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Burning to DVD w/ de-interlaced clips??
Greetings,
I have been asked to burn a clients’ files to dvd for playback on a tv.
The Premier project files are 1080i60 (1920-pixels wide anamorphic) Hi-Def files.
They were originally intended for online streaming video (WMVs), so the clips were all de-interlaced.
Now he wants them backed-up onto dvd for some customers to play on their tvs.
Do I export as Uncompressed Microsoft AVI? Do I compress?? What conversion do I need to make to optimize the dvd?
*And* – Do I have to go back in and de-interlace every single clip in the files (there are a couple thousand total) or is there a way to interlace them all in a batch?
**Also** – Would I have to re-render everything after Interlacing (ie. de-de-interlacing)?
Advise & assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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3 Replies
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You would probably be better off with the interlaced clips, although if it was de-interlaced at the HD stage, the resolution loss will not matter much for SD.
As far as encoding, keep it progressive for your DVD export, and pick Mpeg2 DVD. Change settings to CBR 7.5 if under 1 hour, otherwise, use a bit rate calculator.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Hi, I exported the Premiere files to Mpeg-2 DVD, but for the life of me can’t figure how to burn that file onto DVD for playback on TV.
My DVD burning software programs do not have Mpeg-2 as a source option.
Do I need to convert the Mpeg-2 file to a different video file?
Will this degrade the quality?
I tried to burn the folder, and that won’t work either.
Do I need to save as an image disc? How do I do that?
Or is there a much simpler way for me to export Premiere project files for burning directly to DVD?
Any-and-all advise will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Dave,
Most of us will go to Adobe Encore, that way you need no further transcoding. Many other apps that support mpeg2 will still transcode before burning, thus losing quality.
I don’t know what you are using for burning, but you will need to find out what formats it supports.
If you do quite a bit of DVD exports or plan on doing so, my recommendation besides a copy of Encore, is buying TMPGEnc Authoring. This is an excellent application and it will set you back about a 100 dollars. You can then export uncompressed from Premiere and the app do the compression or use your existing mpeg2 files.
It also has many menu libraries you can add on which is quite cool if you don’t want to design your own.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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