Dv studio pro's compression came up choppy

with DV studio pro's compression, it seems to
repeat frames, so the film goes in choppy slow motion
on the DVD. Anyone know how I can fix that problem or
how I should be converting from the quicktime for DV
studio pro?

The choppiness is probably caused by the fact that the default encoding settings are set to 1-pass VBR. This means that DVD Studio Pro is guessing how it should be encoded as it goes along. 2-pass VBR goes through the movie once and analyzes its motion. Then it goes through the movie a second time, encoding the content according to the motion information generated on the first pass. This takes longer but produces better results because places with high areas of motion can have a higher bitrate assigned to them to reduce choppiness.
But for best results, I would advise taking your clips into Compressor and encoding them using the DVD Best Quality 90 mins preset.

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Dvd studio pro bitrate compression

Hi, does anyone know how I can compress 2 hours of footage plus 400 photos in DVD Studio Pro 3? I can't compress anything in FCP because I'm missing mpeg-2 compression ability. So I need to compress it all in DVD SP. Is it possible to compress 2 hours and fit it onto one disc? And if so, what bitrates should I choose? Thank-you!

Calculate the approximate bitrate to use, then drop it down some because of the photos and to be safe.
http://dvd-hq.info/Calculator.html
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
Before starting your project, go to the preferences for DVD SP set the bitrate to 2 Pass VBR based on the calculation. Quit DVD SP, restart it (just to make sure the change takes, check that it has) then start your new project.
Do you have Compressor and/A.Pack app installed still somewhere? You should. Alot better off encoding there.
PS You should be aable to get 2 hours aand the photos on a DVD-5, depending on the source quality and its nature (race cars vs lecture) it can still look good

DVD studio pro comes up choppy

with DVD studio pro's compression, it seems to
repeat frames, so the film goes in choppy slow motion
on the DVD. Anyone know how I can fix that problem or
how I should be converting from the quicktime for DVD
studio pro?

Your question belongs on the DV Studio Pro forum.

DVD Studio Pro 4 and H264

I used the mastering DVD Studio Pro Tutorial that came with my FCP 5 to make DVDs someone told me that if I used the demo set-up and it worked I could go on using it which has proven to be correct. Now I have a H264 720/1280/2G movie that I want to put into a DVD format. It is the same movie as a previous version I just changed the compression setting because the H264 is much better quality than my old MPEG-2 format which was 348mgs. DVD Studio Pro WILL NOT IMPORT THE H264 format. I erased the old MPEG-2 format but all DVD Studio Pro will accept is the H264 format as a soundtrack. Obviously the H264 has both a movie and the soundtrack together I do not have a separate movie and soundtrack file. Can anyone please give me some advise on as to how I have have DVD Studio Pro input my H264 movie. I would even be happy keeping it as a SD movie if I could just import it and get it into a DVD format. Can anyone please help.

Shawn, the DVD Studio Pro 4 help says that it will accept H264 format. Does that mean that it SHOULD imput it into the DVD Studio Pro 4 Software but it will not BURN IT as an H264 but as an MPEG-2 video and that if I EVER actually am able to input my H264 video and I try to BURN an H264 it will come out poorly and as an MPEG-2 because I will be double compressing my video? Somewhere I read that the best quality input will result in the best DVD output. But if all DVDs will play is MPEG-2 then trying to input anything better than an MPEG-2 will be a waste of time and effort? Sorry for all the questions, I am trying to understand about producing DVDs. Can I get MPEG-2 into a higher quality/sharpness/clarity by compressing it differently?

DVD Studio Pro - Final Cut X

so, if one purchases final cut x and sells off their final cut suite 3 with DVD Studio Pro, how does one do a professional DVD authoring? that is, what is everyone doing to author DVD's that they make in Final Cut Pro then compress using Compressor or just import right into DVD Studio Pro?
i actually didn't like this product (DVD Studio Pro) when it came with my Final Cut Studio 3, preferring to keep with my former Avid based product, but after someone showed me how to use it, i fell in love with the thing and DON'T want to be without it although I'd like to sell my MacPro with FCS3 included in the purchase price when i put it on eBay.
hope i can get some help because this is ALL that is holding me up from doing the APP store puchases of the new FC products and getting my new MacBook Pro i7 machine.

