AVCHD to Bluray. A couple questions

Augster8 wrote on 3/1/2012, 1:04 AM

Hello,

I have Movie Studio 11 Platinum with the latest build. I am taking my AVCHD files from my HD camcorder and editing them and moving to blu ray. I have a couple questions about this.

First, what rendering should I do to get the best quality? So far I've just been using the software settings by just clicking "Make Movie" then "Make Blu ray movie with menus" ANC if kicks over to Architect5.

I don't know. The picture looks good, but it seems a little grainier in spots than I was expecting.

So what are the settings I should try, what are the settings I should have my Panasonic capturing at, and is there a place you can pint me for this info?

Lastly, I made a bunch of home videos edited together. It was 53 minutes long. I rendered and had architect make menus. All told, it only took up 11gigs on my Blu-Ray disk.

In Studio, how can I tell how much space my movie is going to use? Is there some sort of ballpark rule of thumb? I think I could have gotten almost 2 hours on there. That'll save on media if I can use the full 25gigs for these home video backups.

Thanks for any help!

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/1/2012, 7:03 AM

A two-hour movie will fit on a BluRay disc at full quality. You can fit about four hours on a dual-layer BluRay disc.

If you use the correct Project Properties for your source video, your BluRay output should look virtually identical to your original HDV or AVCHD footage.

Augster8 wrote on 3/1/2012, 9:38 AM

How do I know if I'm using the "best" output project properties when rendering then moving to Architect?

I guess that's what I'm getting at, what are the best settings to use?

I've been watching the Temporal videos and he changes things for almost every output template.

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/1/2012, 9:53 AM

It depends on what format of video your camcorder is producing. Some AVCHD camcorders produce 1920x1080 and some produce 1440x1080; some produce stereo, some produce 5.1 audio. But your project's properties (select Properties under the Project menu) should match your source video as closely as possible. (Ideally, shoot your AVCHD in interlaced rather than 50p or 60p video.)

And that's it! As long as you aren't trying to cram too much video onto a disc (based on the guidelines in my first post) your output will be of the highest available quality, and should look identical to your original footage.