Best Quality 90mins,- making an mpg...?

I want to send a sequence from FCP to Compressor and make a file which is type "DVD best quality 90mins".
Normally this creates two files: an AC3 and M2V.
How, in Compressor, can I produce the same quality file but have it produce one file: an MPG (with audio and video in the same file)?
Thanks,

Thank you all, esp Shawn.
Even though it created two files, I changed the M2T file to MPG and tested it out on a colleague's machine and it played no problem in Media Player on that PC.

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90min best quality DVD? still too poor

I have a 68min 1080 apple pro res file to burn onto a DVD. The file, as is, looks like great quality. Little motion to the video..just someone on stage. When I dump it into compressor (using the auto mpeg2 settings for best quality 90min) and then bring it into DVDSP...the quality looks pretty poor. The text especially. How can I improve upon this quality? Thanks in advance!

Heather,
The clips do match the sequence and it is apparently interlaced, with field dominance read as upper. Not ideal, but no reason why you not have decent text.
I agree that sending from FCP shouldn't hurt quality; it may even help. It's just slower and you don't get a fully rendered master.
Some fonts are problematic – particularly for interlaced. If possible avoid busy font designs – including those with serifs. Drop shadows are pretty much a requirement – regardless of the font choice. Finally, the native text tools in FCP are not as good a Boris (which you can access from the FCP generator button or in Motion. (FWIW, my preference is to put a slug on the timeline and send that to Motion. Create my text in Motion, save and round trip back to FCP.)
What I'd suggest, mark a short section that includes your text and send that to Compressor. Open frame controls (which should be on already) and click on the gear icon so you can change the resize filter from better to best.
DOn't be concerned about the pixel shape. Compressor changes that from square to fit a 16:9 image into a 4:3 frame.
In DVD Studio Pro, verify in your preferences>general that SD DVD menus, tracks and slideshows display mode is set 16:9 letterbox. Create a new test project and import your new test file. Format, waste a disk and see what effect changing the setting made.
Let us know what you find out.
Good luck.
Russ

****DVD Best Quality Bitrate

Hi,
I've exported my project from FCP to Compressor, and plan on using the DVD Best Quality 90min setting. When I go into my Encoder settings and then the Quality tab, I can't seem to raise my bitrate above 7.7mbps.
Note: I'm using Two-Pass VBR and I know that you can do it with the CBR, but is not possible with the VBR options?
It's a very, very short clip - about 30 seconds long - and I'd really like to get that bitrate up there.
Thanks for your help.

AppleUsur wrote:
Note: I'm using Two-Pass VBR and I know that you can do it with the CBR, but is not possible with the VBR options?
No, not possible with VBR.
In order for VBR to be well, variable, you need to have some difference between your average and max. As you can see, Compressor prefers that difference to be at least 1.0 Mbps. (A little more, like the 1.3 you get at the top end, once you crank the average bit rate past 6.0.)
But VBR is really meant to minimize the space needed for an encoded file while maximizing quality. Since you seem to have a lot of room, not sure VBR is worth it. CBR is probably best.
Also be careful with bit rates that are too high. Depending on the player used (more expensive THX-certified ones being the problem, actually) a burned disc with a sky-high bit rate can cause issues (freezes, stutters, jumps, etc) that makes a disc unplayable. Even if you use Dolby Digital audio.
But that last bit is hit-or-miss depending on the player and sheer luck. I personally never go higher than 7.0 with CBR or 7.5 Max when doing VBR. Call me cautious.

Best quality compression for DVD

Trying to compress a 7 minute project from Final Cut for best quality on a DVD, type 5. Been using the pre-set "Best quality: 90mins", but wondering if there is a higher quality compression I can get for such a short project? Have most up to date versions of Final Cut, Compressor and DVD Studio Pro. Thanks!

You can duplicate any preset you want, then adjust it to suit your needs.
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Best quality exporting iMovie to DVD?

Hallo!
I have just finished a movie in iMovie HD 5, and now I am wondering how can I get the best possible quality when converting this project into a movie and then making a DVD?
Specific questions:
1. Which way to export the movie? Export it directly into iDVD, or make a quicktime movie, if so, use "high quality" option or try out the option "custom settings"?
2. When using "custom settings" - which option now? QT movie, MPEG-4?
3. If QT movie - which codec works best? DV, H.264?
3. With the QT movie finished, which program yields the best quality? iDVD, DVD Studio Pro? Toast?
Can someone please help me out here, or at least point me to a website where these options are explained?
thx a lot, Alexander
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Hi Alex,
no conversion needed:
iM works with dv, a dvd has finally mpeg2 - any "inbetween conversion" means loss of quality!
in case, you have many stills in your project, many recommend here NOT to use the export button in iM, but simply drag'n drop the project (that file with a star) onto an open iDVD project, so rendering is done by iDVD......

