Best Encode for QT for DVD Pro

I want to know the highest form of QT file for using as a final product in DVD Pro. I do not use HD, but want to create the best look possible, not sure in all the export options, if there is one to choose for the best resolution.

File/export/QuickTime Movie... then use "current settings" and include audio and video. It needn't be "Self Contained" if you're going to encode it on the same computer that the original media is stored... This is the cleanest way to export a movie for encoding. Any other option recompresses the video and it can only look worse. The "Self contained" option is just as good quality wise, but its a lot larger file because it actually contains the media. The "non" self contained movie is a reference movie... smaller, and references the original media files so it's not transportable to another computer, where the "self contained" movies are transportable and will play on any computer.
Open that file in DVD SP, iDVD or Compressor for the encode.
In reality if you're using DVD SP to author the DVD, the very best encode is done directly from FCP to Compressor... file/export/Using Compressor.
Welcome to the forum Greasdon!
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Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
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