DVD Workflow

[antonsvideo]

There is nothing wrong with using 720x480 DVD but, unless you are using some strange kind of files, using the regular 720x480 (which does have lower field first) works fine also. It will be switched the correct way during a normal timeline to DVD workflow.

I often use Nero Express to BURN and it is fine. The built in Edius exporter or Procoder gives good encoding quality. I have not tried Nero for any encoding.

that is correct normally, however in his case, he is exporting to a HQ file to use in Nero for encoding

if using Edius to output to DVD with built in DVD Creator, then either one is fine

[pjsssss]

There is nothing wrong with using 720x480 DVD but, unless you are using some strange kind of files, using the regular 720x480 (which does have lower field first) works fine also. It will be switched the correct way during a normal timeline to DVD workflow.

I often use Nero Express to BURN and it is fine. The built in Edius exporter or Procoder gives good encoding quality. I have not tried Nero for any encoding.

[bigrick]

OK Anton,

I accept your explanation. Thanks again.

Now what about the final encoding, anybody out there with experience with NERO Vison? Will the Quality be good? Can I get better quality with something else?

Thanks


Rick

[antonsvideo]

when you use an upper field project setting, you can add lower field files and they will be automatically changed to upper field when you export and there won't be any side effects whatsoever

then the exported HQ file will have upper field, then when converting to DVD, upper field will be remained which is DVD spec

[bigrick]

Anton,

First, thanks for answering so quickly.

Now, I know you are a long time expert in this forum and I have been enjoying your answers to other posts in this fine forum for a long time and I have also used your very good tutorials, so I know that I can trust your judgement, but that wasn't the answer I was expecting.

You are telling me to use 720x480i DVD (which uses upper field first) as the project setting while my files are 720X480i lower field first. I have always read in this forum to use the same field order in the project as the field order of the input files.

This is new to me. What is the reasoning behind this? or if there isn't any, have you experimented with both?

Thanks again for your answer.

Rick

[antonsvideo]

change your project setting to 720x480i DVD (which uses upper field first, I deal for export to DVD)

now export to Canopus HQ fine and the use your Nero, I am not sure how good the encoding quality of Nero is?

[bigrick]

I have about 8 hours of family video to put on DVD for the family. I have started eding and I find it so enjoyable with Edius 5.12 with my new rig (i7 at 3.5GHz, 12 Gb RAM, 1gb video card, 2 x 24'' monitors, OCZ 128Mb SSD system drive running Windows 7 and applications, 1 Tb video data drive in Raid0 and 1 Tb for other data, etc.). The system is fast and I can concentrate on editing instead of other stuff.

All my input files are AVI (Canopus DV) and they are 720X480i lower field first (29.97) with audio at 32kHz stereo 2 channel.

My project setting is exactly the same as my input files, except I am using Canopus HQ Standard.

First question: are my project settings OK?

I plan to output all my video to DVD and I want to have the MAXIMUM QUALITY available. i realy don't care about encoding time or cost, I just want QUALITY.

I intend to use NERO Vision (I already have it) for the final output to DVD because they have a lot of fun templates and very nice intros. Is NERO OK in terms of quality or could I have better quality with something else?

Now for the output from Edius, what format should I use? DV NTSC presets (720X480 59.94i lower field first) or I am better off with something else?

Remember, all I want is Quality.

Thanks a lot for all your precious help.

Rick