What mode should I shoot in for Blue-Ray?

Jeff Bellune
January 20, 2009 at 12:29 pm

For an ESPN SportsCenter look, shoot in HDV HD-60P and pair it with the 1280x720x59.94p settings.

For a look more like film, shoot in HDV HD-24P and pair it with the 1280x720x24p, 23.976p settings.

Those suggestions are a good place to start, but don’t stop there; shoot some footage and author it to a BD-RE disc and judge for yourself. (BD-RE prevents making expensive coasters) See what looks the best for your situation, and what works the best in your workflow.

-Jeff

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Joe Bandy
January 26, 2009 at 6:35 am

Thanks for the help. I would opt to shoot in 1280×720 59.94p just to have more frames than less.
I’m worried though because I’m currently using Matrox hardware and I read a post yesterday which stated that due to a glitch in the hardware my system will encode 59.95 fps instead of 59.94 fps. I haven’t tested it out yet but I should know tomorrow.

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