[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Rebecca,

I’ve actually never had good luck with the 1080i to DVD workflow within Adobe and feel that I have tried every different thing I could think of, and also tried what others suggested.

I did finally have success using FREE third-party solutions with exceptional results. While it adds some time and complexity to the process, completely worth it to me. I’m making progressive DVDs from 1080i sources and played on a Blu-ray player to a 60″ Plasma, looks like HD to me, just beautiful results! And this is on a 2.5-hour dance program, squeezed onto a 4.7GB disc.

Note that I edit with Premiere and still use Encore to author, however converting the HD video to MPEG-2 DVD uses other software.

You can contact me at jeffp at sharbor dot com for more info

EDIT: this is for PC only

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Computer specs? Premiere version?

What video source, for instance “1080p30 AVCHD”.

What Sequence Setting used?

Any effects/filters applied?

Export Settings? A screen shot of export panel settings is VERY helpful.

A 3-minute video should at most take several minutes to encode. UNLESS the computer is very old, complex effects applied, etc. but we know NOTHING of your workflow, so where to begin??

Recent similar postings have had issues such as 10-yr-old computer, or having Lens Correction effect applied to entire video (very time-consuming render).

Help us to help you

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

If you edit all footage together in a 25p Sequence, and then export to “MPEG-2 DVD” using the “PAL DV Widescreen Progressive” preset, that should do it for you in one step.

H.264 is a lossy codec (highly compressed), so I would not be using that as an intermediate.

You do NOT want “Frame Blending” enabled, as that will cause visual issues.

Thank you

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Uncompressed IS the best quality…but not if the source is already compressed. If you’re creating some kind of After Effects creation for broadcast, by all means one can use uncompressed. Think short works like commercials, or special effects segments that are going to see further compositing/layering, then “lossless” would be the way to go.

I’ve been editing NLE since the late 90s and have never used uncompressed. Just high-quality .avi codecs and results are fine for my needs (corporate, wedding, events).

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

“the 5 minute video was 40gb. What is the difference between uncompressed and compressed?

Short answer: about 38GB 😉

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbGQBT2Vwvc
Also, search the web for “video compression” for more tutorials.

Camcorder formats are very highly compressed, so there is nothing to gain by exporting as uncompressed – it balloons the file size but does not improve quality, since so much data was thrown out with the original compression does not come back.

Here’s a link to an article I did about some of the different compressed .avi codecs that you can install on your PC – https://blog.sharbor.com/blog/2014/06/mezzanine-codec-options-for-pc-video-editors/

A good .avi codec with 4:2:2 color and intra-frame compression will pretty faithfully retain image quality for creating a “master file” of your edited work, for archiving or from which to export other formats later such as YouTube video.

You don’t want to “Master” to something like H.264 because the compression is so much higher, too much quality loss. That is for delivery where you really need to shrink the file size.

Hope this helps

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I work on PC with Premiere CS6, and MXO2 provides capture and playback (monitoring) from Premiere. Yes, it is capable of doing hardware scaling, but that is DURING capture or playback. It does not perform these duties within any software (exporting HD timeline video to SD format).

I searched for the HD to DVD with Compressor and find so many differing opinions…confusing as I don’t use Mac. I think part of the workflow may have been that you don’t export directly from HD to MPEG-2 DVD, rather you might export to an SD QuickTime file first, but I have no doubt there are specific settings needed for optimum results.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I’m an MXO2 Mini user and that is not what you need. You just need the correct workflow with the existing software. Not a Mac user, but in the past had seen others suggest the “right way” to get a good DVD from an HD video source using Compressor. Will search and see what I can find. It is possible 😉

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Paul,

It’s been a few years since I ripped a DVD with MPEG Streamclip, but I believe it can be configured to pull the original .m2v and .ac3 assets back out which should be “lossless” versus doing a transcode to something else.

I had used that method when DVD menus needing changing and the original video was no longer available – pulled out the original parts and re-authored again with those assets.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Arlin,

What is the length of the video? That will determine the bitrate. General rule of thumb is 560/minutes=bitrate, however most users choose not to exceed 7 or 8 max for compatibility with all players.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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