http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » User Favorites: bizzy en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:32:12 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-72119 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:44:31 +0000 The_Jesus_Followa 72119@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>So didn't anybody give you an answer yet?</p> <p>1. You shouldn't try to put 1080p videos on a DVD to be played on a DVD player.</p> <p>2. You CAN though get a very nice quality converting it down to 720x480! That's real I tested it on a 46" TV and it looks nice! (if the video is 8mbps+).</p> <p>Now what you want to do is to edit your video in Sony Vegas anyway you want and you are going to render the video separated from the audio(which is very quick to render) and let them have the same name so that DVD Architect caches it automatically. How many minutes do you have? If it's less than 60 min don't worry about bit rate and size of rendered video.</p> <p>Render you video as "DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream" under MainConcept MPEG-2. Note that if you want the best quality you are going to have to make a new profile(scroll down and select Customize Template) and change the bitrate to Constant Bitrate and put 8,000,000 there. Also select "Best" for Video rendering quality under Project. Don't forget to save it with another name and make it your favorite). And render the audio as "Stereo DVD" under Dolby Digital AC-3 Studio. </p> <p>Then on DVD Architect go to import media and select your video, if your audio is on the same folder that the video is it is going to import the audio automatically. Good luck!</p> <p>Dude you don't need to switch to Vegas Pro just to do that. Try the trial first if you don't believe me. Vegas PRO is too professional for a non-professional user. I have Vegas Platinum HD Production Suite and I don't need anything else.</p> <p>I hope I've helped. Please tell us if you have found the answer!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-65753 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:51:13 +0000 cyborg1024 65753@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You can burn a full length film in near Blu-ray quality onto a dual layer DVD(AVCHD). Usually they hit around 7GB and will play on most blu-ray players. Also Roxio has a plugin for their suite that can play this format on the PC. These are compressed heavily taking a 40GB movie down to about 7GB, biggest reason do do so would be to save space if archiving your collection or to have a version you could play without scratching up the master disk.  Since the size is close to most DVD movies you can store a whole lot of them on a 2TB drive. One app that can do the conversion is Bluray2DVD although Im sure their are others.  Personally I dont do this much as I like to backup my std dvd's and mount the ISO's directly in media center.  Keeps my kids from scattering their movies on the floor and destroying them.  Anything that's in Blu-ray I prefer to keep maximum quality but if your after space savings this will work and can be done.  Also whats used to encode is likely the biggest factor on quality.  Anyways the quality is very good, certainly higher res than DVD.  Only problem with blu-ray images is their is no easy way to mount and play in media center and were in to automation so that even a nanny can do it.  Its awesome having your whole collection available at a click of a remote, if someone comes up with a good Blu-ray plugin for Media Center they could make a good bit of dough.  For some reason MS left this feature out, granted alot of people rip them into other formats to achieve this but to me the whole point of making an image is to be able to recreate the master disk if it gets damaged, extras and all.  Thats why I prefer a 1 to 1 mountable backup, but for Blu-ray this eats large disk drives for breakfast.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-63654 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:24:27 +0000 rory cooper 63654@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Something to take note of.</p> <p>If you are rendering out FULL HD clips that are not for mass distribution then have a look at full HD media players</p> <p>They cost the same as DVD players, no discs, no cutting, less hassles, many play MKV files.</p> <p>I use them for presentations, launches and events and are very convenient and reliable. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-62982 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:01:15 +0000 mailber350 62982@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> You can not burn anything more than 720 X 480 (SD for DVD) onto a standard video DVD. I f you would like to get the absolute DVD from AVCHD video from camcorder, you have to choose HD DVD or Blu-ray. If you just want to burn AVCHD video recording to DVD, you can convert AVCHD to AVI or MPEG 2 workable for DVD burer. Personally, I am using Aunsoft MTS Converter which iis able to convert MTS files to any video formats i want to get. The reason i choose it is it flexible output video parameters settings. Following is the detailed guide on burning AVCHD to DVD.