[MacDV] FCP/QT Pro/DVD SP

[carlian]

You may recall about a week ago I contacted the List as I was having  
trouble with exporting from FCP - HD projects to QT.   I was ending  
up with one black frame around the position where a transition  
started and  quite a few other transitions were being ignored.

It turned out that I was trying to convert HD Projects to SD DV PAL  
Anamorphic in the QT Export process.  Over a too long a period I  
discovered I had to export to QT at "Current Settings" and to then  
convert to DV PAL Anamorphic in Compressor.

What I don't like about Compressor is that it takes a long time to  
process a movie.     What I do like about it is you can queue several  
projects and then go to bed .   I also like the quality of the  
compressed film.

I have had mixed advice regarding "Make Movie Self Contained".     
Some say do it and others say to uncheck it as it saves one lot of  
encoding.    I have been using the latter with good results.

FWIW

Ian Tucker