Play DV format in Blu ray player and TV.

[Kmroc]

I have DV format videos (AVI Movie, Image Size 720 x 576, Frame Rate 25.00, Pixel Aspect Ratio 1.0940), my Blu ray player and TV LG not able to play this video, how i can play it in Blu ray player and TV ?

In case codec must change, what best codec does not degrade PQ? And is it better change original data: mage size, pixel ratio… to higher resolution, or keep as original?

The software im using is Adobe Premier pro cc and after effects cc.

And thank you very much for answering.

[Baldrick]

Yes. You must convert it.

You could just use free converters like handbrake and convert to mp4/mkv(with h264 video) that many blu-ray players and tvs support. Use high quality settings and use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Or use Adobe Premiere to edit your video and output to mp4(h264 video) with highest video quality settings.

Keep the original video size and 4:3 aspect ratio.

[Kmroc]

Thank you for reply, Baldrick. Ok in Premier I don't mp4, can I use any H264 format or in Quicktime?
Is H264 highest codec I could use ?

[Mr Chris]

...use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Hmmm. Most PAL smart TVs and Blu-Ray players can handle interlaced files just fine, so I wouldn't be so sweeping as to advise someone to simply throw away half of their visual material. If the originals are camcorder-shot home videos, isn't there a better alternative?

[poisondeathray]

...use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Hmmm. Most PAL smart TVs and Blu-Ray players can handle interlaced files just fine, so I wouldn't be so sweeping as to advise someone to simply throw away half of their visual material. If the originals are camcorder-shot home videos, isn't there a better alternative?

You don't have to throw away "half" by single rate deinterlacing . "bob" deinterlacing preserves full motion samples

[usually_quiet]

Thank you for reply, Baldrick. Ok in Premier I don't mp4, can I use any H264 format or in Quicktime?
Is H264 highest codec I could use ?

TVs and Blu-ray players often support H.264 video and AAC audio in either a MKV, MP4, or TS container. Support for the MOV container (Quicktime) is less common. As far as I know, only Samsung's UBD-K8500 UHD Blu-ray player and some recent TVs support H.265, so H.264 is probably the "highest" codec you can use.

...but to be sure about which container file formats and what types of video and audio are actually allowed for your TV and your Blu-ray player, you would need to look at the manuals.

[jagabo]

...use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Hmmm. Most PAL smart TVs and Blu-Ray players can handle interlaced files just fine

But Handbrake can't.

[Mr Chris]

...use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Hmmm. Most PAL smart TVs and Blu-Ray players can handle interlaced files just fine

But Handbrake can't.

Yep, which is why I ended with the question:

If the originals are camcorder-shot home videos, isn't there a better alternative?

I suppose if the OP will be keeping said originals, it makes no difference anyway. I'm just very squeamish about unnecessary destructive steps.
(There's also the further issue that not all smart TVs and Blu-Ray players are entirely co-operative when it comes to 50p vids.)

[Baldrick]

...use also Filters->Deinterlace in Handbrake.

Hmmm. Most PAL smart TVs and Blu-Ray players can handle interlaced files just fine

But Handbrake can't.

Forgot that.

[jagabo]

Actually, Handbrake can encode as interlaced h.264 but you have to enter the flag, "bff", manually in the x264 Extra Options box. Don't let it resize or filter the video or it will screw up. Even so, it may blur the chroma channels of the two fields together.

[Kmroc]

Someone recommend deinterlace (progressive), is it recommended if the original is interlace ?

[Kmroc]

Thank you for reply, Baldrick. Ok in Premier I don't mp4, can I use any H264 format or in Quicktime?
Is H264 highest codec I could use ?

TVs and Blu-ray players often support H.264 video and AAC audio in either a MKV, MP4, or TS container. Support for the MOV container (Quicktime) is less common. As far as I know, only Samsung's UBD-K8500 UHD Blu-ray player and some recent TVs support H.265, so H.264 is probably the "highest" codec you can use.

...but to be sure about which container file formats and what types of video and audio are actually allowed for your TV and your Blu-ray player, you would need to look at the manuals.

Sure i will look to that, however I want file format operative in most media generally or playable everywhere, not only in my home.

[usually_quiet]

Sure i will look to that, however I want file format operative in most media generally or playable everywhere, not only in my home.

Up until now, you have only mentioned that you need the file to play on your TV and Blu-ray player.

I recall a few other threads where someone wanted a universally playable file, but the perfect answer was never found because every media playback device is limited in what it will play, and some more than others. For example, if someone's only video playback device is a DVD player, many of them only play authored DVDs.

[_Al_]

there is a perfect answer but there is always someone that would say it is wrong for whatever reason, it is internet discussion, so here we go:

edit your DVavi in any NLE and export DVavi as well, that is your archive. Then you batch transfer those DVavi movies or clips to mp4 (H.264 for video, AAC for audio) using QTGMC (or any other double deinterlacer if it is that good). Doing this you have two choices right after, not to resize and have anamorphic video, you need to encode with SAR flag in x264 encoder, or you resize to square pixel. Square pixel is most bullet proof but you have to resize, your choice, just remember, at this point you resize progressive frame, which is okish, not interlaced frame, which you should not resise.

50p or 59.94p is not a problem today, players have no problems to play it even older phones. And . if you do not want to resize just use that SAR flag.


if %ar%==4:3 if %h%==480 if %w%==720 (set sar=8:9)
if %ar%==4:3 if %h%==576 if %w%==720 (set sar=16:15)
if %ar%==16:9 if %h%==480 if %w%==720 (set sar=32:27)
if %ar%==16:9 if %h%==576 if %w%==720 (set sar=64:45)

if %ar%==4:3 if %h%==480 if %w%==704 (set sar=10:11)
if %ar%==4:3 if %h%==576 if %w%==704 (set sar=12:11)
if %ar%==16:9 if %h%==480 if %w%==704 (set sar=40:33)
if %ar%==16:9 if %h%==576 if %w%==704 (set sar=16:11)

so example, you have 4:3 NTSC, then in x264 command line you put :
--sar 8:9
4:3 pal has that flag 16:15, so even if you do not put it there, not many would notice, proportional error is not that much, but anyway, why not to put it there

While encoding, just be generous with bitrate, use very low CRF, like something below 18 for sure, lower the better, size is not an issue here, because we are talking about SD resolution, and each artifact gets blown-up on HD screen.

[Kmroc]

Thank you all for wonderful informations. Ok I guess i can make now some samples and see.