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[Mack08]

Hi


I'm trying to understand what is the best video file to go with.


I've created short films of various holiday clips from my camcorder. I'm happy with all the editing, and also with the audio selection.

My headache happens when I go to output and export as.....


There are far too many selections and could be a waste of time as I try to use different choices, so I'm looking for some advise on what file would best suit me.

Replaying the videos back on my PC there doesn't seem to be a problem with which file I choose, however I'm wanting to put these on ablank DVD disc so they can be played back through a DVD player.

I'm on broadband so that eliminates the dial up options


With the WMV8 I've different size kbps
Does MPEG-2 play back on discs
There's two choices of DV format AVI


The list is big, so any advise on what type is the best to use would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

[myguggi]

Hi


I'm trying to understand what is the best video file to go with.


I've created short films of various holiday clips from my camcorder. I'm happy with all the editing, and also with the audio selection.

My headache happens when I go to output and export as.....


There are far too many selections and could be a waste of time as I try to use different choices, so I'm looking for some advise on what file would best suit me.

Replaying the videos back on my PC there doesn't seem to be a problem with which file I choose, however I'm wanting to put these on ablank DVD disc so they can be played back through a DVD player.

I'm on broadband so that eliminates the dial up options


With the WMV8 I've different size kbps
Does MPEG-2 play back on discs
There's two choices of DV format AVI


The list is big, so any advise on what type is the best to use would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

You cannot simply output video to a file and burn those to a DVD and play them through a DVD player.

To create a DVD that is playable through a DVD player there is really no choice since all video on a DVD is mpeg2. This is done through myDVD and you should select HQ for the best quality.
In what format did you "capture" from your camcorder? What kind of camcorder do you have: tape, DVD, hard drive,?
In what program did you you your editing and what did you do with the edited files?

Broadband or dial up really has nothing to do with what you are trying to do.

[Mack08]

Hi, thanks for the quick response

The camcorder I have is tape VP-D372WH PAL

I loaded the films on to my computer, as an MPEG file, then edited using Roxio videowave.



I then used MYDVD to create a film ready to transfer onto a disc. This time I chose the option to create them as WMV

I've already been successful with previous disc, but now I seemed to lost my way with what file is the best to export it as.

[myguggi]

Hi, thanks for the quick response

The camcorder I have is tape VP-D372WH PAL

I loaded the films on to my computer, as an MPEG file, then edited using Roxio videowave.



I then used MYDVD to create a film ready to transfer onto a disc. This time I chose the option to create them as WMV

I've already been successful with previous disc, but now I seemed to lost my way with what file is the best to export it as.

Is that a digital or analog camcorder?

You do not use myDVD to create a "film ready to transfer onto a disc". myDVD is for creating menus and burning the DVD. You should not convert to wmv since that will have to be converted again to be DVD compatible. You do not need to choose a video format at all when in myDVD, there is only one DVD compliant format and that is automatically done; all you can done in myDVD is pick the quality of the video.

You can use Videowave to edit video and output to a video format to be used later in creating a DVD. If you do this you should select DVD, mpeg2, best quality. If you pick any other format it will be converted to mpeg2 by myDVD anyway.

Edited by myguggi, 06 October 2009 - 02:19 PM.

[Mack08]

Right, now I understand this. I seemed to have cross some wires as I've tried to explain where I'm at.

Your reply has made more sense of my situation

Thanks for your advice, I think I can carry on from here. If not, I'll probably be back.  



Also it's a digital camcorder.

Thanks

[ggrussell]

Quick Google finds the Samsung VP-D372WH is a miniDV PAL tape camcorder.  It does have 1394 firewire port so you should be capturing video using a firewire cable to Dv AVI format.  This will give you the best quality for editing and it's faster.  As pointed out by Walt, edit using Videowave. Save the Videowave project. Then you can add the Videowave project to MyDVD which will convert the video automatically to the correct format (MPEG 2).

[Mack08]

Quick Google finds the Samsung VP-D372WH is a miniDV PAL tape camcorder.  It does have 1394 firewire port so you should be capturing video using a firewire cable to Dv AVI format.  This will give you the best quality for editing and it's faster.  As pointed out by Walt, edit using Videowave. Save the Videowave project. Then you can add the Videowave project to MyDVD which will convert the video automatically to the correct format (MPEG 2).

Thank you, you've been very helpful