LOSING Resolution when exporting to DVD!!! NEED TO KEEP QUALITY

Hey guys,
I used compressor to compress some HD (1920x1080 29.97 fps Apple Pro Res422 (HQ) footage to transfer to DVD Studio Pro.
I compressed it at MPEG-2 /Audio AC3. Reason is because i don't want to make an HD DVD. I want greatest quality on SD DVD.
Looks great on simulate, but looks horror on the disc. With 3 trail and error attempts, i failed. is there a setting i must go through in dvd studio to keep the res...
What do I need to do?

Hi,
You're going to need to recapture the show from the HDCAM tape to a 10 bit uncompressed Quicktime file. Then encode directly to Mpeg 2 from that file. It will only take a little while to encode with an 8 core machine.
If you were capturing raw footage for editing from the HDCAM tapes, then you'll need to recapture and reedit the show, or otherwise replace your Pro Res codec sequence clips with the 10 bit uncompressed versions. And then, with the right Compressor settings upon export, your show will look just like a high quality standard def version of the HD movie.
Basically, the Prores Codec is heavily compressed already, and not intended for final distribution, and certainly not to be encoded to Mpeg 2 from. You know what they say - "you only get one compression pass to keep quality"; you are compressing heavily twice.
I was involved with the proofing of the Baraka DVD (MPI Home Video release) - the highest resolution movie ever created for standard and hi def DVD (8000 X 8000 pixels per frame, shot on custom iMax cameras; took them over a month to capture all the frames to hard drive). They too, encoded directly from the uncompressed source; and the standard def version DVD looks like HD on my big screen.
Take care,
Trai
TFDVD Research Labs

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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:33:04 -0600
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Subject: Using Premiere Pro CS3 When exporting as flash file poor picture quality
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