HDV Editing and DVDSP4
Here's a post from the always worthy HDforIndies.com
http://www.hdforindies.com/2005/05/final-cut-studio-workflows-docs
To quote,
"From the docs:
If you choose to import your DVCPRO HD-based QuickTime movie directly into DVD Studio Pro, the embedded MPEG encoder will automatically encode the video using the HD MPEG-2 format.
...but this is less than optimal, since MPEG-2 is so much less efficient than H.264.
Also from the docs:
The HDV format is based on a configuration of the MPEG-2 format that is supported by DVD Studio Pro. This means that if you acquire and edit your video in the HDV format, it does not require transcoding before being used in an HD project. This not only saves time, it reduces the chances of artifacts being introduced into the video during a transcoding process. The ability of Final Cut Pro 5 to natively edit HDV sources makes this workflow an attractive way to create DVD projects using HD assets.
So it appearsHDV will drop seamlessly as is into high def DVD Studio Pro 4projects - it sounds like HDV is already formatted as an MPEG-2 that is acceptable for use in DVD Studio Pro 4. So you don't have to transcode it to anything else, it's ready to get muxed into a disc.
So it also appears that DVD Studio Pro 4 will transcode to MPEG-2 on it's own without discretely having to use Compressor 2.
Apparently, Compressor 2 will DEFINITELY handle 10 bit, 4:2:2 video conversions - this is great! You just have to be sure to enable Frame Controls, otherwise you'll get 8 bit output results. At least enable Automatic in the Frame Controls tab in the Settings in Compressor 2.
Unfortunately, DVD Studio Pro 4 can't import iDVD 5 projects. iDVD 4 projects yes, iDVD 5 no. Drat - since there are some excellent and cool templates in iDVD 5. Why doesn't this work? Previous versions of DVD Studio Pro could open the analagous version of iDVD projects. They were probably in a hurry to get it out the door and that was a feature dropped. Or else they didn't have a graceful solution as to how to handle them HD or SD. Either way, can't import them."
I need to know this.
http://www.hdforindies.com/2005/05/final-cut-studio-workflows-docs
To quote,
"From the docs:
If you choose to import your DVCPRO HD-based QuickTime movie directly into DVD Studio Pro, the embedded MPEG encoder will automatically encode the video using the HD MPEG-2 format.
...but this is less than optimal, since MPEG-2 is so much less efficient than H.264.
Also from the docs:
The HDV format is based on a configuration of the MPEG-2 format that is supported by DVD Studio Pro. This means that if you acquire and edit your video in the HDV format, it does not require transcoding before being used in an HD project. This not only saves time, it reduces the chances of artifacts being introduced into the video during a transcoding process. The ability of Final Cut Pro 5 to natively edit HDV sources makes this workflow an attractive way to create DVD projects using HD assets.
So it appearsHDV will drop seamlessly as is into high def DVD Studio Pro 4projects - it sounds like HDV is already formatted as an MPEG-2 that is acceptable for use in DVD Studio Pro 4. So you don't have to transcode it to anything else, it's ready to get muxed into a disc.
So it also appears that DVD Studio Pro 4 will transcode to MPEG-2 on it's own without discretely having to use Compressor 2.
Apparently, Compressor 2 will DEFINITELY handle 10 bit, 4:2:2 video conversions - this is great! You just have to be sure to enable Frame Controls, otherwise you'll get 8 bit output results. At least enable Automatic in the Frame Controls tab in the Settings in Compressor 2.
Unfortunately, DVD Studio Pro 4 can't import iDVD 5 projects. iDVD 4 projects yes, iDVD 5 no. Drat - since there are some excellent and cool templates in iDVD 5. Why doesn't this work? Previous versions of DVD Studio Pro could open the analagous version of iDVD projects. They were probably in a hurry to get it out the door and that was a feature dropped. Or else they didn't have a graceful solution as to how to handle them HD or SD. Either way, can't import them."
I need to know this.
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