QUOTES...
Ian R. Brown wrote: Have you tried iDVD which is quite a fantastic app? Otherwise if you want to stay legal you will have to keep FCS3.
tjwaldo wrote: No, iDVD is not a fantastic app. It's a consumer app. I don't understand the concept that if a client received DVDs from all sorts of video editors with the same theme how that could possibly be considered professional?.....
RESPONSE...
so far i would have to agree that iDVD is a neat app, great for family video's, some customization maybe, but the few times I've tried it AND the DVD's ive gotten from competitors or collaborators who use it exclusively, i guess in part i know why people have picked my performance result with DVD SP. ive had clients even tell me, "i hate your delivery and your continual excuses and delays in delivery, but your qualty is two heads above everyone else so we have to keep using you, can't you do something about better delivery?"
so admittedly im a procrastinator but in the end, the result ive found in DVD SP is heads above anything ive personally tried BUT admittedly also, i don't look around a lot for other products when i find a winner.
now on fcp x, if it delivers as good an output as final cut pro 7, and with all the bells and whistles in fcp x, i have to say i WANT all that ease, magnetic performance, and built in GREAT looking titler and color grading, let alone auto motion control. im sold on fcp x ... NOW THAT ... it has multicam, importing of fcp 7 projects, and well . . im just sold BUT without DVD authoring its a bust for me. 99% of the projects i do are DVD delivery and now fastly BluRay delivery (about 5-10% at the moment) and thus i HAVE to have not just a DVD authoring program but one with all the bells and whistles that do almost anything and everything that i want . . and . . together with Compressor, i'm just shy of in editor heaven. however, i AM going to go to fcp x if for no other reason (now that multicam is included) rendering, ease of turning down the rez for editing only then render out full rez, and ease of importing canon 5dm2 and 7d footage as compared to final cut pro 7's ... hmmmmmm ... 3 different ways (or more) and even then not knowing if i picked the right one.
so as "tjwaldo" indicated, unless there is some other totally professional option, i guess i'll keep my fcs3 whether i want to or not just for ONE APP ... DVD SP because i won't take anything less than that kind of control and customization :-(
my appreciative thanks to both "Ian R Brown" and "tjwaldo" for the great input . . any others??

DVD Studio Pro Newbie Needs Help!

I have a presentation deadline approaching and I need help desperately. I created my presentation using Keynote 3 (800*600 slides) and exported it to a Quicktime movie using H.264 compression at 29.97 fps (high quality settings). I then proceeded to use iDVD 6 and imported the Quicktime movie and created a simple menu using the templates provided.
I saved the entire project as a disk image and used the DVD player to check the disk image file. The quality of the DVD disk image file looked nothing like the original Quicktime movie. The images and text looked blurry and unprofessional.
I've spend quite some time on the iDVD and Keynote discussion forums and can't find a solution to my problem. The conclusion I've come is that the mpeg-2 encoder that iDVD 6 uses is problematic.
I don't want to start using DVD Studio Pro but I will in order to preserve the quality of my original Keynote presentation. So here are my questions...thank you in advance for your help guys....I really need it:
- I plan on playing the DVD on a 42" Plasma display at a sales office and also distributing it to potential buyers. Are my Keynote export settings optimal for iDVD use? Should I be using H.264 @ 29.97?
- If I must use DVDSP then what export/compression settings should I use in Keynote to preserve the quality? Keynote doesn't give me an option to use mpeg-2. I have ffmpegX so I can encode different formats...just need to know the correct one.
- Keynote exports separate audio and video files. I combined them using Quicktime. Is it possible to use the combined file in DVDSP or do they need to be separate.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have any reading material pertaining to this matter please provide link.
~Eddie~
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

