Store file as Self-Contained QT or not?

I have many videos that have been edited with a lower 3rd added. I am not sure if the final delivery of this will be via DVD or the web. This decision may not come for many months. I need to save these files in a way that will make it as easy as possible to later come back and bring them into compressor to make a .m2v or a web video file.
1. Is it a good idea to save it as a self-contained file at this time?
2. Is FCP or Compressor the better program for compressing video for the web?
Thanks!

Self-contained is a good choice only if you cannot keep your source materials. A self contained QT is flattened and cannot be edited if your client wants changes (inevitable).
If you must make a self-contained QT, make sure it is of the highest quality. I would recommend 8-Bit Uncompressed so that your graphics render crisp (especially if your sequence is DV-NTSC). Or you might try the new ProRes 422 compressor.
Compressor is the better choice (especially with Studio 2) when making your web or .m2v files. Making self-contained QT files can be done easily in FCP.

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That's my simple question. Then I will move on.
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2. Configure the Save dialog as desired.
In most cases, you will leave the Include pop-up menu set to Audio and Video. If you
have created any markers, choose DVD Studio Pro Markers in the Markers pop-up
menu. iDVD can use either self-contained or reference movies, allowing you to decide
whether to make the movie self-contained based on other requirements (disk space
and so on).
For more information, including detailed information on settings, see Chapter 72,
“Exporting QuickTime-Compatible Files,” on page 995. Sara
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Did you see this in your other post? -
All you need to do for top quality results is this:-
1. Go to File>Export>QuickTime Movie.
2. In the Save window that appears give it a title and DO NOT tick the "Make Movie Self-Contained" if you are using it on your present computer and are not deleting any files.
3. Open iDVD and navigate to your QT movie and drag it into the iDVD's Theme that you have chosen.
4. Do anything else you want in iDVD and burn the DVD.
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http://i.imgur.com/8f9Db.png
right?

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I have had difficulties in DVD SP because some movies produced in FCE were (inadvertently) created with the box "Make Movie Self-contained" unchecked. I had lost some of my files on my Scratch Disc (render files I think) on which the movies depended and so they would not open and DVD SP itself refused to launch. I recovered from that by devious methods.
However, I now want to confirm or otherwise that each of my movie files is Self-contained, and if not, to re-create them in FCE (if I still have the Capture Scratch for their FCE projects). How can I confirm that please?
Two possible tests:
1. Open the movie and do Window -> Show Movie Properties. Select "Video Track" and the "Resources" tab. If the only resource listed is the movie itself, that means the movie is Self-Contained (because it is not listed as relying on any part of FCE's Scratch Disc);
2. Close the movie. Dismount my (external) FCE Scratch Disc and try to reopen the movie. If it opens, it is Self-Contained (again, because it cannot possibly be reliant on FCE's Scratch Disc).
Is each of these tests definitive and reliable?
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If your render files are definitely on the external drive only, then method 2 is reliable. Depending on the file method 1 may not be. QuickTime still treats it as a complete movie file.

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Maybe a dumb question but once I export a quicktime move from FCP X or Motion 5, can I delete all the files I used in the project?
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YES....
The movie after rendering out to a Master file is self contained. It is being recoded meaning that new frames are being written to the movie...
Still --- ONLY delete AFTER you are sure that it is safe to do so ;-)

What Is The Difference Between Save As Self-Contained Movie and Exporting

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Save As places the file inside a .mov container. No re-encoding.
Your still have the option to save this file as "self-contained" (all the parts travel with the file) or "reference" (small file sized movie that merely "points" to the movie parts).
A reference movie can't play if the source files can't be found. If they are moved or deleted the reference movie will fail and it can't be re-created.
Exporting is done to convert one QuickTime format to another. Typically you do this with a high quality source file. Exporting previously compressed files is a bad idea that leads to unpredictable results.
QuickTime doesn't open WMP formats without third party software help (Flip4Mac is one). You can't convert (export) WMP formats without paying extra fees to upgrade their software.

