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converting project to DV – best format
Hi:
I have an hdv project with video captured from my camera in hdv format – I captured from premiere using HDV format and it imported the files as mpeg. There was no option under HDV for other formats.
I also have some footage from a hard drive which was attached to my camera and that footage is in m2t format. So my project has these two formats.
I am wondering if I need to do any further work before outputing the final product. I have heard that mpeg is a compressed format and I’m not sure if I’m going to get the best quality.
What settings would be recommended when saving this file for DVD?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I’m fairly new to this and want to make sure I get it right 🙂
Lillian
Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
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3 Replies
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You are on the right track. Typically, you want to edit in a project with settings that match your footage – HDV in your case.
When you are ready to export to DVD, use one of the Premiere DVD export presets (high, medium, or low quality, depending on the length of your show. If it is under an hour, use high quality). Be sure that 16×9 is selected (It should be, since it typically matches the aspect ratio of the project, which is always 16×9 for HDV). This sets a flag on the DVD that will allow full screen playback on widescreen TVs, and letterboxed playback on 4×3 TVs (The DVD player adds the letterboxing).
Obviously, your DVD is going to be standard def (unless you happen to have a Blu-Ray burner).
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Thank you! So it doesn’t matter if I have the two formats? MPEG and m2t? I don’t have to worry about that? If that’s the case, that’s a relief 🙂
Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada -
HDV-MPEG and M2T are both MPEG2 formats – basically the same thing.
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