DVD COMPRESSION QUESTION


	Cow Forums : Adobe After Effects << PREVIOUS THREAD • VIEW ALL THREADS • PRINT • NEXT THREAD >>

DVD COMPRESSION QUESTION
by zach blumstein on May 28, 2008 at 5:19:21 pm

Hi I want to put my reel onto a dvd using apples i dvd software
so im just wondering what i should render my after effects project as?
and what is the best compression for smooth playback when people view it in there dvd players or whatever.
thanks

zach

Respond to this post • Return to posts index

Re: DVD COMPRESSION QUESTION
by Dave LaRonde on May 28, 2008 at 6:27:08 pm

If you AUTHOR a DVD for use in a DVD player instead of burning a Data DVD, you have only one choice for video files: MPEG2. However, you don't want to render to MPEG2 in AE.

You're better off doing it in a third-party compression program (Apple Compressor, Sorenson Squeeze), or doing it in your authoring software if it can do it.

If you have less than 60 minutes in your reel, use the very best MPEG2 compression settings. Your software manuals should be able to guide you in getting the settings right.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

Respond to this post • Return to posts index

Re: DVD COMPRESSION QUESTION
by Darby Edelen on May 30, 2008 at 6:51:21 am

[Dave LaRonde] "However, you don't want to render to MPEG2 in AE."

This is good advice because it's valuable to have a master high quality render from which you can make several different encodings.

However, that said the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder included with AE is in many ways superior to Apple's. It is only available in CS3 on the Mac.

Darby Edelen
Lead Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA

Respond to this post • Return to posts index


	<< PREVIOUS THREAD • VIEW ALL THREADS • PRINT • NEXT THREAD >>