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Trying to render my little 15 second project as a self contained QT File so I can send it to a place, over HS internet, to be used as a full quality production over their in-house system. Looks like you must use compressor to do this but set at uncompressed. The anamorphic final piece looks sqwished. Did I miss a setting someplace? Also, it looks pixalated.Using the Quicktime movie standard setting is not responding to the self contained setting. It is not self contained. Any suggestions?
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Shane's Stock Answer #3:
To export your DV project so there is no loss in quality, simply go to the File Menu and select EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE. Not Quicktime Conversion, fot this will compress the footage. Make sure the settings match your timeline settings, make it self contained and you are set.
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What setting do I use to make a self contained video file, not a DVD?

I'm trying to use compressor to create video files to use on a friends Windows PC computer to be displayed from there, but I'm not sure what settings to use. I keep trying different things but I can't seem to get the audio to work. I read another response that the video and audio are saved separately but is there any way of merging them into a "self contained" video file?

SD? HD? Do you need uncompressed (full res)? Can his computer play Quicktime movies? Can his computer play H.264? What format did you shoot, capture, and edit in? What program will the PC use as a player?
The reason there are so many options as presets is because there is no best option. There are many needs for compression. Give more details about your workflow and output needs.

Mov. file is not self contained

I put together several clips and using FCP 7 I used "Export" to "Quick Time movie", thinking that it would contain all the clips plus the editing (transitions, titles, audio)
I then proceeded to delete all the intermediate files created during the editing.
When I attemopted to play the .mov file (or also trying to load into FCP) it began trying to collect some intermediate files, such as files created during the rendering. It could not play the movie because the intrmediate files were missing, of course.
I don't understand why the mov file is not a complete, self contained of the video I created.

When you export a QuickTime Movie from FCP (File->Export->QuickTime Movie) you must check the box indicating to make the file "self-contained." If that box isn't checked, it makes a reference movie. Reference movies only contain pointers to where the actual media (clips and render files) reside on your system.
-DH

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I have exported a final cut pro movie as a self-contained file, and after I deleted the source files, as my harddrive was jammed full, I am unable to burn the project onto a dvd. The file won't open in quicktime or final cut pro. It keeps asking for a source file to continue - HELP! It was a two hour movie that I am to be burning for XMas, and it has slipped out of my computer apparently. It was opening on its own without my harddrive connected before I deleted the source files, so I KNOW it was self-contained which is the only reason I deleted the files in the first place! Thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi all experts,
I have fully rendered my first file, which is a simple text animation.
I did Export > QuickTime Movie. I am sure I tick the MAKE MOVIE SELF CONTAINED box.
When I quit FCE, I went to search for that .mov file. When I click at the file, FCE project file open up as well !!
If I copy this file for my friends, when they click at it, will they be able to see it if they do not have FCE ?
Thanks

David Harbsmeier wrote:
Sometimes it helps to change the 'opens with' info. Right-click on the file and choose 'Get Info.' In the "Opens With" box, change from FCE to QuikcTime Player.
-DH
Thanks David.
I really didn't know that there is such a thing. But hey, thanks for teaching me !!
Problem Solved.
Thanks again
Cheers

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I've got a strange problem here. We are capturing MPEG4-Files with a camera and cutting those files with quicktime pro (so that we don't have do re-encode those files in order to gain time). The files consist of a few MPEG4-Movie-Sequences (that are copy/pasted from the original files) and a small Signation-MPEG4 from the harddisk. Then the files are saved as self-contained quicktime-files and transfered to another computer.
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I can't reproduce the problem (it comes up on a Mac and on Win with Quicktime 7.1.3) and it scares me
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Could it be a solution that the file is - during editing the video - "Saved As" a self containing movie... But afterwards, when the last file is insertet and when the video is finished just "Saved". Maybe if you save a video through "Save" (and not "Save as"), for new, added files just the references will be saved in a self contained-video.
Your thoughts?

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Make sure that the Sequence you're attempting to export is fully rendered. If it isn't fully rendered, the export will create the needed render files, thus increasing the amount of time and the size of the files.
Look in the Sequence->Render menus and make sure that all render types have a check mark next to them BEFORE you export.
-DH

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