When you’re finished with your edit, how should you export?
Well, it depends.
METHOD #1. Reference movie
If you want to export a temporary file as quickly as possible, export a reference movie.
File > Export > Quicktime Movie
UNcheck “Make Self-Contained”
Pros:
- If you’ve rendered your sequence, this is the fastest way to export
- The file size is very small - it only contains audio and pointers to the video files, no actual video
Cons:
- The exported file is fragile and not portable. If any of the referenced video files (including render files) are moved, renamed or deleted, or if the ref movie is moved to a different computer,
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We’ve always had good luck with Apple brand blanks. The charts below, from http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm, rate blank DVDs:
1ST CLASS MEDIA - EXCELLENT DISCS:
Almost flawless burns with 95-100% reliable results. These …
There have been a lot of questions from people who are unhappy with how their DVD video discs are working when played on computers and/or DVD players.
Here is a short list of differences:
- Buttons rollovers do not work the same depending on what WinXP DVD player application is being used, or in Apple DVD Player
- TVs show cropped action safe area, computers show the whole picture
- MPEG2 encoding that looks fine on a TV often looks bad on a computer… or vice versa sometimes!
- DVD players play
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A detailed answer can be found here.
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