What setting should I choose to create a dvd quickly?

[norcim]

Equpment:
Sony HDV with HDMI out
PC: i7-2600k at 4.5GHz
HDMI Capture card (Blackmagic intensity Pro)
Video card Radeon 6870
Professional Audio mixer (has USB out)

Software:
vMix - is a software switcher. I will eventually use multi cams. Currently I will use it to stream/record from the camera and audio mixer. to
Pinnacle Studio 15 Ultimate


This thread is different from the other one.
In this thread I will ask all you good people to tell me which setting I should choose.
The goal is to capture the video stream and audio which will be encoded to MPEG-2 while recording for fast DVD authoring.

First is the video capture card. I dont know if it matters if I capture in high quality when I will encode in lower quality 1080p to 720p.
Blackmagic Intensity Pro (HDMI input card from camera)

Set Default video standard as:
NTSC ; NTSC Progressive;
HD 720p 50;
HD 720p 59.94 ;
HD 1080p 29.97 ;
HD 1080p 23.98;
HD 1080p 25;
HD 1080i 59.94 ;
HD 1080i 60
Selecct input Processing:
720 HD to SD Letterbox 16:9 ;
720p HD to SD Anamorphic 16:9;
1080i HD to SD (letterbox or anamorphic )16:9;
SD Letterbox 16:9 to 1080i ;
SD anamorphic 16:9 to 1080i


vMix software switcher setting options: (only one camera at this time)
MPEG-2 (options)

size: 720x405, 720x486, 720x576
system: NTSC 59.94 or 29.97p ; NTSC 60 or 30p ; FILM 23.976p
Bit Rate: 4; 8; 16; 25
File Format: TS (transport stream) ; MPG


I may use Pinnacle Studio to create the dvd image or any other program you recommend
Last I will use NERO to burn to multi DVDs

[Janssen]

I don't know enough to really advise you on all these settings but i can tell you that DVD NTSC (north america) is 29.97 fps, so if your source is already that frame rate, it will be better quality because it won't have to convert it.

DVD res is 720x480, so take one close to that if there's not a big selection.

Otherwise it's perfectly fine to take a big res like 1280x720 (my camera) and let the encoder turn it into 720x480.

[usually_quiet]

Video captured using resolutions or frame rates not allowed by the DVD spec will need to be re-encoded before authoring. There are also limits on bit rate and GOP size.

Interlaced 720x480 at 29.97 frames per second with a GOP size of 15 is typical for NTSC DVDs. Interlaced 720x576 at 25 frames per second with a GOP size of 12 is typical for PAL DVDs. Read the section "Technical Info for DVD-Video" from What Is DVD to see the other encoding options available to you.