Compressor 4 - HD to SD Downconversion

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HD to SD Downconversion

For those situations in which you are editing high definition (HD) sources in Final Cut Pro
and want to create a standard definition (SD) DVD from them, Compressor provides
high-quality downconversion. Compressor retains as much detail as possible during
scaling and correctly preserves progressive or interlaced formats when encoding to
MPEG-2 for DVD.

To see the source media resolution and frame rate

1

Import the source media file into the Batch window.

2

Click the source’s name in the Batch window.

The source media file’s resolution and frame rate, along with its duration, appear in the
lower-left corner of the Preview window.