http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: burning - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:05:49 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69995 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:58:46 +0000 Ian James Smith 69995@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> 'Lovebaseball', the DVD-standard calls for mpg2 as the format, so converting to anything else, simply means that the material will, ultimately, be converted back to mpg2 in any case. If you wish to preserve as much quality as possible, set the 'quality', if it is adjustable, fairly high. That way, you will achieve the best possible results at the expense of slightly bigger files. I usually use variable bit-rate and 'double-pass'. That way you can push the upper setting to 9200 and let the bottom setting 'float', giving an average which still squeaks into the DVD-standard. However, if time (processing, that is), is 'of-the-essence' do not attempt double-pass, just bash the stuff through the process and settle for what comes-out. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69896 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:04:09 +0000 Justin Hastings 69896@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>To burn a DVD that you want to play on commercial DVD players, you have to use the mpeg2 codec.  Even if you export your video in another codec, such as h.264, the authoring program you use (Encore, DVD Studio, any of them) will re-compress your footage to mpeg2 because that is the only codec that DVD players recognize.</p> <p>So to answer your question, always export your footage initially to mpeg2 DVD other wise you will just be compressing your footage twice and possibly compromising the visual quality of your video.  By the way, the mpeg2 extension most often looks like .m2v, and only holds the video.  The audio should automatically come out separately as a wav or AC3 file depending on the program you use to export it.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69669 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:35:26 +0000 SargeHero 69669@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Like Charles mentioned, with Encore you can use almost any video format. I use H.264 to save space, but it should be done in MPEG2 DVD because it separates the video and the audio (which is good if you want to have two different audio selection)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69661 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:15:49 +0000 birdcat 69661@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Whatever you render your video out to, the software that burns your DVD's will convert them to MPEG2 for video and AC3 for audio (assuming no Dolby 5.1).</p> <p>If you were to copy the VOB files from your DVD's to your hard drive and rename them *.MPG, they will play on your PC just like any other MPG2 file.</p> <p>So to answer your question, if your target is DVD, render to MPEG2.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69658 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:16:48 +0000 Charles Schultz 69658@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>What program will you be using to create the DVD? If it is Adobe Encore you should not have to, that is the only program I have worked with to burn DVD's. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/should-i-convert-mpegwmv-files-to-another-format-then-burn-to-dvd#post-69654 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:27:17 +0000 lovebaseball 69654@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Please help with your advice?! Thanks...I have several hundred files (sports related stuff) in either mpeg or wmv format that I need to put onto DVDs for distribution to friends and clients that they can watch on regular DVD players...but should I burn the mpegs and wmvs to DVD or convert them to a different and better format for DVD burn?? (I use the free software "Any Video Converter" to convert)....Please advise? Thank you....</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-65068 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:48:59 +0000 VinnyC01 65068@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>birdcatcher - did you find a solution?</p> <p>This is exactly what I do for HS teams;  we tape and record to 2 dvd's as we record with 2 sony DVD Directss (about $180 each) and you'll need any camea (I use a mini dv) with a fire wire outlet.  I use an old JV that no longer functions, as it does not record during the process, only transfers video feed to dvd player.</p> <p> </p> <p>Email - TheCoach-at-mchss-dot-net with any questions</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63300 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:27:32 +0000 iankinnz 63300@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have a copy of Adobe On Location CS3 on a lap top and it will record silmutaniously on the laptop from your GL2 firewire, in AVI, exactly what is going to the tape. each scene is in a separate file and is easily edited. On Location comes bundled with Premier Pro. I am not sure if you can buy it as a stand alone product.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63297 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:47:00 +0000 Cville 63297@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> A friend of uses a Toshiba dvd recorder with a fire wire connection for recording single camera shoots direct to a dvd so he can hand them the dvd right after the event.  He also records on his camera tape so he has a backup.</p> <p>I own one of the toshiba recorders but have not tried this.  I got mine for under $100 at sams club.  They are not exactly a field recorder you will need 120v power for the unit.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63282 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:31:57 +0000 XTR-91 63282@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There is definetly such a thing as a Firewire hub, but you will need to make sure it records streaming video and has a convenient way of battery power if there is no outlet.