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[ilonakarow]

Hi
I am a bit of a novice.  Just bought a new video cam that records in HD.  If I output a video in AVCHD can I burn it onto a regular DVD disk and if I do does that mean it will only be viewable in HD compatible DVD players and TVs.  If I burn it in Mpeg 4 for regular DVD can that be viewed on HD TVs and DVD players.  This may sound dumb but I don't own an HD compatible TV yet but plan to buy one soon.  I am still in dark ages on some things

[Jim_Hardin]

Yes you should see a choice in MyDVD – File – New Project – AVCHD.

You TV could care less what you send it, it will do the best it can with whatever comes its’ way.

However… You must have a DVD or BD Player that can play AVCHD Discs!

Use an RW to test. If your Player cannot, it will tell you so.

As far as regular DVD Movies, you don’t do anything other than File – New Project – DVD.

MyDVD will output in the proper format.

Try the RW idea and if you still have questions, post back.

[chrisfranceuk]

Jim,

Can you help me also with this. Im having trouble, because it seems to me that MyDVD has an extremeley limited set of output options. For instance, I have sized my images on my slideshow to 1280x720 widescreen, now I want to burn a dvd at 720P. But there are absolutely no options to do this? Why? Why does Videowave have loads of ExportAs options, but MyDVD has hardly any? I dont have a BlueRay burner or player, so it needs to go on standard DVD+R media. The only thing I can see is if I change the quality to SP, it changes to 720P, but the compression is terrible so I certainly wouldnt do that. Seems like the only option for AVCHD is 1080, and that sucks! Can you help at all?

[Jim_Hardin]

Jim,

Can you help me also with this. Im having trouble, because it seems to me that MyDVD has an extremeley limited set of output options. For instance, I have sized my images on my slideshow to 1280x720 widescreen, now I want to burn a dvd at 720P. But there are absolutely no options to do this? Why? Why does Videowave have loads of ExportAs options, but MyDVD has hardly any? I dont have a BlueRay burner or player, so it needs to go on standard DVD+R media. The only thing I can see is if I change the quality to SP, it changes to 720P, but the compression is terrible so I certainly wouldnt do that. Seems like the only option for AVCHD is 1080, and that sucks! Can you help at all?

Same answer I posted in October.

The size of your slides have noting to do with the international standards for output… You are wasting all your time trying to adjust something that you have no control over.

[chrisfranceuk]

Same answer I posted in October.

The size of your slides have noting to do with the international standards for output… You are wasting all your time trying to adjust something that you have no control over.

Thats not an answer. Ive read what you have said in October. Where are the 720P options. If there arent any then say so. Whats the point of having so many ExportAs options in Videowave, if we cannot use the files for then burning to DVD. You suggest creating the slideshows in Videowave, and then creating a new project in MyDVD and doing the burn there. So, I want to create a 720P disc...where is the option to do so?

Also, why is it everytime I open MyDVD to create a project to import what Ive done in Videowave, do I get an error saying "Videowave has encountered a problem and has to close"...literally, every time...

[grandpabruce]

Thats not an answer. Ive read what you have said in October. Where are the 720P options. If there arent any then say so. Whats the point of having so many ExportAs options in Videowave, if we cannot use the files for then burning to DVD. You suggest creating the slideshows in Videowave, and then creating a new project in MyDVD and doing the burn there. So, I want to create a 720P disc...where is the option to do so?

Also, why is it everytime I open MyDVD to create a project to import what Ive done in Videowave, do I get an error saying "Videowave has encountered a problem and has to close"...literally, every time...

720P is available, as an output in VideoWave.  Try building your production in VideoWave, export it as 720P, close VideoWave, open MyDVD, and try to bring in that new file.

[chrisfranceuk]

720P is available, as an output in VideoWave.  Try building your production in VideoWave, export it as 720P, close VideoWave, open MyDVD, and try to bring in that new file.

Thats the way I used to do it, however, this means creating a good file, only to then recompress it when burning. Ive been using the MPEG2 720P option in Videowave, however, in MyDVD that option doesnt appear anywhere, and I dont understand why Roxio havent included it, and only 1080 AVCHD.
Is my MPEG2 file the right one to use, or should I be using one of the other options to create the video file? Thanks