Combining SD and HD footage on DVD

[alewisdvm]

Hello,

Curious.

If I have footage on a panasonic camcorder that is in SD mode, and some footage from a canon camera in SD mode, and some footage from a Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder that is in HD format, what is the easiest way to simply combine all of the footage in videowave before exporting to make the DVD?

 

Also, am I losing all the advantage of recording in HD anyway on the zi8 because I am combining it with the other footage? Or, in other words, could I still preserve some of the better resolution obtained from the zi8 HD format when I throw it on to the DVD with the other stuff.

 

Thanks

[Jim_Hardin]

Hello,

Curious.

If I have footage on a panasonic camcorder that is in SD mode, and some footage from a canon camera in SD mode, and some footage from a Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder that is in HD format, what is the easiest way to simply combine all of the footage in videowave before exporting to make the DVD?

 

Also, am I losing all the advantage of recording in HD anyway on the zi8 because I am combining it with the other footage? Or, in other words, could I still preserve some of the better resolution obtained from the zi8 HD format when I throw it on to the DVD with the other stuff.

 

Thanks

Combine them in VideoWave if editing is needed…

 

Otherwise just load them into MyDVD and burn.

 

You can throw anything you have into MyDVD since it is the type of Project that controls the output, not the source files… All DVD Movies will always be SD!

 

I would not do any extra rendering (VW, Export As) unless it is really necessary. For example, if you had 3 movies and you wanted to have one SD and one HD combined with a transition between them and the 3rd movie as a separate Title…

 

I would combine and do the transition in VW and Save As a Project.

 

Then in MyDVD bring in that saved VW Project as one Title and add the 3rd Movie as another Title.

 

Ratios will give you some transition problems unless you set your SD camcorder to shoot in 16:9 so that everything is the same.

[sknis]

Jim, if I may add this. I agree with your statement about the type of project that affects the output.

 

If you have short videos and you have a Blu-ray DVD player that will play AVCHD discs, you can make a high definition disc. AVCHD discs are high definition burned to a standard disc using a standard burner. You can get as much as 40 minutes of high definition on a single sided disc.

 

First do all your editing of the standard defintion movie in Video Wave and save it; do the same for the high definition movie.

 

You can then add the standard definition video as a "movie" along with high definition movies from that camcorder. You will end up with two or more movied in your menu. I did that a couple of months ago for my brother where I put a 1998 standard definition movie onto a disc along with a couple of 2009 HD videos. It was playable and looked great. You can really tell the difference between standard definition and high definition.

 

Look at pinned posts in the forum for Blu-ray for some suggestions on burning AVCHD and Blu-ray discs.

[Jim_Hardin]

Jim, if I may add this. I agree with your statement about the type of project that affects the output.

 

If you have short videos and you have a Blu-ray DVD player that will play AVCHD discs, you can make a high definition disc. AVCHD discs are high definition burned to a standard disc using a standard burner. You can get as much as 40 minutes of high definition on a single sided disc.

 

First do all your editing of the standard defintion movie in Video Wave and save it; do the same for the high definition movie.

 

You can then add the standard definition video as a "movie" along with high definition movies from that camcorder. You will end up with two or more movied in your menu. I did that a couple of months ago for my brother where I put a 1998 standard definition movie onto a disc along with a couple of 2009 HD videos. It was playable and looked great. You can really tell the difference between standard definition and high definition.

 

Look at pinned posts in the forum for Blu-ray for some suggestions on burning AVCHD and Blu-ray discs.

Yes, good tips!

 

Keep in mind that the 'Play All' button only works in DVD Projects.