Wedding editing to dvd ?

[rikit]

I have some questions to ask about wedding footage and encoding times
for dvd format. This will give me an idea what I am up against when I start shooting and editing videos.

1) list your average amount of hours shooting a wedding?
2) how much hard drive space it takes up?
3) the amount of time it takes to Encode your wedding footage to DVD
format?
4) what are you using to Encode?

[Cobra]

1) list your average amount of hours shooting a wedding?

Depends how long the wedding is. I'm afraid I don't have my crystal ball with me, so I can't answer that one!

2) how much hard drive space it takes up?

Depends on what codec you use to capture it, and at what quality. For a few hours capturing at good quality, make sure you have at least 30GB free. I like the Morgan MJPEG codec at quality 90, it's a very good balance but you'll need to play with it and decide for yourself what it acceptable.

3) the amount of time it takes to Encode your wedding footage to DVD format?

4) what are you using to Encode?

Again, this depends. I use TMPGEnc and I go for quality over time. Mine encodes at about 10fps. Unfortunately, without knowing how long your source footage is nobody can answer that question. Also, encoding times are highly dependant on your machine's specification and the state Windows is in, and the unique setup you have on your machine. We can tell you roughly how long it will take given more information but nothing close to exact.

There are a load of guides to capturing on your left. I used VirtualDub to capture via a GeForce4 card - this is the link to the guide to save you hunting. There are also plenty of TMPGEnc guides on this site to help you convert to DVD after capturing.

Best of luck,

Cobra

[daamon]

Hi rikit,

These links:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=725433#725433

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=809541#809541

...may prove useful as it's the process I use to achieve what (it sounds like) you want to do, in a step-by-step way. It's not designed to be a definitive guide, but a record of what I do coz I'm happy with my results. It also references various useful guides etc.

That said, it's a reasonably detailed description of my method. I don't claim it's the best, or that it's perfect for you - only that it seems logical and works for me.

1) list your average amount of hours shooting a wedding?

Depends on the wedding, but I'd also suggest to think about how much people are prepared to go through before they get bored...

2) how much hard drive space it takes up?

DV AVI is approx. 13.5Gb per hour for the source clips. If you don't frameserve (recommended - it's not that scary), you'll also need to account for the project file that you output - be it DV AVI or MPEG2. If you output to AVI, you'll also need to allow for the final MPEG2.

3) the amount of time it takes to Encode your wedding footage to DVD format?

Too many variables to answer - Specs of your PC, encoder you use, quality level you go for, CBR or VBR, length of footage etc. etc.

4) what are you using to Encode?

TMPGEnc Plus - Details in the link I gave you.

Hope that helps. Good luck...

[arcorob]

I shoot weddings every weekend.

First, the wedding itself. General wedding is 35 minutes to 1 hour (Catholic Mass) . In all cases add another 5 to 10 minutes for pre-shots (groom waiting , bride coming up in the limo, etc)

Now heres the kicker. I use 3 cameras (call me Desi Arnez) and that amounts to about 3 hours of video. When I capture, I do so as DV AVI so each tape is 9 to 12 gig.

Now the cocktail hour and reception. Average 5 hours, 2 camera's going (but not all the time) so I shoot 4 hr to 6 hours of tape.

For 4 hours, again about another 36 to 50 gig.

Now how is this done. I have multiple hard drives. The simplist you should do is 3 drives.

1 for your system exclusively

then 2 others AT LEAST 120 gig each.

One is for capture and edit. When you are done with your edits, render to the second 120 gig drive. Why ? Because then you are reading from one, writing to the other and not trying to do both to one drive.

If you want more info, contact me. Here is my wedding site

www.arctechvideo.com check out the demo (low grade wmv but gives you an idea)

[northcat_8]

I have some questions to ask about wedding footage and encoding times
for dvd format. This will give me an idea what I am up against when I start shooting and editing videos.

1) list your average amount of hours shooting a wedding?
2) how much hard drive space it takes up?
3) the amount of time it takes to Encode your wedding footage to DVD
format?
4) what are you using to Encode?

1 - If I shoot it about 2-3 hours, filming people showing up, preparation of the groom and bride (and bride's maids ), ceremony, the new couple's exit, I also film the photographer's pictures, reception, toasts, dance, dance with parents, etc, etc, etc. It could last 3-4 hours

2 - I capture to DV-AVI and I have 3 hard drives, 60, 120 and 160...video is usually over 60 GB. You have to have double the space (at least) because the final video will be edited and then output. So if I have say 60 GB of raw footage, once put together edited, music added, etc, etc...maybe the final video is 35 GB on my HD. But then I will still need to convert it to MPEG-2 which will be another 4-5 GB.

3 - amount of time?? On video all together? depends on what you do with it. I personally like to make sure the video is better than they expect, I spend a lot of time making menu's, cut sections, FX, collages and making the video stand out. So it takes as much time as you want to spend on it. Actual conversion time depends on the program you use, your system setup and specs, how long the video is...mine is usually about as long as the video. I don't know what they are talking about in the post taking 3-4 hours for 20 minutes of video. My time is just slightly longer than the original video.

4 - Right now I'm using TMPGEnc Plus to encode and TMPGEnc DVD Author to author the DVD, but I am checking into AVID, I've used it before and I like it and I can almost afford it I'm working on it.

[rikit]

Thanks these are the responds I was looking for , you are all a big help.I also use TMPGenc plus. I own the DVD author but have not used it yet. I
know I wasn't clear on the amount of length of footage, I just wanted a rough idea. TMPGenc is very slow from my experience and I have never encoded anything over an hour. I can't imagine how long that would take to encode 3or4 hours, wow! I know there is faster stuff, but will also run you a pretty penny. I just kinda also want to know so I can figure out roughly how long it will take me to finish a clients wedding project.
Thanks , I need all the info I can get.