NX70 Recording Times

Brad,
Recording and producing dvds are two different items.
You can record in anything you want.

When you render, render as a standard avi sd format from the timeline.

Then you compress it into mpeg for the dvd. You can compress more to fit more length onto the dvd at the expense of details. Or compress less to qet the best quality.

Normal compression from avi to mpeg is 6mbits for "DVD" quality.
4mbits compression would get you vhs video quality, and 3mbits would get you lp vhs quality.

If you have mostly static images like scenery or powerpoint the 3mbit would not be noticed, but any other time and it would be a degradation.

The second variable you have, is to use double layer DVDs. yes a standard single layer is 4.7gbyte, but a double layer is 8.5

When I put content on DVDs, I do it at 6mbits and get about 2hours 40 minutes on a double layer dvd. About 1 hour and 30 minutes on a single layer dvd.

John Lenihan

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
http://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com

If you are simply archiving and not doing any editing at all, then just stay in the original mpeg from the camera and burn it onto dvds.

If you will have to edit at all, to put chapter markers or names of people speaking, then you will have to edit.

I always render to avi first, which is uncompressed, then in DVD architect I select the compression ratio. The reasons I go through the extra steps are:
1. If my project is just a tiny bit too large for the disk, I can compress a little more and squeeze it in.
2. If it is a rough cut, I compress a lot and fit more onto a single disk for a client.
3. I have the avi master if later I want to create something lower resolution for say the web.

Because architects accurately predicts how large the end result will be, it is easier than trying to guess the compression in Vegas.

John

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
http://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com