timestamp and best settings

drb10 wrote on 2/26/2011, 12:22 PM
Hello all,
I used to use a program called DV timestamp to stamp date and time extracted from video file and stamp every frame. Has vegas studio brought in this capability? I don't see it with the current version 10.

Secondly, which would be the best video settings that would fit 1 1/2 movie in DVDs? I don't want to tinker too much. Seems like the default options that I use aren't producing the best in them.

Thank you,

drb

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/26/2011, 2:33 PM
You can fit about 70 minutes of full-quality standard def video on a DVD, drb -- although you shouldn't see too much reduction in quality if you squeeze a bit more on.

Just click the Make Movie button and select the option to Make DVD. This will create the perfect source file for DVD Architect Studio to make a DVD from.

Although I hope it goes without saying that the quality of this output is only going to be as good as the match between your source video and your project's settings (e.g., the DV setting for video from a miniDV camcorder). What type of camcorder is your video coming from and which project settings did you select?

Also, it also goes without saying that DVDs are standard definition video. So if you're using hi-def video (HDV or AVCHD) as our video source, your resulting DVD is going to be a fraction of the resolution, since DVDs have about 1/4 the number of pixels of hi-def.

It should still be good quality video. It just won't be quite as detailed.
drb10 wrote on 2/26/2011, 4:06 PM
I have a miniDV camcorder and as well as just bought the XR-150.

DVDs created using default settings of the software is not that great. I used video files from mini DV.

As you said, once you see the quality in Blu-ray, mind doesn't accept inferior quality.

Thanks so much for taking time to post.

drb