Using compressor DVD Studio Pro 4 will only accept ac3 format in the burn process. ac3 makes a nnsense of the good sound delivered, 30% reduction in volume, auto volume levelling giving unwanted volume variations. Used to be able to burn using AIFF/WAVE,

AS Above. Edited in FCPX. Excellent sound file. Using Compressor 4 to DVD Studio 4. Wanting AIFF or WAVE sound for acurate sound.
Previously DVD Studio 4 has accepted AIFF etc and delivered sound as reuired. Now, during the burn process everything other than ac3 is declined as 'video bit rate too high', but will burn if the AIFF format is replaced with ac3 (which I presume meanss the 'video bit rate too high' is referring to the sound file)
The issue with ac3 format is the huge reduction in original volume and worse, the 'auto volume levelling' that makes a nonsense of the original soundtrack - with simply aweful unwanted variations in volume Throughout the  the dvd.
I have tried everything I can think of to get around this. The 'volume gain' in compressor doesn't make any difference. Exporting just AIFF and the Video to DVD 4 doesn't make any difference, it always declines anything but the aweful sound ac3 delivers.
I have customers awaiting a musci DVD, not with thei quality I can't.
Cheers
Phil

The total video bit rate is determined by audio & video. Depending on what rate your video file was encoded at will determine how much room is left for audio. PCM(aiff/wav) audio requires a bigger piece of the pie. Video bit rate too high means your overall(video+audio) rate is going above 9Mbps which the format won't allow. The only way to use aiff would be to lower your video file's data rate. The length of your program is also a factor in all of this.
I had some problems in the past with using aiff instead ac3. Although there shouldn't be any issue I experienced playback issues on some players that couldn't be explained but were cleared up by ac3.  I have been using the same specs as Dave's suggestion for almost nine years and have not had any issues with mix, quality, or levels.

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  • A Compressor/DVD studio pro question

    Hi all.
    I have a Compressor/DVD studio pro question.
    I have a compressor setting that is just the standard DVD MPEG 2 best quality 120 minutes. I have only changed the video setting to Pal as I am in Australia.
    When I go to import the rendered product into DVD Studio Pro I get an error message saying "incorrect format". I even tried importing the rendered file into Toast Titanium and I get the same message from that program.
    Can anyone help with this problem?

    In DVD SP you have to set the format, NTSC or PAL first. Then import the clip. If there is already footage from one format already in the project you cannot flip it to the other. You have to remove the footage first. Then try flipping to PAL. Sometimes it doesn't work. Generally only video footage is ID'ed as PAL or NTSC. Audio just has frequency.

  • DVD studio pro will not burn menus PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    PLEASE HELP!!!
    I have created a project, a DVD with menus and subtitles in 2 languages, yet when I burn the DVD (both using build/format option and build format options separately)the resulting DVD has no main menu, actually it has no menus at all! it goes straight into the DVD film where I can change subtitles language only from the remote buttons. The project compiles successfully but once formatting it gives me two hilghlighted errors in the log (which I gather are the layouts/menus)HERE IS THE LOG (highlighted part is error message):
    Building Project Treesitting DVD with sub+menu
    17/12/2007 14:12:01
    Build Folder /Users/adelitahusni-bey/Library/Caches/DVD Studio Pro Files/HVDVDTS/HVDVDTS/nomad/treesit dvd
    Starting DVD Build TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB...
    Compiler Initializing...
    Precompiling Project TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB
    Compiling VMG Information...
    Created 15 PGCs in VTSM1
    Created 8 PGCs in VMG.
    2 Menu(s) will be created...
    Compiling Menu PGCs...
    Compiling Menu#1 (Menu 1)...
    Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 1,Language:1.
    Compiling Menu#2 (Menu 2)...
    Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 2,Language:1.
    Writing HV000M02.EVO
    1 VTSs and 1 Titles will be created...
    Compiling VTS#1 (Track 1)...
    Preparing Subtitles...
    Muxing HV001T01.EVO
    Done.
    Linking VMG...
    Linking VTS#1...
    Writing VTS#1...
    Writing VMG...
    Writing Layout Info...
    Compile Completed Successfully
    +*Warning: The file ‘TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB.layout’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
    +*Warning: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
    Start formatting
    Formatting as Standard DVD
    Simulation mode is off
    Lossless linking is on
    Number of layers is 1
    Doing side 1 of 1
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    Disc size is 12 cm
    Disc has no copyright material
    Writing UDF 2.50 structures
    Writing files
    Writing final UDF information
    Formatting finished.
    Formatting finished.
    DOES ANYONE PLEASE KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS???? AND HOW TO SOLVE IT???? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...HAVE TO SEND THIS PROJECT OFF SOON.
    I have burned another project with menus succesfully..

