[MacDV] Re: DVD Movie production in Widescreen

[Tony Sheppard]

On 31/01/2003 17:15, "markflo at mac.com"  wrote:

> Since no one else has tackled this, I'll give it a shot...
> 
> Your best bet would probably be to use something like Cleaner 6 to get
> your edited movies into MPEG-2.  So you'll need to export it from FCP
> first, but if you do it as a FCP movie (rather than a fully exported
> QuickTime) the file size of the exported movie should be much smaller.
> 
> Also, I thought you could specify the size of the MPEG-2 file you
> wanted when exporting form QuickTime Player...  but I don't know about
> going straight from FCP though.
> 
> So try a third-party compression app, or use a different codec like
> Sorensen (if it's for computer playback). (so, is this for DVD playback
> or computer playback?)
> 
> BTW, what is a Panasonic PT-50PHD4-P? (quite a mouthful!)
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 
Thanks for the advice ... I have passed it on.

The Panasonic blahblahblah is a widescreen Plasma Screen that we will have
in reception for the showing of everything from promotional material to
information to educational channels.

It is purely for DVD playback.

Tony Sheppard