Best Process for making DVD slideshows w/iDVD

Hasn't someone made a Sticky about this yet??
I just perused the forum for this answer and it seems the user "Shippley" has provided the most help in this area. I'm hoping they can help in this case. For making a dvd slideshow using ONLY iMovie, iPhoto and or iDVD what process has been determined to provide the best visual quality on playback in a DVD player?
I've read that for best results in putting a slideshow onto a DVD is to make the slideshow in iPhoto or iMovie first, and then send it on to iDVD.
But I need more information, and in one location-
Should the iPhoto/iMovie slideshow be WITHOUT any transitions for best quality?
In iPhoto, should we organize our slideshow in an Event then Share > Send to iDVD for best results, or is there a better way?
Does iMovie HD (6.0.4) or iMovie '08 (7.1.4) make a difference in quality? Otherwise I want the easiest.
When the iMovie slideshow is being sent to iDVD, should we use Share>Export Movie for the best quality when sending to iDVD? Or is there another/better way?
My photo's are scanned from slides and are small file sizes, if they were large (like from a digital camera) do I have to resize them for optimum DVD viewing?
What about the settings for widescreen or standard, either one better?
iDVD encoding, Best/High/Professional, which one for best clarity?
Like most other infrequent DVD makers, I do not want a fancy slideshow, I don't care if it has transitions if it means I can have better clarity in the DVD player. I have old slides that I simply want to burn to a DVD.
Thanks for your help!
Sandy

Here is a quote from a post of F Shippley on March 8, 2010 that I am referring to. Bengt, you also responded to this post. The post is titled "poor picture quality with DVD slideshow".
Thus my confusion as to the best practice. I may look into Fotomagico, but like others, I don't want to have to pay for another application that may only be used once or twice a year! Thank you for your responses.
F Shippley writes, "As I told you in your other message yhread:
The easiest way to improve the quality of slideshows for use with iDVD is to create them as movies in iPhoto or iMovie! Creating slideshows in iDVD has MANY drawbacks (as you have probably found). It's 'quick and dirty' easy for a few slides, but that's about all I use it for.
BTW, for PAL DVDs use 768x576 pixel images for standard video and use 1024x576 pixel images for widescreen video. That's all the resolution a DVD supports. "

Export settings for best quality for pages with letters etc.

Hi, I am trying to make video of a musical piece, featuring the score of the piece with pages turning following the progression of the music. I made the video in Adobe After Effects CS5 and exported it so it would be lossless. The video itself is a .mov file and looks great when I view it in Quicktime, but when I import it into FCE the quality goes down a bit. I don't know if FCE is handling the clips correctly or if it's just for making it quicker to view. Any suggestions on export settings from FCE for best quality of a video of this nature, so that the notes are clearly readable.
Thanks in advance
Ps. It has to be in a format suitable for Youtube.

Under "Sequence" and in "Settings" and in the tab "Render Control" I have: Frame Rate: 100% Resolution: 100%.
If that is what you were referring to... but under the tab which is called RT and is located left of the timeline and left of the timecode. There I have checked : Safe RT, (Playback Video Quality) Dynamic, (Playback Frame Rate) High.
There might be a way to import the clip in better quality (so it doesn't downgrade the quality).
Was mostly trying to find out with the export but it might have something to do with this.
Thanks

Exporting for the best quality

I am making a highlight tape of my children with some music. What is the best way to export the sequence for DVD with the best quality? DO I export it using the "Quicktime" option and make it a "Self contained movie" or do I uncheck this box? (There is no chapter markers in my film).
Thanks

You should export as QuickTime Movie. Don't use QuickTime Conversion.
Also, if FCE and iDVD are on the same computer, you don't have to make a Self-Contained movie. Uncheck the box and your export will go much faster, with no loss of quality.
In iDVD Preferences, check the box for "Best Quality"

Trouble opening "best quality" slideshow file ...