You can use a mov file that contains both audio and video. DVD Studio Pro will compress the mov itself. I am not overly familiar with the codec H.264 but either way its a codec that compresses the video, and if I am right that codec is used for compressing video to web based file sizes, which means heavy compression. When I create DVD material I use M2V format which is what DVD SP wants anyways so it cuts time and drive space in half. If you export an mov and import it into DVD SP, DVD SP compresses the file again which is M2V. Now you have two files, with twice the compression time. When creating M2V the only thing that you need o be aware of is the bit rate, which needs to be adjusted pending the duration of the video. Use 29.97 if you are NTSC and full frame rate, which you should be.
If you can not create an M2V file with associated aiff audio file, than export your QT file as uncompressed or as a QT Movie. The file itself will be huge but DVD SP will compress it properly.
I hope this helps

Propper Compressions: from Final Cut Pro to DVD Studio Pro?

Ok, so i have a project on Final Cut Pro, what are the right compressions that i would need to do to get my project to DVD Studio Pro?

First take a long look at the manual and the tutorial.
Then elect the preset in Compressor that fit to the total length of your movie. Less than 90 minutes = 90 minute preset for video. Whatever yours is.
Then encode audio in compressor to Dolby 2.
Best to do the DVD SP tutorial. Your question is basic.
good luck

HELP how do I compress my DV Video into DVD Studio Pro??

Thank you in advance for taking your time out to even read this!
I have a 40 minute 4:3 DV format video in final cut pro and I need to fit it on a DVD (4.7 gig) using DVD studio Pro. I have the whole FInal Cut Pro package (compressor, live type, etc...) so how would I compress the video and then put it in DVD studio pro, with the highest video quality possible?
Again thanks to all you people taking time out to just help!!!! Darin.

Take a look at these liks also
http://dvdstepbystep.com/faqs_7.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/faqs_3.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/qc.php (Compressor 2 but concepts apply)
http://dvdstepbystep.com/fasttrackover.php (General workflow, but you can send from Final Cut without rendering exporting, more for settings)

Why does DVD Studio Pro compress my 3GB video?

I thought since the original Quicktime movie I made with FCP was under the 4.7(?) capacity of a DVD, that Studio Pro wouldn't compress my 3GB movie. But after import to DVD Studio Pro the whole project only shows up as using 350MB of space. And when burned and played back the video looks horrible! Artifacting (?), etc.
Do I need to go into Compressor and select a setting there BEFORE bringing it into Studio Pro? What setting is recommended? (8 min, wide screen, HD).
Thanks!

>I thought since the original Quicktime movie I made with FCP was under the 4.7(?) capacity of a DVD, that Studio Pro wouldn't compress my 3GB movie.
Unfortunately, you thought wrong. The DVD video specification requires MPEG-2 video and either AC3 or PCM audio, specially multiplexed and formatted as VOB files. So the size of the source file doesn't really matter.
>Do I need to go into Compressor and select a setting there BEFORE bringing it into Studio Pro?
That would be preferable.
>What setting is recommended?
Duplicate one of the DVD presets and adjust the bit rate to increase the quality ... but do not exceed 8.0mbps or the disc may stutter in some players. Encode the audio as Dolby Digital (.ac3).
>8 min, wide screen, HD
You're out of luck there ... DVD is a standard definition format only. If you want to deliver HD content on an optical disc, it will have to be Blu-ray - not DVD.
-DH

I'm a bit confused. Since my original camera format was 720/60p, and I converted the footage to Pro Res422 in order to edit in Final Cut Pro 7, should I convert back to a higher quality format before sending the file to DVD Studio Pro?

I'm a bit confused. Since my original camera format was 720/60p, and I converted the footage to Pro Res422 in order to edit in Final Cut Pro 7, should I convert back to a higher quality format before sending the file to DVD Studio Pro? If so, which Compressor codec is best to use in order to preserve the original 720/60p? How do I maintain the highest quality?

