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Encoding of 90 minute film
Hi all,
I am in the process of releasing a limited edition of a film on dvd and am wondering about encoding.
The film is 90 minutes long and will be replicated on a dvd-9 disc.
In addition to the film, there will be some extras on the disc as will—maybe 1 gig or so.
Here’s my question: what is the best encoding for the project?
I was planning on doing a 2-pass VBR with a target of 7. Do you think this is the best approach for the project?
I am using Adobe Media Encoder and will author via Adobe Encore.
Thanks.
Bruce David Janu
Bell, Book & Camera Productions
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3 Replies
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I think you are right on. My experience indiates that 7 mbps is the upper limit before you start running into DVD compatibility issues.
I recently found out that The National Film Board of Canada uses 2 Pass VBR 5.5 becaue they are most concerned about compatibility with the greatest amount of DVD players. Anywhere in that range should provide an excellent result. -
Replicated or duplicated? Replicated means a pressing, duplicated means a burning.
The reason I’m asking is because replicated disks are virtually 100% compatible but are expensive to make in small quantities. A burned double-layer disk is much more problematic. In my experience and based on many reviews I think the consensus is that the only game in town for reliable double-layer playback is to use only Verbatim DVD+R DL blanks. Both the silver (uncoated) and the matte white topped disks work well.
The disks are expensive but seriously are the only bulletproof solution in many discussion groups.
With a really good MPEG2 encoder you could probably get away with putting everything on a single-layer disk. With 1GB of extra material you’d probably be encoding your video at about 4.9Mb/sec which is possible with first-class encoders. I am not familiar with the Adobe products. I personally edit in Vegas, encode with CinemaCraft, and author with DVDLabPro.
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The dvd’s will be replicated. I am going to have a limited edition of the film pressed. I am leaning towards the dvd-9 so that the quality will be there as well as space for some bonus footage (plus subtitles).
Right now, the film is on a single layer disk—but I have only about 500 mega-bytes left–not enough for a half-hour or so of bonus material.
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