My use case for something like this is usually to get web approval movies ready for client review. I have a batch of Uncompressed or Pro Res movies and want to get something more friendly for client approval. If I was having problems with render time, I would take a look at Compressor. It has the ability to use machines on your network to assist in the rendering.

Dale

Are we exporting several sequences into several movie files (which is what I’m trying to do). I am exporting short 1-minute trailers that were converted from .wmv to .mov and the program moves SO SLOW when dealing with these files. I thought converting them to Final Cut Pro movie files would make them faster but that made them slower, it’s like they’ll always be .wmv files.

But anyway, these 1-minute exports take about four hours. Yes, they’re unrendered. I would love to leave them for the day and get three or four done. Here’s what I’d need to do. Open four sequences and set each sequence to export into its own quicktime movie. Can this be done? I called apple and they didn’t even know.

c

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.

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