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....a 1hour and 43 minute video SD video 4:3. What would be the best compression for formatting to a 3.9 gb file size to go on a 4.7 gb disc. I'm trying to avoid the dual layer set-up. Thanks

Did you try the DVD Best Quality 120 min preset? That's what I would go with, with 103 minutes of video. That should give you enough room for audio and some extras.
If you just want to check how the quality of the encoding gets, just do some test encodings on about 30 seconds of your video (put in/out points in either Compressor or FCP).
If you just want to squeeze your video on to a DVD-5 disc, with the best video quality possible, you should maybe have a look at Mr Bitbuget or Bruce Nazarian's Bit Budget Spreadsheet.
Good luck!

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MUYconfundido wrote:
I am in the process of embedding 3 mp3's into a PDF to submit as a portfolio. The PDF also has text, and two scores included, and with the 3 embedded mp3's it can't be more than 10mb.
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And once it's out of Logic and it is an mp3 or other type of audio file, is there a best format for compressing it further, and still maintaining the relative quality?
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I bounced out the three projects into wav's. Now I am using Switch for Mac to compress them down to smaller Mp3's.
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I basically need them to be about 3 mb each.
So, one more scrap of info we need here: how long are those three pieces, exactly? I'll calculate the bitrate for you - but please bounce 'm directly out of Logic as MP3's. They will very probably sound better than your WAV-conversions made with Switch.
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(I don't know what Media Browser is yet.)
I did this: (I got some warnings - did you?)
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the standards for videoDVD are 720x480, and usually mpeg2 encoded..
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