</p> <p><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/burn-avchd-mts-m2ts-to-dvd-with-idvd-on-mac-os-x/">http://www.aunsoft.com/burn-avchd-mts-m2ts-to-dvd-with-idvd-on-mac-os-x/</a></p> <p>Hope it is useful.</p> <p>Mailber</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51994 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:48:42 +0000 galenfott 51994@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm on the Mac, and am trying to create AVCHD discs in Toast using .iso images from Encore. I can successfully use Toast to create an AVCHD disc that plays 1920x1080 from a standard DVD. I can also create a standard DVD .iso in Encore and burn that to a playable standard DVD using Toast. But I can't create a "Blu-ray" .iso in Encore, and use Toast to burn that to a playable AVCHD disc.</p> <p>Mike Aiken seems to be doing essentially this, albeit not with Toast. Is there some "trick" or step to it? Is the footage already AVCHD? Mine isn't, and I've wondered if that's the problem. I can kind of see why it WOULDN'T work; Encore doesn't create a Blu-ray image to be AVCHD-compatible, so I'd think the .iso files wouldn't translate. Yet apparently it is possible.</p> <p>Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51384 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:52:49 +0000 MikeAiken 51384@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I do it all the time - I edit in Premiere Pro then create a bluray dvd in Encore, burn that to an iso image and then burn that image to a 29-cent standard 4.7 dvd with Alcohol or Nero.  Full 1920 x 1080 on a bluray player and looks as good as the original footage.  Sure you're limited to about 15 to 20 minutes on a single layer disk, but for music videos and stage performances after editing that's about all I usually need.  I'll probably buy a BD burner in the future when the prices of blanks come way down but I really don't see me needing one even then.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/starting-business-gt-need-advice#post-50614 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:45:28 +0000 grinner 50614@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>1. Staff for places until you gain your own client following.<br /> 2. Freelance long enough to know you can afford an overhead.<br /> 3. Build your business around the clientele asking you to. Finance nothing. Buy as ya go or just keep freelancing. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/starting-business-gt-need-advice#post-49388 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:32:57 +0000 composite1 49388@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Wazzu,</p> <p>Before you jump into the biz you need to take some time to really plan out what your business plan and goals are. You say you figure you'll go into it by shooting weddings, have you ever shot one before? Have you done any research on how to set up the shoot with your potential customers, plan the shoot, set up a minimum equipment list, set up a shot list, plan the actual shoot, what will your editing-delivery turnaround time be and how much to charge for your services? That's a good deal of info to not be aware of. </p> <p>Birdcat and the others are correct, Wedding Video shoots are exceptionally stressful and screwing just one up can kill your reputation. If you can, intern or apprentice under someone currently in the wedding video business. You may find that you don't like shooting weddings. I've shot a number of them as a photographer and videographer and I try to avoid them as much as possible. I applaud your excitement level, but your naivete' will cause you tons of grief.</p> <p>I thoroughly recommend you research this as a business <strong>before you spend any money on gear or anything else!</strong> If you don't have any experience shooting video at all, Anyone in the forums can attest that shooting a proper video to be sold commercially takes more than just picking up a camera and shooting. And for goodness sake please don't jump on a gig just because someone wants 'a student shooter'. That's just code for they 'don't want to pay anything for the job' and if you botch the job (cause at this stage you will), unless you've taken the time to learn what to do and make your mistakes when they won't count as much.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/starting-business-gt-need-advice#post-49363 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:07:43 +0000 EarlC 49363@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Read "<a href="http://eccomeecgo.blogspot.com/2009/06/costing-entry-level-video-business.html">Entry Level Video Business</a>" and "<a href="http://eccomeecgo.blogspot.com/2009/06/whats-it-cost-to-produce-average.html">What's It Cost to Produce the Average Wedding</a>" for some ideas, thoughts, tips and insights.