Exporting QuickTime to DVD

I have about 1 hour and 30 minutes of (NTSC/DV) footage that I want burn to a DVD. What is the best way to compress the video, keep the best quality and still fit it all on a single DVD?
Thanks.

Since you have FCP HD and DVD-SP, you also have Compressor and QuickTime Pro (although if you're running QT 7, you may have lost the MPEG-2 Export Component). Personally, I prefer using QuickTime Pro or Compressor. Both give you more control over the settings ... especially when compared to iDVD, which is more of a consumerish, one-button type approach.
Since there's not a lot of movement in the images, you shouldn't need to worry about setting compression markers in FCP, so it should be a fairly straight forward encode, author and burn process.
-DH

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I have project I filmed on a Sony PD170 in 16:9, brought it into FCPHD and changes sequence to 16:9 looks fine for what I want.
Now when I export it out for DVDSpro I use the "Export-Quicktime-DVPAL 48kHz anamorphic" setting when I look at the file in QT 7 it is stretched vertically????
First of all why? Then when I go to DVDSpro when I create new project should I have it on "force to letterbox or Pan Scan"? The Simulator is set for 16:9 but when I simulate the DVD the film in back to 4:3 any guidelines would help
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Hi Allister,
Yes it is stretched vertically and correct. DV PAL is always (no matter if 4:3 or 16:9) 720x576 pixels. The displaying device or software has to stretch the image horizontally to compensate for that during projection.
In DVDSP you should set the display mode to "16:9 Letterbox". The Simulator will always start-up with the setting specified under Preferences-Simulator. If it says 4:3 there, you have to manually set it to 16:9 before playing.
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I've rummaged through the forums many times to figure out the absolute fastest way to get an FCP sequence compressed for DVD Studio Pro while maintaining the best quality. I always seem to come up with:
Export QuickTime Movie (not self contained) --> Compressor (DVD best quality settings)
This seems to work fine. I am currently exporting sequences in HDV 1080i60 and they take an extremely long time to export into QT movies. Because of that, I am editing a sequence, waiting for it to export, then dropping it into Compressor. At this point, FCP is available for editing again while Compressor is working, so I repeat the process. However, when I export to QT from FCP while Compressor is still running in the background it seems to take much longer to export.
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*Am I doing anything wrong by allowing Compressor to work while I am trying to export QT movies from FCP to the same drive?*
Is FCP actually taking longer to export, or is that my imagination? Would it be faster if I only did one at a time, or should it take the same amount of time either way? Am I putting the data on my final movies at risk by doing these things at the same time?
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Compressor takes a lot of system resources. It will slow the computer down in other tasks.
Because Compressor can run unattended, why not take advantage of that?
Do your regular work that needs you to be there and run the Compressor Batch overnight or at other times when the system is idle.
Compressor's default destination for its processed files is the same directory as the original -writing the files to a different drive might help, at least that way your media drive is not reading and writing at the same time.

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I recently upgraded to Lion and am still using Final Cut Studio 3.
I have a 1.37min sequence which i wanted to export and burn the DVD. My normal workflow for this is:
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But FCP 7 keeps on crashing on export, in fact is very unstable recently. It also crashes on rendering, and quite often when im editing.
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Are you converting those clips to ProRes in ClipWrap? Or keeping them native? You MUST convert them to ProRes.
The NXCam came out just before 7.0.3. FCP did update to mesh with that camera, but it's still rocky. And now that FCP 7...legacy...has been discontinued, there will be no more updates. But you have ClipWrap so that should be fine. As long as you convert to ProRes.

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I did what you said and the "exported" file says:
Kind: Final Cut Express Movie File
Under More Info it says:
720x480 Integer (Little Indian) Timecode
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Why am I trying to export?
Before I ran into trouble, I would export my FCE project using the Export Quicktime Movie command.
I then used iDVD (set to 16:9) to burn to DVD.
It worked perfectly before.
But now, all of a sudden, the same project always shows up at 4:3, whether played in Quicktime or when burned to DVD using iDVD set to 16:9.
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The Problem: After exporting our HD After Effects project to QuickTime the playback stutters just a bit. It will run along fine and then it jerks/hiccups. This happens at various times during playback. We have tried many different export settings but no luck. We would really appreciate some help with this. Thank you.
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Key Frames: Every 24 frames
Frame Reordering: Checked
Compressor Quality: Best
Encoding: Best quality (Multi-pass)
Data Rate: Automatic
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Dimensions: HD 1920 x 1080 16:9
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- Version - 8.0.2.27
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- Graphic/Display Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
- Memory - 4 GB MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
- OS Version OS X 10.5.2
- Monitor - Cinema HD 30"
- Color Depth 32-bit color
- Resolution 2560 x 1600

