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How to export HDV to DVD ? Exporting mpeg2 to mpeg2 is extremely slow..
Hello!
I’ve edited an HDV wedding video in Premiere Pro CS4. It’s the first time I edit HDV. It is 1h30min long and it took me A LOT of patience editing it, I used many effects… I kept the original mpeg2 files from the capture(4 tapes) without transcoding them (1440×1080 (1.3333) 25fps PAL). I don’t have a very powerful pc (xp, intel core duo @1,73gHz and 2Gb of ram) but it is quite stable and I hoped it would eventually take it.
Now I’ve been trying to export it to a series of mpeg2 hd files, in order to eventually put them on a dvd (i don’t need a super high quality video but however it should look good and clean on a plasma tv). Of course, it renders as slow as hell, 30 seconds/hour or even less, i exported a few 5 min pieces and it’s true that they look very good, but i can’t afford to do this in this rhythm, and they’re quite big files also (600 Mb for 5 min). Someone told me i should try export it as an avi file (though i thought mpeg2 to mpeg2 is the happiest way) but i dont know if i have to move it to an SD sequence in order to do that, or if turning it to SD is the best thing to do.
So my question is what would be the best way to export this movie to dvd in a decent time(on this computer)? knowing that sending it directly to Encore is out of the question, it wouldn’t move an inch. I have 3 days.
Please help!
Thanks!
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You mentioned a lot of effects, and that will add to the render time no matter what export settings you use.
The other problem is that you are dowconverting, and that usually means checking that little “maximum quality” box. You could leave it unchecked, that will improve render time, but your resulting DVD won’t be nearly as good.
If you used a bit rate calculator to find out your export settings (Mpeg2 DVD), then you should be able drop the resulting files into Encore and build right away.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Hi! Thank you.
What if the edited clips are not all in the same sequence? I couldn’t export directly through encore in this case, could I? The sequences have the same settings it’s just that the audio mixer levels are different.
What would be the way to do it if not directly to encore? should i paste everything into a DV PAL widescreen sequence and use UpRez to adapt the frame size? Or can i just export the hdv sequences to mpeg2 sd, and if so, i think there’s a ratio difference between the 1.33 of 1440×1080 and the 1.25 of 720×576 that would leave me with a black bar at the bottom of the screen…
Thank you very much!
Zara
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sorry, reading your answer again, i get that you were saying i should export it to mpeg2 dvd and then put them in encore. but i keep my question on the hdv/sd sequences and the ratio difference…
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The problem here is lots of effects and a underpowered machine for CS4 with hdv material. What ever export settings you choose it will take a loooooooooong time.
Export directly from the timeline to mpeg2-dvd with default settings (VBR 1 pass). Import this file into Encore and author for dvd. -
thank you for replying!
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though I can’t find the ‘maximum quality’ option where it should be, the little button whith 4 lines and an arrow opens only to : ‘use previwe files’,’include source XMP metadata’, and ‘file info’… am i looking in the wrong place?
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In cs3/4 in a contextual menu on the middle right side in the media encoder settings.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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