What Format for Initial Produce of a Section

nightowl123

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Jan 17, 2013 18:46

I'm putting together a wildlife DVD of all the wildlife clips I've taken in the last year. The movie is going to be approx 40 minutes and I'm guessing there are around 45 or 50 small clips. The video is set to 6 different original soundtracks.

Being as this is my first move, and I've much to learn, this is way to many clips for me to manage onscreen at the same time. In order to keep it manageable, I'm planning to produce the movie in three parts and then put the three parts together to produce the final movie to DVD.

My question...what format should each of the thirds be produced in so that they have the least compression, since they are all going to be compressed again when all three sections are put together. Hope this makes sense...and thanks for any help in advance. Dustie
I'm still working on it....

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jan 17, 2013 19:38

Hi,
Try and keep each close to the format to which it was originally taken, this reduces the rendering process and keeps the quality of the original. Then when you are satisfied you can compile them into a final DVD, this is where the type of DVD and final quality woulld be advantageous. I would recommend buying a re-writable DVD to sample the final production, (saves a lot of coasters) and you can re-do parts you don't liike or wish to change
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Jan 17, 2013 19:42

Hi Dustie -

The answer depends on your purpose.

If your only purpose is to produce each section to be (later) compiled into a DVD, it would make sense to render each section to MPEG-2 DVD HQ - that will save re-rendering later on.

If you might be using the video in some other way - YouTube, viewing through media player etc - then it would be best to render each section into the highest quality format/profile you can... e.g. if your original clips are 1920x1080 AVC or MPEG-4, render each section in that same format & profile.

The latter is what I do when I'm distributing DVDs to family & friends. I produce an HD version for home viewing & safe keeping & and an MPEG-2 DVD HQ version for the DVDs.

Cheers - Tony
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nightowl123

Contributor Joined: Apr 27, 2011 06:17 Messages: 315 Offline

Jan 17, 2013 20:43

Great! Thanks guys...great Advice in both instances! Dustie
I'm still working on it....