplays without a menu.

Converted 40 minute VHS to DVD now need to edit

I have a VHS tope of a lecture that a friend converted to DVD on a DVD-R disc. I need to edit the lecture for use online. I can view in iDVD but I can't copy to iMovie to edit. My questions are:
1) What program do I use to create clips that I can move to iMovie (iDVD clips won't move)?
2) Is the fact that the size of the DVD is larger than remaining space on my hard drive the reason I can't copy the whole movie? If so, then I think I will load iLife09 onto my MAC Mini.
Thanks

deme04609 wrote:
.. I only have 2.25GB available on my Start Up disc.
that slows down your Mac and could in some, not so rare cases bring your complete system to a halt/freeze! it is recommended to have allway at last 10-20 GBs free disk space on your MacOs drive, esp. when handling video/DVDmaking this is a minimum!
free disk space by _outsourcing' as much as you can (e.g. my iP and iT Libraries are all external...)
sidenote: iDVD is not the player, that is DVDplayer.app, but the disk creator of iLife.

Need help compressing 140 minute video file for DVD+R

Hi folks,
I am self-teaching Final Cut Studio and DVD Studio Pro. I must admit, the manual is not helping me with some key areas.
My first test in burning a DVD was to load a QT file into FCS then burn it to a standard DVD+R. Now, those say 120 minute capacity of course, so I wanted to compress the file.
I exported to Compressor and chose the DV 120 Minute option the first time. When that did not work I tried the 150 Minute option. Since it takes 3-5 hours for the DVD to burn on my new G5 Dual 2.0, that is all I have had a chance to try so far.
Since neither is working, I assume I am missing a step either in Compressor or in loading the file into DVD Studio Pro.
It burns all the way to 99% and then says '127.5 MB needed to complete' or something like that - in yellow lettering. I take it to mean the video file needs to be 127.5 MB smaller for it to work. I could cut a few minutes out, but that isn't the point.
Can anyone please direct me to either a page in the manual or assist me through this forum as to what error(s) I am making?
Thanks in advance,
Fred

What type of audio are you encoding to? If you're using uncompressed PCM/AIFF you're going to have trouble putting 140 minutes of video on a single-layer DVD (i.e. the quality will have to be pretty low). The preset titles for Apple's settings are calculated based upon compressed Dolby AC-3 audio -- not uncompressed PCM/AIFF. Thus, the so-called 150 minute preset will only produce about 120 minutes of capacity if you are using uncompressed PCM/AIFF audio.
If you want to put 140 minutes of video with audio on a single-layer DVD you're either going to have to use Dolby/AC-3 audio or create your own custom preset to use with PCM/AIFF audio.
However, if you are using compressed Dolby/AC-3 audio (only) then you may just be seeing an inaccuracy in Apple's preset targets (size). In that case just lower the target or average bitrate slightly so that you can fit your 140 minutes on the DVD. Just make a copy of Apple's 150 minute preset and tweak the bitrate slightly down (since that preset seems to be getting close to your target).

Can't Get 120 Minutes on DVD

Trying to move 100 minutes onto a DVD as a test, but the file is larger than the 4.7 gigs on the DVD after importing into IDVD. I was unable to locate any posts on this, but I am sure it has been discussed.
I was hoping to be able to capture and move to disc and edit later. From what I can tell, my best option seems to be to edit and export back to tape. Or perhaps an external hardrive. I have about 40 hours of digital tape to edit and just not sure what my best alternative is.
Would Final Cut Express help me at all?

A ComboDock IS an external FW drive.
The only difference to regular external drives is that the ComboDock has only an ATA connector and a power connector to the ATA drive, and a FW bridge so you can connect it to the Mac via FW400/800 (or USB2, if you want).
WiebeTech provides an optional protecting plate to the ATA drive's bottom. I also usually "mount" the ComboDock and the ATA drive on top of a stiff and thin book so the connectors don't bend when transferring the unit.
The ComboDock lacks the other parts of the FW enclosure so you can quickly switch bare ATA drives to it.
So: basically the ComboDock allows you to treat multiple bare ATA drives like big floppies.
The ComboDock is quite expensive considering it lacks the enclosure the other "proper" FW drives have. But on the other hand you save money because you can use the same FW bridge for multiple ATA drives. I also have a regular OWC FW enclosure so I can easily transfer files between my three 250 GB ATA drives (my PB's internal HD is only 80 GB).
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90 minutes of content... 1 or 2 DVDs

Considering video quality, would I be better off splitting this content onto 2 DVDs of 45 minutes each? I'm just curious because Compressor offers 90 minutes as the shortest pre-set for DVD encoding.
With all things being equal will that preset give me better quality encoding 45 minutes of content than it would encoding 90 minutes of content? If the video quality is any better then I believe I'll split the content on 2 DVDs.
Thanks for your opinions.

