AVCHD in CS4…

[Ann Bens]

That was quick. 🙂

[Cal Johnson]

Hi Ann, thanks for checking in. What I’m trying to do is take AVCHD footage and edit it on my PC using Premiere CS4 (which I’ve been able to do no problem) and then output it as an MPEG2 video on a DVD at 1920×1080. I’ve finally figured out how to get my output/export settings to match my sequence settings, and rendered out a Quicktime file using the animation codec. I then used Sorenson Squeeze to create the MPEG2 file, and burned that to DVD using Windows Movie maker. Odd thing is that I get slight letter boxing when I watch the DVD on my TV. I haven’t worked with a lot of HD footage, just some HDV stuff that got compressed to the web. All these formats and trying to guess which will work is wearing me down, but I guess that’s the biz these days!

Cal

[Jeff Brown]

If you are making a video-DVD, the proper (i.e., only allowable) resolution in NTSC-land is 720×480 (1.2 Pixel Aspect Ratio for 16:9, 0.9 P.A.R. for 4:3). Perhaps WMM resized it for you. Or, if you are doing a “vanilla” MPEG playback somehow (a clever DVD player, perhaps), then you can be non-standard.

-jeff

[John Rich]

Carl,
Since you have PRemiere PRo cs4, why don’t you try this tutorial by Jeff Bellune to make your downscaling to use your 1920×1080 60i footage for a SD DVD.

https://bellunevideo.com/tutorials/CS4_HD2SD/CS4_HD2SD.html

John Rich

JOHNR

[Cal Johnson]

Thanks guys, but I’m not trying to make a 720×480 DVD… hehe.. done that a thousand times. It just needed to be an MPEG2 file that is 1920×1080, and using the latest version of Squeeze I was able to do it no problem.. no letter boxing and played just fine. Thanks anyways!

Cal