Compressor and DVD encoding

tedwardo24

tedwardo24

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My project is only ~26 minutes long in final cut, and when I try to export using Compressor to mpeg2 (or any format), the export gets about 75% through and then crashes (hangs my computer).

I've been trying for a few days to get it to go through the project 100%, but with no success.

Is there a way to have Compressor (or FCP) export the sequence in sections (say, 3 or 4 parts) that I can then drop into DVD Studio to reassemble my sequence (with out any lag/breaks between parts)?

How do I get around this crashing that happens every time? What is going on? Are there any tricks to Compressor, or helpful hints? I'm reading the manual as we speak, but wanted feedback from you all, just in case I'm missing something?

Thanks in advance, and I also posted this in the output/compression section.
 
I don't think your problem lies in Compressor, but inside your sequence in Final Cut Pro instead. I would check things like use of nested sequences, use of slugs for cropping/letterboxing purposes, too many video tracks (footage overlapping other footage, but the lower footage isn't seen in any shape or form), etc. Those kinds of things can make Compressor unhappy.

Just throwing it out there, have you upgraded to the most current version of Compressor? I can't remember what the numbers exactly are, but you could do a software update check and see. Perhaps that could squash the issue for you.

Try simply doing a File > Export > Quicktime Movie. See if you can even do that. If you can't do that, then you definitely know its not a Compressor issue. If that works though, try taking that file into Compressor and see if that will work then. Good luck.

cheers.
 
VaricamLife said:
I don't think your problem lies in Compressor, but inside your sequence in Final Cut Pro instead. I would check things like use of nested sequences, use of slugs for cropping/letterboxing purposes, too many video tracks (footage overlapping other footage, but the lower footage isn't seen in any shape or form), etc. Those kinds of things can make Compressor unhappy.

Just throwing it out there, have you upgraded to the most current version of Compressor? I can't remember what the numbers exactly are, but you could do a software update check and see. Perhaps that could squash the issue for you.

Try simply doing a File > Export > Quicktime Movie. See if you can even do that. If you can't do that, then you definitely know its not a Compressor issue. If that works though, try taking that file into Compressor and see if that will work then. Good luck.

cheers.
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yep, I understand all of the things that might make Compressor unhappy... I only have one layer of video and am doing nothing out of the ordinary, just filters (no 3rd party filters either, just straight FCP). I do have quite a bit of cuts per minute going on, so could that be part of the problem?

I will also try transcoding different clips from my sequence (breaking it up into 2 or 3 parts) to see if that helps. Does anyone have any experience in this method, then reassembling them in DVD Studio?

I will try setting some forced compression markers, if that will help at all?

Lastly, I'm very sure (I'm at work, so I can't be 100% sure) that I am up to date with the latest compressor of the version I have. I do not have Final Cut Studio 2, would you suggest that? FCS is working fine for me now-- I just can't get compressor to work with my sequence and I'm not sure getting an upgrade would solve this problem.

Any other suggestions or ideas would be appreciated so I can try to solve this with as many angles as possible... thanks!
 
Have you tired exporting the entire timeline as one standalone quicktime, and then throwing that into compressor?

If the problem is with your FCP Sequence - that might be a way around it.
I realize its more time - but then again you've already taken more time than you wanted to get this done. Might be a bandaid solution in the meanwhile until you get the core issue figured out.
 
Luis Caffesse said:
Have you tired exporting the entire timeline as one standalone quicktime, and then throwing that into compressor?

If the problem is with your FCP Sequence - that might be a way around it.
I realize its more time - but then again you've already taken more time than you wanted to get this done. Might be a bandaid solution in the meanwhile until you get the core issue figured out.
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What's the quality loss on exporting to a quicktime file, then bringing it into compressor? That's what I'm worried about. I'm using [SIZE=-1]DVCpro HD 720p24-- what would I export to, 720p24 as well? or uncompressed?[/SIZE]
 
If you export QT/Current Settings/Audio and Video/Self Contained/No recompression -- there is not quality loss whatsoever.

It is what you have in the sequence.

Do not export using QT Conversion. Use QT.

do it all the time using DVCProHD.
 
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