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March 9th, 2007, 09:30 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: New York, NY
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Best way to go HDV to DVD in Final Cut Express HD
Hi,
I have about 20 mins of HDV footage from a Sony Z1 which I need to edit and then burn onto a DVD. I tried a test from some footage from my Z1 using iMovie HD and then iDVD. The end result looked quite bad, the footage looked very "stuttered and choppy". I have ordered a copy of FCE HD which is due today. Any advance tips on the best workflow and DVD output quality for HDV footage going to a DVD using FCE HD? FYI- Using 15" Macbook Pro 1.83Ghz 2GB RAM. Thanks.... |
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March 10th, 2007, 02:40 AM
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New Boot
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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I assume that your only burn option is iDVD?
If so, i think the main thing to do is down sample your HD first. I have encoded some HDV with iDVD too and I had the same effect you described. Downsample it to DV or DVCPro50 and then use it in iDVD. |
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March 10th, 2007, 08:15 PM
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Still Motion
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 1,186
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What if your using DVD Studio pro and compressor. Hopefully that doesnt need to be exported twice as well?
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March 10th, 2007, 10:01 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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i'd agree with Steve
there's a good workflow here http://www3.telus.net/bonsai/ which you may be able to adapt to your FCE system |
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March 11th, 2007, 04:04 AM
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New Boot
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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To answer Patrick:
Compressor will handle HDV just fine. No need to downcovert first. I've done it a million times. The issue here is with iDVD. |
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