Exporting files from FCP 7 for DVD Studio Pro

[yolatechno]

Hi there,

I've got a very long project (a one hour film) that has been cut in FCP 7. I'm need to burn the film to a DVD, but none of the formats I've exported are working with DVD Studio Pro. They play in Simulator but fail to build. I also need a smaller version of the file to upload to an FTP site.

Can anyone recommend:

1) A format that is compatible with DVD studio Pro
2) An method of exporting the file so that it is under 10 GBS?

The original footage and sequence is:
1920 x 1080, XDCAM EX 1080p25

The export settings I've used so far (which havent worked) are:

Quicktime movie => current settings (file was 15.6GB)
quicktime conversion => QUicktime movie => HDV1080i50 (file was 12.6GB)
quicktime conversion => MP4 => MP4 Improved, 1920 x 1080 HD (file was 1.6GB, poor quality)


The settings in DVD studio pro are HD DVD PAL.

Thank you for any help!

 

[ColdCase]

If I recall correctly, I had to use compressor to create the DVD video and audio for DVDSP.... or maybe I used compressor because of its flexibility when shrinking video to fit DVDs. I used the FCP export to compressor function.... then created video and audio files that I imported into DVDSP. I had some custom settings for squeezing long length home video into a single side DVD (~4.5 GB).

Compressor has several built in settings that will compress as much as you like. Didn't FCP7 come with the compressor app?... I don't recall.

Are you exporting from FCP7 with chapter markers?

Your HD movies on DVD are not going to look as good as the original, but should look pretty good.

 

[MSastre]

Save a master file of your timeline to the desktop. Use Compressor's DVD settings to convert the master file into an mpeg-2 and ac-3 file for importing into DVDSP to make the DVD. Best to save results as a disc image before burning. Compressor can also use the same master file to tweak for FTP.