HD videos look odd when burned to a Blu-Ray disc

SpeedinTurtle wrote on 8/15/2013, 2:36 AM
First of all, I apologize for the lengthy and possibly(but I hope not) confusing message. I just wanted to include as much detail as possible so you can help me out.


I have a HD Sony Handycam and filmed a couple of short movies in HD. I hooked up my camcorder to my HD TV and everything looked great. I decided to go ahead and make a Blu-Ray disc.

I import the movies to my computer using Play Memories Home. That software says the properties of the movies I shot are as follows:

" Video codec: AVC,
Frame rate: 60p,
Video aspect ratio: 16:9,
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1".

I opened up Sony Vegas Studio and used the Match media settings option for the new project. When I chose one of my videos off my hard drive, it listed the video settings as follows:

"File type: MPEG-2 Transport Stream,
Streams: 3,
Audio: 48,000 Hz 5.1 surround,
Video: 1920x1080x12, 59.940 fps progressive".

After I got my video completed, I went to render it with the following template:

"Sony AVC/MVC (*.mp4;*.m2ts;*.avc) = HD 1920x1080 60p". This template says:

"Audio: 128 Kbps, 48,000 Hz, 32 Bit, Stereo, AAC
Video: 59.940 fps, 1920x1080 Progressive, YUV, 26 Mbps
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.000"

After I rendered all my movies, I brought them into DVD Architect Studio. I set up the project as a Menu Based and as:

"Disc format: Blu-Ray Disc,
MPEG-2 1920x1080-24.000p , 16:9,
Project audio format: PCM Stereo"

When I click file > project properties, it says:
"Video format: MPEG-2,
Bit rate (Mbps): 18.000,
Aspect ratio: 16:9,
Resolution: 1920x1080,
Frame rate: 24.000 progressive".

When I go to burn a Blu-Ray disc, it says it needs to re-compress all the videos. When the disc is done, I put it in my player and the videos look strange, almost jittery. I'm not quite sure how to describe it. It just looks off. Since DVD Architect re-compressed my videos, I'm pretty sure that is what is making my movies look funny. I think it might have to do with the fps. What do I have to do to stop DVD Architect from re-compressing my movies and how to make my HD videos play smoothly on a disc? There's so many different rendering templates and ways to change settings it's a little overwhelming to me.

I've wasted many Blu-Ray discs seeing if a slight change in project settings made any difference but it never did. I don't want to waste any more so please help me figure out what to do.

Comments

PeterDuke wrote on 8/15/2013, 3:17 AM
Blu-ray does not normally support 1920x1080, 60p. However, I notice that Wikipedia now says:

"Officially, progressive scan video can go up to 1920×1080 pixel resolution at 24 frames per second, or up to 59.94 frames per second at a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. Many current Blu-ray players and recorders now support 1920×1080 video at the full 60p and 50p progressive format."

You could also choose to convert your video to 1920x1080, 60i (30 frames per second, interlaced).

musicvid10 wrote on 8/15/2013, 8:10 AM
Use compliant BluRay video and audio templates in Vegas.
It will get wrapped as 60i, which is fine.
60p is not supported.
SpeedinTurtle wrote on 8/15/2013, 10:20 PM
I'm not sure it's the Blu-ray players but the DVD Architect application. I don't think there is an option in DVD Architect that allows you to go full 60p with correct fps.
Also, wouldn't converting the video to 60i make the movie look slowed down since it was shot with twice the fps?

From now on, I'll be shooting 60i so I won't have this issue. Kinda makes me wonder why there is even a 60p option. Thanks for the help
musicvid10 wrote on 8/15/2013, 11:16 PM
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That's why you won't find 60p project support in DVD Architect.