Rendering to WMV then Authoring to DVD?

James21 wrote on 3/30/2009, 5:37 PM
I record football game film for the 8th grade football coaches to analyze and breakdown. I am using a Canon Vixia HV30 to capture the film. I rendered it in WMV 11 format then used DVDA 4.5 to author it to DVD although it looks better than MPEG2 to me. Is this a good method to use? If not, what is? I am trying to produce the best visual candy possible in DVD format. The game films are usually no longer than 30 mins. Thanks

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Opampman wrote on 3/30/2009, 5:53 PM
You should be getting a message from DVDA that it is re-renderings before it burns. DVD's are mpeg2 so you are not seeing wmv on the DVD. You should be rendering the Vegas file to mpeg2 format using the NTSC DVDA template.
rs170a wrote on 3/30/2009, 5:55 PM
Is this a good method to use?

IMO, no.
WMV is a lossy format to begin with and you're compressing it even further by going to MPEG-2.

If not, what is?

You've got an HDV camcorder so record in that format.
Set your timeline to DV and zoom in if needed on a particular play.
Render it out of Vegas as MPEG-2 using a CBR of 8.000,000 and render the audio as AC-3.
Feed this into DVDA and I'm sure you'll see a quality improvement.

Mike
TeetimeNC wrote on 4/30/2009, 3:53 AM
How do I get WMV 11 codec? I have Windows Media Player 11 on my Vista PC, but all I see in Vegas is WMV 9. I checked with Sherlock and it also indicates WMV 9. I've searched MS site but still didn't find a WMV 11 codec. Anyone?

Jerry

I record football game film for the 8th grade football coaches to analyze and breakdown. I am using a Canon Vixia HV30 to capture the film. I rendered it in