AVCHD Exporting
by Kathy OBrien
on
Sep 10, 2008 at 6:36:33 pm
Hello all-
I am working on a project which has regular DV input as well as one AVCHD shot that is a good portion of my project (we'll call it camera 1). I am concerned, due to the size of the inital file, that when I export, using the typical Quicktime export with current settings, that the file will be way too large for a DVD. Do I need to convert the final project using compressor? Anytime I try to do this, I run into major issues. The last time I tried to get this project on a DVD, I tried for a week and was never successful - any suggestions?
Re: AVCHD Exporting by Dave LaRonde on Sep 10, 2008 at 7:47:47 pm
If you're authoring a DVD as opposed to burning a data DVD, your choice of video is limited in NTSC-land to 720x480 MPEG2. That's it.
In a compression application like Compressor, you can make some choices on HOW to create your MPEG2 file. You can choose between single pass or multipass encoding, plus the bitrate -- the higher the bitrate, the better-looking the video. As a rule of thumb, you don't want the length of the video to exceed 2 hours.
So how long is YOUR project?
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: AVCHD Exporting by Kathy OBrien on Sep 10, 2008 at 8:02:24 pm
There are 3 portions - 1 main video (40 minutes) and 2 extras (45 minutes and 15 minutes). I think all together it should be less than 2 hours.
I will try compressor, but I get all confused once I get int there - there are so many options! And then I've also had problems with horizontal lines when I use compressor....