    Hi
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    - Create a simple black JPG file i.e. in Photoshop
    - Create a Slideshow
    - Add a the JPG to the slideshow, set duration 2 secs
    - Set the Slideshow as First Play
    - Set Slideshow End Jump to your Main Menu
    Build and burn again.
      Alberto

  • DVD Studio Pro will not burn DVD in Lacie D2 External DVD Burner

    I ordered a new pack of DVD's. These are the Beall 16x DVD's I bought from Meritline.com. I had been using the 8x Beall's with no problem. I was told that my interal drive was not compatable with the faster burning DVDs. So I bought a LaCie D2 External DVD burner 16x. I still can't burn a dvd in dvd studio pro. I tried Patchburn. It said that this burner is already supported.
    I am using DVD Studio Pro 2.
    Any ideas?

    Have you tried burning on other types of brands when burning to your external LaCie? My company bought a NEC external DL burner and it only worked with some type of discs, Maxell DVD+R DL worked but Traxdata DVD+R DL and some other Noname disc didnt work, maybe try that?

  • DVD Compressor setting for use in DVD Studio Pro

    I'm trying to create a playable dvd that has using dvd studio pro. However I want to compress the .mov file using compressor first. I've tried several setting, ut I get the same blurry text and graphic results.
    What's the best setting for a hi quality dvd, the same quality has professional dvds.
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    The best one you'll get with Compressor is DVD Best Quality 90 mins. Tweak it any higher than that and you run the risk of drives refusing to play the disc.
    You can't make it look like a professional DVD because the pros don't use DVD Studio Pro. They use significantly more expensive software and encoding hardware, and the discs are replicated, not burned.

  • Is it true that DVD Studio Pro will not burn HD discs?

    I an considering shooting in HD and editing that in Final Cut Express, but I have been told that DVD Studio Pro won't create a HD disc without a very expensive addition of something called Blue-Ray. Are there any advantages of shooting in HD, if the final disc won't support it? Would the aspect ratio be 16:9, but with no better definition?
    Thanks, Bob

    You're better off putting it into Compressor and using one of the DVD presets such as DVD Best Quality 90 mins. That will give you much better quality than DVD SP's built-in compressor.
    SD stands for Standard Definition and refers to NTSC, PAL, SECAM, etc, depending on which country you are in.
    In DVD SP you can change the aspect ratio settings so that it will display in 16:9 on a widescreen TV but letterboxed on a 4:3 screen.

  • DVD Studio Pro doesn't accept Compressor settings

    I export to mpeg2 from my FCP file and when I import the file into DVD Studio Pro, the message comes up non supported file.
    I end up using iDVD.
    Would like to use DVD SP again.
    What video and audio settings do I use for a 90 minute DVD?

