Memory card instead of DVD ?

rabsamir wrote on 9/15/2012, 3:45 AM

I rendered a project:

HD 1080-50i (1920x1080; 25.000 fps)
1920x1080
25.000 PAL
Upper field first
Rendering quality BEST
Everything following "Match Media Settings"

using "DVD architect pal widescreen video stream" and burnt a DVD w DVD Architect pro. Alles OK

Then, just for playing, please don't kill me I'm a newbie, I rendered the project using HDV 1080-50i. This produced an enormous file (1.5 GB for 5 min). I copied this file to a memory card and watched it in my TV set via my " WD TV® Live™ Streaming Media Player".

In my opinion there is a big difference in picture quality. Is this a good way to go, disregarding costs? Most videos I do are for personal enjoyment and for boring guests that would never go home :-) I can still burn DVDs if needed, of course.

Maybe there are other methods or combinations?

Regards

Jorge

Comments

farss wrote on 9/15/2012, 5:49 AM

You could use the "Sony AVC" codec.
I've used that but with square pixels. Modern TVs and PC will play the file just fine. The codec is more efficient than HDV's MPEG-2 so you could use say 10Mbps for a smaller file.

Bob.

rabsamir wrote on 9/15/2012, 5:53 AM

Thanks Bob.

I'll be out for a week. I'll be reading postings in my Smartphone but probably not answering until I'm back (my fingers are too thick :-)

Thanks to everybody in advance

Jorge

Chienworks wrote on 9/15/2012, 6:20 AM

When you burned a PAL DVD, you also created an output of 720x576, which is much lower than the 1920x1080 version on the memory card. That could be another reason for the big difference in quality.

john_dennis wrote on 9/15/2012, 10:30 AM

I use DVD Architect to make Blu-ray images (.iso) containing chapter points for navigation but only make Blu-ray disks to share with others. Some media players play .iso files though mine doesn't.

I use MakeMKV to create .mkv files and store them on a hard disk that is locally attached through USB to my Sony Blu-ray player and network attached to my systems. The Sony Blu-ray player plays the files at the same apparent quality as a Blu-ray disk with chapter navigation. Menus don't make it through the process. When menus are important, I burn an actual BD-R.

You could use the same process with flash drives with more leg work. There may be other ways to have navigation but this is the best way I've found so far. I use the Sony AVC DVD Architect templates for this effort.

rabsamir wrote on 9/30/2012, 3:02 PM

I tried the Sony AVC. And yes, I cannot tell the results apart.
Thanks Bob