Am I over-compressing with DVD Pro??

Hello,
I have a large project I've exported from final cut using compressor with two pass encoding. I drop the project into DVD Pro, create my menu, drop in a blank disc and simply hit the burn icon.
The final product shows artifacts that are not visible in the DVD Pro timeline. A friend suggested that I may be "over-compressing" the file (which may explain the new artifacts) by using compressor and then DVD Pro's "burn" option, which compresses the file again.
Is my friend correct?
If so, is there a setting in DVD Pro that allows me to burn the file that Compressor created without addition compression?
Thanks very much!
Scott

Hi Scott,
DVDSP will encode a video file only if it is not DVD compliant (meaning MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264). You can set the encoding prefs in the Preferences window.
If you encoded your video with compressor as, I assume, an MPEG-2 file, then it won't re-encode it.
DVDSP's "burn" option simply Builds and Formats your DVD. It has nothing to do with encoding unless you drop a non-compliant file in there, like a Quicktime .mov.
What type of encoding are you doing with Compressor? That will determine how your file looks.
I suspect that the file created from FCP and compressor is not DVD compliant and DVDSP is re-encoding it. This would explain why it looks better in the Simulator. It's using your original file, which hasn't been re-encoded.
Hope this works, Misho

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