    Let's start with the settings you used in Compressor. Which did you use?
    -DH

  • Export settings for quicktime movie to use in DVD Studio Pro

    The workflow:
    I created a movie and did extensive sound adjustments in iMovie and a few video edits, and exported it to a quicktime format:
    compression H.264
    Quality: High
    Frame reordering: yes
    Encoding mode: multi-pass
    Dimensions: 1280x720
    Since then I upgraded to FCS, and tried to create a DVD with DVD SP and import the movie, and I get this error:
    Import error:
    One or more files failed to import. Common reasons for this are that they do not match the current project's video standard or their file format is not supported.
    I'm fairly sure I have matching video standard...and the file format has always been supported before.
    I imported the quicktime (.mov) file to FCP and added some edits, recreated the chapter markers, and early on there was a pop-up that said my movie format did not match the project settings, so I checked the "okay" to adjust the video file to match.
    When I finished, I exported the file from FCP to a quicktime movie with the "current settings" that have always worked with DVD Studio Pro before, and I'm getting the same error.
    I don't know where the problem is.  Both the original movie I created in iMovie and the movie I recreated in FCS will import to iDVD.  I wanted the better quality production from DVDSP....
    I no longer have the iMovie project file.  (I thot I was done.)  I do  have the original footage, but I'm already three days in and hoping to  avoid starting over.
    I would sure appreciate any help!
    Thanks!

    2cute2b2smart wrote:
    I don't know where the problem is.
    compression H.264
    Quality: High
    Frame reordering: yes
    Encoding mode: multi-pass
    Dimensions: 1280x720
    The specifications you listed are the problem.
    I can't comment on iMovie -don't use it personally.
    From FCP, you would export a self contained movie using the current Timeline settings (not H.264 ever)
    Bring that file into Compressor and apply one of the time based DVD presets that the running time of your movie fits into. This will produce a MPEG 2 video file and an AC3 audio file. Bring both into DVDSP and author.
    A DVD video is always standard def 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).
    Converting the output from FCP to H.264 is adding an unneeded compression stage that will compromize quality -because DVD assets are always MPEG 2 / AC3. Even if DVDSP accepts that H.264 file, it gets transcoded again using DVDSP's own compression system.
    All of this is covered in the DVDSP user manual. Take the time to read it. DVD authoring is complicated if you just jump in and start poking around, simple if you take the time to understand the basics.

  • FCP Pro Res Super 16mm -- Compressor -- DVD Studio Pro (Nightmare Workflow Critique)

    Hello,
    I figured I post here rather than the DVD Studio Pro forum; I've posted on Creative Cow as well but haven't gotten any responses yet.
    Before I mention my problem, I'd like to mention that I've tried several types of compression methods and bitrates and unfortunately, my disk still freezes in my player, generally around the same area.
    (I have two, minute long clips with Smoothcam there).
    I'll try to be as specific about my work-flow as I can and I've posted the photos of my FCP and Compressor settings below.
    30 Minutes. Super 16mm.
    2K DPX Scans -- > Graded In Color --> Pro Res 4444 23.976 --> Sent To Compressor --> Mpeg 2 + AC3 --> Build & Format With DVD Studio Pro
    I set blue compression markers at the start of each Smoothcam clip.
    I've recompressed my footage without Smoothcam as well - with the same end result.
    I've sent my timeline to Compressor and used both the 5.5-7 VBR setting and the 6.5 CBR settings (with everything under Frame Controls set to the highest quality).
    (I've also used the 6.2-7.7 built in settings with the ninety-minute high quality preset).
    I am using Sony DVD-R disks. 16X/1X. When I play them in my PS3, the film freezes at different points in the first two-three minutes - then skips ahead exactly to the same point in my film - about halfway.
    I've set Chapter markers and it skips to the halfway one; from there it plays fine.
    1. I wanted to ask if I should maybe export my entire sequence first through FCP (an .mov file) and try Compressing that?
    (I've done this and the result is still the same)
    2. Should I set it to Pro Res 422 HQ first?
    (I've done this and the result is still the same)
    3. Perhaps I should just try to Compressor with the 90Min-HQ setting without changing anything?
    (I've done this and the result is still the same)
    4. Should I remove the Smoothcam?
    I'm currently compressing the entire sequence void of all Smoothcam.
    When I bring the files into DVD Studio Pro, I see under preferences that Studio Pro also has VBR settings. Do those have any effect on my DVD encode? There is no CBR there - only VBR set from 5.5-7.
    5. Is there anything I'm doing wrong with regards to my workflow? There are several options that may be causing this; I'm not sure if its the progressive footage to interlaced standard definition disk, or modifying field dominance, gop structure, etc.
    Any help would be greatly (that's greatly) appreciated.
    Thanks!
    -Boris

