Basic question... Mpeg2 vs Self-contained Quicktime?

Hello, I am kind of ashamed to post this question only now but nothing is
losf for asking...!
I have so far made dvds with a Quicktime mov. file, which is
Self-contained movies exported from Final cut, believing that it is the only way.
But actually there is Mpeg2! with options to choose mbps ect.
I have noticed that the color of dvds are slightly different; Mpeg2 has
more deepness while Quicktime mov. less. But other than that,
it doesn't seem problematic.
Must we use always Mpeg2 or can se use self-contained Quicktime files as well?
Still on an elementary level,
Thank you!!
Minobu

Better to encode as m2v outside of DVD SP and not bring in a .mov
Some reasons
Compressor movie
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I'm fairly new to compression. I've noticed alot of comments saying not to export to compressor from the timeline in FCP, but to export a self contained quicktime. Then encode in compressor.
Doesn't this A)take more time as your exporting twice
B)take up alot more space.
Is it just a compression time issue or do you get better quality results when exporting the self contained QT first.
Thanks

Overall you get better quality
A)take more time as your exporting twice
Can be a bit more time, but worth the results. Generally I find that it is faster to some degree, exporting from Final Cut to Compressor gets slow from rendering and feeding the frames in. Also if you want to tweak the encoding rates after the first encode, having the self contained movie will be faster
B)take up alot more space.
It does take up more space, but it is definately worth getting an extra drive to do this, really worth it because of the quality, potential reencodes, etc.

Can't bring self contained Quicktime movie into DVD Studio Pro?

Is this possible in FCS 1? I'm trying to bring my self contained movie from FCP into DSP so I can encode it (compressor takes FOREVER). Any ideas? Thanks.

If it takes forever in compressor, add extra time for DVDSP!
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ok - like many others posting on this topic, I am apologising for going over what seems to be one of the most covered topics out there, that still isn't clear!
I am trying to teach myself DVD SP4 in the same way I did with FCP5 (trial, error and lots of forum searching). I am by no means a pro on FCP - but have certainly got enough understanding of it to have cobbled together 7 23 minutes episodes to broadcast! I have gone thought the DVD SP4 Manual and forums and lots of it just makes my brain ache - what mostly lets down my understanding are formats/compression/codecs.
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Hughey wrote:
Going back to my original questions - could the problem be a HD file in an SD project?
No. If you followed the workflow process from the above post you would have a SD mv2 file. The file should be playable in Quicktime and it should be 16:9.
EDIT: Yes. Reading back on your OP this question ->
In DVD SP I couldn't import my QT movie into my assets list as it was an "incompatible format" - is >this because it was HDV to a SD DVD Project? Doesn't the process of DVD SP encoding it as Mpeg 2 >make is SD anyway?
I believe that importing a HDV file into a SD project would give you that error but if you follow the above steps and import the mv2, AC3 files you should not get that error.
The reason you got three files is because that is how the preset group is made up. To be completely truthful I duplicated that preset, deleted the AIFF part and renamed the group. I now use that as my default settings when I bring any asset into Compressor.
As far as bring video assets (quicktime SD/HD, or other) into DVDSP in general you can do this but, what is happing is that in the background DVDSP is going through the steps from my above post and creating the mv2, AIFF, AC3 files for you (based on your preference setting in DVDSP) and then replacing the video files you brought in with the compressed files.
Can you play the mv2 file in quicktime? If not then something else must be going wrong.

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As of yesterday I have lost the ability to export a self contained Quicktime move from FCE. The sequence is complete and rendered and I have exported as recently as last month but now it simply makes what's known as a reference movie with the suffix .mov
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Hope this is the right forum:
I use FCE HD
My buddy uses latest versions of FCP and DVD SP.
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