FCP export settings for HVX200 footage
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Geoff_R
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What are you using to export your footage; Quicktime conversion? Compressor? What presets are you using?
If you're using compressor or something similar, sometimes 'speciality options' or export filters are activated. This could have been done through another project when someone used a Brightness filter to adjust in the export process and now it's still active in your new project. Just an idea...
I like exporting through Compressor and for DVD delivery, I've been using the Best Quality Widescreen presets and manually adjusting the video bitrate and other options.
If you're using compressor or something similar, sometimes 'speciality options' or export filters are activated. This could have been done through another project when someone used a Brightness filter to adjust in the export process and now it's still active in your new project. Just an idea...
I like exporting through Compressor and for DVD delivery, I've been using the Best Quality Widescreen presets and manually adjusting the video bitrate and other options.
Your authoring to DVD via a quicktime file?
Anyway if you are actually authoring an MPEG DVD and changing from QT to MPEG in toast this could be your issue, try using compressor.
If you are viewing on a HD montor burning to DVD and then on your TV the DVD looks dark it could be your HD monitor is mis calibrated or simply that your monitors gamma setting differs to your tv.
Anyway if you are actually authoring an MPEG DVD and changing from QT to MPEG in toast this could be your issue, try using compressor.
If you are viewing on a HD montor burning to DVD and then on your TV the DVD looks dark it could be your HD monitor is mis calibrated or simply that your monitors gamma setting differs to your tv.
Geoff_R
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In Final Cut Pro, go to export and choose Compressor. When Compressor opens you'll have a few windows load up, 'Preview' 'Batch, 'Inspector' and 'Presets'.
Go to the Batch window and you'll see your timeline sequence in the 'Source Media' column. Next to that is the 'Setting' column. Click to open the settings and choose DVD - Best Quality 90 mins - Widescreen. You could also choose MPEG-2 60 min High Quality Encode Widescreen as well. Either way, the Inspector column will now have a bunch of options you can edit. There you'll be able to modify the video quality and change your bitrate, whether you want (1) pass or (2) pass, ect.
Now when you render out, you'll have an MPEG2 file and your AIF file. Open up DVD Studio Pro and Import those assets to burn yourself a DVD. I'd avoid burning DVDs from toast using quicktime files as now you're having Toast transcode your footage, making it MPEG2 compliant.
Go to the Batch window and you'll see your timeline sequence in the 'Source Media' column. Next to that is the 'Setting' column. Click to open the settings and choose DVD - Best Quality 90 mins - Widescreen. You could also choose MPEG-2 60 min High Quality Encode Widescreen as well. Either way, the Inspector column will now have a bunch of options you can edit. There you'll be able to modify the video quality and change your bitrate, whether you want (1) pass or (2) pass, ect.
Now when you render out, you'll have an MPEG2 file and your AIF file. Open up DVD Studio Pro and Import those assets to burn yourself a DVD. I'd avoid burning DVDs from toast using quicktime files as now you're having Toast transcode your footage, making it MPEG2 compliant.
gunleik
Well-known member
It is possible to let toast do it, like you do - I never tried, though.
I'll just add one thing to Geoffs very good solutions:
Compress audio with the dolby encoder. That leaves more bits for the video in the total stream (you can set your encoding rates higher without blowing your DVD bandwith)
This thread might come in helpfull.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=74570
Gunleik
I'll just add one thing to Geoffs very good solutions:
Compress audio with the dolby encoder. That leaves more bits for the video in the total stream (you can set your encoding rates higher without blowing your DVD bandwith)
This thread might come in helpfull.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=74570
Gunleik
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