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/starting-business-gt-need-advice#post-49355 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:42:26 +0000 Anonymous 49355@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Here's a quick laundry list..</p> <p>HD Video Camera (everyone is going HD so this going to be the norm)</p> <p>Wireless Lapel Mic</p> <p>On Camera lighting </p> <p>Tripod (don't buy a cheap one..) </p> <p>Computer for editing (if you are a PC, get a quad core or i7 processor with 8 GB Ram and 1 TB memory with a 512 MB Nvidia graphics card and a decent Monitor )</p> <p>Headphones </p> <p>Buy your equipment so it becomes your best friend..Also, read up /watch on how to shoot weddings /camera movements but only as reference guide, in the end you will have to find your own style..get some experience, respect those who have been in this business a long time..Remember this is an important film for the couple</p> <p>some of the projects we do are re-editing wedding movies shot by amateurs who right off the bat charges an arm and a leg for a pretty stale and boring wedding video..it ruins the business for everyone...Good luck  </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/starting-business-gt-need-advice#post-41899 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:27 +0000 TheLoneBanana 41899@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Here's a thought, un(in)formed enough that I can't really call it advice. What about buying the stuff you can't rent locally? In my area, I can easily rent a camera, but lighting instruments or professional-quality microphones are rare or unavailable.</p> <p>Typically you spend more time editing than shooting, so maybe it's a good idea to plough your dough into a good NLE that you'll own all the time, and rent a camera for the occasions when you've got a gig.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41838 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:55:59 +0000 Proimages 41838@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I made the Blu Ray disc on a three year old computer and standard DVD burner on a $0.40 DVD-R, see the post above.  It plays at 1080p, you are limited to about 15 minutes depending on Bit rate.  Standard DVD must be 18Mbpsor less.  You must have a Blu Ray player for it to work.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41837 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:50:54 +0000 Don 41837@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I don't know. the cost of burners, cost of discs. compatibility issues...</p> <p>I'm still buying, and giving clients thier media on appletv's...... </p> <p>looks great, easy, and works. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41836 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:44:02 +0000 Proimages 41836@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Vegas 8.0 and DVD Architect 5.0 can do it.  In Vegas &gt; Tools &gt; Burn Disc &gt; Blu Ray</p> <p>Keep it at defaults  you need to choose DVD 4.7GB and let it run.  The DVD will be AVCHD-DVDR and will play in Blu Ray players.  You are limited to 4.7GB</p> <p>DVDA 5.0 is a free upgrade to 4.5</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41752 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:17:22 +0000 GARoss 41752@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>All's cool, Birdcat!</p> <p>The biggest reason is no additional investment is needed, assuming you own a DVD burner, of coarse. And, 4.7Gbs are less than a $1 a piece @ 16x.</p> <p>True, some BD burners are now in the mid $100s; the bad news is the media is $5-10 each @ 2x. This is similar to DVDs about 7-8 years ago &amp; the prices will go down.</p> <p>Look, few people need BD's 50Gb capacity. True, BD can use higher bitrates but only Pro Camcorders can take advantage of that. So, those who have AVCHD camcorders are recording @ 13-17Mbps &amp; that equals 70-75 minutes of AVCHD content on a D/L DVD @ 14Mbps bitrate, or nearly the same quality as was recorded. That's not bad for little if any investment.</p> <p>HTH</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41739 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:27:45 +0000 birdcat 41739@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Don -</p> <p>Sorry if I wasn't clear - The article claimed about an hour for a dual layer (9GB) dvd.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41732 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:28:22 +0000 Don 41732@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> to clear up any confusion:</p> <p>Roxio software can burn high def video to a dvd, for playback on a blueray player with one caveat:</p> <p>the sl dvd disc will only hold approx 4 gigs of data, period, one hours worth of high def footage WILL NOT FIT, maybe 20 mins worth , and the disc may not play in all players.