Questions for experienced users

For all experienced users, a few observations and questions:
1) Is it really true that Compressor 2 takes over 24 hours to encode a 15 minutes piece of 1080i HD video from FCE into an H.264? or am I doing something wrong in the settings?
2) The same piece of video encodes a QT movie in 2 hours but the artifacts make the video look extremely unprofessional (to put it mildly).
3) It cannot be true that after spending this much money on professional equipment, that I receive results this poor. I see that others have voiced the same frustrations with Compressor 2 and DVDSP4, HD video etc. What I am referring too specifically is poor encoding in Compressor ( the answer "get a different piece of software" is not acceptible) and DVD's that have artifacts that make the results look worse in quality that amature video from several years back,
this is why I and others depend on sage counsel from more experienced users. so people with condescending or sarcastic pseudo answers need not reply here.
4) Please recommend a workflow that does not produce artifacts from 1080i HD video, to FCE 3.0.1, to DVDSP4 ( via QT 7 or Compressor 2) using the system speced below.
5) Please also recommend a workflow of the same for video that can go out on the web or for cell phone content. ( refer to the problems with H.264 with web content, and any info you may have on the 3G content)
Thanks
BBP/BR

Well, Mikey and PQRTV or whatever really got to the heart of the reason why I placed that line in my first post:
I got my mac system about a year ago. before I got the system, my cousin the computer genius lovingly teased me because I literally didn't know what a jump drive was. 8 months later, I gave a presentation at the apple store about filmmaking with the mac. my point?
using the mac system as a (professional) tool does require a new thought process ( coming from the PC windows lower ****). I too look(ed) for quick fixes, but a little bit of time with FCE, DVDSP4, Compressor, etc. teaches U very quickly that things take time and patience and study. having no previous IT or computer background, it was and still is a challenge, but I get it more now.
in general, just keep in mind that a post may be from someone who 1) might be new to the idea that You have to think a bit differently when trying to execute processes with a mac/professional system, 2) might not have a whole lot of IT experience ( mac makes it really easy to get Your arms in up to Your elbows really quickly), and 3) is after all a human being who is, when they posted, 4)most likely sleep deprived, working on a dead line and stressed at level 11.
and Yo PD, I thought the weeding video quip was kinda funny but snide. we can at some point "philosofahzize" about what kind of hussle one sometimes has to get into to keep the rent paid while pursuing the real dream.
And as my man Mikey pointed out ( and I'm sure PDFTV and others will agree), authoring, filmmaking, graph design, music, is all an ART FORM and CRAFT and it takes dedication and perseverence to "master" just ONE aspect, let alone those of us who write, produce, shoot, edit, author, burn, make the soundtrack for, make the poster for and finance our own projects. ( raise a fist and go "yeah" if U feel me on that!)
so if U are a newbie, KEEP THAT IN MIND when U are about to pound Your head or the computer or both against the wall becuase it doesn't happen the first time You try.
ANYWHOOOO
I exported the 1080i HD video ( 10 minutes long) from FCE 3.0.1 compression type 1080i60, current frame rate, key frames every 24 frames ( we shot with that cineframe funtion on the camera) and checked frame reordering. data rate automatic and NOT prepared for web streaming. sound: uncompressed 48kHz ( I wanted to take it into DVDSP4) I got a GREAT LOOKING but rather large (1.45 GB) QT movie . my subtitles at the bottom made in FCE looked a bit fuzzy at full screen size, but the Live Type looked GREAT. NO ARTIFACTS in any size. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DVDSP4 agve me an "imcompatable asset" message when I tried to import it. ( and by the way, it took 2hrs and 10 min to process to QT movie)
SOOOOO.....
From FCE I exported the file to compressor 2, setting: the 90 minute best quality 16:9 MPEG 2 6.2 mbps 2 pass setting. this bad boy LOOKS GREAT and took a whopping 10 HOURS to compress. but my sound file didn't come out (?) so I exported QT movie sound only from FCE and this took 10 seconds. brought them into DVDSP4 and got myself a pretty kick a@@ looking widescreen SD video.
oh, my DVSP4 settings? 4:3 letter box, encode on import ( although since it was already an MPEG2 it was no sweat) with 6.0 mbps min and 7.5 max.
I'll keep in touch on other posts with more experiences. Thanks for the help!
and with this post concider the question offically, answered!
peaceBBP/BR
www.blackbusterproductions.com
www.blackdawnrecords.com

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fredrp wrote:
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hello
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that all, GRACIAS DE ANTEMANO!.
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Last edited by slacknatcher (2009-07-08 22:10:18)

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slacknatcher wrote:another problem is that when i use the kill program , i normaly press [Tab] to see a list of the running program, but i only see the programs that i run, there is a way to see all the programs there are in execution by all users? ( i am a kind of sistem admin )
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slacknatcher wrote:and the question is , is reccomendable to use Zsh like the Root Shell? it can break something? because when i used FreeBsd the encorauge the users to don't change the SHELL of the ROOT user.
I've used zsh as the root $SHELL for several years on both Arch, Debian, Gentoo, and FreeBSD. I've not encountered any issues.
Last edited by shagrat (2009-07-08 20:24:45)

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1) I have a nord stage and would like record via midi. In pro tools i would usually need to create a midi track with the output set the the nord and an audo aux track to hear it What would I do in order to record midi from my nord stage?
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