DVD quality settings

[Mike Kujbida]

I’ve put up to 2 hr. on a DVD.
Anything longer than 70 min. generally requires that you use a bitrate calculator to manually adjust the settings when rendering an MPEG file from Vegas.
You also have the option of rendering to AVI and letting DVD Architect do it for you.
The first way will result in better quality though so it’s the recommended method.

[Odd Magne nilsen]

This is a short trial of the type of filming, don’t look on sound and lack of tripod. Also pan/crop by Vegas in the beginning.

https://workingkelpie.net/aussie/bobby%20og%20spot.wmv

DVD will be of good quality. 2-pass rendering(?) From your experiece, should 90 minutes do well as a guess?

HDV capture from Canon HV20.

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi

90 minutes should give you a good DVD in SD. I’m not working with HD so can’t tell you there. Like Mike mentioned above at 2 hours you’re going to need to use a calculator. I put 2’05” on a DVD once with only some minor loss of quality at the very end. It’s been selling for years and never got one returned, but that was really stretching it! 😉

Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
http://www.asxvideo.com
NEW DVD – Europe, Trains-n-Trams

[Mike Kujbida]

If that was indeed hand-held, that was very nicely done.

Yes, 2 pass would be a good way to go.
Assuming this is being rendered to standard DVD and not Blu-Ray, the bitrate calculator I use (note: link is to a zipped file) gives the following numbers for a 90 min. video using AC-3 audio at 192 Kb/s :

CBR: 6,168,000
VBR: 7,712,000 / 6,168,000 / 3,696,000

This should give you a good quality DVD as the source material looks very clean.

I’ve made the following adjustments to this calculator.
Safety Margin (on main page) set to 5%;
1 kilobit = 1024 bits (click Settings on main page to access this option).

[Terry Esslinger]

That is so cool watching a good sheep dog work. Right up there with watching a good cow horse – amazing animals.

[Odd Magne nilsen]

Mr. Bobby Dalziel & Spot, Scotland Champion 2004.

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[Odd Magne nilsen]

For Blue-ray, should I use 10 or 16 Mbps?

1440×1080 or 1920×1080?

Camcorder is Canon HV20, HDV.

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