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First try at 1 hr video and DVD quality rendering help
I have had Premiere pro 1.5 for about a month and my whole video editing career has been totally self taught. I usually do 5-10 minute teaser-like videos for model aircraft events, but I just finished editing my first 1 hr video. It is also my first video to be put to TV, not internet. My problem now is that I do not understand how to get this file into a DVD quality render without making it 12+ gigs.
Questions:
-How do I make a DVD quality render that is small enough to put on a DVD
-How many gigs do DVDs go up to?
-(sorry, but this is one of the only things I could relate to) How do the porno guys can use my same camera (Canon XL2) and make 4+hour videos with extras fit on a DVD and be high quality?
-I shot this footage in widescreen, though a lot of my audience have standard scree TVs. How do I put the bars on the video to make it where the footage can be viewed on all TVs.
-I have been thinking about getting Divx or Xvid to help compress it…would that we worth it for the DVD render?I am sorry if this sounds elementary, but I am a bit pressed for time and new at this program. It would be great if you could help me out or point me towards other places/forums I could find info.
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[chixwithtrix] -How do I make a DVD quality render that is small enough to put on a DVD
You can use the Adobe Media Encoder inside PPro to make an MPEG2 for DVD. I don’t know a good scale to give you numbers off hand about what quality level you need to be at to fit one hour on a DVD. I believe I have done that a few times with a typical bitrate VBR encoding.
-How many gigs do DVDs go up to?
4.7G for single layer, and over 9 for dual layer.
-(sorry, but this is one of the only things I could relate to) How do the porno guys can use my same camera (Canon XL2) and make 4+hour videos with extras fit on a DVD and be high quality?
A lot of people are aware that there are 4+ hour porno DVDs out there…but how do you know they’re good quality?? : )
-I shot this footage in widescreen, though a lot of my audience have standard scree TVs. How do I put the bars on the video to make it where the footage can be viewed on all TVs.
When you create your DVD you can make it a 16X9 DVD which will then rely on the DVD player to force it into letterbox on 4:3 TVs. That is the default setting for most DVD players, but I have seen a few that stretched the image. Your other option is to make a 4:3 DVD and force the letterbox that way.
-I have been thinking about getting Divx or Xvid to help compress it…would that we worth it for the DVD render?”
I don’t know anything about those two. Using PPro or Encore for your encoding should be no problem and you should be able to fit it on one disc with ease.
You may want to post your questions in the DVD Authoring forum on this site. Those guys can give you more precise answers on some of this.
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thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. It clears up a lot of the problems I was having.
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