AVCHD 1080p/i to DVD, - What's the best way to retain quality

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gundar

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I am shooting 1080 at 24fps for some sit down documentary style video work. I am using Sony Vegas Pro 11 to edit.

I would like to retain as much video quality as possible and write the video to DVDs but so far I have only been able to retain quality with video made for web.

AVCHD is new to me and I was directed to this sub forum by another senir member here and would like to some suggestions of what formats and specs you all use when rendering the videos from start (importing the AVCHD) to rendering out.

Hope you can help.

Gundar
 
Unless you're burning Blu-ray (HD) discs, you'll see a reduction of quality when rendering for DVD's (SD).... or am I misunderstanding the question?
Remember DVD is limited to 720 x 480.
 
I shoot 1080i and make DVDs in Vegas (Movie Studio). The Render As dialog is
where you can tweak things. Pick MPEG2 format (i.e. DVD. "NTSC Widescreen") and select
Customize. On the Video tab you Prioritize Quality Over Speed and set the quality to High.
Do a 2-pass encoding. This will take twice as long to render but the result is better. Default
bit rate of 6 Mbps will allow about 98 minutes of video to fit the DVD, assuming you also render
the audio file as 192 Kbps AC3. Actually, DVD Architect will take care of the audio bitrate.
In Vegas, just do a second render to make an AC3 file. If your material is longer than 98 minutes
you'll need to use a lower bitrate. Feed the MPG and AC3 file to Architect.
 
Zcast, sorry - I knew there was going to be a pretty dramatic redcution, my goal is to lessen that as much as possible with the best rendering and formatting to do so.

Theaterdad - Thanks so much. That kind of detailed response is exactly what I am looking for.
 
If it's 24p material, then you want to edit on a 24p timeline and render using the DVD Architect 24p DVD Widescreen option under MPEG-2, not the NTSC option, and make sure the quality in the Video tab (render dialog) is set to "Best."

This option is not available in Vegas Movie Studio, but it's what you want. You do not need to render as interlaced at all.
 
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