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Best output compressionPosted by evarita
No. DVDs only play Mpeg2. So you must compress your movie to Mpeg2 in order for the DVD player to read it correctly.
You shot HDV, and I'm guessing edited in HDV. Most of the advantage of ProRes is in converting the footage before you edit. This takes it out of a long GOP format, and makes it kinder to your processor. It also helps to make graphics a bit cleaner. So you may as well output HDV to tape for the HDV player (I'm assuming that's what will happen there) and just add the HDV version to your DVD authoring software, which will compress it to Mpeg2. This is not unusual compression. This is the completely normal path to getting one hour on a DVD. If you WANT to, you could render in ProRes now, but I don't really think it will make a lot of difference.
Hi Jude, forget the whole tape part of the equation. It's a 64 minute movie shot on many formats but cut with a HDV 1440x1080 16:9 sequence in final cut 7. For the best resolution should I choose HD dvd H.264 90 minute for my compressor settings?
I'm wondering what settings will give me the best res for playing back on a dvd? not blue ray, just reg. dvd. thx evarita
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