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Offline stantheman1976

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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2011, 07:11:37 PM »
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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2011, 06:33:49 AM »
I had a bit of a play around at a gig last night and captured about 25mins of 720p footage with the ZS3.

I've dumped it into Vegas and done a couple of quick edits but I can't figure out what settings to use when rendering it - I'm completely lost in the number of different formats and options.

The raw file size is about 2.8GB. My Bluray player will play AVCHD files that are burned to a DVD disc - to my simple mind, this means that I should be able to get the footage comfortably onto a DVD in its original quality. But Vegas Pro 9 doesn't seem to give the option of rendering to the .m2ts - the format the raw file is in.

So, my question is: what format should I be rendering to to ensure that the footage is subject to the least processing and compression? The advice given above would suggest ACV but when I select "Sony AVC" in Vegas, none of the options it gives me seem to fit: all the AVCHD and Bluray options are for 1080i. The best fit seems to be the slightly worryingly named "Internet 16:9 HD 30p".

I'm not interested in streaming or uploading this footage so filesize isn't really a concern - I just want to get the edited version into a playable format with as little processing ocurring as possible.

I know these must be very basic questions but after a few hours of trawling the web, I now know far more but understand much less about the different formats available...
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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2011, 01:08:50 PM »
For burning HD material to AVCHD disc(standard dvd media)playable in Bluray player you need to use Sony AVC.

Mpeg -2(which is m2ts.-----mpeg transport stream)has a bitrate that is too high for a regular DVD ....thats why you need to use Sony AVC with a bitrate of 15 or 16mbps.However this is not possible in Vegas for 720p to AVC for Bluray or AVCHD.

Are you using DVD architect 5.0 as well?If so your original file might be burned directly to disc without any rendering if its compliant.....but you said you needed to edit it so i think you should in vegas render to Sony AVC 1080i BLURAY template and render your audio seperate to wav.  16-48.And put it on DVD to see how it looks.

Does your zs3 record to 1080?if so i would avoid 720p myself.

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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2011, 06:39:59 PM »
Thanks for that - things are becoming a bit clearer now.

The ZS3 doesn't do 1080 at all as far as I can tell. I just stuck it in my bag as I left for the gig and had a bit of a half-hearted mess around with it. The footage came out surprisingly well - I think I'll be taking it along to every gig from now on.

It's looking like I'll be investing in a Bluray burner at some point in the near future. With that in mind as the likely delivery format for this material what would you recommend as the render settings? Looking at the options in Vegas, MPEG-2 using the "HDV 720-30p" template seems to be the best option but I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2011, 06:48:14 PM »
The only compliant files in the bluray spec are  1080i or 720p but not 720  30p it is 60p.Are you using dvd architect 5.0 or something else?

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Re: Combining different HD modes
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2011, 07:04:15 PM »
I've not got Architect on the PC in front of me but I think the version I've been using is either 4 or 5.

It seems like I've captured by footage in a highly inconvenient format.
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