720 25fps AVHCD source material to DVD as Blu-Ray?

essami wrote on 10/5/2009, 7:42 AM

Hi,

I have a project that is shot with Panasonic GH1 in 1280x720, 25fps. I want to render a file that I can then burn to a normal DVD that can be played in a Blu-Ray player.

Is this possible? I've never done an Blu-Ray disc. What template should I use?

My film is only 10min long so it should fit on a 4.6GB dvd ok.

I would really appreaciate any help! Thank you!

Sami

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essami wrote on 10/5/2009, 3:00 PM

Anyone who could help me out or point to the right direction?

Thanks!

essami wrote on 10/6/2009, 12:14 AM

Thanks John! Those link are helpful.

Im still having a hard time figuring out what is the best format to render my project in.

As I said its material from Panasonic GH1, AVCHD 720-25fps. From what I've read Blu Ray doesnt support either 720 nor 25fps.

So what format should I render to? 24p or 50i? Will it hurt if I render and upres it to Full HD? I guess theres no choice for this.

Sami

Timpe wrote on 10/6/2009, 3:22 AM

BluRay is interesting standard while there's not 25p.

In this case the best method could be just double the frame rate to 50p. BluRay has 720-50p (not 50i). With Vegas + DVD Architect combination I would render it with Mainconcept Mpeg-2. Sony AVC has still some odd limitations on higher bitrates. If there's enough space, you can use over 30Mbs bitrates with Mainconcept.

I have done only couple of 1080-50i BluRays so I'm not able to give "pixel precise" advices for 720.