I've been burning home movies to DVD for 3 or 4 years now, with no problems. The process used to be Hi-8 camera -> PC capture card w/ hardware mpeg encoding -> TMPGEnc DVD author. Never made a coaster.
Well, over the last few months, we've purchased a new widescreen HD tv, and an HD camcorder (Sony HDR-HC3). The footage was recorded in high-def (1080i).
I don't have a high-def player or burner, so I have the camera convert to DV format when transferring the tape contents to the computer via firewire. It creates a 16:9 mpeg file on the PCs hard drive.
I tried burning a couple DVDs using TMPGEnc through my usual process, but the resulting DVD would not play in my 4 year old Panasonic player. It also wouldn't play on my PC. The only difference in the process at this point is that I'm using 16:9 instead of 4:3.
So, I tried using Ulead VideoStudio to author (which I'm evaluating because it can handle HD content). The DVD created by VideoStudio does play in my Panasonic player, but in at least a couple spots in the DVD, the player hangs; it stops playing the DVD (almost like pause was hit) for a few seconds, and then returns to the menu.
My questions are: should DVD Author (which is an older version; probably 3 or 4 years old) be able to create a playable 16:9 DVD? What is causing the hiccups on playback from the Ulead created DVD? Is it the authoring program? Some problem with the player?
Any guesses or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Most of the problems sound like either poor authoring tools or poor media.
Tmpgenc can certainly encode 16:9 material for DVD. It even has widescreen templates to do this. I can't vouch for TDA being able to author 16:9, however if the mpegs are correctly encoded, you can use other tools to change the DVD to 16:9 after authoring. IFOEdit can do this, for example.Read my blog here.
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As was noted by guns1inger, in your first example.
It also wouldn't play on my PC
Your second example.
What is causing the hiccups on playback from the Ulead created DVD? -
Originally Posted by MysticE
The DVD will not play back properly on my PC either; it gets hung up at the same point. In fact, I couldn't get the DVD to play at all under Windows, but under Linux it would play up to the trouble spot. The xine (linux DVD player) error mentions expecting a NAV packet, but finding none (?).
So it looks like an authoring problem. Anybody have any guesses at what I screwed up?
Thanks! -
The DVD will not play back properly
Depending on your software player either a 'Play from folder' option or try clicking on the VIDEO_TS.IFO.
It's always good practice to test the playback of the files before committing to disc. -
Originally Posted by MysticE
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While I have not messed with the sony Hd cam yet, I don't believe it will convert the 1440x1080 to 720x480 RT through the firewire. Are you sure the file its creating via firewire is not 1440x1080 mpeg2 or avi?
I know my Canon HV10 records DV 4:3 at 1440x1080 and the specs say it records HD/DV at 1920x1080 however the specifications are not correct.
I can output via analog in different formats but the camera will not change the tape format via firewire on the fly. -
I just got my Sony HC3 and have only did a few tapes so far. All my tapes are shot 1440x1080i HDV.
My best results were transferring through firewire using Ulead VideoStudio in 16:9 HD MPEG2 format. Then Lanczos4Resize to 720x480 with AVISynth script then reencoding with Tmpgenc, and authorizing with TDA. Results were excellent and were 16:9.
I found a few things in the camera I don't care for like its down convert from HD to DV. I can do better with script. The camera does not resize that well and leaves nasty looking interlace lines.
My DVD Recorder could record from the camera through firewire. I had it set for 720x480. The files came out 720x480 but all my programs reported the files as 352x240. There is a problem there I haven't figured out yet.... The down convert again I suspect.
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I've taken HDV from my Sony HDR-HC3 and used just TMPGEnc to encode to 720x480 widescreen DVD-Compliant MPEG2, and authored and burned to DVD, with excellent results.
I've also authored from the HDV without re-encoding to HD-DVD, using Ulead DVD Movie Factory 5 Plus, but that's another matter. -
Originally Posted by Scorpion King
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Originally Posted by bobkart
NOTE: Ulead subsequently removed the function in MovieFactory to create the ISO image file -- so you then have to follow the other path of creating the HD-DVD folders, and use software such as Nero to burn the folders...
Regards,
George -
Yeah that later path through Nero is how I do it. Also went to Best Buy to test the discs prior to acquiring a player of my own.
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