Project Advice AVCHD & HDV

[John Rofrano]

[Mac McGinnis] “Any advise/recommendations in project settings, render settings, etc prior to starting the project? “

I would use project settings of HD 1080-60i (1920×1080, 29.970 fps) to accommodate the high resolution AVCHD. The HDV will fit nicely in that too. Then render to DVD as normal (i.e., MainConcept MPEG2, DVD Architect NTSC Widescreeen video stream template w/AC3 audio template)

~jr

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[Mac Mcginnis]

Thanks John.

One other question if I may. If I plan to make a DVD of the same footage in HD of a longer duration (lets say an hour) I’ll need to burn on bluray correct? If not on bluray, I’ll need to render at different settings to burn to a regular DVD?

[John Rofrano]

[Mac McGinnis] “If I plan to make a DVD of the same footage in HD of a longer duration (lets say an hour) I’ll need to burn on bluray correct? If not on bluray, I’ll need to render at different settings to burn to a regular DVD?”

Yes, you want to use Blu-ray discs for burning any HD regardless of length. Burning HD to DVD is not “officially” supported and only plays back on some Blu-ray players so it’s risky business. That was done at a time when burners cost $600 and discs were $25 each so people used DVD media to save money. It makes no sense at all now that Blu-ray burners and under $100 and Blu-ray discs are around $1 each.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Mac Mcginnis]

In the event some of my customers do not have bluray players yet, what would be the best render settings for my project for a regular DVD? I’m running Vegas Pro 10e.

Again, thanks for your help and advice John.

[John Rofrano]

[Mac McGinnis] “In the event some of my customers do not have bluray players yet, what would be the best render settings for my project for a regular DVD? I’m running Vegas Pro 10e.”

I thought answered that in my first post but here is is again: Render to DVD using MainConcept MPEG2 with the DVD Architect NTSC Widescreeen video stream template for your video and then use the Dolby Digital AC3 Pro for the audio. If you give both files the same name, DVD Architect will know that they go together and treat them as one file.

You can also download the VASST Freeware plug-in DVD Prep and it will do both for you.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com

[Mac Mcginnis]

Sorry John. I think I understand now. Unless I’m going to burn to Bluray I can use the settings you mentioned whether it’s a 12 minute dvd or an hour.

[John Rofrano]

[Mac McGinnis] “I think I understand now. Unless I’m going to burn to Bluray I can use the settings you mentioned whether it’s a 12 minute dvd or an hour.”

Yes, exactly. You can get about 1 hr 20 minutes on an SD DVD without having to lower the bit-rate.

~jr

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http://www.vasst.com