I'm very confused. Most of my slideshows have been created with best performance selected in the prefs. I just made a show on my 12" Powerbook using best quality. When I tried to open its file again, I got a spinning beach and had to force quit. I then launched from an older show that had best performance selected and iDVD had no problem. I tried opening the best quality show again, and forget it. Beach ball time. I force quitted.
After a couple more failed attempts to open that file, I repaired permissions and chucked out my preferences plist. I tried opening again and got a window saying my preferences for the file didn't match the default preference and did I want that changed, and I clicked okay, and got the spinning beach ball ... I force quitted, went back and this time when the window opened I selected a different option, which directed iDVD to update the show. Then the file opened. However, the file is now set for best performance, as that's the default.
This has left me confused about a couple of things. (1) It seems the original setting for best quality threw off iDVD, but I'm not sure why. (2) The quality/performance setting is general, but shows are unique files. How is all this supposed to jibe in using files where some are set for best quality and others for best performance?
Also, I set my preference for best quality right at the start of making that problematic slideshow file. This seemed more sensible than setting it before burning, as wouldn't background encoding be going on otherwise? And isn't the lack of that what makes the quality better later on? But perhaps that's what hung up iDVD? Like I said, I'm confused. I simply want to use best quality for a show and be able to get into the file again later on after closing it.
Any suggestions? Or ideas why iDVD kept spinning out on that file? Sorry this is so long .......... Any help will be very appreciated.
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Thanks for your response, but I'm not sure I
understand. What does "best quality" actually mean,
then?
Without getting to bogged down in explainations - talking about single-layer discs - Best Peformance uses fixed bit-rate compression for content under 60 minutes. Best Quality uses on-pass variable bit-rate compression for content under 120 minutes. It generally happens that for content under 60 minutes Best Performance give better quality than Best Quality.
Also, do you have any idea why a show done using the
best quality pref would result in the application
getting hung up?
BTW, my file is just a wee slideshow of 98 jpgs.
About 12 minutes long.
It MIGHT have been the presence of already encoded assets from Best Performance. (Best Performance can do background encoding because it uses a fixed bit-rate - Best Quality CAN'T do background encoding because the encoding bit-rate isn't set until all the content has been added.)
F Shippey

To get the best Quality for YouTube?

Hi there.
I have a question.
Which settings do I have to have in the media encoder in pro cs3, to get the best quality in a YouTube video?

I found this discussion from almost a year ago:
Drogba, "My YouTube video looks blurry using Adobe Media Encoder" #, 20 Oct 2007 10:32 am
...but the suggestions discussed there didn't help me, so I'm hoping someone reading this thread has other ideas. YouTube's PixelDestroyer® and VideoFracker® technology does an effective job of making my good footage look like it was shot through a thin film of mashed potatoes.
The H.264 codec seems to have ruination as its primary purpose. And the iPod and flv settings aren't much better. Heck, even if I export to mpeg (either keeping the native 720 x 480 resolution or shrinking to 320 x 240) my produced mpegs look great -- but once YouTube gets hold of them, they look like
dreck.
Sure, Vimeo or WhateverOtherTube service may have better quality, but when someone wants to search for a video, there's only one site that anyone thinks of going to. That's why Google bought them.

Best Quality or Best Preformance

I am curious as to which is the better setting?
I know I can get more material on each DVD if I use the best quality setting. Size isn't usually an issue that's why I am unsure as to which setting to use.
A little background info: I am video taping a bands concerts and making DVDs for them. I want to give them best product that I can.
Also anyone know how I can take a 12GB DV file and burn the raw data file to DVD so the bands web master can chop of the video to use on thier website?
Thanks,
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Keith and everyone who has chimed in:
How do you format your external HD so that a PC will recognize the Mac OS extended format. I know my flash drives are recognized by both, but is it the same with the larger external drives. Just curious.
Keith--Personally I have had no problems with my Lacie externals, but I would be a little careful with transporting them...seems like sometimes people have failures with them just sitting on their desks.
As far as raw footage to DVD being expensive...If I'm understanding you...12 GB=3 DVD's/concert x 10 concerts=30 total DVD's. With decent DVD's being less than $1 a piece, really doesn't seem that bad.
Whatever method you use, get an external to back up your files!!
T.

Best quality export to DVD Studio Pro for HD

Sorry if this has been resolved before but I am totally confused.
I am using FCP with a Sony HVR-Z1E. I aim to make the highest quality clips on my dvds prefering to have many short high quality dvds than having fewer long low quality ones. I would be very grateful if someone would sujest the best setting for this or to create a new one.
Thanks for any help
Regards Alf

Compressor has some presets for making high quality DVDs, I'd start with those. Take a short sample of your footage that you feel best represents the visual quality of the piece, and start testing different configurations. There is no one magical setting that is going to work for everyone. You'll also probably reach a point where you really can't tell the difference between one high bitrate and another higher bitrate. This can be a good indication that you've found the best quality option.
Using CBR encoding will give you the highest, consistent quality, but larger filesizes. Using VBR will maximise your quality to filesize ratio.
Do be aware that DVDs do have a bitrate limit of 9000 Kb/s. This includes both your audio and video. If you're audio and video bit rates add up to a sum greating than 9000 Kb/s, DVD SP will throw a weird error when you try to build your project.

