Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1791)

About DVD Authoring Applications
Whether you intend to use iDVD or DVD Studio Pro will affect how you export your movies
from Final Cut Pro. When you are using DVD Studio Pro, Compressor can become an
important part of the process.
Using iDVD
iDVD only imports standard QuickTime movies as video sources. This means that if you
intend to use iDVD as your DVD authoring application, you only need to export a
QuickTime movie from Final Cut Pro. iDVD automatically encodes the video and audio
sources to be DVD-compliant. The video is encoded as MPEG-2 video at a quality controlled
by a preference setting and the video length. The audio is encoded as an uncompressed
AIFF file.
For more information, see “Exporting a QuickTime Movie for DVD Use.” See the iDVD
documentation for information on importing the movie and adding it to your DVD.
Using DVD Studio Pro
DVD Studio Pro can import either standard QuickTime movies or DVD-compliant sources.
When you import standard QuickTime movies, they are automatically encoded to be
DVD-compliant. DVD Studio Pro has preferences that allow you to adjust the quality at
which your video is encoded, giving you more control of your final DVD quality than iDVD
provides. The audio is encoded as uncompressed PCM data. For information on exporting
a QuickTime movie, see
“Exporting a QuickTime Movie for DVD Use.”
For the most control over your final video and audio quality, you can use applications
such as Compressor to encode your video and audio into DVD-compliant sources.
Compressor allows you to create special DVD-compliant formats such as MPEG-1 and
Dolby Digital AC-3 audio.
See the DVD Studio Pro documentation for details on supported video and audio formats
and information on importing your movies.
Exporting a QuickTime Movie for DVD Use
The process of exporting your movie as a standard QuickTime file is the same whether
you plan to use iDVD or DVD Studio Pro for creating a DVD.
To export a QuickTime movie for use in iDVD or DVD Studio Pro
1 In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
2 Configure settings in the Save dialog.
1791 Chapter 107 Exporting Sequences for DVD