Is this the correct prodceudre?

[Robbie Comeau]

final cut, to compressor, to toast...am i doing this right?

1)finish movie in fcp
2) export to compressor
3) add the video file, and audio file, and make it a high qual, 16:9 120 min dvd
4)submit
5) when its done, i add the video and audio files to toast
6)burn
7)watch it on dvd and it looked great



(ps, in toast it said my fotoage was 29.97, but i shot 24pA)

 

[NoahK]

What about the part where you use DVD Studio Pro to actually author a DVD before Toast records it to DVD? The manual is your friend... :beer:

Noah

 

[Robbie Comeau]

but wud that be right if i dont got dvd pro?

 

[NoahK]

Hmm I don't know- what does your manual say about this?

 

[Robbie Comeau]

dont have it.....my mom threw ti out

 

[matt s.]

you need DVDSP

 

[Robbie Comeau]

i burned it in to toast fine?

 

[VaricamLife]

i burned it in to toast fine?

Is that meant to be a question or a statement?

Toast has a video DVD tab/option I believe. So I think you can go straight Compressor to Toast, but you'll just end up with whatever generic menu structure it does. DVD Studio Pro would allow you way more options. Also you could really fine tune a lot of settings to get the playback to work the way you want it.

And if you have FCP and Compressor you should have DVD Studio Pro. Its been packaged with FCP for a while now. If you don't have it installed, you might want to grab the FCP installer discs and consider installing DVDSP then.

cheers.

 

[Bob Fagan]

Manual is also available as a searchable pdf under the Help menu. It's not just a book.

 

[MikeWilkinson]

You don't have to use DVDSP. If you want a quick and dirty DVD to pop in and start playing, no menu (which is quite alot of the videos I do) then Toast is fine. I use it just as you described, all the time. If it's just to play a movie an nothing else, don't bother with DVDSP.