No...ProRes is a high quality format. Finishing format. Many TV networks take that as a final deliverable.
BUT...DVDs aren't high definition...they are SD. You cannot make a 720p60 DVD with DVD Studio Pro. Any DVD you make will be SD...720x480. The only HD DVD format out there is BluRay, and for that you need a BluRay burner.
As for making a high quality DVD...using the BEST QUALITY settings in Compressor will work:
#42 - Quick and dirty way to author a DVD
Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:
1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.
2. Open DVDSP, select the "graphical" tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.
3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
4. Now, select the green one, right click on it and select the top option "first play".
5. Now drag your QT from the browser and drop it on top of the green monitor.
6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the "general tab" in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select "16:9 pan-scan."
7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.
THATS ALL!!!
NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.

Importing Compressed Video into DVD studio Pro: PROBLEM WITH SYNC

Hello,
This post regards software from Final Cut Studio 3
So, I have made a 2 minute clip in FCP7, exported it, compressed it using compressor, and then opened up dvd studio in order to burn it.
I have made sure the lengths of the audio and video were equal in FCP.
The problem is that when i drag the M2v and AC3 files into the DVD studio pro timeline, The audio is slightly longer than the video track.
I am creating a loop and want to duplicate the tracks within DVD studio to make use of the full dvd....so after i have added the files into the timeline a few times, there is a noticable lag, due to the discrepency between the length of audio and the length of the video.
I have even tried to change the length, under 'duration'in the track menu, but this makes no difference.
any help much appreciated.
THanks, Bradley

Bradley Zero wrote:
The looped clip in question is APPROXIMATELY 2 minutes. Infact, the DVDs are for an art installation, with numerous clips all Approx 2 minutes long, set to loop using dvd studio to around 20 minutes. (snip) However the loop is fine tuned so cutting frames to allow for the different frame rates of Ac3 and M2v is not an option.
So far I have only made a test batch, next time to avoid these problems I will Loop the files within FCP7 before exporting and compressing to avoid frame rate discrepancies. good idea??
I'm not surprised to hear that the clips are for an Art installation. I once helped my partner with multiple looped VHSs for a Degree Show & believe me DVDs make life a whole lot easier!
In conclusion I would recommend that you do a separate sound & vision edit, so to speak. Once you have finished your vision edit, lay down the single (compressed) vision clip on a track in DVD SP. Loop it to taste, and make a pencil note of the number of loops. Go back to FCP & duplicate your original final edit (ie the 'lock down') & loop the sound to match. Play out just the complete soundtrack at the new ~20 minutes and encode the resulting mix to AC3. Add it into DVD SP3. Voila! Really this is no different from making a movie; when the sound is going to be worked on by a whole different set of people from the pictures and both added together when complete.
... is there an alternative sound format to export in that is compatible with dvd studio pro that will sync perfectly in the sequence?
Of course uncompressed .aiffs don't suffer from the frame-based problem and are compatible with DVD SP. However using uncompressed sound is not recommended as this can lead to playback problems - especially with DVD-Rs - because of the high bit-rate.
BTW where is the show? Regards, Stedman.

Compression quality: iDVD vs DVD Studio Pro vs others?

I am merrily editing along in FCE, and looking to eventually compress and burn onto DVD. Since I can use all the quality I can get, and don't have spare money (so what else is new?), I am wondering about the differences in compressing software. Is there a visible difference in the final product using DVD Studio Pro vs iDVD? Is there something else out there that is better than iDVD but doesn't cost as much as DVDSP? Any opinions or experience welcomed!
Thank you!