    My first impression is you're trying to make this too hard...
    You have a high quality timeline which is downconverted to 1080, no problem. Once rendered, SmoothCam
    should not represent a problem. If anything, SmoothCam will reduce the sudden movement that can cause problems. Any scenes where you have a high rate of change per frame (like in an explosion or a background of leaves flapping in the wind) should be marked with compression markers.
    Export as a QT movie using sequence settings (include markers for DVDSP) so you have a completed source file for compression. I'm not aware of anything that will improve the quality beyond what is in the timeline, so current sequence settings are fine. Test this for playback issues.
    If you are having playback problems with the sequence after export and compression, the most probable cause is excessively high bandwidth requirements. Try using the DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes preset. It generally produces a very good quality product. Any attempt to increase the quality will likely increase the bandwidth requirements that are the probable cause of the skipping.
    While Sony is a big name, their DVD substrate is only mediocre. If you think the substrate is a problem, switch to Verbatim or JVC/Taiyo-Yuden.
    If you are dissatisfied with the quality of the Compressor output, look into the Cinema Craft encoding products.
    Hope this helps.

  • DVD Studio Pro won't accept my H.264 QT asset

    Hi, I want to import my HDV 1080i FCP project into DVD Studio Pro v.4.2.1 to create a SD Disc. I exported the FCP project in Compressor using H.264 10.3mbps in the HD DVD: H.264 60 minutes folder. I was able to import the audio asset but not the video asset. Any idea why I cannot import this into DVD Studio Pro?
    When I export this as MPG2 best quality and import it into DVD studio pro, formatting for SD (I have to make an SD dvd from my HD source material), the quality looks AWFUL. like a cheap camcorder.
    Running out of options....

    A HD DVD will only play back in your Mac and the now obsolete Toshiba DVD-HD set top devices.
    A standard DVD will play back on any DVD Video device.
    the quality looks AWFUL.
    You are compressing to MPEG 2 and throwing a lot of pixel information away -going from 1920x1080 to 720x480. There's no way that it can look the same.

  • Compressor & Dvd Studio Pro not loving me! pls help.

    Hi, so ive got a bunch of QT's that i want to put on a dvd. so i use compressor to make them mpeg2 (m2v) using the "DVD fastest encode 90 mins" (or the others) option. it does the work, but as soon as i drop them into DVD Studio Pro, it tells me that they are NTSC assets and thus wont read. How do i stop compressor from making them NTSC, and why the **** would it do so?
    I never made them NTSC, but would like them to be PAL.
    Any help would be seriously appreciated.
    shot.

    yeah thanks Luca.
    i imagine that will work, it seems its a bit of a weird one. it only seems to go bad when im passing the converted files onto another mac with dvd studio pro. thanks for the help tho, ill let you know if i get sorted
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  • Compressor/DVD Studio Pro v6 and FCP7?

