I'm trying to burn a DVD on DVD Studio Pro but it tells me the Video Bitrate Too High

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I'm making a video with DVDSP4. I have a M2V file. For audio, I find using Compressor leads to low sound. Someone once told me to export the audio of the project file as an AIF and use that. After reading online, it seems that might be the problem since I exported the AIF at the highest quality possible.

So......can I still do this? Do I just need to do it at a lower quality level? I really don't like Compressor's sound so I'd like to stick with the AIF.

I guess it's possible this isn't even why I'm having this problem.

Help please! Thanks in advance!
 
All audio and video will be compressed into Audio = ac3 and Video = m2v. I would go with a CBR bitrate of 5.5. But I do not know the duration of the video/s you are putting on the DVD. That will determine your bitrate.

Do you know how to compress your videos using DVD Studio Pro?
 
Well, yes. You want to use/import your highest quality audio and video. Then compress it to your needs.
 
How long is the video/s you are putting on the DVD?

I guess you are doing the compression from FCP7...Yes?
 
ok. Use CBR 6.0 bitrate for both audio and video when exporting from FCP. Then import into DVDSP and you are good to go.
 
imaj said:
All audio and video will be compressed into Audio = ac3 and Video = m2v.
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Nope. Uncompressed audio is a valid and spec compliant option, it just takes up a lot of space. This is why you're getting the Bitrate too high warning.
imaj said:
I would go with a CBR bitrate of 5.5.
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I wouldn't. IMO Apple's MPEG2 implementation can fall apart on anything complicated below about 6. You'll also get better results using VBR and multi pass encoding. If you use Dolby .ac3 instead of uncompressed PCM/.aif you can go up to 7 or 8 and not trigger the too high warning.


48khz 16bit .aif is a DVD spec, and it does sound good, it just eats up a ton of space. So what to do? Get a better audio encode in .ac3 would be the best option. If you're having an issue with perceived "volume" being quieter, then you should take a look at your setup in Compressor. Duplicate the "Dolby Digital Professional 2.0" setting that's already there under the DVD presets. Double click it and it will open the Inspector window. Change the Dialog Normalization setting from the default -27 to -31. Under "Preprocessing" change the Compression Preset from Film Standard to None. This should fix your "sounds quieter" problem, but beware that it can also introduce another problem...triggering the horrible-useless-cursed-garbage-spawnedofsatan Dolby Dynamic Range Compression when you play back the DVD on an Apple DVD player. Without a disc in your computer go to the preferences for DVD Player and make sure that the "Disable Dolby dynamic range compression" is CHECKED.
 
Thanks for the thorough response. Should I worry about Apple DVD players on people's computer after taking this advice? I don't know who will be watching festival submissions on their own computer as opposed to a standalone DVD player.
 
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