Converting HD 720p AVI to 720p DVD

[nzjacob]

I have been searching a bit, but can't seem to find an answer.

I have a High def DVD palyer and HD LCD TV. I want to convert a collection of 720p AVI movie trailers I have collected to high def DVD so I can demo these two devices together.

I currently use Canopus 1.5 to convert AVI to MPEG2 and then DVD Lab to create DVD.

If I convert these AVI's to MPEG2 do they retain thier HD quality, or will I need to do something special.

[Megahurts]

nzjacob

Your HD AVI trailers are probably 1280x720 resolution. When you convert to MPEG2, you will have to resize them to 720x480 for a DVD. So the PQ will not be the same.

Your HD DVD player only upscales the SD Pix to HD Pix.

Hope this helps,

Chas

[edDV]

I have been searching a bit, but can't seem to find an answer.

I have a High def DVD palyer and HD LCD TV. I want to convert a collection of 720p AVI movie trailers I have collected to high def DVD so I can demo these two devices together.

I currently use Canopus 1.5 to convert AVI to MPEG2 and then DVD Lab to create DVD.

If I convert these AVI's to MPEG2 do they retain thier HD quality, or will I need to do something special.

I doubt you have a HD DVD player. ID it for us.

Is it something like this?
http://www.divx.com/hardware/detail.php?p=34
If so follow the Divx encoding guidlines.

If you just have an upscaling player, you need to downsize to 720x480 before you can upscale.

[nzjacob]

the player I use is this :
http://www.legenddigital.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2085

It does not support DivX - thats why I am keen to convert the 1200x720 Avi Files (yeh sorry should have checked the source res in Gspot sooner)into DVD complient MPG2 for making a DVD.

Perhaps I didn't frase the question very well, but this HD think is a bit new to me, no TV transmission in my country is HD yet, and not looking to be any time soon either.

If I convert these AVI files (from divx.com) to MPG2 using Canopus, do I need to do anything special, or will the usual res of 720x576 (We are a PAL nation) progressive be fine ? or can I change things to ensure a better output ?

Edit : this is the TV I have :
http://www.legenddigital.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2103

[Megahurts]

nzjacob

You can convert to MPEG2 all you want but the HD content is gone when you resize your HD AVI file to 720x480 or the Pal equivalent.

Most DVD players that suport Divx and XviD will accept files 720x480 or less.

The Avel Linkplayer2 will play a Divx or XviD file up to 1920x1080.

Chas

[Soopafresh]

Nice DVD player. Geez, I want one !


Looks like you can play 720p Mpegs on there - which means the AVI-MPEG2 conversion shouldn't be too bad.

MPEG2, HDV HD mode-1, 1280 x 720 progressive, 16x9, 18.3Mbps, 50fps


That's the settings on my V2.0 of Procoder for the settings you'll probably want to use. Try it out on one or two files and burn to a DVD as a data file(s)
Chances are good it will play.

[nzjacob]

Ok, Canopus 1.5 couldn't handle these settings, so I have had to go visit a mate who does wedding stuff for a living, and has Canopus 2.

We converted the files into MPG2 and they will play on the PC no problems. Havn't tested them as MPG on data DVD disk yet though.

The thing I was hoping to do was create a simple DVD with menus in DVD Lab etc so that you could pick the HD version, and then a standard version, and see the difference HD makes (for my clients). DVD Lab and TMPGEnc DVD Authour will not accept the HD MPG2 output from Canopus.

Does anyone know of an Authoring program that will accept HD 1080 (25fps or 50fps) MPG2 and create complient DVD ???

[edDV]

the player I use is this :
http://www.legenddigital.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2085

It does not support DivX - thats why I am keen to convert the 1200x720 Avi Files (yeh sorry should have checked the source res in Gspot sooner)into DVD complient MPG2 for making a DVD.

Perhaps I didn't frase the question very well, but this HD think is a bit new to me, no TV transmission in my country is HD yet, and not looking to be any time soon either.

If I convert these AVI files (from divx.com) to MPG2 using Canopus, do I need to do anything special, or will the usual res of 720x576 (We are a PAL nation) progressive be fine ? or can I change things to ensure a better output ?

Edit : this is the TV I have :
http://www.legenddigital.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2103

RE: the above links. I can find no spec for supported file formats for this box. The PDF link won't open.

The ad copy make it sound like a upscaling standard DVD player. If so, it will only support standard def MPeg2. Try your HDTV and DVD player at 720P and 480P and use the setting that works best for you.

Can you supply any other HD file spec that this machine will play?

I'm sure you are aware that true HD DVD support is at least a year away.

[Baldrick]

The only players that I have seen that supports hd mpeg2,divx,xvid,wmv are the ones with sigmateks em8620 chipset
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&Submit=Search&Search=Search&chipset=S...y=Name&hits=25

The legend may be one of those...but I can't either find any info about that.

nzjacob: you can not create a compliant dvd with hd resolutions. you must wait for the hddvd or bluray standards.

[nzjacob]

RE: the above links. I can find no spec for supported file formats for this box. The PDF link won't open.

The PDF wont open in firefox for some reaseon, but OK in opera and IE.

Thanks for all your help, it looks like an upscaler from everything I can see. I ill see if it can play mpg of disk tomorrow.

Thanks for all your help on this one.