Down Converting DVCPro HD to SD using Compressor 2

We just recieved and installed Final Cut Studio...
Everything that we are shooting and editing is in the DVCPro HD format.
From time to time, we need to Deliver this footage on DVD. With Compressor 2, I understand that you can take the DVCPro HD files and Downconvert them to Standard Definition.
My question is how do I accomplish this?
Do I just load the DVCPro HD file into Compressor, and enter in a Standard Definition MPEG2 Preset, and compressor will do the downconversion?
Thank You in advance for any help!!

Do I just load the DVCPro HD file into Compressor, and enter in a Standard Definition MPEG2 Preset, and compressor will do the downconversion?
Yes, that should work. However, if you don't like the results you may have to try some "tweaks" to the preset. The Compressor help files (electronic manual -- PDF) will have information on this.

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Read this recent post in Compressor forum:
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Let's focus attention on just the Sony. (What model and what resolution are you shooting?)
For now, I'll assume you're shooting 1080i.
Take a representaive clip into a new sequence. Add a title.
In your sequence, make sure field dominance is set to Upper.
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I did the same and I just opened a timeline, dropped in the first clip and clicked "yes" when asked if it wanted me to change my timeline settings to match that of the clip. I've been able to work my project on my MBP without rendering everything every time I change something. The downside to this is that I seem to have had trouble importing photoshop files for video as it only exports to 23.98fps which seems to have a weird effect on the dimensions of the photo.
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I am importing some HDV material that I am down-converting in the camera into DV into a sequence that is 720x480 anamorphic.
I want to guarantee that when people view the 16:9 footage on their square tv that it automatically is shown as letter-boxed and not stretched vertically. Currently, I am having problems because when I preview my 16:9 footage on a square tv, unless I set the tv to 16:9, it stretches the image. If the wrong client who doesn't know any better does this and it stretches it will look horrible. Is there any way to bring in down-converted footage and guarantee that it will be properly framed on a square tv.
Currently I am bringing in the footage and down-converting with the "squeeze" setting. Should I be using this, or the "letter box" setting? My understanding is that using the letter box setting will actually crop off the top/bottom of my 16:9 footage which ISN'T what I'm looking for.
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Well, it's usually a bad idea to use 16:9 Pan-Scan & Letterbox because it depends on how your client has set the TV Shape setting on their DVD player.
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I guess you've been quite busy, but I appreciate your replies.
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"The only way you're gonna get your 30P material to feel EXACTLY like 24 is to run it at 24 and add a pulldown"
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Parm4u wrote:
Am I limited in the amount of video to compress to DVD?
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Can anyone tell me if my Motion Filtering setting in the video processing tab of my sequence settings has any effect on the ultimate quality of my export when using the "Export Using Compressor" command? I know it certainly would when exporting to Quicktime, but I'm wondering if it matters if I'm going directly to Compressor. I am sending a completely unrendered sequence.
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Don't feel too bad. None of us can match what the big guys do with our software encoders and burners.
They have the advantage of very expensive encoding hardware/software. They have tons of technical expertise (the so called black art of encoding). And they are working with source material that is expertly lighted, shot and graded. Then they physically stamp their disks, rather than relying on dyes.
It's not a fair fight.
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Down convert or wait?

Hi, I'm just about to capture fotage HDV the end project is to be a dvd.
So i.m not sure which way to go for the best result.
1. do I capture HDV edit in hdv and then let compressor take care of the down convert to dv
or
2. with my new HVR-M15 let it convert to the fotage to dv from hdv
all the best
yes it's hot indoors today.

> Also I would squeeze it
(and edge clip),well my new deck will do that i ask
I don't quite understand what you're trying to achieve and where you want to start from. If you want to edit in HDV, then yes, you can use the hardware downconvert to achieve the aspect ratio you want.
Try this topic for some excellent advice particularly from Hanumang:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=514970&tstart=0
> what would
the diffrence be if I conv to dvcam or sd again I
think dvcam would be best and that also works in the
dv-pal seq.
From what I gather , there's little or no difference between DV and DVCAM once it's Captured. I could be wrong but I think DVCAM is a slightly more reliable tape format (less dropped frames for one) than DV.
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> Give the DVD authoring software the correct size:
I am using FCP 7.0.3 to create the sequence of images (there has to be specific timing and transitions), which I then export to DVD format by using Compressor.
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