Compressor at Best Quality Still *****!

First they take away the mpeg2 component from FCP to export directly through quicktime conversion, which is what I have always used and I think looks great.
Then I'm forced to use Compressor, which takes a minimum of 5 times longer-at least. Everyone on these boards is commenting how bad it is.
A 6 minute video took me 6 hours using Compressor on Best 90 Minute quality.
When I burned the DVD it look like poop, mainly during all my dissolves and transitions. Seriously, I can't give this to my client. It's unacceptable and not professional.
So I raised the bit rate and waited 10 hours-No JOKE. I tried to burn the DVD with DVDSP4 and guess what-'Bit rate too high'-It won't burn it.
Anyone have any advice? What would be the absolute BEST setting to use but still be able to burn a DVD?
Please Apple engineers:If you're going to take away the component, at least make sure Compressor truely is the 'Professional' Application that I paid several hundred dollars for.
Thanks for any info from anybody-Much appreciated!
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I'm using Verbatim disks, trying to encode 6 minutes of video on best quality 90 min. 2pass.
I just read all over this forum that the 2pass is giving multiple users trouble on their transitions and that's exactly what's happening for me. I guess I just need to spent 3 weeks of my life doing tests since Compressor is so F#$%ing slow, to try to get decent and 'Professional' (as in 'Final Cut-PRO) footage.
I'm not encoding 8 hours, just short stuff for Clients who are suppost to pay me for my time-it's too bad that time is turning into 10 times longer and I end up making $1.30 an hour. *****.
What Settings are everyone using to get the BEST looking Footage for Short Projects? Any info much appreciated!!
Frank
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Best Quality vs Best Performance - I don't understand why

This is a serious question - why does iDVD bother to offer you a choice between "Best Quality" (BQ) and "Best Performance" (BP)?
First, these names are confusing (really, you could switch them and you'd be none the wiser as what they are telling you).
Second, if your project is longer than 60 mins, then iDVD will tell you to switch the preference to "Best Quality" if you've got it set to the other. Hence, there is no choice, and the preference serves no purpose. iDVD should simply change the preference for you as it is annoying to have to open the prefs pane to change it.
Third, if your project is shorter than 60 mins, the consensus of other threads on this topic is that no-one can tell the difference between between BQ and BP, since the VBR of BQ is never higher than the CBR of BP. So again, the choice seems pointless, apart from enabling background encoding.
So my proposal is: iDVD should bin this essentially meaningless and confusingly worded preference, and instead have a single check box "Enable background encoding, if possible" (ie, your project is shorter than 60 mins).
You know it makes sense.

Ah, well yes I know how to feedback suggestions to Apple. My question here was - am I missing anything in suggesting they get rid of it? No point making a suggestion if I am inadequately informed, or no-one agrees it is a good idea.
Seems like the answer is no-one disagrees, and so I will make the suggestion.

Best quality animated gif export

Hi
I was doing just fine exporting animated gifs (in terms of quality output) and all of a sudden on an update to my fireworks png my exports (no matter what options I change) are just not as good quality as before.
Essentially, I am trying to get as close to the JPEG 100% quality (best quality) I can get - drop shadows on items just don't like that great at moment.
Could someone please advise what is absolute optimum setting for best quality output for an animated gif - I am not concerned about file size.
many thanks
Jeff

Without seeing the image/animation, I can't make specific comments.
However. Keep in mind that the GIF format has an indexed palette of 256 colors, total, one of which can be transparent. If you have a still image of 256 shades of red, and a still image of 256 shades of blue, they'll look fine as GIFs. If you try to combine them as an animated GIF, then the palette will need to be 128 shades each of red and blue, so neither of the images as frames in the animation will look as good as they do as stills.
Also, Fireworks doesn't always give you the maximum amount of colors. If you have an image with 1000 colors, and you export to GIF, you probably won't get 256 colors in your palette. Go to File>Image Preview and see what your palette is. If necessary, add colors from your image where you notice banding (with dithering off).
Finally, the two image formats are not equally appropriate for all image content. GIF is good for line art of solid colors. It isn't good for photos or gradients. If you can forgo your drop shadows you'll probably get better quality in the essential parts of the images. JPEGs are good for photos and gradients (although I prefer PNGs for gradients, myself), and are not good for line art. Unfortunately, if you want an animation, you need a GIF or Flash.

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