Eric Pautsch
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A direct to DVD recorder.
Once its done recording you’d pop out the DVD and take it over to your authoring system. Use MPEG StreamClip to demux the MPEG 2 stream and audio you just recorded and import that into your authoring tool.
Now this is the fastest and fastest is not always best. But 4 mins? Thats wishfull thinking 🙂
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You should have outsourced the subtitling and done the authoring in house 🙂
Like bouke said, Subtitling is its own thing so there’s not a whole lot advice other than it takes time to get right….
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Authoring isn’t the issue, it’s the encoding. What I would do it hook you camera to set top recorder. Record and when your done, either use that or demux the mpeg stream with mpeg stream clip and drag this onto you authoring station
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What does several failed burn attempts mean exactly?
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Another option Daneeta would be those Western Digital Media Players. They play every file format under the sun with HDMI outputs.
Every theatre house should have one regardless for festivals
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There are tons of free tools and guides out there….look around and you will find lots of resources.
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You’ll get better answers over at videohelp.com
I would use AVS. Find the right .mts stream and convert
https://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx
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Yes….the max setting is fine. Throw away the jvc discs and try another batch. Have you tested on more than one player?
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Right but it helps to know the exact settings. Look in the inspector for Compressor. Keep the peak setting under 8 if you can
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Your issue could have alot to do with the down conversions you are getting. (ie: the conversion from HD to SD). Many people use Compressor for this FIRST and some export directly out of a 1080i timeline to Encode. I use tools called AVIsynth and Virtual Dub with some custom scripts when doing down and cross conversion. There are many tools which do down conversion and some are better than others. Ive always heard compressor is good but I cant say for sure since Ive never used it for that.
Here are some basic steps:
1. MOST DVDs are 720×480 (NTSC) 576×480 (PAL). Basically you need to take whatever frame size you’re shooting/editing with and convert it to this first. This is where Compressor comes in. Export out of Compressor an uncompressed or lossless 720×480 16×9 anamorphic QT. This is the down conversion step.
2. Now that you have a down converted 720×480 16×9 anamorphic QT, you need to find out what bitrate you need to use for your disc. this is where a bitbudget Calculator comes in.
https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
It will tell you what bitrate is best based on the RT of your piece. Forget the file size because it does not matter… Only runtime. Remember encoding parameters are explained in mb per SECOND (as in time). So if your piece is 10 secs long and your bitrtae is 6mb/s, then your final encoded MPEG 2 file will be 60 mb— 6×10=60
3. Now you can Encode with the correct bitrate. Also be sure to use AC3 audio. It takes of less bandwidth than uncompressed audio (.192 vs 1.5 mb/sec- roughly)
4. Bring your MPEG 2 into DVDSP and your done
There should be a sticky on this forum since Ive seen this same question weekly for the past 8 years or so. DVD authoring and encoding is super simple once you know the correct steps and which tools do the best job for you.