DVD Studio Pro - Mixed Formats

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Mark Briley

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Hello Everyone,

First of all I want to say that I really enjoy this forum, and the information here has been invaluable in helping to overcome the learning curve of my new hobby.

I'm still rather new to the whole DVD authoring process though, so I was hoping someone can help me with my situation. I plan to create a family SD DVD in DVD Studio Pro which contains many short movies I've created throughout the year in both HDV 1080/60i and HDV 24f from my Canon XH-A1.

I've already edited and exported both formats from Final Cut Pro resized as standard def 10 bit uncompressed quicktime movies. So at this point, can I use the 60i and 24f in the same DVD Studio Pro project, or do I need do something special with one of the formats before attempting to author a DVD?

Any help would be appreciated..
 
Ultimately it must become an MPEG-2 file either at 24p or 60i in Standard Definition. Now depending on whether you edited and exported the HDV footage at 24p will determine whether you go to 24p MPEG-2. Otherwise you'll go to 60i MPEG-2. Either way 24p and 60i MPEG-2 can exist on the same DVD, just not within the same track. My HD Survival Guide DVD shows how to edit for 24p from HDV as well as how to go out to DVD properly(had to plug in there somewhere)
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http://www.callboxlive.com/store/hi...guide-final-studio-workflow-cameras-p-34.html

-Noah


-Noah
 
Awesome, thanks for the response. It sounds like I shouldn't have a problem then when creating an MPEG-2 in SD - I'll have to try this. Ultimately what I want to do is be able to create SD & HD-DVD versions of the same DVD. I know I'll most likely need to create 2 separate projects in DSP for this, but I was having difficulty with getting 24p HD-DVD's to work.

I know HD-DVD is going away, but for the time being I'd like to still use my Toshiba A1 player so I can view my HD films on my 46" Sony Bravia. So, is it possible to create 24p HD-DVD's on DVD-R's? I've done this with 30f and 60i in DSP and it worked incredibly well on a Toshiba A1 player, but it doesn't look like I can burn a 24p progressive DVD's (HD-DVD). So far I've tried without success. Do I need to add 3:2 pulldown to get it to work? If that's the case, would I need to use Compressor for this?
 
Truly HD-DVD is a dead art but not one I'm familiar with. I'm absolutely positive that you can ultimately make 24p HD-DVDs though.

That said, I'd suggest instead of going through all the trouble and expense you just buy a DVI to HDMI cable. Then you can connect your Mac directly to the Bravia show your footage off in glorious ProRes at way better quality than HD-DVD. For example:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009ST7I4/

Noah
 
That's true - I mean for my own personal use why mess with burning disks at all. Actually, I'd prefer to just have everything on a Mac which would be more slick anyway. The only thing is I have an Intel iMac, and i didn't think the video card would drive the 46" 1080p Bravia, at least smoothly. I thought the card would have to put out full 1920x1080 resolution, but on the 20" iMac, it only goes up to 1680x1050 resolution. Would that still work, or am I missing something?
 
Mark Briley said:
That's true - I mean for my own personal use why mess with burning disks at all. Actually, I'd prefer to just have everything on a Mac which would be more slick anyway. The only thing is I have an Intel iMac, and i didn't think the video card would drive the 46" 1080p Bravia, at least smoothly. I thought the card would have to put out full 1920x1080 resolution, but on the 20" iMac, it only goes up to 1680x1050 resolution. Would that still work, or am I missing something?
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Sure it will drive it and then the Bravia will upconvert.

Noah
 
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