Highest quality Video using DVD's

kk5551 wrote on 7/29/2012, 7:00 PM
Hi all...

I have been shooting video with my Canon HF-R10. It shoots 1920x1080 at 60i.

I am still using Vegas Pro 8 and will am just starting a new project after having not used Vegas for awhile. My output will most likely be a DVD 20minutes long. 2 questions:

1) What settings/template should I use to get the best DVD quality

2) What settings/template for saving a digital copy


Thank you,

Kade in Salt Lake City

Comments

videoITguy wrote on 7/29/2012, 7:05 PM
The answers for you are all over the DVDAPro forum.... go there and pick almost any thread - it is covered over and over again.
musicvid10 wrote on 7/29/2012, 7:17 PM
Everything else being optimal, a DVD can only keep 15% of the video information from your HD video (it's just math). If you keep that in mind, you are less likely to be disappointed in the outcome.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/29/2012, 7:31 PM
If you want a BD-DVD then you can get BD quality @ about 20 minutes. DVD will downrez everything.

BD-DVD requires mpeg-2 HD render, I forget exactly what one to use as I normally just use a template, or I made my own. :)
kk5551 wrote on 7/29/2012, 10:27 PM
Yep... Sorry guys. Should have looked in the DVDA side before posting. Thanks.

So, if you are NOT burning to DVD, but want to use it for home use, to watch on a television (wedding videos, etc) what are you doing to preserve HD and play it?

Thank you again..
farss wrote on 7/29/2012, 11:18 PM
Many HDTVs today will play H.264 directly off a disk.
Of late I've just copied a 720p H.264 version of my "movie" to a USB thumb drive and plugged that into the USB port of the TV and played it. Conveniently it's the same file that I've uploaded to YouTube.

Bob.
riredale wrote on 8/1/2012, 7:11 PM
I'd suggest that for material viewed for the short term, you can use a variety of formats. But if you want something easily viewable 10 years from now, it might be best to stick with a universal format, such as plain old DVD or BluRay.

And burn on high-quality media such as Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden (my favorite).

Regular DVD uses just 720x480 pixels, but as you can see with any movie release, if you do things right you can deliver pretty high quality via DVD.
PeterDuke wrote on 8/1/2012, 8:46 PM
If you don't want a shiny 12 cm disc you can use a hardware media player. Many of them will play straight HD video files in various formats.

I have a Dune HD Base 3 media player which will also play Blu-ray .ISO files complete with menu, but such a feature is rare I think.