Best Quality DVD possible

I have an 1080i/apple pro res HQ sequence that I want to burn onto a DVD
I am a little confused about the Compressor settings: which ones is best? DVD: BEst Quality or HD DVD.
ANd in the HD DVD family, which ones is the best? I would think HD DVD MPEG 2?

It is best to make the custom setting that is best for this encode...

Only do HD DVD if you're outputting to HD DVD, using HD DVD on DVD-R to play in a Mac/HD DVD player or playing from the HDD (Hard Drive).

Here is some bit budget help. LAFCPUG Forum Post

>ANd in the HD DVD family, which ones is the best? I would think HD DVD MPEG 2?

Okay. HD DVD is obsolete. Blu-Ray is where it's at, but you'll need Toast 9 or Encore to author a Blu-Ray in OSX. You'll also need to get a Blu-Ray burner (doesn't come with a default mac kit), and your client needs a Blu-Ray player to play it. It's a fairly new format (not sure if i can still use this word to describe Blu-Ray). It uses a blue laser instead of the red lasers used by DVDs.

>I am a little confused about the Compressor settings: which ones is best? DVD: BEst Quality or
>HD DVD.

Best Quality would be a good preset. Also, Jake's post is very informative. Also, if you want a really good DVD and have the time to encode, turn on frame controls (it's the 2nd or 3rd tab) and set resizing to "best". I find it pretty sluggish, so I don't really use it that much, but it resizes excellently and I use it sometimes for web.



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