Exporting from FCP

[msf]

If I am not mistaken, for DVDs, the goal is to export from FCP with MPEG-2....but in FCP you can do that with or without the 'compressor"...I believe the other choice is "quicktime movie format"....both permit MPEG-2...is there a right or wrong answer and/or does one way provide better quality?


Thank You,


Mark

[terryj]

Exporting to Quicktime makes a reference movie file, that
you can later drag and drop onto Compressor,
to enable it to create the MPEG-2.

Exporting to Compressor is a direct way to spool the
project over to Compressor to have the file done
right at that moment.

Use Export to QT to create a reference movie to
enable Compressor to, say, work in batch mode or
overnight on your job, without FCP open.

Use Export to Compressor for small 5 min to 30 min
projects, where it won't take as long to do.

Also, the quality of the MPEG-2 , regardless of what
method you use, is dependent on (a) the overall length of
the project, and (b) the encoding Bitrate you use,
based upon that length.