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Burn DVD from AVCHD lite
My point and shoot camera takes great video in AVCHD lite format (resulting in an .mts file). I am looking for the way to burn this to DVD (not blu-ray) while retaining the highest quality. I am just looking to make quick compilations of the video files - no editing at this point. I have several tools for ripping to another format but when I get ready to burn on DVD my software re-encodes (which results in quality degradation). I am looking for recommended steps to take my video from AVCHD to DVD with the least amount of video quality loss. I know this will depend on which software you use but I am willing to spend a little on this if needed. (if not too expensive)
Chris Millard
Have a look at ConvertXtoDVD - http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/ - it can handle plenty of file formats and you can set the output quality. Of course, if you have a big movie and don't want too much loss from compression, then you should look at burning to dual layer DVDs
If your goal is to get Video-DVD then loss in quality is inevitable.
It is given by Video-DVD specification, not software.
The reencoding is needed to convert HD to DVD.
While ConvertXtoDVD is probably one of the best "one-button" solutions it is not free.
DVD Flick is freeware, quality is near what you will get with ConvertX however encoding time is 2-3 times longer.
Hope it helps.
It is given by Video-DVD specification, not software.
The reencoding is needed to convert HD to DVD.
While ConvertXtoDVD is probably one of the best "one-button" solutions it is not free.
DVD Flick is freeware, quality is near what you will get with ConvertX however encoding time is 2-3 times longer.
Hope it helps.
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Thanks much for the posts. I do understand the video will need to be re-encoded and quality is limited to the 480 output of the DVD format. I am just looking for the quickest cleanest process while keeping the best possible quality. It seems like the best solution would be something that extracted the HD 720 video into a raw or unencoded format and then a single encoding pass to render to DVD. I was just not sure if this was possible and which tools to use if it is. I have tools like Roxio, handbrake, windows media encoder, and the software that camera (which will export to mpg). I have not been able to get the quality I was expecting though. Just thought I would solicit some advice. Much appreciated gentlemen.
Not sure if ConvertXtoDVD / DVD Flick directly support AVCHD container. If not, you could give a try to tsMuxeR to either demux the elementary streams or remux to MKV container (in both cases there is no encoding - A/V maintained as is). Lately MKV container format becomes widely supported by media-players so if the size of your video allows and you own such media player it might be better to retain the video in HD.
ASKER
Thanks much Igor. For my personal viewing I will definately keep in HD format.. However I have friends and relatives for which I occassionally want share videos and they need it in DVD format. I will look into your suggestions this evening.
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