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In PD11 my options are the following:
"Create Disk" best option: 1920x1080/60i 24MPBS
"Produce" best option: from 1920x1080/60P all the way up to 4096x2304/60P, etc.
The question I have is can I use the produce option and then take that produce file and burn it to disk? I have never done this and always use the "create disk" function to develop the disk and the best quality options are listed above...
Thanks - Dave
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Success!!
I want to thank everyone for their input and hopefully this will help future PD11 users... I first tried the MPEG-2 format and it was much worse. Entire video was jittery, etc. I then tried burning in the full best BD format 1920x1080/60i 24MBPS (as I did in the past). However, I took the advice above and un-clicked the "Enable Hardware Video Encoder" and in the burn screen, clicked the tools and changed the 40x burner speed to 4x. I am assuming that the system somehow selects the burn speed for the BD burn (6x or more?) but I manually clicked 4x. The video looks excellent. Clear and perfectly smooth panning.
Result: It was either the "Enable Hardware Video Encoder" or the speed of the BD Burn. I have read some threads on problems with the Gforce cards so maybe that was a main contributor. Everything went smooth so no complaints and I will burn with these setting going forward. Also, someone asked why am converting to 60i when the video was taken in 60P but I believe 1920x1080/60i 24 MBPS is the best possible quality offered by PD on a BD burn...
Thanks again everyone,
Dave
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Not sure how I can post a sample of the Blu Ray disk? I could post a clip but as I mentioned, but the clips play perfect. Also, I watched last night and would like to revise the "blotchy" comment. The video would be better described as "grainy" during the panning. For camparison, it is like watching a very good quality 1080p movie while camera is still then a much lower quality video when the camera is panning...
Dave
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Thanks for the feedback... The video plays perfect using HDMI link from the camera to my 50" Plasma TV or on the screen of the computer as a produced movie. I did not run the PD Stabilization on the clips. Actually, the clips are directly downloaded from the camera with no modifications. It is not just a "little" blotchy with the panning but it looks like it loses about 50% of the quality when panning. Then when back to stationary position, the picture is excellent.
I will try to create a disk in the MPEG-2 format to see if that works.
Thanks - Dave
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Hello.. I recently upgraded from PowerDirector 7 to PowerDirector 11 and have been working with high definition video from a Panasonic Lumix Camera. I am working with youth football action type videos and have a question regarding the output to Blu Ray disk and quality of the video.
First, I am filming in the best available 1080P format on the camera. When creating a disk, I am choosing H.264 1920x1080/60i 24MBPS. This is the best available option within the create disk menu for Blu Ray. The output is excellent in a still camera position even as players are running. However, when I pan the camera, the entire video screen becomes grainy / blotchy and is not smooth. So it is the panning that looks bad but fixed on a specific position, the video is great.
Can anyone provide better options for the output format? I plan to experiment and have read some threads about disabling the video encoder, etc. Also, if I hook up the camera directly to the HD TV, the video is great and does not get blotchy when panning. Finally, I am not sure if I can produce the movie and burn to Blu Ray in better quality in a seperate process? I am still learining the process and am just looking for the best quality to burn on to a Blu Ray disk.
Computer is a Phenom 2, 8GB Ram, GForce GT9500.
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Dave
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