Best format to render avchd into DVD-DL

Scotch1 wrote on 12/7/2015, 9:07 PM

I plan to render videos taken with avchd camcorder and burn them into DVD-DL.
What is the best format to render these avchd video in Movie Studio in order to burn them into DVD-DL? AVI?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 12/7/2015, 9:45 PM

All DVDs are MPEG2.

vkmast wrote on 12/8/2015, 4:15 AM

From SCS KB #4415
"Burning AVCHD content to disc"

There are workarounds, if you really want it.
There are caveats¹ too, as you will notice.
Search for threads such as
Blu Ray on DVD
Using a DVD-R for Blu-ray settings
How to manage small HD videos
It's All In The Name

And lots more.¹¹

¹) Reply by: PeterDuke
Date: 11/11/2015
A caveat for any newcomers reading ¹¹)this.
AVCHD Discs aka BD5 discs are pretty much things of the past. Not all BD players will play them and recordable BD discs are now much cheaper than they were, so the economics are less favourable

musicvid10 wrote on 12/8/2015, 12:32 PM

Burning to DVD DL would be more for one's own use, and not for client delivery.
Support across players is spotty.

Scotch1 wrote on 12/8/2015, 8:17 PM

So, I should render in AVI format?

musicvid10 wrote on 12/8/2015, 9:38 PM

No. Read chienwork's post.

Chienworks wrote on 12/8/2015, 9:58 PM

Hmmmmm. I made the assumption that Scotch wanted to make a Video DVD of his work, which would be SD, and indeed MPEG2 only.

Based on some of the other answers now i'm wondering if his intention is to put HD video of short duration on a DVD disc as HD instead of burning it to BluRay. It's possible, but tricky, and of very little use. It's probably easier and better in the long run to buy a BluRay burner and media and do it the right way.

musicvid10 wrote on 12/9/2015, 9:14 AM

OP is asking for a dvd-dl.
The instructions for doing so abound.