Thursday, May 24, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: DVD workflow

 

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On May 24, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Mark Spano wrote:

> Are you encoding using DVD Studio Pro?
>
> I'd use Compressor instead to make the MPEG-2 file. A lot finer controls
> over quality there.
>
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Well my 46 gig file failed in DVD studio pro with the error "not enough
>> space". Another few hours wasted.
>>
>>
>> On May 23, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Mark Spano wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>> **
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1:1
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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
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>>>>>>> Lou Wirth Productions
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>>>>> Lou Wirth Productions
>>>>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>>>>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>>>>> www.louwirth.com
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