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How do I then replace the intermediate file with the original AVCHD files when I am ready to render the final MPEG?

Mike.

This is exactly how GearShift and “Exchange Media” in Ultimate S Pro function. It replaces proxies with original media. Both GearShift and Ultimate S Pro allow you to do your rough cuts of the AVCHD media, so you’re converting less content, saving time and HDD space.

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Open an HDV (1440 x 1080) 60i timeline, edit.
Tools | Burn Disc | Burn Blu-ray Disc.
Done

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It used to be that youtube didn’t reencode everything, now they do. “YouTube for Dummies” (technically edited by me) also says that YouTube doesn’t reencode Flash if it meets their standards. But…now they do.

BTW, FWIW, if the video has high motion, I recommend using MP4 for the encode source, not the mythical WMV that is so often tossed into the discussion. If it has high color and is an interlaced source, then WMV is marginally better. We tested (and demonstrate) this heavily for the “Video For The Web” DVD that we produced last fall.

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Even if you upload Flash, it’s reencoded.

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AVI is a wrapper. Think of it as a paper bag that contains video. It can contain all sorts of codecs, most lossy, some lossless. If it’s DV, it’s lossy.
Import your AVCHD or HDI format to a 1440 x 1080 (HDV) timeline, edit, then output to an NTSC Widescreen template, checking the “Do Not Letterbox” option in the render dialog. You’ll be thrilled with the quality. And you won’t be transcoding colorspaces like you are by going to DV first.

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No other ideas, I’m afraid. I don’t own a Panasonic BD player, but these work fine on my Sony and Samsung players.
Perhaps change media? Drive to Best Buy and see if they play in the Sony, Samsung, LG players?

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the rendering for multiple audio tracks is done in Vegas.
The selectability of those tracks is set up in DVD Architect or other authoring application.
Render your audio tracks as separate AC3 file tracks in Vegas, then use the Secondary Audio selections in DVD A to set up your audio selections.

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1-Put a regular DVD 5/9 in your standard DVD burner.
2-Edit your project in Vegas using an HD template
3-Tools | Burn Disc | Blu-ray disc
4-Burn
5-Put this disc in your Panasonic BD player and enjoy your video in high def from a standard DVD 5/9

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but also has a button for launching an application (resident on the DVD) and a button triggering a website. Is this possible?
With some custom code, launching an app should be doable (never have tried), but triggering an external website may not.
This is a job for Director.

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Start with an HD timeline, not a DVD NTSC timeline. Which camera are you shooting with? 1440 or 1920 vertical? Then downconvert this to SD widescreen. Use Nested timelines vs rendering to AVI (and losing a LOT of quality in the process).

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