[trinibob]

soo many to pick from but what im doing is making full dvd videos with titles then saving the small movies to compile into a full dvd but what is the best format for making this type of dvd?
dvd format avi is what i have been using but is this the right and best way to produce top notch movies?

[myguggi]

soo many to pick from but what im doing is making full dvd videos with titles then saving the small movies to compile into a full dvd but what is the best format for making this type of dvd?
dvd format avi is what i have been using but is this the right and best way to produce top notch movies?

avi is not a DVD format. When creating a DVD select best quality. To create a video clip (in Videowave) that you can load into myDVD, "output as" the "best quality" mpeg2

[Jim_Hardin]

avi is not a DVD format. When creating a DVD select best quality. To create a video clip (in Videowave) that you can load into myDVD, "output as" the "best quality" mpeg2

Not clear as to what you are doing???

It sounds to me like you are making DVD Movies in MyDVD and hoping to combine them later onto one DVD?

[trinibob]

Not clear as to what you are doing???

It sounds to me like you are making DVD Movies in MyDVD and hoping to combine them later onto one DVD?

yes im inporting movies from my camcorder as an mpeg then using eideo wave8 i take that and edit into clips with transitions then i want to save the production with all the clips and music.transitions for later to make chapters for a home dvd out of sevral diffrent productions what should i save them i.e render them as ?
after im done editing i click the output as button to save the production in its new form to the hard drive.
and if i should be using "best quality" mpeg2 what the heck is "dvd format avi" for?
that is what i was using.

[Jim_Hardin]

2 ways to go here…

As Walt suggest – Best Quality mpeg2.

Or save your Project using Save As – dmsm file.

Later in MyDVD you Add either one.

The VW dmsm file does not have 'one drop' of video in it, but contains all information as to how you want that video clip to look.

Most people 'think' in the Output As method...

[ml]

what the heck is "dvd format avi" for?
that is what i was using.

If you look closely, it's DV format avi.

That's the output that you use if you're going to output the video back to tape in a DV camcorder. The files are huge - approximately 13 GB per hour.

You need to do as recommended and choose DVD Playback....MPEG-2 for DVD, best quality.

They will then be ready to put on a menu in My DVD and burn to a DVD in the future.

* edit * As Jim said, you can also save as a .dmsm file, but you'd need to keep the original video on your hard drive. By using the Output production as..... you create a new standalone movie and you can delete your original video.

This post has been edited by ml: 23 July 2008 - 06:40 AM

[trinibob]

If you look closely, it's DV format avi.

That's the output that you use if you're going to output the video back to tape in a DV camcorder. The files are huge - approximately 13 GB per hour.

You need to do as recommended and choose DVD Playback....MPEG-2 for DVD, best quality.

They will then be ready to put on a menu in My DVD and burn to a DVD in the future.

* edit * As Jim said, you can also save as a .dmsm file, but you'd need to keep the original video on your hard drive. By using the Output production as..... you create a new standalone movie and you can delete your original video.

great info guys thanks i hit the users guide today at lunch and would never found that info regarding the mpeg 2 in that book and nowhare does it tell you what avi format is for but my new best cyber friends did thanks !!!

[myguggi]

great info guys thanks i hit the users guide today at lunch and would never found that info regarding the mpeg 2 in that book and nowhare does it tell you what avi format is for but my new best cyber friends did thanks !!!

In addition to what has been posted above..
When capturing from a DV (tape) camcorder, it is best to capture to avi format since the file created will be the least compressed. When you capture to mpeg, the video is immediately compressed and some quality is lost, propably not so much that you will notice. But I prefer to keep my video at the highest quality all through the whole DVD creation process. If you edit the mpeg in Videowave, it is uncompressed and later compressed again. With each compression cycle there is loss of quality.
Unfortunatel, capturing to avi results in huge files, about 16GB for a 60 minute capture. That is why I prefer to capture in shorter 10-15 minute clips. They are much easier to edit.

[trinibob]

In addition to what has been posted above..
When capturing from a DV (tape) camcorder, it is best to capture to avi format since the file created will be the least compressed. When you capture to mpeg, the video is immediately compressed and some quality is lost, propably not so much that you will notice. But I prefer to keep my video at the highest quality all through the whole DVD creation process. If you edit the mpeg in Videowave, it is uncompressed and later compressed again. With each compression cycle there is loss of quality.
Unfortunatel, capturing to avi results in huge files, about 16GB for a 60 minute capture. That is why I prefer to capture in shorter 10-15 minute clips. They are much easier to edit.

more great info thanks