AVCHD to "old school" DVD

GregP wrote on 12/20/2010, 3:00 AM

Anybody have tips here. I'd like to take some AVCHD video shot with a Canon HG20 and produce good old fashioned DVDs (not Blueray). Has anyone done this? Any best practices you can share?

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TOG62 wrote on 12/20/2010, 3:31 AM

I have a different camcorder but it shoots AVCHD. I regularly make standard DVDs using the DVD Architect templates to render MPEG video and AC3 audio and get very good results. Depending on the duration of the final video you might need to adjust the output bitrate.

GregP wrote on 12/20/2010, 3:33 AM

Great to hear! I'm not too experienced with these things, so would you mind elaborating a bit on the bitrate topic? Thanks!

Wovian wrote on 12/22/2010, 4:10 AM

TOG62, is it fair to say that the problems start when you try to burn an HD format to a standard disc?

What's the point of making an MPEG 2 format video if you have an AVCHD camcorder (like myself incidentally)

TOG62 wrote on 12/22/2010, 5:12 AM

TOG62, is it fair to say that the problems start when you try to burn an HD format to a standard disc?

I don't think so, although transcoding might take a bit longer than with an SD source.

What's the point of making an MPEG 2 format video if you have an AVCHD camcorder (like myself incidentally)

I think many people are buying HD camcorders because they're more future proof but aren't ready to get a Blu-ray writer or pay for Blu-ray blanks. In addition, not too many people yet have Blu-ray players, so need standard DVDs, e.g. of family videos.