1080/720, for standard dvd?

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shadowknight123

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So heres the big question i finally have to ask....

I'm using an panasonic AG-HMC150, i shoot usually in 720p 24(may be doing 1080p 24 and downsize to 720 for a better result thanks to the thread i just saw barry posted a while back :nads:

So most consumers today and people i know just dont own a blueray player, they are sticking with the old DVD players... So I'm doing all my editing in premiere CS3, converting the AVCHD footage to p2 and editing with the preset adobe has for the p2...

But I believe im not going to be able to burn this project to a DVD.. So what do i do? When i burn to a DVD i want to be able to keep the nice widescreen as well. Anyone have any tips on doing this?


I hope im doing it correctly.... Because i believe you do editing in highest quality and later on you can downgrade if neccesary right? Any help.... greatly appreciated.
 
Well for instance my project im doing right now needs to be able to go onto DVD..

However the editing mode is: P2 720p 60HZ DVCPROHD
Frame size 960h 720v


So after my projects finished im just trying to figure out whats the next step in getting it to DVD with the highest quality... Do i just export it as an AVI then pull it in a standard DV and burn it or..?

Thats where im stuck
 
it sounds like you've never exported video from an NLE before.
i recommend reading the tutorials on exporting that your editing app comes with or at least the help file/site.

usually, you can export to any format that is equal or smaller in width/height to your project settings.

you need to decide whether you're exporting to a dvd for dvd-player playback, or just looking to archive your finished 720p HD video on a dvd at the highest quality possible.

if it's the latter, then it's just a matter of getting your 720p file size down to 4.5Gb.
for longer videos, you'll have to export to a compressed format like H.264 to get the file size small enough.
for shorter videos, you can export to a less-compressed format, like CanopusHQ avi or Quicktime animation or Avid DNxHD or Cineform.....etc etc.
 
averan said:
it sounds like you've never exported video from an NLE before.
i recommend reading the tutorials on exporting that your editing app comes with or at least the help file/site.

usually, you can export to any format that is equal or smaller in width/height to your project settings.

you need to decide whether you're exporting to a dvd for dvd-player playback, or just looking to archive your finished 720p HD video on a dvd at the highest quality possible.

if it's the latter, then it's just a matter of getting your 720p file size down to 4.5Gb.
for longer videos, you'll have to export to a compressed format like H.264 to get the file size small enough.
for shorter videos, you can export to a less-compressed format, like CanopusHQ avi or Quicktime animation or Avid DNxHD or Cineform.....etc etc.
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ah ok. its for dvd-player playback
 
i normally just edit the AVCHD footage as normal and then render the "final cut" as a MPEG2 file. once its finished rendering i just burn it to a DVD.

is that not the correct way to do it? im new to this as well so if there is a better way then please share! :)

cheers,

scott
 
that's one way, but i'm not convinced that is the highest compatibility for dvd players.
i think you need to generate audio_ts and video_ts folders with the video clip as an mpeg .vob file.

for that you need an NLE that can export direct to DVD (Adobe Premiere Elements for eg) or a DVD authoring app like Roxio.

in that case, i export the video from my NLE in the highest quality possible, then run that master file through a DVD authoring app to generate the proper files/folders for standard DVD players.

would be more convenient to simply export to mpeg2 format....can anyone confirm which format is the best for highest compatibility?
 
You have to use Adobe Media Encoder to compress the video to Standard DVD format. I do it all the time. Everything's perfect. Takes some time to compress but works!

or after you export HD footage, you can use ConvertXtoDVD 4 to convert to DVD format. this works also.
 
I use TMPGENC Authoring Works 4 to burn the 720 file into a 480 24p dvd.
You don't have to do it twice, just take your master file into TMPGENC and burn it.

It will down rez the file automatically.
 
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