[BarryG]

My intention is try out Roxio’s claim to be able to produce an ACVHD disc before I purchase expensive Blu ray equipment. So, I’ve been trying to use Roxio to make an ACVHD DVD and play it on my computer, without success!

Equipment:
Dell Inspiron 530 computer
Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz 2.33GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Windows Experience Index 5.2
Memory 4.00 GB
32 bit Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium – Service Pack 1
DVD Drives: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653B ATA Device
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDRH20N ATA Device
Source of video clips: Sony HDSR11E camcorder.
Roxio Creator 2009 Ultimate version 111B10E
Hard drives recently defragged.


My ten minute video was rendered as ACVHD from Videowave, I then connected via DVI connecter to 50” HD television using HDMI input (plus audio lead). This gave a very satisfactory result when playing MPEG-4 using Quicktime player.


Using MyDVD either DVD disc created directly or .ISO file produced (with menu) on Sony DVD+R and Philips DVD+RW resulting picture quality very poor. Appears to be a visual pulsing displayed even when just viewed on computer monitor! Pal used throughout. Always best quality. Viewed with Roxio CinePlayer. Discs will not play with ACVHD player (on computer) supplied by Sony (Version 1.3.00.11.2200).

Is there something fundamentally wrong when using Roxio to produce HD discs or am I making an error?

[Jim_Hardin]

Don’t cut into other threads, that’s rude!

Is your source file HD or are you just using a SD source?

The ones I have made have always been supurb!

First I would not output anything form VW if I can avoid it. That is just extra and unnecessary rendering.

I would start in MyDVD – using the AVCHD on DVD Project. Don’t gamble – Set the Quality yourself.

Then add the VW project into it and burn!

You can only burn to disc or use the Burn to File option. Folder will not work!

Now that resulting DVD disc will only play in a BD Player or from you PC using CinePlayer.

Suggest you use some RW for testing.

Your post did not say what kind of MyDVD Project you used. – that is suspect #1

Your output from VW is suspect #2

[sknis]

I make AVCHD discs all the time and play them on my computer and on a Blu-ray player. In Video Wave, did you select 16 by 9 as the production type? In MyDVD did you select AVCHD as the project?

Why did you render the production from Video Wave rather than just doing it in MyDVD?

How long did it take to render that 10 minute video to AVCHD? With your computer it should have taken about 2 hours. Did you render using software mode? I don't think your video chip/card will keep up.


Sorry Jim, I posted this about the same time as you did. Great minds !

[Jim_Hardin]

Sorry Jim, I posted this about the same time as you did. Great minds !

Now that’s scary!

Actually a 10 min AVCHD will only take about 45 minutes to render on that PC.