Best Quality Compressor settings for Vimeo and DVD/Film.

[damo]

Hi guys,
I'm from Australia.
Im using final cut pro, and im shooting with a sony hdr fx100 and a sony EX1R.
I want to create a droplet in compressor that will give me the best quality results for a). a DVD/film and b). a clip in Vimeo. I want these two droplets as i am unsure about whether or not i am using the correct settings, and i want to maximise the quality of my production.
If anyone can let me know how to create these i would be very greatful, and if someone can make me a droplet i will pay money.
Thank you​

 

[photonashville]

So I made these droplets last year, created from FC Studio 3 (Compressor 3.5)

I included, iphone 3/3G +, iPad version +, Youtube 720p and Vimeo 720p

That gives you a starting point and you can tweak form there, make them full 1080p if needed.

zip file of droplets

 

[damo]

Thanks very much! I appreciate it!

How about one for a surf movie that i want to put onto a DVD?

 

[David Saraceno]

Thanks very much! I appreciate it!

How about one for a surf movie that i want to put onto a DVD?

There are several presets in Compressor for use in authoring SD DVDs. All are based on the total length of the video in minutes.

 

[damo]

But are these presets the best quality possible?

Also when you say "SD DVD" does this still include dvds i want to make in HD?

 

[David Saraceno]

For all practical purposes, yes.

Your second question is unclear.

DVD SP does not support blu ray authoring. The presets are for SD DVDs only.

 

[Alex H.]

But are these presets the best quality possible?

Remember that this is a "set it and let it run" compression process. The commercial releases you see from major motion pictures do not operate this way. Rather, a professional compressionist is called in to create the DVD-ready files. These folks get paid well for what they do, and they almost literally compress the video frame-by-frame. It's a time-consuming process that takes a talented eye and a vast, working knowledge of how compression algorithms work. We won't get the same quality from Compressor, or MPEG StreamClip, or Sorenson, or ______. But for what Compressor does, the DVD pre-sets work really, really well.

Also when you say "SD DVD" does this still include dvds i want to make in HD?

Compressor and DVDSP have settings for HD DVD, but that's a format that lost the war to Blu-Ray. You'll be hard-pressed to find HD-DVD media, or burners, or players.