Re: Dolby Digital Compressor 3.5 Setting

Warning: this question might be considered quite dumb by some
I am wanting to use Compressor 3.5 to create the best quality file (from a FCP7 project) for burning onto blu ray using Roxio Toast. This blu ray will be played in a digital projector in a movie theatre for an independent film festival. The theatre features Dolby sound and I was wondering if choosing a Dolby Digital setting for the audio in Compressor 3.5 is the smart thing to do?  Or should I just go with the standard AAC settings?
The audio in the original project file is standard stereo with no bells and whistles.
Thanks in advance!

I'm going to asume that your "QuicktTime with Great Qualty" is Pro Res 422, which used as a source file in Compressor can produce very good DVD encodes for DVDSP.
You may not need to adjust your settings at all. If your 16:9 mini dv was HDV, then you already have experience in going from HD to SD. However, if your tape camera shot SD anamorphic, you may find at least one adjustment helpful that wasn't necessary with an SD source. Specifically, activate Frame Controls and set the Resize Filter to Best.
Good luck.
Russ

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