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Subject: Re: [AE] DVD Question
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:13:47 -0500
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well the apple Mpeg2 codec won't do the the job unless its pretty much =
mostly stills. adobe's mpeg2 compressor should do better, as well as =
some others. it really depends on the motion and content as to what =
you'll get. a 10 minute long test of actual program should give you a =
good idea of if it will work... and for compatibility stamped discs are =
the way to go. it never fails that if I have a problem, its always a =
sony DVD player...

S

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> On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Andrius Simutis wrote:
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>> For 250 minutes on a DVD9 your bit rate would be 4.1mbps for the =
video assuming you're using .ac3 for the audio.=20
>> That's pretty low for compressor even running VBR with a wide range, =
so you might want to run some test clips to make sure that what you're =
getting looks decent enough for the client. =20
>> If you want to get the most out of Compressor (and you're doing this =
often enough to justify spending $800) I'd recommend the Cinemacraft =
CCE-MP plug in. It does a really nice job at the lower bit rates where =
Compressor often falls down.=20
>> -Andrius Simutis
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>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Michael Hazarian wrote:
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>>> Yea, 250 minutes should be doable with mpeg2, particularly if there =
is a good amount of synthetic footage. I was just providing a bit of an =
aside.
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>>> Mike Hazarian