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VHS to Blu-Ray H264 1080i or Mpeg2?
I’m capturing VHS via the Canopus advc 300 in the dv codec. Each 2-3 hour tape needs to go on it’s own blu ray disc. Would you recommend transcoding to Mpeg2 blu ray or h264 blu ray in 1080i?
I’ve done a couple with the Mpeg2 setting at “high quality” and the file size is rather small (only about 5-6gb on a 25 gb disc) as the default bitrate is set at 5.
Should I stick with Mpeg2 and manually bump the bitrate up to 10 or even 15, or should I just use h264 1080i with a target bitrate of about 25?
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5 Replies
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Why are you encoding a SD VHS tape in to a HD format, just burn as a dvd.
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The customer requested Blu-Ray.
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Stick to mpeg2-dvd for DVD.
You could advice the customer that VHS in HD resolution will never look good.
You can burn mpeg2-dvd to BD if you need the disk space.———————————————–
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My options are:
1) Export in standard Mpeg2 DVD settings (CBR or 2 pass with a target bitrate of 6) and burn to blu ray.
2) Export Mpeg2 Blu-Ray high quality and manually bump up the bitrate to 10 or 15 (although I’m a bit concerned this setting could choke out the customers Blu Ray player).
3) Export H264 Blu-Ray 1080i.
Disc space is not an issue as only 2-3 hours of footage are going on each Blu-Ray disc, and I want the finished product to look as good as possible (for VHS).
I suppose I could try all 3 and see which looks best, but the encode times would be tremendous.
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Option 1, you could up the bitrate to 7.
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