[Jeff Pulera]

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Sorry that I did not see this thread when it first came out! All AVCHD cameras break up long recordings into smaller segments because of file size limitation of FAT file system used to format SD cards. This is normal procedure.

If you’re having “gaps” between the clips when importing to CS6, you’re not using the correct workflow.

Create a new folder on your computer hard drive, then copy ENTIRE contents of the SD card straight over to that folder. All folders intact, do not modify or exclude anything, it is all needed.

Next, in Premiere, import using the “Media Browser” and not the standard “File > Import” dialog. With Media Browser, it recognizes when several “spanned” clips are part of one long recording and it actually import the spanned clips as a SINGLE long clip in Premiere with no gaps/glitches.

Try it

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Joe,

Using a bitrate calculator, a 2-hour video should be encoded at 4.5 and VBR would provide a better result, for example 2.5 – 4.5 – 7 for low, avg, max.

Be careful with motion menus, they can use a lot of space if not careful. You might limit the animated buttons to 30 seconds if you must have them.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Johnny,

From another thread, I believe you are using Vegas to encode, correct? What options do you have for Blu-ray, is there a “DVD Architect Blu-ray” preset available? Can you post your encoding settings? Maybe bitrate is too high, could be many things. As for audio and video being different lengths in Encore, that is a common issue because of bringing in a “muxed” file, meaning audio and video together. For Blu-ray, you should have .mv4 video and .wav audio (or .ac3 audio) as separate files.

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[Jeff Pulera]

I know this post is months old, but feel it needs a response.

Each camera vendor may use their own variations of AVCHD (or other) recording formats. It is NOT standardized and there should be no expectation that a Panasonic camera will play a card from a JVC, or a Canon camera to play a Sony card. For that matter, one Sony camera may not play a card from another Sony, as file formats and bit rates and such can change between models and the “playback” camera may not recognize certain files on the card.

That said – why do you even need to play from a camera? The standard workflow is to copy the SD card to a computer hard drive and edit in an NLE program such as Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas. And from there, export to a “standard” format such as .mp4 that can be played on pretty much any computer, tablet, etc., or can be exported as MPEG-2 and burned to DVD, or whatever. But the “raw” clips on the card should not be relied on for general playback.

Thank you

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[Jeff Pulera]

For Blu-ray, choose a BLU-RAY preset then. While you can use MPEG-2, my preference would be to look at Blu-ray presets under the H.264 format, as H.264 is a newer, more efficient codec.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Johnny,

For Encore, or any DVD authoring program, you will want to use a “DVD Architect NTSC” preset, standard or widescreen depending on your source. Encore prefers separate video and audio files, not a multiplexed file, so there should also be settings for that within the encoding panel. Maybe you can open the DVD Architect preset and then post the settings panel and we can look that over for you.

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[Jeff Pulera]

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[Jeff Pulera]

1) You can test how the DVD looks as progressive if you want. I sometimes do that, but not with Adobe, it’s a very involved 3rd-party workflow that I utilize.

2) As discussed earlier, don’t change the field order – change DVD encode setting to UPPER field to match the 1080i source.

3) Software DVD players will have different methods/options of deinterlacing, results may vary

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Alberto,

While NTSC DVDs are normally lower field, it is fine to choose UPPER for the DVD encode to avoid flipping the field order.

If making files for VLC, then you might wish to just make a second encode using H.264 and Progressive for computer playback – computer displays do not handle interlaced video well and you will get better results if you just make a progressive file for that purpose. And then it could also be HD rather than SD (DVD) quality.

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Jeff Pulera
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