exporting DVD

	Re: exporting DVD by eric pautsch on Jul 5, 2009 at 6:15:18 pm Hi Mike First thing to understand is that DVD is standard def, not Hi Def so any encoding and authoring you will do will be standard Def 720x480 in the end. DVDSP will author HD DVDs but they wall only play on some Macs and defunct Toshiba HD DVD players - so thats not really an option here. You can author a Blu ray disc but DVDSP won't author BD - only Encore and Toast on the Mac. Ok...now that we have that cleared up lets go over encoding. First thing to consider is the length of the program in minutes - not file size. Once you know this you can go anywhere online and get a bit budget calculator to determine your best encoding bitrate for your program. Here's one: http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm You simply plug in the length of video and type of audio you will use and it gives you the correct settings to use in Compressor. Another important thing to know is that DVD is MPEG2 video ONLY. It supports 720x480 (4x3) and 720x480 ANAMORPHIC 16X9 so make sure you have the correct settings. Another thing to considered is the type of audio to use. Virtually all professionally author discs contain Dolby AC3 audio. It's compressed but sounds very good and allows much more bandwidth than uncompressed audio. Only titles (recently anyway) Ive seen with uncompressed audio are concert or music titles which cater to the Audiophile end user. Once you have your MPEG2 audio AC3 file, bring them into DVDSP, set your first Play and burn away. BTW....like your site! I have some insane footage of El Porto from 4 years ago I was going to send you but never did....thanks for the reminder! Oh....Large Please! Ha!! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: exporting DVD by Michael Sacci on Jul 5, 2009 at 6:59:03 pm to add a bit to Eric's post. If your HD file is only 5.5 GB in size you must be dealing with a short run time. Since you are making a DVD-R never go over 7 Mbps for the video (don't worry about have much of the disc is left empty) it will ensure better playback. Also I highly recommend using One pass CBR mode when you are at that rate, it is fast and better quality compared to VBR and once again more playback compatibility. Keep framerate and field order the same as your source. Ditto on using ac3 audio, use .192 Mbps for stereo, change Dialog Normalization to -31dB and then on the pre-processing tab change the compressor to NONE. Do I get a T-Shirt too? :-) Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: exporting DVD by Michael Sacci on Jul 7, 2009 at 9:31:04 pm I'm not Eric, I just play one on TV. How did you burn the disc? Within DVDSP? Toast? This is normally a burn setting problem when using Toast. Either leaving in the extra files that DVDSP puts in the Video TS folder or not using UDF. If burning in DVDSP are you using Format or Burn. If Burn try Format, uncheck Lossless Linking. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: exporting DVD by Michael Sacci on Jul 7, 2009 at 10:34:32 pm How are you burning the DVD? Be specified. What is the first play set to? Check to see if you have a "Display condition" set on the first play asset or disc. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: exporting DVD by Michael Sacci on Jul 7, 2009 at 10:57:40 pm Have the Graphical View tab (top left open) click on gray space. Look at the inspector palette Normally located lower left (See be labeled DISC). What does it say that the First play is set to? Then look to see if the select whatever the first play is set to and look in the inspector under the Advanced Tab and see if Display condition is checked, if it is deselect it. Also in the graphical view the asset with the little bull's eye icon is the first play. Also if you want to send me the project file I can take a quick look. don't need the assets just the project file. You can send it to onthecow (at) michaelangelodv (dot) com Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index