[Chris Evans]

Thanks again both. Exactly the pointers I needed.

[Chris Evans]

Anyone help with any pointers?

[Chris Evans]

Fantastic. That’s all good to know and very clear. Thank you.

I am on the right track it seems.

[Chris Evans]

Heres the results from Media Info on the source files. Like I say, want to know best settings for the Vegas Project and then best way to render out to Bluray.

And, am I better in the future using the 1080/ 50p (28Mbps / VBR) mode on the camera? And if so, what project and render settings should I use then? And, would it make a big difference?

Thanks again.

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : E:\My Videos\Sony Vegas Projects\HD_2\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00002.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 21.9 MiB
Duration : 10s 551ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 17.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 10s 480ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 16.4 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.8 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.315
Stream size : 20.4 MiB (93%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 10s 560ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -80ms
Stream size : 495 KiB (2%)

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 10s 16ms
Delay relative to video : -80ms

[Chris Evans]

Thanks.

I am still quite green to all of this, but getting there slowly. I find myself getting confused between fps and interlaced/progressive. I have a Panaxonic X900 camera and I have been shooting in the (1920 x 1080) / HA (17Mbps / VBR) mode so far, but have 1080/ 50p (28Mbps / VBR) available as an option.

Can I just post the text results from Media Info of the original clips here and could you have a look to see how I should have set up the project for best results? And also, if the same render suggestions you made still apply?

I will post the media info results in the next reply to this thread.

[Chris Evans]

I did that, well I rendered as AVC and burnt the file directly to DVD. It works fine, along with the 5.1

But, I also did a test render to Mp4 (with stereo) and the video quality seems much better to my eyes.

I guess that’s the best option?

Coming from AVCHD format is my best bet for highest quality to get a bluray burner?

[Chris Evans]

Mmmmm. Ok, so render the video to a bluray format in vegas and render the 5.1 audio separately. Name the files the same and use DVDA to create a blu ray ISO, then burn the ISO to a DVDR and try that?

Like you say, keeping under the limits for the DVDR?

Sounds like a plan if that will work.

Will a blu ray player have the same chance of playing the above as an AVCHD DVDR?

[Chris Evans]

Thanks John.

I appreciate a blu ray burner would be the best solution, but is there any way I can do the same but burn to DVD? I realise that not all blu ray players will play them, but they have been ok so far on the players I have tried.

When I get a bit of money will go down the blu ray route.

[Chris Evans]

Anyone able to give me any pointers? I am sure it’s there, I just can’t figure it out!

[Chris Evans]

Will these Verbatim be ok…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005N2ILGU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

A lot more expensive in the UK is seems!

I just read that there can be some problems with LTH discs?