Blu-Ray settings for non-HD

idovideomn wrote on 9/16/2012, 1:01 PM

I make wedding videos using my Canon XL1s. I'm ready to render a blu-ray. The project is a total of nearly 4 hours. What setting of blu-ray render do you recommend this novice?

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john_dennis wrote on 9/16/2012, 2:13 PM

You could use the normal Mainconcept templates that you used for SD or you could experiment with custom templates from the Mainconcept and/or Sony AVC/MVC Blu-ray templates.

I created a custom template from the Sony AVC/MVC Blu-ray 1920x1080-60i, 16 mbps template that passes through DVD Architect without re-encoding. Notice the Blu-ray template was changed to 720x480 at par 1.2121. You might have to look for field order issues. Experiment!

videoITguy wrote on 9/16/2012, 2:39 PM

It is very simple -Sony makes it so!! You are shooting source SD (4:3) or 16:9 - edit on a timeline of HDV 1440 ..x 1080 properties.
You may want to use track motion to zoom out on events giving more (i.e., wider) letterbox effects to your SD events - this helps preserve quality the same way that national broadcasts deal with various formats in today's HD delivery system.

Then use the standard template of VegasPro to deliver a Blu-ray video (MPg2) and audio (ac3) streams. These will import into DVD Arch Pro readily and your off to burn as setup Blu-ray HDV source project.