best render settings for HDV footage to DVD

Mike Kujbida
June 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm

My new HD cameras shoot at that resolution.
All I do is set my project to DV widescreen, drop the footage on it, edit and render.
The settings are determined by the length of the program.
If it’s 70 min. or less, I use a custom CBR of 8,000,000.
Anything longer is a 2-pass custom VBR with the settings determined by a bitrate calculator.
My favourite (and I’ve discussed it on numerous times) is the one found at https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip
Doug Kereszturi
June 22, 2012 at 2:49 pm

Thanks,

Should it be project stream or dvd architect stream?

This particular project is around 5 minutes long
Mike Kujbida
June 22, 2012 at 2:54 pm

Use the default Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro option.
The video should look like this. BTW, that’s 8,000.000 in the highlighted box.
Imre vincent Devilleres
June 23, 2012 at 1:47 am

Sir Mike, I have downloaded your BitrateCalc. Do you have a tutorial re this in Youtube? Thanks.
Mike Kujbida
June 23, 2012 at 2:31 am

[Imre Vincent Devilleres] “Sir Mike, I have downloaded your BitrateCalc. Do you have a tutorial re this in Youtube? Thanks.”

There’s no tutorial that I know of but I do get into the various options in the HDV to SD-DVD render looks too soft thread

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