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By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:54 +0000

Hey maya,

A dvd can hold about 4.7 gigs of mpeg2 material so you seem to have overshot by a bunch. If you have FCP, you probably have Compressor, so instead of batch export to Quicktime. I’d take a look at “Send to Compressor” in the export menu. Compressor has settings which adjust the quality to fit more on disk.

By: maya Kessler

maya Kessler — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:27:15 +0000

Hi,

I would like to try and find out what’s the best workflow for making an NTSC DVD;
My footage is HD originally, but i am not even looking to make an HD DVD but just a regular one.
My SEQ settings in FCP are: 1280X1080 Aspect Ratio: HD (1280X1080)16:9
29.97 fps and compressor of DVCPRO HD 1080p30
All like my original footage shot on my Panasonic (P2)
So till now all is OK.
Now, what happens if I wish to make a DVD which might be seen on a 3:4 TV? As i understood i must take my beloved SEQ in and make a new SEQ with the desired settings, and through it into it, choosing “no” when FCP asks if i would like it to change the SEQ settings to the new media.
This I exported as QT movie in Apple ProRes 422 NTSC 48 KHZ
and finally could take the movies to my “Great iDvd Project”. After working on the menus etc for a while, when i tried to burn the DVD it stopped in the middle, and didn’t flag anything – Just behaved in a weird way.
SO. I don’t know if I might have put too much data on the dvd, and can not find out. I had 16 movies each was 2GB, So that’s a lot. If i would compress them down, the quality will be lost. I did try to change them to MPEG-4 in Compressor But the iDVD still didn’t manage to burn a proper DVD and I’m afraid that i am working not in a clever way, which i tend to do.
SO:
1) what is the right workflow for changing the size of the frame at first, from the 16:9 to the 3:4 with all the desirable settings, and afterwards, should i change the format and the size,or is the DVD software (in the case iDVD) would do it for me as i would expect?
2) What can be the reason for the iDVD not to burn me a proper DVD?
Is it because i have red-hair? Maybe.

I would appreciate any answer that will open my eyes about all of this.

Thank you so much
maya

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:32:40 +0000

Hey there,
I have FCP HD
I definately dont have Batch Export as an option in the file menu?
Can anyone help me with this?
I am trying to batch export a load of Quicktimes.
Many thanks
James

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:42:25 +0000

For some reason I get a couple seconds of black space at the end of each video that is exported using Batch Export. Any thoughts?

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:19:10 +0000

maybe a silly question, but I am not having luck finding an answer elsewhere, so bear with me. I am actually an engineer, and not in production, so that MUST be the issue! We have a weekly episodic timeline, about an hour long, which is made up of a whole lot of 15 second promos. We usually just run this entire timeline off to tape, and master control takes it from there and ingests it. we are looking t move to a tapeles workflow, and to do that… (Here’s the question, really!) Is there a way to batch export from that timeline to multiple 15 second files, and specify specific filenames for each clip? (whew!) Thanks! And I’ll keep hunting!

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:08 +0000

You’ll also need to press “Choose” in the steps above. grin.

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:43:24 +0000

Try this.

Select all of the elements with the red x
Right click or Control Click and select “Reconnect Media”
Point the first filet to the directory where the files are located
Make sure “Reconnect All Files in Relative Path” is selected

By: Tina Steo

Tina Steo — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:30:19 +0000

I am reaching out on behalf of my husband who works on Final Cut Pro 5.1.2. He is working on an edit where the final video is being shown tonight. He hit a button that took him to a Batch feature, and he pressed “no” when a message came up. After pressing “no,” all of his files became detached from the original program (all files show a red slash through them, though they are all there). Can ANYONE help with this issue. Time is of the essence and we would greatly appreciate some guidance (Final Cut Pros help support line was of no support).

Tina Steo