Scott Brooks
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May 9, 2008, 6:51 PM
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Re: [MLiebergot] Desparately need help making DVD
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Well then it seems the problem is that you might have changed your FCP preferences when you added the clips to the timeline, making your project settings 4:3. I don't know why that would happen, but it might have.
So in FCP try a few things.
1. check to make sure that you project setting (Easy Setup) is indeed 16:9 widescreen
2. If the sequence is setup right but still doesn't work well , all of your sequences in FCP, then create a totally new sequence with Easy Setup and 16:9 Widescreen Anamorphic. Then import your Play Sequence in and next it in your timeline, if it mentions that your project settings have changed, would you like to change them to match "say no".
Then export your new widescreen sequence as a Quicktime "self contained" movie, and make sure that you keep your current settings for your render.
If you try to view your movie in QT, then it might show up as 4:3, but your file might very well be correct, as QT has trouble with 16:9 HD widescreen (it won't display it properly.) If you want to make sure that your video is correct then open up FCP and double click it to load it into the viewer. This will tell you if its right.
If all is well, then open Compressor, import your new QT file in the dock, select SD DVD widescreen for the appropriate time length and encode.
Then open up DVD Studio Pro and setup your project to be 16:9 widecreen in your General Settings tab in the DVDSP preferences, and create your menu and encode your disc as normal. Here's a little bit more about what's been going on today.
I took the footage and exported the movie in QT as a 1080i60 movie. I then pulled that into Studio Pro. (I've never opened it till yesterday.) I checked letterbox/pan & scan, but that wasn't what I was looking for.
I redid the configurations in DVSP and chose the letterbox option only. This gave me what I was looking for on my 4:3 set.
I took the same DVD to my 16:9 set and ran it. I had to set the TV to the Full mode and it worked out pretty good. Also, Wide Zoom worked as well.
I "think" this might work, but have to do a bit more.
In the meantime I went back and checked camera settings. Keep in mind that I had the camera less than a week, played with it and thought I had a pretty good understanding of the basic settings. Here they are:
- REC Format: DV
- Scan Type: 60
- DV Rec Mode: DV SP
- DV Wide Rec: ON
- Video Out: Component - 1080i / 480i ... Down Convert: squeeze ... DV Wide Convert: squeeze (have NO idea what that means)
- iLink Set: HDV to DV Conv: off
- Down Convert: squeeze
Now ... I'm going to go back and recapture some footage after applying some of the details you've mentioned above. However ... when I go to Easy Setup there is no 16:9 option.
For the format I use NTSC. Under "USE" what do I select?
Thanks for your help.
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