Dvcpro hd export

I running a sequence with the DVCPRO HD 720p24 preset.
What is the best way to export this for optimal DVD encoding?
for single layer dvds? double-layer dvds?
what about HD dvds, i'm not sure I totally get this.
any help, you be helpful! thanks

Ok, so I've tried that but I have run into a few problems. Namely, sometimes the aspect ratio won't remain what it is suppossed to. Also, I've had trouble using Double Layer DVDs and it will often freeze about an hour in. I want to make the best quality DVD I can, which I would assume would involve using a DL DVD, because the film is about an hour and a half.
So really, I'm still a little confused.
But by the way, thanks for you help. It makes me feel better thinking that I'm not crazy!

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How are you exporting? File>Export>Quicktime MOVIE? And is the sequence fully rendered before you exported? If not, FCP needs to render, THEN export. And that can take a long time.
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I had super16 film footage that was transferred on a Spirit to SonyHDCAM at 23.98 and loaded into final cut as DVCPROHD 1080i60 (HD1280x1080) 23.98. No problems. The edit went fine. The whole thing went to Shake for dust removal and camera jitter removal, then back to Final Cut. Looks and plays great now. When I try to export from my timeline with Export Quicktime Movie - Current Settings the resulting file is 1920x1080 and I can't get it onto a timeline without a red render line. Timeline has same settings, but the whole thing needs render. I'm trying to get rid of render files before I put this thing into Compresser to go to DVD. Do I have a problem here? Anybody had experience like this?

whoops. I asked that in the wrong forum. Need more sleep. Will now ask in FCP forum. Thanks anyway to anyone who might have an idea.

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Well, I rendered both out to compare file size. The QT conversion file came out to be 28.49 GB and the Quicktime Movie file weighed in at 29.34 GB.
I think the slight difference was the audio settings I adjusted the QT Conversion.
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Hey Nick,
I did exactly as you suggested but the thick black rectangles/bands still appear down the left and right sides and one smack in the middle. I'd send you a screen shot if I knew how. It seems to happen only with the DVCPro HD export but this is what the footage is in and anything else may screw with the image.
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I have finished in FCP. 1:45 minutes long. Video yearbook.
I usually just export as quicktime using the default settings. When I click on the Current Settings option (in FCP - export to Quicktime) there are way too many choices. For the entry level guy, which one should I choose? I am thinking
DV NTSC 48 Khz?
Or should I leave it alone?

I know what you mean, but the trouble is that DVDSP will work with a lot of the QT formats...
However, if you are looking to get the best workflow and quality, then export as MPEG2 and bring that into DVDSP. If MPEG2 isn't an option in your settings then you'll need to use Compressor to do this bit. You can export your footage from FCP directly into Compressor, or you can export as a QT format and use Compressor later.
If you choose to go with the QT format for now, look for full sized, full quality DV (if you started with a DV camera) - i.e. NTSC 48Khz DV (or PAL if it is PAL you are using).
If you started with DVCPRO then export as that - the fewer times you change the footage the better.
If you then enter the world of Compressor, you need to think about the length of time the footage plays for, the available space on your disc and the other components that will eat into that space (audio, menu graphics, subtitles, ROM content, etc). Only once you have an idea about all of that can you really get the best compression to MPEG2.
If you go with the 'DV' route into DVDSP then you need to look carefully at the preference settings for encoding. If you are going to encode this to MPEG2 within DVDSP (which is possible, but not necessarily the best way to do it) then you need to adjust the settings to allow the material to fit on the disc. Higher settings create larger file sizes, lower settings create smaller file sizes... BUT you need to allow for the other elements as well (Audio can be especially important to encode correctly).
As you can probably tell, there really is no simple 'one size fits all' formula and there are a lot of different variables. For what it's worth, my general workflow is this:
Capture and edit footage in FCP
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Author and build the disc - or write to DLT for replication.
Each stage of the process demands different skills and understandings about DVD in general... no two discs ever seem to be the same and as you can see I use a wide range of different software to accomplish the task.
You certainly don't need anything more than DVDSP to build a disc, but the quality you can achieve may not be as high as if you use different tools for the different parts of the process. Exporting from FCP via Compressor is a Very Good Option™ if you want to have more control over how the compressed file will look - but you need to think about learning how Compressor works...
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Cannot move HD DVCPRO movies cross-platform unless all systems are 5.1

The 5.1 Crossgrade creates an awkward situation whereby an HD DVCPRO movie exported at full rez ('Current Settings') on an Intel box cannot be viewed on a G4 unless that system too has FCP 5.1 installed - the codec changed to allow the Intel compatibility. Earlier installs of FCP do not allow playback in Quicktime Player - you can hear the audio but the video is white.
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This realy baffled me - seemed so simple but couldn't find a way to tell the standard. Learn something everyday...
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What am I doing wrong? Is it trying to conform the aspect ratio to what the original video size is?
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So I switch it to NTSC 720x480 4:3 and it still exports out as 640x480.
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Well I've been through the many suggestions found throughout the forum and have tried many combinations of exporting options, timeline options and codecs and still for the life of me can't find the one that works. Please offer any advice you can.
Objective:
Export a 30 minute film with a DVCPro HD 720p60 timeline shot in 720p 23.98fps as uncompressed and as high resolution as possible for transfer to a Beta-SP for big screen projection.
In trying the Uncompressed 8 and 10 bit exports the film's video became jumpy and some color's over saturated to the point of pixelation (is that a word?). I've created new Uncompressed timelines and exported from there as well to the same over saturated/pixel effect.
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Oh - and this time - size does NOT matter.
Thanks for any pointers.

What I mean is - how to create then a Quicktime someone without Final Cut can play. Exporting as a self-contained Quicktime movie does not seem to creat the stand alone file I may need. Any tips?

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I have ingested several clips from P2 cards some shot at 24 and some at 60 using fcp 5.1.4. When I go to export out a QT file I choose file>export>using quick time conversion. Under format options I select DVCPRO HD 720p60 for compression type, but I get no quality settings under the compressor heading to modify. Just Motion, preview and data rate. All of wich are locked... When I hit okay the movie settings dialog box reads Compression:DVCPRO HD 720p60 Quality: Medium Dimensions: 960x720 (1248x702) (Compressor Native). How do I change the quality to best? A friend told me he had the option to change in fcp v 5.0.1. Also, in the Sequence Setting Dialog Box under QuickTime Video Settings I select Advanced and it shows me the compression type DVCPRO HD 720p60 and Motion with Frames per second, but the box under Compressor is blank as well. Is my software faulty or am I going about exporting exporting a high quality QT HD 720p60 file the wrong way?
Secondly, when I ingest footage from a P2 card does it maintain the frame rate data that it was captured at digitally regardless of the projects audio video settings? I ask this because one project I did the easy setup after I already created a sequence by mistake with dv settings and the footage show a vid rate in the bin at 23.98 fps regardless if it is footage shot at 23.98 or 59.94. When I made a new project using the easy setup from the start and ingested a clip shot at 60 it show in the as vid rate of 59.94 not 239.8 like the first project I made. A tad confused as I feel I am not getting the best quality out of my footage. Does this have to do with setting the camera to 24pn for variable frame rates? Or does the vid rate pull from the project setting?
As a side note, some of the footage I export appears to be slightly grainy, not sure if this is a result of the setting problems I am having.
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Best,
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If you are trying to export and maintain the same quality you have in the timeline then you don't need to use conversion. Just export to Quick Time Movie and check the box for Use Current Settings and Make Self Contained.
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