Dvd studio pro support h.264

Hey,
question about dvd SP, it takes in h.264 encoded video, right? I thought I heard that It does, since it was converted to the FC studio. but it wont let me, it says incompatible format.
thanks
Josh

Best move - make self contained .mov in FCP then compress to m2v (H.264 is compressed and has to be recompressed for SD - in theory works on HD Discs, but still buggy)

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How sketchy is playback of home burned dual media in ordinary DVD players?

You should be able to get your project on a DVD-5, you would need to adjust your encoding settings and depending on the footage you may not see a big hit (You can build the project to see how far over it actually is)
First if you have not made the audio AC3, do so, will save room
As to the video , take a look here for calculator
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
Usually I tweak a bit lower than the calulator. For instance if it says an average rate of 5.2, set you average to 5, chances are you will not see the differene between 5 and 5.2 and can save you reencoding heartache/headache down the road. Max rates really should not be higher than 7.4 or so - do not set max video rates to 9.636 as shown in the calculator. In theory it works, in practice can cause playback issues.
How sketchy is playback of home burned dual media in ordinary DVD players?
+R DL works fairly well DVD SP 2 did not support DL burning if I recall correctly, but if you have Toast you can burn from there.

Does DVD Studio pro support 1080p for HD-DVD?

I can't find this option in the track and menu settings options.

Eric Pautsch1 wrote:
The spec does support 1080p but Compressor doesn't encode this.
Actually, Compressor does encode 1080p - so long as you limit the definition of 1080p to 23.98 fps.
The 'issue' that Marc is bumping into is the same one that so many of us were first stumped by when we began creating 24p SD DVDs: DVDSP uses the pulldown-rate as the frame rate (so 23.98 Compressor encodes are seen as 29.97 Non-drop Frame) and Tracks must be 29.97 fps to ensure playback because HD-DVD (and Blu-ray) is limited to 1080i over Component video connections.
Also, and I know this seems silly to some, but HD-DVD and Blu-ray players can still be connected to old-school non-HD TVs via Component, S-Video and Composite connections, so 29.97 playback must be assured.
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I imported and ecoded a video in DSP and when I simulated it it only played the audio and the video was just blackness, same with in the viewer and burning the disk. How can I fix this.

The video is in V1 and the audio is in A1. And no it does not play in the viewer.

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I am new to this but why in Compressor does it say I can use H.264 for DVD Studio Pro and then DVD studio pro only sees it as a audio file???

I have the same problem with 1080p25 h264 .mov file created with compressor HD DVD settings.
DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1 Release notes claim that :
DVD Studio Pro now correctly supports the following H.264 formats for native use in PAL HD projects:
720p25
720p50
1080p25
Native support means that the files are not reencoded when they are imported into the appropriate NTSC or PAL HD project. In some cases, however, frames may be set to repeat during playback to create the HD DVD specification’s required frame rate.
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When I export this as MPG2 best quality and import it into DVD studio pro, formatting for SD (I have to make an SD dvd from my HD source material), the quality looks AWFUL. like a cheap camcorder.
Running out of options....

A HD DVD will only play back in your Mac and the now obsolete Toshiba DVD-HD set top devices.
A standard DVD will play back on any DVD Video device.
the quality looks AWFUL.
You are compressing to MPEG 2 and throwing a lot of pixel information away -going from 1920x1080 to 720x480. There's no way that it can look the same.

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I note this information from Wikipedia: "DVD Studio Pro was a high-end software tool published by Apple Inc. to allow users to create DVD masters to be sent out for replication at production houses. Its tight integration with other Apple applications allows users to take Final Cut Pro and Motion projects and render them into the DVD format without encoding to intermediary formats. This streamlines the production workflow and reduces overhead."
If that is your intent, finding a substitute program that will run on your Mac may not be as efficient. Others can advise you on alternatives, or you can post a new thread specifically with that question.
BTW: what Mac and what version of OS X?
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I had Leopard on my laptop and did the upgrade to Snow Leopard. No problems.
On my desk top, I had tiger then upgraded to Snow Leopard. No problems.
But recently, I did a fresh install of Snow Leopard on my desk top, and the problems with DVD Studio Pro began happening.
Then I did a Fresh install of Snow Leopard on my laptop, and the same problems began to arise.
Just my observations of the situation.
I am going to reinstall my original Laptop OS and go from there.
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I agree.
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The workflow:
I created a movie and did extensive sound adjustments in iMovie and a few video edits, and exported it to a quicktime format:
compression H.264
Quality: High
Frame reordering: yes
Encoding mode: multi-pass
Dimensions: 1280x720
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I no longer have the iMovie project file. (I thot I was done.) I do have the original footage, but I'm already three days in and hoping to avoid starting over.
I would sure appreciate any help!
Thanks!

2cute2b2smart wrote:
I don't know where the problem is.
compression H.264
Quality: High
Frame reordering: yes
Encoding mode: multi-pass
Dimensions: 1280x720
The specifications you listed are the problem.
I can't comment on iMovie -don't use it personally.
From FCP, you would export a self contained movie using the current Timeline settings (not H.264 ever)
Bring that file into Compressor and apply one of the time based DVD presets that the running time of your movie fits into. This will produce a MPEG 2 video file and an AC3 audio file. Bring both into DVDSP and author.
A DVD video is always standard def 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).
Converting the output from FCP to H.264 is adding an unneeded compression stage that will compromize quality -because DVD assets are always MPEG 2 / AC3. Even if DVDSP accepts that H.264 file, it gets transcoded again using DVDSP's own compression system.
All of this is covered in the DVDSP user manual. Take the time to read it. DVD authoring is complicated if you just jump in and start poking around, simple if you take the time to understand the basics.

IDVD and DVD Studio Pro hang and crash since 10.5.6 update

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nmctech,
Have you tried to reset the SMU/PRAM?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436?viewlocale=en_US
Chris
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Is it possible to import a .pdf or .doc file into DVD studio Pro 4?

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Techincally you can create a link to take it to the file... but there are so many different software DVD players that it doesnt work with 90% of them so its pointless..
as for including your files on the DVD....
First make sure your files are all in one folder called DVD Content or something like that so they know its in that location
then in DVDSP at the top where all the icons are...
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DVD-ROM Data
destination
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then continue building and formating.
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