Yes. I've viewed your quicktime and...
The stutters are actually already in your animation, they are NOT being caused by playback issues.
You can see this by single frame advancing through your animation, you will quite often encounter frames where nothing changes when compared to the last frame, and you then get a jump on the next frame. This means frames are being dropped during rendering of the animation or the master file you are using has gone through some sort of frame rate conversion. Probably you have converted from 24 frames per second to 29.97 frames per second which requires repeating a number of frames/fields per second (5.97 frames) , these repeated frames will destroy the illusion of smooth motion.
Heres something you can try:
Check the original animation file by step framing through one frame at a time. Do you see frames that are exactly the same as the previous one? If the answer is yes... then you need to re render the animation, try doing it at the same frame rate you plan to output (29.97fps).
If the answer is NO... then just use the native framerate of that file to do the rest of your project. ie. DONT upsample the framerate to 29.97 or anything else.
The other option is (if the actual real time sync of the animation doesnt matter) to go back to your original animation file and just play the 24fps animation at 29.97 at one to one frame. So we discard the playback rate of the input file (24fps) and just display one frame of the input for each frame required at the output. This ensures that the motion will be smooth, (because we are not repeating frames to keep the duration the same) however it will be playing back slightly faster.
I happened to find this topic because I'm researching how to get smooth playback of quicktime movies on a desktop screen. Its actually proving incredibly hard. Even if you manage to create a master file that actually has your smooth animation in at 24fps... chances are Quicktime will frak it up for you... because it dynamically changes the framerate on playback to suit the display anyway.
If your on a Mac then your desktop is probably set to 60Hz (Which really means 59.94Hz). So re-rendering your 3d animation at 29.97 is probably your best chance at getting smooth motion in the final viewing.

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What would be the best all around specifics for an exported movie file that contains only JPegs (about 300+) and .aiff music files?
It's basically a slide show of sorts, but the last time I exported it to check out how it would look on tv, the images would come out with blurry or sharpened sides as they would transition into eachother, and would sometimes turn black and white momentarily.
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Since you are using FCE you should first choose the +sequence format+ for your movie depending on your TV (whether standard or HDTV) before importing your jpegs.
Assuming you'll show your movie on a standard TV your sequence format should be either DV-PAL (25 fps) or DV-NTSC (29,97 fps), I'm not sure what's used in Perto Rico. If you want a 16:9 format you should instead choose either DV-PAL Anamorphic or DV-NTSC Anamorphic.
Then after importing your jpegs and editing the timeline you should *Export/Quicktime Movie* (not Using Quicktime Conversion) and import the resulting .mov into iDVD.
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- the resulting quality will always be lower than the original jpeg quality, since the SD resolution is very likely lower than the original jpeg resolution
- don't rely on the quality as shown by Quicktime Player, because this is not meant for interlaced video but progressive video; also the FCE Canvas cannot show the final quality on a Mac progressive monitor
- you could check the movie quality while editing in FCE (without exporting and burning DVDs) by connecting your Mac to your TV through the firewire connection and a converter, or your camera used as a converter, from firewire to analog.
- you may then fix each image and check right away how it will appear on your final TV by applying any useful filter: blur, antialias, etc.
If instead you have a HDTV you may use a sequence formatted with one of the Apple Intermediate Codecs available in FCE, and for sure you will get a better final quality.
Piero

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Would someone be able to let me know what the best settings are for exporting to DVD from iMovie 08 to iDVD?
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Export Quicktime from a DVC Pro HD 720p60 Project

I've read the discussions and am still looking for some solid answers on this and /or confirmation that I've done it correctly.
I'm working in a DVC Pro HD 720p60 project
Sequence setting frame size is 960x720
(no I don't know what it was shot on)
The cuts are :30 spots and I'm looking to do 2 things for my producer.
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File - Export - Quicktime Conversion - Settings, H.264, size 1920x1080
Is this the best way to do this?
2) export the spots so that he can add them to his reel when he wants to on dvd, for which I've done the following:
I created a new DV50 project and cut the spots into them.
File - Export - Quicktime Movie - Current Settings
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Well, if you need to get it to the web guy to compress as he sees fit, then you will need to provide him with...well, what he wants. You need to ask him (her) what they want you to give to them.
And the dimensions would be 1280x720. 960x720 is squeezed anamorphically. and going to 1920x1080 is makig it bigger than the original.
As for the H.264 for DVD. Compressing it like that, then compressing again for DVD...icky. It looks better? Well then, maybe it darkened or brightened the footage as it compressed it. You might consider color correcting your main footage if you like that look.
And you weren't in a DV or DVCPRO 50 project, you were in a DVCPRO HD project. Why cut it in a one of those settings? it won't look any better, in fact, it will look worse. And compressing it for DVD ro the web wouldn't be any easier. Sorry, I guess I don't understand your reasoning here.
DV 50 isn't what it was shot nor edited at. It is DVCPRO HD...DVCPRO 100. Export self contained using sequence settings and it is EXACTLY the same quality as the original footage in the timeline.
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Now, beyond going with a higher capacity disc, and having one media file per disc, you have only one choice, that I see - cut the bit-rate way down. Test the output of this, as you might not be pleased with the resulting quality.
As you are talking about a fixed CODEC (specified) and Frame Size (determined by you), and a fixed Duration (determined by you), then bit-rate, or larger discs are all that I see.
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I've never seen a number given, but would think it is very high.
Apple describes ProRes here:
About Apple ProRes
And in that document says:
"while remaining visually lossless through many generations of decoding and reencoding."
I don't think I've ever seen degradation caused by recompression or multiple compassion, but as a workflow if you output a master file, then re-import it to add graphics and export that, you would only be 1 generation down from the master file. If you wanted to make multiple versions, you can always go back to, and re-import, the master file and make the changes, then export, so all you exports stay only 1 generation down from the master file.
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