how to get it from FCP to DVD under 3 days render?

	Re: how to get it from FCP to DVD under 3 days render? by walter biscardi on Jul 3, 2009 at 3:21:23 pm 720x405? That's an off size. My guess would be about 6 hours or less to render your file to MPEG-2. We've done feature length docs here and it doesn't take that long to do. Making H.264's for the web take longer than MPEG-2's. The other way to do it is to simply downconvert from HD to SD before the compression if you want to pick up speed. We've done this too. Lay off the feature to HD tape then downconvert in realtime during ingest back into the system via our Kona 3's. Then create the SD DVD from that. We work both ways with it here. Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards. Biscardi Creative Media Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. Read my Blog! Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: how to get it from FCP to DVD under 3 days render? by David Roth Weiss on Jul 3, 2009 at 3:31:02 pm Kent, Turning on Frame Controls will exponentially increase render time. Frankly, I'm not at all sure why you have frame controls on and why you are deinterlacing a DVD. Your titles are most likely funky because you are deinterlacing. Neither setting is necessary and both are causing the excessive render times you wish to cure. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: how to get it from FCP to DVD under 3 days render? by David Roth Weiss on Jul 3, 2009 at 4:43:12 pm Have you simply tried one of the presets "as is" before adjusting the settings? Honestly Kent, trying to extract extra quality out of MPEG2 encoding might sound like a great way to go, but unless you know exactly what you're doing, you can just as easily create grief instead of curing it. You really should not require frame controls or deinterlacing on to make your titles acceptable on a DVD. I suspect you're simply masking one symptom while creating others. David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc. Los Angeles POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™ A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: how to get it from FCP to DVD under 3 days render? by Kai Cheong on Jul 5, 2009 at 2:20:02 pm Guessing your MacPro is a multicore system, you can speed things up by setting up your clusters for Compressor in Qmaster. Works very well on our early 2009 OctoCore. Good, simple tips here: http://lfhd.blogspot.com/2009/05/qmastercompressor-troubleshooting-tip.html Kai FCP Editor / Producer with Intuitive Films http://kai-fcp-editor.blogspot.com -- Now 'LIVE'! Check Out The Intuitive Films Blog @ http://intuitive-films.blogspot.com At Intuitive Films, We Create: TV Commercials, Documentaries, Corporate Videos and Feature Films Visit us @ http://www.intuitivefilms.com -- MacBook Pro 2.4GHz | 4GB RAM | FCP 5.1.4 | Mac OS X 10.5.2 Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index