FCP -->> iDVD

davidpula

davidpula

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There have undoubtedly been at least 1,000 posts about this, but I couldn't find the answers in a search.

I am looking for a simple explanation.
I kind of have an idea what the whole pulldown/telecine/3:2:2:3 or whatever is all about....I don't really want to spend days reading about it...I don't really care about it....I just want a practical answer.

I shoot in 1080/24p on my HMC150 and want to export to DVD with iMovie. I want to use iMovie because I have used it before and want to start simple before even trying DVD Studio. I'm editing in Final Cut 6 and have tried all the combinations....dropping 24p clips into a 24p timeline and dropping them in 29.97 timelines....then exporting to Quicktime conversion and using these resultant Quicktimes for iDVD....

I have figured out how to make a 24fps H.264 Quicktime movie, which plays fine (no stuttering) on the computer, but when I drop this into iDVD....the DVD stutters on the TV----in the form of every fourth frame being doubled. Same happens when I convert my FCP clip to 30fps Quicktime movie..

Clearly this has to do with...DVDs playing at 30fps? But the solution eludes me...

Anyone know how to solve this??? I have googled this endlessly and want to jump out the window!!!



PS.... this is for another thread but---although the picture quality of the DVD when footage is converted to H.264 compared to simple DV NTSC is better, it's still unacceptable to me...
 
H.264 is for internet, not DVD's. If you want better looking discs I'd suggest spending at least a couple of hours reading your DVDSP manual. iDVD is meant for very simple discs and not very pro or high-end. DVDSP comes with FCP which you have...

Noah
 
The manual has about 700 pages and I'm a slow and impatient reader...
Is it simply impossible to "conform" or "convert" 24p footage to 29.97 for iDVD so it doesn't stutter?
 
Exporting to DVD SP can be VERY simple. Forget going to iMovie for this.

#42 - Quick and dirty way to author a DVD

Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:

The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:

1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.

2. Open DVDSP, select the "graphical" tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.

3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.

4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option "first play".

5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.

6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the "general tab" in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select "16:9 pan-scan."

7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.

THATS ALL!!!

NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.
 
Shane Ross said:
NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.
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I did this and it was the only method of the dozens I tested which yielded video that was not jittery because of the 24p.

THANK YOU!
 
I export from FCP using compressor,
set the DVD preset in compressor and hit go,
put the files in DVDSP,
and burn.
It's a beautiful thing those presets!
great results every time!
 
DJDecay said:
iMovie and iDVD do not inter-operate very well with FCP 6 and DVD Studio Pro. - Especially after iLife '09.
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iMovie never did interface with FCP and any substantial way. Nor would a FCP editor expect it to.

But iDVD still accepts self contained FCP exports for encoding as it did previously
 
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