DVD's wont play on all players

Jake Russell · June 17th, 2004, 09:56 AM

Not really but it depends on your encoder, source footage etc etc. Some encoders will give you footage that looks fine at 3-4 avg. others look terrible!

Encode and see for yourself. You can always do a 3-5 mins edit of sections of your footage and run it through your encoder, Compressor, QT, BitVice etc to see what works best for this job.

Jake

Dave Cook · June 17th, 2004, 10:02 AM

Thanks. I used the built in encoder in DVDSP for the project I mentioned. Should I be using Compressor? I've also seen remarks about BitVice. This is all pretty new to me :P

Jake Russell · June 17th, 2004, 10:19 AM

There might be several reasons that your (recordable)dvd's don't play not just the bitrate.

Keeping it down a bit will help as will using AC-3 audio instead of PCM. Use A.Pack for that, you get it with dvdsp.

I like BitVice over Compressor still as it has DVNC for noisy footage and Compressor is still allowing illegal spikes. It's getting better all the time though.

I import my files into dvdsp so can't comment on that part of the workflow. Even if I used QT I'd export then import them as mpeg-2. I like to see what I'm dealing with and it leaves one less thing to worry about a muxing stage.

Burn at 1x also.

Jake

Dave Cook · June 17th, 2004, 10:22 AM

Thanks for the advice!

June 17th, 2004, 10:02 AM	#17
Dave Cook New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 24	Thanks. I used the built in encoder in DVDSP for the project I mentioned. Should I be using Compressor? I've also seen remarks about BitVice. This is all pretty new to me :P __________________ Dave Cook \| Panasonic PV-GS200 \| PowerMac G5 Dual 2Ghz \| Final Cut Express \| DVD Studio Pro

June 17th, 2004, 10:22 AM	#19
Dave Cook New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 24	Thanks for the advice! __________________ Dave Cook \| Panasonic PV-GS200 \| PowerMac G5 Dual 2Ghz \| Final Cut Express \| DVD Studio Pro

June 17th, 2004, 09:56 AM	#16
Jake Russell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 177	Not really but it depends on your encoder, source footage etc etc. Some encoders will give you footage that looks fine at 3-4 avg. others look terrible! Encode and see for yourself. You can always do a 3-5 mins edit of sections of your footage and run it through your encoder, Compressor, QT, BitVice etc to see what works best for this job. Jake

June 17th, 2004, 10:19 AM	#18
Jake Russell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 177	There might be several reasons that your (recordable)dvd's don't play not just the bitrate. Keeping it down a bit will help as will using AC-3 audio instead of PCM. Use A.Pack for that, you get it with dvdsp. I like BitVice over Compressor still as it has DVNC for noisy footage and Compressor is still allowing illegal spikes. It's getting better all the time though. I import my files into dvdsp so can't comment on that part of the workflow. Even if I used QT I'd export then import them as mpeg-2. I like to see what I'm dealing with and it leaves one less thing to worry about a muxing stage. Burn at 1x also. Jake