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63271 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:19:54 +0000 birdcatcher 63271@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks for your quick responses. I'd seen some pretty specific instructions for recording to a DVD deck online and wondered if other alternatives have been successfully adopted. Folks at the electronics stores in my area are not particularly adept at answering such questions or providing answers. Will look into both options. The "Scenealyzer" intrigues me as I've never heard of it. Will investigate both. Thanks again.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63239 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:06:54 +0000 SteveMann 63239@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have used Scenalyzer to capture three SD cameras to an external hard-disk on a laptop.  (This was about five years ago on a dual-core laptop)  Perfect for what you are trying to do.</p> <p>3 DV cameras<br />Firewire hub<br />Firewire Externall HDD</p> <p>I would imagine that a quad-core laptop would work even faster.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63228 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:44:55 +0000 EarlC 63228@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>According to this 2004 review at camcorderinfo.com there should be two ways to record out to another device. I have one but have never attempted to do any recording to an external device except using the firewire port and an appropriate cable. The review states:</p> <p>Ports: The GL2 contains all the standard ports for connecting your camcorder to external devices. Transfer of digital stills is done via a USB port. The camcorder includes a single standard DV IEEE 1394 (Firewire) in/out port for transferring video from camcorder to computer. The camera also has a mini RCA port with a cable which converts the mini RCA into full-size RCA ports. This port can function both as an in and out port just like the S-Video port on the GL2.</p> <p>I suspect that like the XL1 system the GL2 remote control has to be used to prevent certain information visible in the viewfinder from being burned onto your external device.</p> <p>Regarding use of an external device, I've used XL1 units paired with an old Panasonic MX12 mixer via S-Video and audio outputs into an equally old Casablanca standalone editing system, and onto the unit's hard drive. I've also fed the GL2 firewire output into that device.</p> <p>Your most simple solution, probably, is to acquire a standalone consumer DVD burner deck or VCR/DVDR deck with either/and/or S-Video, RCA analog, firewire I/O. You have the camcorder so YOU do the experimenting, I don't have time to confirm, but you should be able to make it happen.</p> <p>If I were seriously needing to confirm this capability I'd go to the nearest store electronics department that sells these standalone recording boxes, bring my GL2, the remote, and the three cables for video, plus my audio cable and a tape, tell the salesperson if the unit works as a record-passthrough while my camera is also recording to tape I'll buy it. Then test that sucker and see if it can work.</p> <p>Your most difficult situation is if your GL2 is NOT a stationary unit on a tripod, and if you do not have AC available to your DVD recorder box. If you run and gun like I have done with sports related videotaping, then a much more expensive portable firewire HD system mounted to camera or stay with tape-to-system ingestion and remain up all night are the only other options I see available to you.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/request-for-help-recording-from-gl2-directly-another-device#post-63227 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:22:42 +0000 birdcatcher 63227@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I record sports for a small college teams using my own Canon GL2. The color and sound are great and the production timeline has been manageable. I'd shoot a game on tape one evening, do a little editing overnight and deliver discs to coaches the next morning. </p> <p>Because of changes in the conference, we'll need to produce discs for the opposing team right after the game. Consequently, we need to record directly to some type of device in real time. I've seen several concepts used at other schools...outputting the signal to a computer, recording to a DVD deck, etc. but am looking for the simplest, most cost-effective method. </p> <p>Does anyone have a recommendation? Details are appreciated...</p> <p>Incidentally, I still plan to record to tape as well, for archival purposes...I'll use that copy to create highlight reels!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-rendering-in-powerdirector-v8#post-57095 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:19:28 +0000 saphire 57095@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I cannot thank you enough!  It sounds so obvious now but it really didn't occur to me to drag the new rendered file in- thank you so much for taking the time to respond!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-rendering-in-powerdirector-v8#post-56978 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:55:25 +0000 CraftersOfLight 56978@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Have you tried treating the rendered file as a new source file for the editor? Start a new project and look/point to the rendered file as your video  source. the drag it into the timeline. Or use the Create Disc option, Import additional videos, and look up your rendered file.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-rendering-in-powerdirector-v8#post-56974 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:33:52 +0000 saphire 56974@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I can complete a video in powerdirector v8 and burn it to disc.  But what I want to do is render the video so I can delete source footage.  