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Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/1/2011, 5:47 AM
You're trying to get a hi-def BluRay recording from a standard def AVI? Your results are likely to be less than you'd expect, since you'll be more that quadrupling the number of pixels -- so it's likely going to look fuzzy or pixelated.

But if this is your intent, you'll likely get the best results if you load the AVI into a Vegas project set up for HDV, then click Make Movie and select the option to burn a BluRay disc.

This will output a video file that should be a perfect fit in DVD Architect.
Godfrey wrote on 3/1/2011, 7:17 AM
Thanks Steve

The reason we are trying to use re-writeable blu ray discs is for it's capacity to avoid having wasteful test runs onto dual layer 8.5 gig dvds as we cannot get re-writeable 8.5 gigs to take our 2-3 hour videos.

All the videos are currently sd to .avi as we have yet to start filming in HD

So far DVDA has handled the conversion to Mpeg via Encoder Express very well and the final dvda project has been burnt using IMGburn successfully.

We are also editing in Liquid edition - not vegas - which as no blu ray encoding.

dvda is happily authoring the mpeg created by tmpgenc Mastering 5 but the moment we prepare the project it give us that message about the ES file may be shorter than the MUI file :-(


Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/1/2011, 9:19 AM
Now I'm really not clear, Godfrey.

Are you trying to record standard definition DVD files to a BluRay -- to take advantage of its extra storage space? That opens up yet another can of worms!

So are you creating BluRay (hi-def) videos or DVDs (standard def) video on BluRay discs?

If the latter, I'm not sure you'll be able to play them on any DVD players -- and quite possibly many BluRay players.
Godfrey wrote on 3/1/2011, 1:39 PM
We are converting .avi files to encode in TMPGenc to blu ray, importing that into the dvd Architect authoring and then using IMGburn onto a blue ray disc.

However, we can only get so far in DVDArchirect when that error message appears - so we do'nt get any further

Is the problem that we are starting with an sd file rather than as an HD one? Me thinks we should stick to re-write 4.7 gig discs even with the smaller size for sd footage.
Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/1/2011, 3:02 PM
Yes, I think you may have one too many hybrid solutions going on at once, Godfrey.

Try the suggestions in my first post and you should be good.
BlackMax wrote on 3/2/2011, 5:55 AM
I don't understand why you are trying to convert to Blu-ray format at all, if the problem is simply that your SD files are too big for rewriteable DVD? Why not just burn to rewriteable BD as data? And play back the avi as an avi file? OK I guess you said "to test the workflow" but why start with an .avi at all? I wonder what source starts life as an SD .avi file?
Steve Mann wrote on 3/2/2011, 1:12 PM
I have to agree with the others, your workflow is baffling. It sounds to me that you are making your process unnecessarily complex.
PeterDuke wrote on 3/3/2011, 4:31 PM
"I wonder what source starts life as an SD .avi file?"

Digital8 and old miniDV tape cameras produce SD AVI. Even HD tape cameras usually have an SD option, which produce AVI.