Alex Alexzander
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Maybe try removing the “Stop capture if a bad frame is detected”. Couldn’t hurt to try that.
As for a mixed HDV and SD content project going to SD DVD; Go to the format tab in the project window, and switch from 1080 to 30i. Next go back to the bin and sorting by format. Find all the HDV content. Highlight those clips, and transcode to a 30i format of your choice. DV50 ought to do nicely.
While those clips are still highlighted, select Re-link. The option should be available resolutions in the 30i project, such as your DV50. Select that, and the clips in the timeline should be re-linked from HDV to DV50. Now Send to Sorenson.
The nice thing about this is, if you change the project back to 1080 in the format, you can re-link it back exactly the way it was. Try a few tests before doing this if it’s your first time.
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Hi Leo,
Basically, the DVD-R is the official format of the DVD-Forum. That is to say, it is official, and of course was first. Many DVD players, older ones, have to have a bit-set which states the DVD is a DVD-ROM.
DVD+R is a competing format, which came out after. It is not the official format for DVD writable media. And in fact, many players refused to play DVD+R media unless the burning application could bit-set the DVD+R media as DVD-R. Some hardware players are able to bit-set these DVD+R discs, and some cannot, which adds even more to the confusion.
The bottom line is this. If your recorder supports bit-setting, then many will tel you that DVD+R is the better format, and even more compatible than DVD-R is. But if your player doesn’t set this bit, it makes DVD+R very incompatible. So much so that for myself, I use DVD+R for data only, and -R for anything I am going to give to a client.
Just when you think the issue is a clean as I have described, another bit of experience floated into this mess. DVD+R was the first to offer Double Layer media. And at this point, you’re more likely to have compatible success with your client if you provide DVD+R DL media for double Layer one-offs to clients. Also referred to as DVD-9s, though DVD-9 is the correct term for a manufactured single-sided double layer DVD, and “Double-Layer” is the correct term for a burned media, burned from a recorder.
Relatively recently, the DVD-R camp finally released DVD-R DL. This is a somewhat new development, and so far, I don’t personally know anyone using it.
So in general, here is what I do:
For DVD-5 VIDEO_TS burned and playable one-offs, I used DVD-R media. For data, I prefer to use DVD-R, but will use +R just the same. For Double-Layer one-offs, I insist on Verbatim DVD+R DL media.
Lastly, DVD+R DL media burned at 2.4 can take about 35 minutes to burn, and honestly, it’s a step back into the old days, meaning, I don’t have the solid success rate with DVD+R DL media that I enjoy with DVD-R single layer media. I’d say at least 10% of the time, I get a bad burn with Double Layer, and I have to start over.
Honestly, I am not a fan for the format, and hope the new BD burners do much better.
-Alex
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As I said, Mojo or an update to the Avid 5.x series. That should be a $49 upgrade or free. Not sure for you.
Others will chime in I am sure.
-Alex
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Pretty sure you need a Mojo with that version of Avid to go back out to tape with 24p. Or you upgrade to 5.2.4 / 5.6.2 and either of those should work without a mojo.
-Alex
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Try a test of say five minutes from the same timeline, reverse the fields, and burn the DVD with nothing else, and see if it goes away. Will take just a few minutes, and might solve your issue.
-Alex
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Those scanners actually scan a barcode into anything. I have scanned a barcode right into a text document, or excel. You can make up your simple database in Access or FileMaker Pro, and then simply use the scanner as a means of entry into the field you define as the barcode field.
-Alex
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Two things to check:
1. When you encode the sequence in your encoder, are you changing the default 4:3 properties of the encoder to 16:9?
2. In your authoring application, are you defining the footage as 16:9?
A little more detail on the DVD authoring application would help. If using Avid DVD, click on the Movie asset, and in its property, you should find a setting which states the aspect ratio. Make sure that is set to 16:9.
-Alex
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check or change the field order and try again. See if the problem goes away.
-Alex