If I delete source footage now and reopen the project to make more copies, I have missing clips where I deleted source footage.  It is my understanding that if I were to render the video I could then delete source footage.  So I am asking how to render the video/format and then how do I burn a dvd copy from that rendered file without going back into powerdirector which will pull up the saved version and show missing files?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-aborted#post-50813 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:59:14 +0000 RayGuselli 50813@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I wonder if you guys could help please....</p> <p>Here is a link to my thread to Magix which includes screenshots of the problems.</p> <p><a href="http://support.magix.net/boards/magix/index.php?showtopic=47682" rel="nofollow">http://support.magix.net/boards/magix/index.php?showtopic=47682</a></p> <p>I wonder if anyone here can offer any help please....it would be very much appreciated.</p> <p>Many thanks</p> <p>Ray </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-47303 Thu, 28 May 2009 10:34:38 +0000 Cyberlink 47303@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Good question! (RE: Cyberlink section in these forums)</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm not sure what you mean by "flip over".  Do you want to have the video rotate horizontally or vertically?  Or do you want the layers to flip (one video is "on top", then the other is "on top")?</p> <p> </p> <p>Tom</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-47246 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:53:30 +0000 7Phil7 47246@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Why is there no separate section devoted to Cyberlink?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-47245 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:52:29 +0000 7Phil7 47245@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Yes, I created a DVD disc but it seems it was probably burnt on a different system in error as I now have perfectly good DVD discs burnt from the same file! Duh! Me learner!</p> <p>Thanks for the advice though.</p> <p>Somewhere else I pointed out that the rendering for this 40 min video took only 4 mins using 17-920 processor. Much better than I ever hoped for after putting up with P4 taking over 3 hrs before and using Pinnacle Studio 9.4.</p> <p>Since downloading the trial software for PD7 and my failed burning event I have been experimenting with PiP and titles etc and all is going well.</p> <p>Question - How to make a PiP flip over and over like on that Supermen movie where the three crims were sent packing? Any ideas? I got an answer from Cyberlink that you add two PiP tracks at once but they didn't say any more than that. I tried that and naturally got two PiP tracks at that point in the video. They don't flip over though - of course!</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46838 Fri, 15 May 2009 09:02:42 +0000 Cyberlink 46838@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yes, commercial DVD movies are physically different than recordable or erasable DVDs that you burn with a DVD-R/RW drive or set-top recorder.  If you want "replicated" DVDs, there are many independent CD/DVD manufacturers who can do this, but the minimum order cost is several thousand dollars (for a minimum quantity of 1000 discs).</p> <p>Fortunately, most DVD players are able to read DVD-R or DVD+R media, so it usually isn't an issue.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46814 Thu, 14 May 2009 18:03:28 +0000 XTR-91 46814@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>So you're saying that the commercial DVD movies and video discs are different than the kind that you burn with a DVD writer or a real-time consumer DVD recorder. I guess the universal DVD-Video discs are recorded with equipment that is too sophisticated for the unpaid.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46803 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:36:57 +0000 Cyberlink 46803@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>All DVDs are DVD-ROMs (logically). DVD-Video is an application format.  Logical formats are independent of physical formats.  The DVD movies that you buy are DVD-Videos.  The DVD-Video specification is built on top of the DVD-ROM specification.  Note the DVD-Video logo on movies that you buy.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW are physical media types (recordable and erasable).  They are designed to emulate a pre-recorded DVD.  But due to the different physical properties, they are never quite as readable as a pre-recorded DVD.  </p> <p>The movie that you buy on DVD are not "burned", they are pre-recorded.  The information is encoded on a glass master, and the glass master is used to make nickel stampers.  The stampers are mounted in injection molding machines, and the polycarbonate is injected into the mold, pressing up against the stamper on one side of the mold.  The track of pits is molded into the polycarbonate.  The clear plastic substrate is metalized with a silver alloy (for dual layer DVDs... which most movies are), and then bonded to another substrate.</p> <p>Recordable DVDs (-R, +R) are different.  They are molded using a stamper with a "pre-groove"... a continuous groove with a wobble.  The clear substrate is coated with a dye layer which is sensitive to the recording laser.  Then the substrate is metalized to make it reflective.  Instead of a track of pits (bumps, actually), a recorded DVD has a track of burned marks that emulate pits.  Instead of changing the amount of reflected light of the laser that is reading the disc by diffraction (pre-recorded), a recordable disc changes the amount of reflected light through absorption.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46796 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:52:31 +0000 XTR-91 46796@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>Cyberlink said:</strong><br /><em>The first question is... did you create a DVD-Video disc? ... DVD players are designed to play DVD-Video discs, although some may play video files on a DVD-ROM disc.