DVD Studio log says "Bitrate too high" and cancels burn process. Do the videos need to be re-exported, or can DVDSP be told to accept a higher bitrate? This is the first time I've used an external burner, so I'm thinking it's probably this, but then why does it only say Bitrate Too High in DVDSP, and not something more specific to the burner?
Any thoughts?
G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
The bitrate has nothing to do with the burner. What IS the bitrate of your assets? VBR or CBR? Length of content? Compressed in Compressor or direct import?
In any case the video bitrate should not be set higher than 7.5 mb/s (better 7.2 - 7.3). Even though you limit the bitrate there maybe spikes exceeding those limits.
mish
The bitrate has nothing to do with the burner. What IS the bitrate of your assets? VBR or CBR? Length of content? Compressed in Compressor or direct import?
In any case the video bitrate should not be set higher than 7.5 mb/s (better 7.2 - 7.3). Even though you limit the bitrate there maybe spikes exceeding those limits.
mish
Thanks for your response.
That's what I thought (about the burner having nothing to do with it). I exported a Quicktime from FCP and brought it into DVD Studio Pro manually. One file is 11GB and the other is 1.7. I don't know how to check the bitrate.
Assuming I'm going to have to re-export anyway, how would you suggest I limit the data rate without using Compressor? Compressor has never worked on my system, and I never got around to investigating it because other systems in the studio had working Compressor. However, they are gone, and now I'm stuck without it. 😟
It sounds like you are encoding the video through DVD Studio pro, when doing this its possible to go over the DVD Spec bit rate (9Mbps). Go to your DVD Studio Pro preferences and in the encoding tab lower the bit rate.
Depending on the length of your project you may need to lower both the average and max bitrate.
For something under 90 min the attached image has settings you can use.
For better quality you may want to change the Mode from one pass to 2 pass VBR but remember this will take longer. Ideally doing all this in compressor will usually yeld better results because it has the ability to use frame controls and so on.
Hope this helps.
You hit the nail on the head, Mikey. Thanks to both mishmumken and MikeyBouchereau. Embarassingly, I remember changing these settings a few days ago, which would explain why this started happening all of a sudden.
Much appreciated,
RH
Just one more thing: If your content is under 60 min you might want to set the encoder to Constant Bitrate (CBR) for better quality.
mish
DVD Studio log says "Bitrate too high"
