ATT krzych or anyone else who knows much HD

[metallifreak27]

questions for u

i have all the footage for the aussie leg of the DM tour

most if its in HD

i have tried using the RAW files in dvd architect, and converting it down to dvd quality, and it done it ok, but the actual video doesnt really look that good

is that all i can do?

and, what do u use to author to blu ray? and what blu ray player do u use on ur pc? powere dvd?

just want to cross reference to what i am using

[damageinc]

You can author blurays with TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4, and play the discs with Powerdvd 8 for example.

[no leaf clover]

I've been authoring several DVDs lately and had to convert the video files most of the time.

These are some programs I used which worked great:

Total Video Converter

ConvertXtoDVD 4 (VSO) (a really good program)

4u m2ts converter (made for converting HD files) and works excellent.

Maybe one of these programs will help you with this gigantic World Magnetic project.

Good luck!

[Krzych]

I've never authored a blu-ray. I didn't even start with that, only author dvds.
Why final videos doesn't look ok after downscaling to dvd? What's your settings? Try to raise up bitrate maybe?
Soft I use: Vegas 8.0 (mixing), Free HD Converter 1.7 or MPEG_StreamClip. Most of the time, especially for mixing, first I create mpeg-2 files from HD materials, with the same res and stuff. But it's mpeg then and Vegas works smoother.
But can't help with blu-rays. I'm good in loosing quality

[metallifreak27]

i use dvd architect 5

made a blu ray the other day and it wouldnt play thru powerdvd or total media theatre, said something like invalid disc,

not sure why

there was no problem making the dvd, just that the quality looked below what i was expecting

[Krzych]

Downscaled HD material won't be never so good as it was before. We can't go higher than 720x576 plus widescreen mode.
Try to render samples with different bitrates. 8MBps should be fine imo.

[MasterSandman II]

I'm willing to help you author the shows in Blu-ray if you'd like. I have all the equipment to do so. I think it'd be cool to have both versions released to the community. Let me know via PM or whatever =)

[metallifreak27]

I'm willing to help you author the shows in Blu-ray if you'd like. I have all the equipment to do so. I think it'd be cool to have both versions released to the community. Let me know via PM or whatever =)

they will be getting released thru bob when he is ready

i can do it myself, as i also have all the equipment, just need to figure out some fine tuning thats all, thanks for the offer

[MasterSandman II]

I'm willing to help you author the shows in Blu-ray if you'd like. I have all the equipment to do so. I think it'd be cool to have both versions released to the community. Let me know via PM or whatever =)

they will be getting released thru bob when he is ready

i can do it myself, as i also have all the equipment, just need to figure out some fine tuning thats all, thanks for the offer

I'm looking forward to some more HD shows. Thanks!