</em><br /><em>If you have a legal DVD-Video disc, the next question is - is it readable?</em></p> <p>I think that DVD-Video and DVD-ROMs are just fancy names for the standard DVD R discs. When researching disc formats, I come across DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DL (dual layer) DVD, Double-side, and DVD-RAM. These are the formats that I see available to buy (there are no "DVD-Video" or "DVD-ROM" discs). If someone else knows better, they can correct.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46793 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:31:11 +0000 Cyberlink 46793@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Phil,</p> <p>Cyberlink has a support website ....</p> <p><a href="https://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/support/cs/index.do" rel="nofollow">https://membership.cyberlink.com/prog/support/cs/index.do</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>There are several possible reasons that a DVD you create won't play in a DVD Player.</p> <p>The first question is... did you create a DVD-Video disc?  If you used PowerDirector's "Create Disc" function, the answer is yes.  If you used PowerDirector to create a video file, and then you copied this to a DVD, the answer is no.  A DVD-video title has a VIDEO_TS folder, with IFO, BUP and VOB files inside.  DVD players are designed to play DVD-Video discs, although some may play video files on a DVD-ROM disc.</p> <p>If you have a legal DVD-Video disc, the next question is - is it readable?  If you can play the disc on your PC (using PowerDVD, or Windows Media Player), then it's readable as far as your DVD drive is concerned.  DVD players don't always play DVD-R or DVD-RW (or +R, +RW) media... especially older players.  Did you try the disc in some other DVD players?</p> <p>I hope this helps.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tom</p> <p>Cyberlink</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/powerdirector7-transcoding-and-burning#post-46776 Wed, 13 May 2009 23:33:14 +0000 7Phil7 46776@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have just downloaded the trial version and created a test DVD with 40 mins of video which plays ok on the computer but not on a DVD player.</p> <p>I tried to email Support at Cyberlink but came up against a brick wall.</p> <p>Any ideas please?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hd-dvds-help-please#post-39835 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:11:41 +0000 birdcat 39835@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p>Both my TV and DVD player (Samsung) claim to be High Definition, and the TV can certainly display the 720p footage direct from the camera in glorious highdefness. But if I want to record to a DVD in high definition will I need to invest in Blu-Ray or can a so-called HD DVD player play 720p DVD's burned on a lap top?</p></blockquote> <p>HD DVD is dead - That camp dropped out of the market a few months ago.  If you want to deliver true HD (720p, 1080i, 1080p) via anything other than computer (or data disc, flash, etc... ) then as of right now your only option is BluRay.  If you already own an HD/DVD player and HD/DVD burner on the PC, this will work, but that market is not going anywhere near up. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hd-dvds-help-please#post-39822 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:56:49 +0000 Hewho 39822@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Just thought of two supplementary question for the panel .....</p> <p>1. Both my TV and DVD player (Samsung) claim to be High Definition, and the TV can certainly display the 720p footage direct from the camera in glorious highdefness.  But if I want to record to a DVD in high definition will I need to invest in Blu-Ray or can a so-called HD DVD player play 720p DVD's burned on a lap top?</p> <p>2. Is the annoying freeze frame at the start and end of each clip a symptom of the AVCHD format or is this a problem unique to the Sanyo HD camcorders?  If you have a solid state or hard disk video camera - does yours have a freeze frame start and end to each clip?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hd-dvds-help-please#post-39821 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:32:42 +0000 Hewho 39821@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks for the excellent tips .... and the thought that my daughter's gymnastic class might be used to represent the pinnacle of 21st Century development!</p> <p> I'll have another go at it and try out all the suggestions.  What confuses me as a beginner is that I thought the video was already highly compressed to fit it on the SD card in the first place .... so why is the PC taking hours trying to compress it again?  And yes, I am keeping the original SD cards as the archive copy.  My intention was to find a way to remove the irritating freeze frames at the start of each clip and to save to DVD to make it simple for my wife and daughter to watch the footage on the TV.  I also want to make copies of the DVD to torture my mother in law.  Perhaps I should have bought a DVD camcorder in the first place?  But they seem to have other limitations.</p> <p> On the issue of high v low quality and compression .... with Premier the Highest Quality has the largest file size and fastest bit rate, so I'm guessing that this is the lowest compression?</p> <p> If I could find a simple way to burn the memory card footage to a DVD without the freeze frames between each shot, I'd be happy to drop the titles, transitions and editing in return for less time and complexity.  I can do any editing in the camera.  In the olden days I used to record my miniDV tapes to VHS video tapes in 'real, real time' and that was it ... but the quality reduction was not acceptable after we bought a huge high def telly.  Progress!</p>