If your project is under an hour, iDVD will give you very satisfactory results (use the Best Performance settings).
You can create an up to 2 hour movie with iDVD but personally (with Best Quality), I think the quality begins to slide off a bit over an hour
DVD Studio Pro, with Compressor, gives you many more compression options. Compressor has lots more compression pre-sets and you can go in and tweak bit rates, single or double passes, etc. You can do that inside DVD Studio Pro as well. Overall, Studio Pro just gives you a lot more options and control.
Roxio Toast is a relatively cheap (around 80 bucks Cdn) piece of software that will compress your FC movies. You are way limited in terms of things like menus and chapters but compression wise it does a fairly nice job ... again, you don't have the versatility of iDVD. With Popcorn, it will allow you to cram a big movie onto a single layer DVD but the quality begins to hurt
Personally, no matter what you use, two hours is the reasonable quality limit for a single layer DVD

Compressing Video files to be used in Studio Pro projects

I have a 2hr and 7min video I'm trying to burn to a DVD. It is too large for a single layer and I've been having trouble with burning dual layer discs. Has anyone had any success using Apple Compressor to compress video files that were just a little too large for a single layer disc? What format did you use. I've tried several already and have managed to shave off a few 100 MB but not quite enough. The project uncompressed takes up about 5.7GB in Studio Pro and obviously it needs to be down below 4.7GB. Thanks for any help.

Compressor has a few presets, to compress so that 90, 120, or 150 minutes of video will fit into a single layer disc. I think those are making the assumption that you use the Dolby 2.0 AC3 option as well as the MPEG-2 one. So, if you take your video through compressor and choose the 150 minute preset to make MPEG-2 and AC3, and take those two files into DVDSP, you should easily fit 2 hours and 7 minutes onto a single layer disc.
If you want to squeeze as much quality out of the space as you can, and you're troubled by ending up with a little bit of disc space because you chose the 150 minute preset, you can tweak the settings. To do that open the Presets window, expand the Apple folder and the best quality 120 minutes sub folder, and drag the MPEG-2 5.0Mbps 2-pass 4:3 entry down into the Custom folder. Go into the Custom folder in the Presets window and double-click on the copy of that preset you just made.
An inspector palette opens up. Click on the second of the icons and you'll see settings for the video compression. Click the Quality tab and in there you can tweak the figures. Changing the 5.0 average to 4.7 should be enough to make it just fit 127 minutes. Save those changes, and then when you add your video to the batch list, select your modified setting as the one to use when it compresses the video.

Compressed film to big for dvd studio pro - help

I have a wedding film which is 2 hrs and 6 mins long at final edit... it was a long wedding!
I used the 150min preset in compressor for audio and video but when i add it to DVD studio pro it takes up 5.3gb, far to much for the single layer DVD. Can anyone give advice to get the down so that it is under 4gb and not on the red?

Hi Allister,
Did compressor make a AC3 file ?
If not, encode your audio to AC3 and the file size will srink quite a lot.
Here's a good Bitrate calculator to have for future encodes:
http://www.railheaddesign.com/index.php/software/bitratecalc/
Better to set the bitrate yourself.
Bill

Thoughts on BEST COMPRESSION for use with iDVD and DVD Studio Pro...

Hi all...
I'm having an issue with some visual artifacts that are present after burning a dvd using either idvd or dvd studio pro.
My sequence containts footage (h.264) and photographs with titles. The photos (w/moves) look great, very crisp. So do the titles.
However, the video looks awful. Pans and tilts creating streaking, so does any action with the frame.
I don't see this streaking while viewing in the qt window or when previewing the dvd...
I'm exporting as a qt reference using the dv/dvc pro setting, when I check the dvd on an ntsc monitor, the image is very streaky.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mark

Are you using FCP?? Then I see why you said QT reference movie... which is the best way. Being more descriptive about your setting when posting a question will return more helpful answers. (editing tool, source materials, machine spec...etc) You said that your footage was h264 and you posted your question in iMovie forum so I couldn't have guessed FCP and DV...
If your sequence is DV on FCP I can't think of anything else but QT reference movie route. I don't understand why your video won't show interlacing in QT player or DVD preview, but perhaps they force deinterlacing for preview, who knows.
You said your DVD looks 'very streaky' on ntsc tv. Is it to the point that it looks unnatural? Is overall motion jerky? If so, perhaps the field order had been messed with and changed. But I'm not quite sure about the exact nature of your problem. Visual problem in a subjective verbal description can be hard to communicate

Dv studio pro's compression came up choppy

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