Outputing from FCP to Vegas for Blu Ray? at DVinfo.net

Alastair Brown · May 5th, 2009, 01:55 AM

Was speaking to a FCP user and he was hacked off that they still had to jump through hoops to output to Blu Ray. Was saying how easy it was in Vegas/DVD Architect.

What would he need to do (output format) to give me a file that i could convert to Blu Ray?

Jack Bellford · May 5th, 2009, 04:47 AM

DVDa likes a separate audio/video file in order to avoid re-compressing (and believe me you don't want to have to re-compress in dvda.... takes a loooooong time).

In terms of mpg you will need a M2V and a AC3 file and in terms of avc you will need a AVC / AC3 file.

You could always export your work from FCP as uncompressed avi then import to Vegas and have it re compress to one of the above formats without a quality loss.... but this route takes a LOOOOONG time.

You can also have a look at (believe it or not) Ulead's rather cheap Movie Factory 6. It does a reasonable job and will not re-compress with M2T or M2TS (with audio already muxed).

Mark Holmes · May 5th, 2009, 01:46 PM

I haven't done it, but jump back and forth from FCP to Vegas quite a bit.

I would simply ask her to deliver the file as a ProRes HQ 422 and drop it on the Vegas timeline and render to BluRay.

After all, as of Quicktime 7.6, ProRes is cross-platform (at least for reading).

Or she could deliver it to you in Avid's DNXHD, which is truly cross platform, and free as well.

May 5th, 2009, 01:55 AM	#1
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	Outputing from FCP to Vegas for Blu Ray? Was speaking to a FCP user and he was hacked off that they still had to jump through hoops to output to Blu Ray. Was saying how easy it was in Vegas/DVD Architect. What would he need to do (output format) to give me a file that i could convert to Blu Ray?

May 5th, 2009, 01:46 PM	#3
Mark Holmes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 119	I haven't done it, but jump back and forth from FCP to Vegas quite a bit. I would simply ask her to deliver the file as a ProRes HQ 422 and drop it on the Vegas timeline and render to BluRay. After all, as of Quicktime 7.6, ProRes is cross-platform (at least for reading). Or she could deliver it to you in Avid's DNXHD, which is truly cross platform, and free as well. __________________ Mark Holmes www.daisy3pictures.com

May 5th, 2009, 04:47 AM	#2
Jack Bellford Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 68	DVDa likes a separate audio/video file in order to avoid re-compressing (and believe me you don't want to have to re-compress in dvda.... takes a loooooong time). In terms of mpg you will need a M2V and a AC3 file and in terms of avc you will need a AVC / AC3 file. You could always export your work from FCP as uncompressed avi then import to Vegas and have it re compress to one of the above formats without a quality loss.... but this route takes a LOOOOONG time. You can also have a look at (believe it or not) Ulead's rather cheap Movie Factory 6. It does a reasonable job and will not re-compress with M2T or M2TS (with audio already muxed).