DVD's don't always play...am I doing something wrong?
Hey, sorry if this has been posted several times before...I have dvds that play fine on higher end dvd players, but won't on "off" brand players...I'm using FCP4 and DVDStudio Pro3. I use compressor from FC and export as mpeg 2 with a 2hour setting. I then imput the compressor Audio/video files into DVD SP, build and format the dvd. I don't have any problems playing on a good player, but my clients complain that they have problems on an off brand player...is this to be expected on these consumer created dvds, or am I doing something wrong? Thankyou for your input
ok, i'm looking at compressor and don't see the audio format that has been talked about to use. The one that has been used is under the MPEG-2 120 Min high quality encode. The following is a copy and paste of the summary for each preset.
Video Preset:
Name: MPEG-2 120min High Quality Encode
Description: 3.5Mbps,2-Pass VBR,4:3
File Extension: m2v
Video Encoder
Format: M2V
Width and Height: Automatic
Pixel aspect ratio: default
Crop: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Field dominance: Auto detect
Average data rate: 3.5 (Mbps)
2 Pass VBR enabled
Maximum data rate: 7.5 (Mbps)
High quality
Best motion estimation
Closed GOP Size: 1/2 second, Structure: IBBP
DVD Studio Pro meta-data enabled
Audio Preset:
Name: DVD PCM Audio
Description: AIFF 48Khz,16bit,Stereo
File Extension: aiff
Audio Encoder
Format: QT
Sample Rate: 48.000kHz
Channels: 2
Bits Per Sample: 16
Codec Type: Uncompressed
I looked under the different compression settings and it says the encoder is AIFF, but under the settings for it, it doesn't list AC3. My Compressor version is 1.2.1
Also, how does all the settings look for the video...see any prolems that would explain the low end players messing up?
Thanks again for the help...its appreciated!
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