Re: [Avid-L2] Re: DVD workflow

ProRes.

Your MPEG-2 file (made later) needs to be under 4 GB. The source going in
can be any size.



On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:

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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
> >
> > Funny. Dont see lossless anymore. Has it gone away?
> >
> > On May 23, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Bruce Tovsky wrote:
> >
> > > i'd go with lossless.
> > > b
> > >
> > > On May 23, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
> > >
> > >> Im going AE as well. Has great downscaling. But now which codec?
> Compressor wont take h.264 right? And I have to keep the file size around 4
> gigs for SD DVD right? So what is a good alt which I can then take to DVD.
> > >>
> > >> thanks
> > >> Lou
> > >> On May 23, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Bruce Tovsky wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> i'd take AE over Avid any day, hands down.
> > >>> b
> > >>>
> > >>> On May 23, 2012, at 12:51 PM, David Ross wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Whatever you're happiest doing the downscale with. I've used Avid
> > >>>> before, and it's fine, but you may find AE gives better results. Not
> > >>>> sure about Sorenson.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> D.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 23 May 2012 17:32, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
> > >>>>> Great advice. thanks. Is it best to just export and downscale in
> Avid? Or use the QT reference in something else. AE? Sorenson?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Lou
> > >>>>> On May 23, 2012, at 9:14 AM, David Ross wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Best practice is to downscale to SD first, then make your DVD mpeg
> > >>>>>> from that. Your mpeg picture quality will generally be much better
> > >>>>>> that way.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> D.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 23 May 2012 16:50, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Hi
> > >>>>>>> I have a 2 hour program shot 720/60 that needs to go to DVD.
> Sequence is
> > >>>>>>> cut on MC 5.5. I exported a QT reference from Avid and used in
> Squeeze
> > >>>>>>> (which took forever to format) and then just burned in Studio
> Pro. But the
> > >>>>>>> video looks fuzzy and goes in and out of blur. First attempt in
> Squeeze left
> > >>>>>>> me with a 6gig video file which failed in DVD burn so I set the
> size down to
> > >>>>>>> 3 gigs in Squeeze and went again. But as I say, its funky video.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I was going to try compressor but for some reason wont accept
> the QT
> > >>>>>>> reference so wondering if I should export a movie from Avid
> first. I don't
> > >>>>>>> normally work with projects of this length so any suggestions to
> get this
> > >>>>>>> thing looking decent on DVD would be helpful.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> thanks
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Lou
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Lou Wirth Productions
> > >>>>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> > >>>>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> > >>>>> www.louwirth.com
> > >>>>> 415-924-9411p
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