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Rendering options for HDV in Vegas Platinum 9
Hi,
I’m using Sony vegas Platinum 9.
I am using both SD and HD footage in the same project. I have also mixed 25fps in with 50fps HDV. Hoping that is ok?
First time i’ve edited using hdv video.My final output will be to dvd (perhaps blu-ray in the future).
My first job was to back up the short film i’ve made in a lossless format so i can re-edit (should my PC crash and i lose any files).
I went with the usual windows avi option. My options for a template then are:hdv 1080-50i YUV…i opted for this first and got a 18GB file for 3 min video. That seems incredibly large. Is it because i am upgrading SD? Is that a sensible option?
Pal DV…i then tried this and got a 1gb file. Much better. But am i now downgrading my hdv video to SD though?
Now for saving in a format i can take to dvd.
I select the usual mpeg2 option and now have 2 obvious templates to choose from.
Hdv 1080-50i– Is this necessary if i’m making a standard dvd?
Pal dvd – Am i unnecessarily downgrading my hdv footage with this option.
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> hdv 1080-50i YUV…i opted for this first and got a 18GB file for 3 min video. That seems incredibly large. Is it because i am upgrading SD? Is that a sensible option?
Sony YUV is near lossless HD and is huge as you have seen. It’s a great format to archive to but you need the disc space.
> Pal DV…i then tried this and got a 1gb file. Much better. But am i now downgrading my hdv video to SD though?
Correct. You don’t want to archive HD footage to SD. Not a good idea. I would just archive the original footage and loose nothing.
> Hdv 1080-50i- Is this necessary if i’m making a standard dvd?
Nope. This is not compatible with DVD’s which are SD only.
> Pal dvd – Am i unnecessarily downgrading my hdv footage with this option.
If you are making PAL DVD’s there is no way to avoid downgrading the HDV footage. DVD’s are only SD. This is our best option for output until you start burning Blu-ray discs.
~jr
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Thanks for your reply John.
It seems if i want to archive this for a future blu-ray option i’m going to need a 1tb hard drive.
Not sure why the YUV file is so big when my original uploaded footage (m2t files) is showing around 12gb for an hour of hdv.I will always keep the original files on tape but i’d like to be able to store the project without relying on the YUV option.
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The Sony YUV files are larger because they use less compression and store more color information per pixel. If your original footage is HDV then I would archive to HDV (m2t files). Using Sony YUV would be a waste since you aren’t going to get any better quality then the original HDV footage had anyway so archiving to HDV should be fine.
~jr
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Thanks.
I don’t have a specific HDV option when saving under windoes avi.
I have a ‘default template (umcompressed)’ which i assume is the the one to choose. The listed HDV options are all YUV based.For future reference…if saving to Standard definition, is there much difference between Pal DV and Pal SD YUV?
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