expert help needed AVCHD

Johnkl wrote on 3/18/2012, 6:06 AM

I'm trying to make "the best possible" output for use on my TV.
The output "only" needed to be on a HD, since I can connect it directly to my Sony NX7.
My Source is following:

Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 24.0 MiB
Duration : 11s 970ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 16.7 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 11s 920ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 15.8 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.305
Stream size : 22.5 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 12s 0ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -80ms
Stream size : 375 KiB (2%)

I have tried "almost" every different asettings on VEGAS PRO 11, but all needed DVA5.2 to re-render ???

Please advice the best workflow and best format ?
Thanks

John

Comments

ushere wrote on 3/18/2012, 7:01 AM

?

what are you trying to make - a dvd / blu-ray / file?

Johnkl wrote on 3/18/2012, 7:14 AM

my intention was to make a blu-ray, but as I don't have a blu-ray burner I would like to make a file that I can uses directly on the TV

PeterDuke wrote on 3/18/2012, 8:41 AM

What video file formats will your TV accept? Do any TV sets play raw video files? I think you would need a hardware media player.

farss wrote on 3/18/2012, 8:51 AM

"Do any TV sets play raw video files?"

Theys sure do. Tried a 720p mp4 rendered from Vegas, copied to USB thumb drive, no problem at all on a new Toshiba HDTV. Plug stick into USB port. Select "USB" input, navigate to folder, click thumbnail, movie plays.

Bob.

Johnkl wrote on 3/18/2012, 9:44 AM

The TV accept MP4 and actually also the native AVCHD from the camera

PeterDuke wrote on 3/19/2012, 7:47 AM

Have you tried rendering to MP4 or AVCHD?

paul_w wrote on 3/19/2012, 7:56 AM

I like to export to a USB stick or USB powered hard drive. Then put the stick or drive into a bluray player. Most these days have a USB socket on the front. Its quite common. Works perfectly. I use this mainly for test viewing on a big TV, big speakers, comfy seats etc.. Saves time and money burning a disk everytime.
I render to 1280x720 HD. at about 10mbps. Using either the Sony AVC or MainConcept AVC MP4 format.
Its actually been quite a while since i had to burn a disk :)

Paul.

Johnkl wrote on 3/19/2012, 4:03 PM

Yes, I'we tried this and works fine, but my problem is that I have several hours of video, and are making small clips one pr. day, and then expect DVDA so "sample" them together.
maybee there mig be another way ?
The total file size must not exceep 4GB since the play does not recongnize otehr that FAT32 formated disks

rtbond wrote on 3/20/2012, 10:50 AM

I have found the streaming media capabilities of LCDs (and even Blu-Ray players) disappointing. I purchased a dedicated Media Player and am generally pleased with the results.

The Media Player connecti to the TV via HDMI and has USB ports for local HDD or thumb drive connections. They also have Gigabit Ethernet connections for streaming content from devices on the home network. I have a network-attached-storage (NAS) drive (Ethernet connect HDD) connected to my home network. The Media Player can stream content from NAS or from a locally connected USB device. You should also be able to stream content from any Windows 7 PC connected to the home network.

I am using the Western Digital "WD TV Live" media player. Whatever media player you consider, verify it handles the media you are interested in streaming (container type, frame size, frame rate, etc)

I place my rendered content (in an MPEG2-TS container) on the NAS for playback and draft review on my 55" LCD via the "WD TV Live" media player.