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AS far as I'm aware, most if not all of the actual replication takes place outside of the United States.
I still do delivery to clients on DLT tape who then take that to their respective replicator; however, I just completed a fitness DVD being replicated by SF Global Sourcing (sfvideo.com) and they allowed me to deliver layer0 and layer1 (two layers for a DVD9 title) on DVD-R (burned as ISO in Toast). There was something tricky about the ISO setting in Toast (I had to change a setting to CD-ROM ISO or something like that).
Although, until I see DVD-Video discs in a spindle for that project, I'm keeping a few DLT tapes handy.
If a replicator is accepting a DVD-R with a VIDEO_TS folder for replication, then it's always been my understanding that they are reverse engineering it to get it to being a layer0 file (I forget the file extension that gets appended as this data is usually layed out to DLT tape where you don't see the extension).
-Warren
Quoting Jonathan Penzner <sureal@charter.net>:
So, Warren,
this DVD is going to be replicated – how big the run is I have no idea but it should be fairly big. What's the best way to send to the replicating company, which, by the way is in China and I have no way of getting in touch with them directly? In the past I've pressed a DVD with Compressor at best quality to create the M2Vs, authored in DVDSP, and burned the disks in Toast, then sent it off. Is there a better way?
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Jul 30, 2012, at 2:02 PM, wheaton@ucla.edu wrote:
To flush this one out a little bit...
A DVD-Video disc is replicated (literally stamped from a glass master or gold disc master in a dust free environment). Every copy is the same as the original. Also, it's assumed that the data structure is compliant with DVD-Video specifications. Usually, the minimum run is 2,000 discs. There's always an "overun", so you get more than 2,000.
However, you can build the DVD-Video data structure (the VIDEO_TS folder) without going to replication. To play this in a DVD-Video player or Blu-Ray player, you would typically burn the VIDEO_TS data to a DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD_R DL, etc. As long as the player can read the media you've used, the content should play as expected. These are "burned' or "one offs'. In a computer, this can play directly from a hard drive.
Apple Compressor has great MPEG2 settings as long as you use the ones that have "best" in the name. Some encode MPEG2 in DVD Studio Pro which ironically does not have a preset that favors image quality.
And... if you care about image quality, 150 minutes is the most you can cram onto one layer (a DVD5 if you're replicating).
Fun stuff, no?
-Warren
Quoting Jonathan Penzner <sureal@charter.net>:
Can you explain what a stamped disk is or give me a resource to look up, Steve?
And are you familiar with the plug-in Andrius mentions – the Cinemacraft CCE-MP? Other than hardware encoders, would this plug and Adobe compressor rank highest?
Many thanks,
Jonathan
On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Steve Oakley wrote:
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
On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Andrius Simutis wrote:
For 250 minutes on a DVD9 your bit rate would be 4.1mbps for the video assuming you're using .ac3 for the audio.
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.
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.
-Andrius Simutis
On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Michael Hazarian wrote:
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.
Mike Hazarian
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