    Can I use Compressor and DVD Studio Pro from version 6 with FCP7?  I use a Macbook Pro 10.6.8 with FCP7
    I'm trying to make a DVD and I keep getting a message in DVD Studio Pro : "Illegal angle situation. Only the main video angle will be simulated".
    My sequence is in 1920x1080, Compressor: XDcam EX1080p25, Frame Rate 25.
    I brought a self contained Quicktime into Compressor. 
    Selected Settings: DVD Best quality 90min.  The Inspector said:  720x576, PAL, 25,
    Allow job segmenting was selected.  Should it be?
    Frame Controls was ON.  Should it be?
    It produced an MP-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass.m2v file and a DolbyDigital Professional 2.0.ac3 file
    I dragged them on the Track1 screen in DVD Studio Pro 4 and the Simulator gave me the "illegal angle situation" message.
    Do you have any idea for a solution please?  I have to fly out tomorrow and yo have the DVD done,,,

    In a word, yes. As long as you are outputting your timeline as a master for compression, there is not linkage between FCP and Compressor/DVDSP.  Compressor and DVDSP don't care about anything except that the incoming footage is in a valid format.
    I'm betting that your error message is the result of a corrupt DVDSP project file. They do some wacky stuff when they break. Built a new one.
    Good luck!

  • Button creation Adobe Encore vs. DVD studio pro (mac only)

    I'm sitting here, trying to figure out what to do if you want to create a neat button with transparency quickly.
    I remember my time at school where we used DVD Studio pro to create our DVD menues based on photoshop images.
    Right now, I am trying to create a menu of that kind but guess what? I can't do it as easyly as it can be made with the other program NOT
    designed by Adobe. But, what a shame, I have no mac to use DVD Studio pro -.-
    Why isn't it possible to SELECT LAYERS of an image created with a program of the SAME COMPANY to represent the different status on
    a DVD menu? It would be soooooo much easier. But no!
    "Solid colors only
    Elements on these layers must use solid colors and sharp edges. Use one solid color per layer. Do not use gradients, feathering, or anti-aliasing on the subpicture layers. Color gradations are not possible in subpictures." (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/EncoreDVD/4.0/WS2CF5669B-310A-4fa7-A52F-7D01AB25A846.html#WS AC753DA7-21EF-464a-9FC0-8D873658D760)
    It's not possible??? Why??? I could create a picture in Photoshop and, later, it would be on your TV just as you saw it already while creating it.
    All the annoying prefixes would be needless, too!
    Instead I get some ugly colour changes, I have just one colour for a layer (ridiculous!!!) or the writing even disappears for a reason I can't understand...
    Encore is a very mighty program, but the button creation is a very nasty work. Like apple showed, There is a way that guarantees a very more easy way.
    Please revise this function!
    Am I underskilled? Am I wrong? Please comment
    sincerely
    Elke Kolke

    Actually, Button creation is easy in PS, and one can even populate a Menu with Library Buttons in Encore, and then edit them to suit in PS. This latter method saves having to do the Button Layer Set and Layer naming by hand.
    "Solid colors only
    Elements on these layers must use solid colors and sharp edges. Use one solid color per layer. Do not use gradients, feathering, or anti-aliasing on the subpicture layers. Color gradations are not possible in subpictures." (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/EncoreDVD/4.0/WS2CF5669B-310A-4fa7-A52F- 7D01AB25A846.html#WSAC753DA7-21EF-464a-9FC0-8D873658D760)
    This is a limitation of the DVD-specs. and not Encore/PS. One is bound to those DVD-specs. Sub-picture Highlights can ONLY be 2-bit color (either ON, or OFF, plus can have Transparency - think just the opposite of Opacity in PS). There are design ways to create the "illusion" that one has Sub-picture Highlights, that get past the DVD-specs., but those are only illusions. One is still bound to the DVD-specs. This ARTICLE might offer some tips on creating the illusion.
    All the annoying prefixes would be needless, too!
    Those "annoying prefixes" tell the DVD player how to handle the Buttons. Without those, the player has no clue that you have a Button, and will only display a static graphic.
    Jeff Bellune has a great book, The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe EncoreDVD 2.0, Focal Press. Though it was written for an earlier version, 100% of that book still applies, because the DVD-specs. have not changed. He steps one through building custom Buttons in PS for use on a DVD. He also shares a ton of tricks to create illusions within the DVD-specs.
    Good luck,
    Hunt

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