which settings in compressor for hdv 1080i60?

Hello and many thanks in advance.
I am cutting on fcp 6. I have a 17 minute sequence with several layers of video at times. My sequence settings are HD 1080i60. could you tell me which compressor setting I should use to then go to dvd studio and show on screen?
I am totally befuddled with all of the setting options.
thanks,
evartia

Use the "DVD Best 90 min" preset. Then import that into DVDSP.



www.strypesinpost.com

Thanks for the help...but... I did just that used dvd best quality 90 minute dolby digital professional and Mpeg 2, imported the assets into dvd studio pro and it won't play on my dvd player.
what am I doing wrong?
yikes??
thanks
evarita

I don't mean to be rude, but have you read the DVD Studio Pro manual? It explains very well what all those options are that have befuddled you.

DVD Studio Pro is a very feature-rich, complex tool. If you're looking for a tutorial, I believe the software comes with one under the "Help" menu. (I might be mistaken about that; it's been a long time.) Otherwise, there are resources online that can provide tutorials or training.

I mention this because your question basically boils down to "How do I do this?" and that's pretty open-ended. Generally speaking, you'll have better luck soliciting help on a forum by asking specific questions that people can answer quickly, rather than asking people to invest a lot of time writing an in-depth how-to that covers all the possible things you might be trying to accomplish.

yea, thanks Jeff. Though I feel like I've just been spanked. sorry to take up your time.
I just wanna know how to get something to play on a dvd player, eh?
I tried the tutorials before bothering you and couldn't find what I was looking for. I'll try again.
Thanks
Evarita

Ugh, I was afraid of that. I absolutely did not want you to feel spanked. I was just trying to help in my own way.

What precisely did you do, step by step? Maybe you did it all right but made a small error someplace that one of us can spot from a description of your workflow.

rom: nancy rosenblum <evarita@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:06:32 -0700
To: lafcpug <michaelh@lafcpug.org>
Subject: Re: [Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion] New reply: Re:
which settings in compressor for hdv 1080i60?

Okay, here's what I did, but please, don't feel it necessary to stress
over. I really don't mean to take advantage of your expertise.
I created an HD 1080i60 sequence in final cut 6. Went to export to
compressor. Went to dvd best quality 90 for my settings. I dragged
the dolby digital professional setting and the mpeg 2 setting into the
drag to box in compressor. Selected a target and hit the submit button.

Then in dvd studio I deleted the menu box in the graphical view. Then
I dragged each asset into the green Track one box. Selected a first
read(start point) and burnt it to a disk.
The disk will play on my mac but is declared unrecognizable on a
regular, not mac, dvd player.
So that's the deal.
Thanks for your help.
I know this is very basic. My fault. I waited till the time crunch
instead of reading up ahead of time.
Bad Girl!
Evarita
On 25-Aug-09, at 5:58 PM, lafcpug wrote:

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Re: which settings in compressor for hdv 1080i60?
Posted by Jeff Harrell

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That sounds like a DVD player issue to me. Recordable DVDs won't play in my DVD player at home, not because there's anything wrong with the discs, but because my DVD player at home is quite old.

Try a different DVD player.

Check your DVDSP preferences. Make sure you are not set to "HD DVD" (upconversion in DVDSP shouldn't even be possible). Make sure 1st play is set to the right track on the disc inspector.



www.strypesinpost.com

Thanks so much for this. My preferences were set wrong. Your advice got me on the track to success!!!!!
Thanks for your time and expertise
evarita