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During a Search on a different topic, I came across a lengthy thread about producing a video first, then importing it, setting up chapters - I've always assumed that would lower the quality of the final disc. Not so?-- Why isn't it so? Sounds good to me, but I can't waste time on a 2 hour video, producing et al, if the results aren't going to look as good as my test discs.
rbowser
You do not have to produce the project before going to Create Disk.
There are times when it is better to produce the project to a 720x480@8 Mbps mpg then doing what you say, put the produce mpg on the timeline and add chapters.
Those times are often if you start with a Full High Definition Video and you must burn a standard DVD disk. A full high Definition video is 1920x1080/60p @ 16 mbps or greater bit rate.
A standard DVD is 720x480/60i @ 8 Mbps. The computer has a lot of rendering to do to reduce the video down from HD to SD. So if you produce the same size video as required for the DVD, you save the computer a great deal of work.
It is known that many computer's fail at doing both jobs at the same time. Reducing video size and bit rate while burning a Disk.
So it in not a waste of time if your computer cannot do both jobs at the same time. If your computer can handle the job, go for it.
As to losing quality, you do for going from HD video to Standard DVD video, that happens no matter if you produce the SD video first or just burned the DVD.
There are High Definition Disks...AVCHD burned to a DVD or Bluray on a Bluray disk. Both are HD formats, 1920x1080/60i. Neither format can be played in a Standard DVD player,
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