Apple Pro Training Series: DVD Studio Pro 4

Lesson 10. Introduction to Encoding

Lesson Files

None

Media

Media > Tiger folder

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Learn the definition and use of bit budgeting

Learn about various encoding parameters

Import files into Compressor

Encode files with Compressor

Set up a batch encode

Create a droplet

Understand the difference between PCM and AC-3 audio

Now that you have gone through the various steps of authoring and building a simple DVD, it’s time to kick it up a notch. In the next four lessons, you will build a DVD that contains a movie and a slideshow, just like the Swiss Tourism DVD. Your new project—which is a promotional tool for a documentary on tigers—will introduce some of the more advanced features of DVD ...