I doubt you'd find or see any difference in quality. 90 minutes on one DVD should be fine.
-DH

Im having problem with the dvd quality, I'm using compressor to convert the video fils from apple prores to mpeg2 .It doesn't matter how long my video is even if its just 5 minutes I'm getting cut edges in the video , does anyone have any idea ?

Im having a problem with the dvd quality, I'm using compressor to convert the video fils from apple prores to mpeg2 .It doesn't matter how long my video is even if its just 5 minutes I'm getting cut edges/lines in the video specialy if i have titles it comes up really bad , I took the same video to a friend of mine who have PC and he uses Encore , did the encoding there and it was just fine no problems! BTW I tried using doferent setings in compressor from CBR and VBR I even pushed up the setings to 8 or 9 BR and still no luck !
does anyone have any idea ?
Thanks in advence ...

Let's focus attention on just the Sony. (What model and what resolution are you shooting?)
For now, I'll assume you're shooting 1080i.
Take a representaive clip into a new sequence. Add a title.
In your sequence, make sure field dominance is set to Upper.
Set render settings to Pro Res 422.
After rendering, export QT self contained.
Import into Compressor (I'm now referring to v3.5).
Select the 90 minute Best quality DVD preset.
Open frame controls and turn on (click the gear icon). Set Resize filter to Best.
Submit burn and check quality on TV.
Good luck.

How many minutes of video can you fit on a bluray (avchd) dvd-5?

so im trying to burn a bluray (avchd) video on a dvd-5 and it doesnt say anywhere how many minutes this new feature supports... anyone?
thanks!

It depends upon your encoding bitrate. If I'm using Toast 10 to do the encoding and use its' "best quality" encode (avg 8mbps, max 16 mbps) I can get about 40 minutes on a DVD-5. Higher bitrates should give you a better end product (I think the default in Compressor is 16 & 25)but will then fit only about 20-25 minutes on a dvd-5. Some blu-ray players (like my Sony) have problems playing these discs for some reason. They play fine on others.
Steve

Burn a 150 minutes Full HD into a dvd

Hello, I have a 150 minutes full hd video clip. is it possible to burn whole clip into one dvd ? if YES, is it clear ? if No, should i split into 2 DVDs ? and what is the best bitrate (VBR 2 pass) for 90 or 150 minutes video ? does it have forumla or something ?

DVD is standard definition, not HD. And yes, you can burn 150 minutes onto one DVD. If it is single layer, the quality hit may be more than you want. If you go to a dual layer DVD, you must have a layer break, and each part (before and after the break) must be smaller than half the disk. Remember that a DVD is not really 4.7 gig...
Search this forum for "HD to SD." In versions of Premiere Pro/Adobe Media Encoder since CS6, you can use the "scale to fill" crop setting to handle the small black bars that appear if you scale down HD to SD without any cropping.
Bitrate calculator:
http://dvd-hq.info/bitrate_calculator.php
(Your 150 minutes with a 192mb audio stream on a single layer disk gives an average bitrate of 3750 - probably not good quality. On a dual layer disk, 7000.)
Jeff Pulera's shorthand:
"When encoding MPEG-2 DVD in AME, a good way to estimate encoding rate is 560/minutes = rate. Your example of 115 minutes comes out to about 4.8 data rate, maybe go 4.7 for safety. For shorter vids, consider 8 as a max rate for video (audio gets added on top of that)."
(Your 150 here, gives 3733.)

IDVD 08, dual layer DVD doesn't burn last 2 minutes of audio

Hello,
iDVD 08, dual layer DVD doesn't burn last 2 minutes of audio, I get perfect audio/video through the whole DVD except the last 2 minutes or so...
I'm burning a 3 hour DVD on iDVD 08. I'm burning it only a DL+R Dual Layer disc. I've burned with "high quality" compression, "professional quality" compression. I've even burned the last 2 minutes of the timeline just to make sure it wasn't the quicktime file and the video and audio played fine.
The size of the project in the setting reads the project as 6.5 GB out of the 7.7 available on the disc.
So why does it always cut off the audio the last 2 minutes of the DVD? Any suggestions?
~Rhianne
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Try making a disc image to the desktop (from the file menu in iDvd) and see if it plays fine with apple's dvd player app.

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