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41731 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:08:10 +0000 birdcat 41731@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I admit I was wrong here - The question I still have is if you have a BD player and HDTV, why would you not want a BD burner?  Do these high definition on regular DVD's look as good as BD?  If so, the only drawback I see is the time (the article quoted above claims one hour on a 9GB DL DVD).  Since BD is currently 25GB (with 50 out there now), I would think there would be a difference.</p> <p>Has anyone compared the HD on standard DVD to BluRay?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41722 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:43:05 +0000 GARoss 41722@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Birdcat's quotes,<em>"Simply put, you cannot burn 1920 X 1080 to regular DVD."</em> Yes, you can! <em>"You will not be able to burn anything more than 720 X 480 (SD for DVD) onto a standard video DVD."</em>Sorry, not true. AVCHD DVD's are HD &amp; compatible on some Blu-ray players, but not all. BDMV is another style of DVD that full HD can be recorded on DVD media &amp; playable in full HD on some Blu-ray players. Naturally, the disc will not play on standard DVD players.My PC only has a DVD burner &amp; I was able to burn full 1920x1080 HD as a AVCHD DVD project (edited &amp; rendered with Vegas 8 @ 29.97 frames interlaced or 24P as well) using Nero Vision that played perfectly on my Panasonic DMP-BD30K Blu-ray player in full HD, no up conversion as you suggest. Nero renders AVCHD DVD’s @ 14Mbps only &amp; D/L DVD’s can hold 70-75 minutes of AVCHD video. It does support separate audio/video streams. The software is very DVD-like as it supports 1st play video to main menu, chapter pages &amp; highlited buttons. I'm also aware that several other software makers support this format as well including ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme.My editing software is Sony Vegas 8 Pro &amp; I have also tried this with Sony DVD A5, but, it only supports BDMV which is incompatible with my player. BDMV DVD’s are better in the since higher bitrates can be used + wider audio support at the cost of shorted video time. I understand BDMV DVD’s are compatible with some Blu-ray players, being its Sony software probably Sony Blu-ray players, but I can't state that as fact! Their players also support BDAV, which as I understand it, is AVCHD camcorder video recorded in full HD on a DVD without 1st play &amp; menus.The point is why buy a Blu-ray burner when you can do this with your DVD burner? The highest bitrate for a pro AVCHD camcorder is 25Mbps, most are consumer AVCHD camcorders are 13-17Mbps. That's perfect for AVCHD. BDMV supports up to 40Mbps so we're talking HD broadcast cameras &amp; for that you'd need a BD burner to maintain quality! </p> <p>HTH</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41713 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:00:22 +0000 birdcat 41713@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Interesting - I read the article.  Only problem is it still requires a BluRay player and HDTV.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>With Toast 9 and its High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-in, you can burn your HD camcorder footage onto regular DVD media, in the same format as Blu-ray video, using the DVD burner you already have. These special high-definition DVDs can be played in most Blu-ray set-top players, including the Sony PlayStation 3, and you can fit up to an hour of HD video onto a dual-layer DVD. </em></p> </blockquote> <p>Not a bad deal but if I had the DVD player and HDTV, I'd be da**ed sure I'd also have a BD burner - They are getting cheaper each day (newegg.com has one for under $200) - The only problem right now is the price of the blanks and they should be down to a couple of buck each (in quantity) within a couple of years if not sooner. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41710 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:20:36 +0000 jrcromwell 41710@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>No, I was not referring to upconverting. Roxio Toast 9 claims to provides a way (warning: long URL):</p> <p><a href="http://mymoments.roxio.com/enu/articles/mac/burning_&amp;_copy,video/2008/09/burning_highdef_dvds__bluray_discs_with_toast_9.html " rel="nofollow">http://mymoments.roxio.com/enu/articles/mac/burning_&amp;_copy,video/2008/09/burning_highdef_dvds__bluray_discs_with_toast_9.html </a></p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41550 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:21 +0000 birdcat 41550@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There are many DVD (not only BluRay) players that will "upconvert" a standard (4.7 or 9GB disc) to play in a simulated HD on HD televisions.  They are not really playing in full HD.