susanne.kraft@austin.utexas.edu 2/7/08
How to make a simple 4:3 DVD from High Def or Standard Def Media
2. Use >Current Settings and make sure that “Make Movie Self-Contained is unchecked
3. Open Compressor Software
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Export a Quicktime movie of your completed video. Select your Sequence, and under the 'File' menu, choose 'Export > Quicktime Movie ...' | |
Use Current Settings. |
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Open Compressor. | |
Click on “Add File” and navigate to the QuickTime Reference that was just made. | |
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Select the DVD encoding settings to apply. |
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Tab > Apple > DVD > DVD:Best Quality 90 minutes. |
6. Select the MPEG-2 clip to change the properties of the encode in the “Property Inspector” 
7. The Inspector window will show the settings for the MPEG 2 that is going to be encoded. If you don’t see the inspector window go to >Window >Show Inspector
8. Set the MPEG 2 encoding settings: Click on the Video Format tab and that should show the native information about the file. Will show the format, frame rate, aspect ratio, and native field dominance of the quicktime (SD will be lower field HD will be upper.)
9. Now click on the Quality Tab.
10. Mode should be set to Two pass VBR Best. Change the Average Bit Rate to 6.5 and the Maximum Bit Rate to 7.7. Change Motion Estimation to Best.
11. Then click on the GOP tab and change the GOP Structure to IP and the GOP size to 6
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Choose the Destination for the mpeg2 file to be saved. |
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Click “Submit” and then “Submit” again at this menu. |
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The file will start to encode to an MPEG 2 that we will use in DVD Studio Pro. To check the status of the encode launch the “Batch Monitor” | |
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Click on “This Computer” to show the processes of the encode. |
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Launch DVD Studio Pro. |
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Go To DVD Studio Pro > Preferences |
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Go to the Encoding tab and change the Aspect Ratio to 16:9 HD OR 4:3 SD for non wide screen DVDs. |
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Bit Rate 6.5 and Max Bit Rate 7.7 |
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Make a new project |
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with File > New. | |
Go to Window > Configuration > Extended to change DVD Studio interface |
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Import the MPEG 2 made in Compressor |
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into the Assets window. |
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Drag the MPEG 2 and the AC3 file or QuickTime from the ASSETS tab to the Track timeline. |
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Click on the Outline tab (1) next to the Assets tab then click on the UNTITLED_DISC (2) |
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Then click on the Disc Properties Menu then click on First Play>Menu 1 > Track 1 >Chapter1 |
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31. Name the DVD Disc
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Launch the Simulator to check your DVD. This is exactly how your DVD will look and play in a DVD player. | |
Choose Build and format. | |
Name the DVD Disc the name of your project. |
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Click “Choose” to chose the “Current Source” for the DVD |
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. This is where the DVD VIDEO_TS AND AUDIO_TS folders |
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will be stored and click “Choose”. |
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Then click “Burn” to start the DVD burning process |
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Put a blank DVD into the burner to burn the DVD material | |
All future DVDs after the original will only require you to 'Format' the disk. | |
Be sure to check your DVD on a DVD player after it is finished. |
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