FCPX DVD export bad quality.

Just tried an H.264 which is the best quality I've managed so far - here's a sample screenshot -

No blocks like in earlier attempts but this is before any compression for the DVD

Would it be possible to post a screenshot of the problem you're seeing? Also how are you viewing the DVD, from a set top player on a TV?

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Was the original interlaced HD? There is something very wrong there. I don't know what to do about it.

Wondering if you've found an answer to this. I'm having exactly the same problem - I've burned hundreds of DVD's (with original video shot in the same way) that look just fine. Since the 10.3 update, the DVD's look like crap - the video has that same look as if there's some sort of interlace problem

Are you exporting (sharing) directly from FCP or sending to compressor? I'm normally a compressor guy (as I have multiple outputs for the same project). I have noticed that my standard one for DVD was a two-pass method. For a large project I just finished (that was the first in the most recently released/update FCP X) I discovered that the two pass method actually made for worse/jittery dvd's. Stepping back to single pass solved the problem.

Your problem looks different (almost like an aliasing), but might be worth a look.

That's right Matt, it does kind of look like aliasing. I've always exported directly from FCP and it was just fine until 10.3.1. Last night, I actually opened a previous project and burned the DVD (which in September, pre-update, had looked just fine) and it had that same aliasing, jittery look. Can't sort it out. I don't use compressor, but I'm about to buy it and see if it helps matters (I suspect it will, but pretty annoying that an "update" introduced this issue)

I dug around in FCP's share DVD setting, can't quite determine if it utilizes the 2 pass or single pass. Wish I could be of more help. If my project that's exhibiting the behavior wasn't so long (and I wasn't so backed up with pre Christmas projects) I'd give it a test render and take a look an compare to the 1pass/2pass of compressor....

We have the exact same problem. After the update to 10.3, DVDs looks exactly the same as your video sample. We did not have this issue before the update. Also, the audio has crackles and pops that were never there before the update. Even when making an MP3 audio file from the video, it has these pops. This is coming from both FCP or going thru Compressor.

Right now we are backed up in our DVDs productions since all come out with very poor quality.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help,

Marcos

What version of the software were you using previously? If it's 10.3 make sure you're using 10.3.2.

10.3.2 gives me poor quality DVDs

I have a temporary version of 10.2.3 which gives me good quality DVDs.

Does exporting a high resolution version from FCP X directly (not through compressor, just export a master file in ProRes or H264) also produce a bad quality result?