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41548 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:08:44 +0000 jrcromwell 41548@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p>Simply put, you cannot burn 1920 X 1080 to regular DVD - To do that you need a BluRay Disc burner or (shudder) HD/DVD burner.  DVD's are only capable of playing at 720 X 480 @ 29.97 FPS (in the US at least - NTSC). You can however keep the aspect ratio and burn it as a NTSC widescreen (16:9) DVD -Just select this as your output from Vegas when rendering and burn. EDIT - Many standard DVD players are capable of upconverting to HD now.</p></blockquote> <p>Something seems amiss here, perhaps it is the term "regular DVD."  Do you mean using the "DVD format" or the "4.7 Gb disk" ?  Based on my web research (not my experience), it appears that AVCHD video can be written to a 4.7 Gb disk using programs like Roxio Toast 9, and that these "AVCHD disks" can be played in hi-def on some players like the PSP3.  It is being widely touted as a cheaper process than burning to expensive blu-ray disks using expensive blu-ray burners (assuming you already have a Sony PSP3).    ???</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41510 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:36:40 +0000 sarkyfooker 41510@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>No problem,experiences are made to be shared :).I can only tell you the PAL side of the story though...</p> <p>If it can help I got my one from Adorama for 1049 $ it was delivered to the other side of the Atlantic 7 days after the order.There´s no price for the NTSC model on their website though.I would upgrade to something more if it´s a desktop.I´ll do some research but I think that a Quad core with 4 GB Ram should handle the AVCHD files quite well.I´ll let you know if I find out anything worth sharing.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41485 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:30:33 +0000 bizzy 41485@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>thanks sarky...we are kind of on the same line. I already have vegas pro 8, and a core 2 duo desktop. I need to up the RAM from 1 to 2 GB though. My main issue here is PAL camcorders are a little bit costly (upto 300 dollars more) compared to the NTSC models. Thats why I have to be sure whether theres much of a difference.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41476 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:24:32 +0000 sarkyfooker 41476@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> That would be PAL. MAKE SURE that you´ve got software that can handle the .M2ts files.Obviously Sony Vegas does,as well as Premiere CS4,to my knowledge all the others still don´t. You also need a powerful machine,I´m using a core 2 duo with 2GHZ and 2 GB ram,and it struggles quite a bit,but it´s a laptop.Still loving the camera,just shot a small promo video for a gym with it.It´s not outstanding in low light...</p> <p>Hope I´ve been of some help,now go out and buy it !!!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41464 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:29:45 +0000 bizzy 41464@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>hi sarkyfooker,which one records in 720x576 mode,NTSC or PAL?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-41441 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:25:24 +0000 sarkyfooker 41441@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi Bizzy,</p> <p>I just went through the same questions myself...I´ve bought an SR11 PAL system,and after some testing,solved the problem as described above by birdcat,the only difference is that it would be 720x576 @25 Fps, as far as I understand that´s the difference between PAL and NTSC.Anyway I would strongly reccomend the camera,I bought it for underwater use mainly,and I´m amazed at the definition,plus many controls can be assigned to a sort of custombuttom/wheel and it allows for some manual control.The high speed slow motion feature is also quite impressive.A buy I don´t regret at all...good luck!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-consumer-vs-standard-prosumer-camera#post-41407 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:42:10 +0000 Don 41407@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I think the confusion comes from the nightshot mode. the sr11 and sr12 are the same except for the harddrives.</p> <p>speaking of nightshot modes.... a not so well documented trick with the sonys is to set the camera to nightshot mode and then add a digital filter from the menus to change the ugly green to b+w or Sepia. </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-consumer-vs-standard-prosumer-camera#post-41405 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:01:44 +0000 birdcat 41405@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The only difference between the SR11 and SR12 is the SR11 has a 60GB hard drive as opposed to the SR12 which has a 120GB hard drive - Otherwise they are identical. </p>