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Thanks for the info, guys. Glad to know it isn't something just wrong with my capturing device.
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I just bought a video capturing adapter through Amazon and was just trying it out with PD12. When just viewing the video as it plays on my VCR in Capture mode, I see the VCR video, but the display screen has a green field/bar below the video, full width of the video. If I record and capture this, is the captured file going to display this green field also? Is there a setting to eliminate this field? Can the field be edited out if it is there in the finished product? Has anyone else seen this? The video adapter I am using is a EasyCap 2.0 USB device model DC60.
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OK thanks. I was thinking there would be "public domain" versions of this one, much like "Happy Birthday" would be.
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I've been to director zone, but so far folks have put several menu templates out there for weddings and engagements, but when I download them they always come with the same generic background music. Looking in the sound clips and searching under wedding, produces no search results. Does anyone know where I can find a free clip online to download?
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Thanks, for the information.
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Does the length of the video affect the video quality when creating an AVCHD disc? If you are using a 4.7 GB DVD-R and putting 30 minutes of video on it (M2TS files) is the video quality any worse than putting 5 minutes of video on the same disc? I took a 5 minute clip from a 30 minute video and burned it to an AVCHD. I swear it looks like the video quality is better on the 5 minute disc than it looked on the disc that had the full 30 minutes on it. I'm pretty sure the settings selected were identical for each disc before burning. Just wondering.
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Well it must have been the discs I was using. I picked up a verbatim DVD-R disc and made an AVCHD disc from that and it played nicely on my LG BD570. The memorex disc did fine with regular DVD burning, but evidently could not handle the AVCHD. The verbatim did the trick. Thanks for everyone's help!
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The version is 2420. I checked the firmware on the BD570 and it is the latest as well. The next thing I will try is buying a verbatim DVD-R and trying that. I tried making an AVCHD disc with a different program (trial version) and that disc did not play either. The regular DVD burning on the Memorex discs with freeware I have found online, plays on the BD570. Maybe I am asking too much of the Memorex discs by going to AVCHD. I'll give the Verbatim a try.
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Jeff, since you have the same player I do, BD570, can you give me the steps you normally do to get a workable AVCHD disc in PD12? Include everything that is checked or unchecked along the way, what type of recordable disc you use, etc. I just downloaded PD12 Ultra yesterday. So I hope it is the most up to date release. Thanks for helping me work through this.
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I've tried all I know to do. I am using a DVD+R blank Memorex 4.7 GB disc to record to. For testing purposes, I'm using a 5 minute clip that I have recorded on my Sony HDR-PJ380 camcorder. So far I have tried producing the clip in MP4 and H.264AVC before burning the AVCHD disc. I have tried just the straight MTS file to the Create Disc function as well. I have tried 1920x1080 60i the most, but I also reduced the resolution to see if that works. I have also tried lowering the recording speed while it burns. But I have yet produced an AVCHD disc that will play in my LG BD570 blu ray player. PD appears to be making the disc, the BDMV folder is there and the M2TS file is in the stream subfolder. I have had folks tell me that their BD570 plays AVCHD discs created by PD12. Why won't mine? I checked for software updates on the player and it says I have the most recent update installed. I have made about 10 discs (all AVCHD format) coming at it from every angle imaginable, and none of them play. I spent the money for the sole purpose of making discs from my camera footage. I can make "DVD" quality from free ware. Why can't I get this to work? Should I try a different brand disc or different disc type? It looks like PD12 doesn't care which disc I use. Is there a chance my players require they be made on a certain type disc? The standard DVDs I made from free ware work on these players with the DVD+R disc. By the way my other blu ray player is a Vizio VBR337. The AVCHD discs do not play on that player either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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I looked at that online manual too. It also says (under the some AVCHD discs may not play comment) that AVCHD discs need to be finalized. Is there another step to finalize? Or is PD supposed to be producing a finalized disc?
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After clicking "burn in 2d" the final output window pops up. Down where the start burning button is located there are two boxes that can be checked. One is enable x.v.Color and one is enable hardware vide encoder. Do these mean anything or have impact on my ability to play in the blu ray player?
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But they should still play on my LG BD570 blu ray, right?
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OK, so I took the clip that I produced from MTS files into a MP4 file and tried burning the AVCHD disc from that (no menu, 1920 x 1080 60i) and it still has the same result. It will not play. When looking at the disc on my computer and digging through to the stream subfolder it shows the file as an M2TS file. Is that the problem? Does the burning process convert the MP4 back to an M2TS when choosing AVCHD? Does the 60i mean anything versus the 24p option for 1920 x 1080? When you burn your AVCHD discs what files are in your folders? Are they M2TS?
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I did like you said. Loaded the clip on the timeline, went to create disc, said no menu for all pages, selected AVCHD, selected the format you suggested and hit burn. I put the disc in my LG and got the same result. I put the disc in, "error" comes up on the little digital display, and the disc door opens back up. The disk has the BDMV folder. In the Stream subfolder the file is M2TS. Should I try the produced MP4 movie without the menu and see?
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So I should do this from the raw MTS files without producing it as anything? Dump from camera to timeline, do not produce, and go straight to create disc. I will give it a try.
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It appears they are all mt2s files on the finished discs. I uploaded the clip from the SD card into PD. I really did not edit anything just dropped it in the track. I then went to produce. The first time I produced it as h.264 AVC and then burned the disc as AVCHD. The second time I chose MP4 to do the producing and then burned the disc as AVCHD. But when looking at both discs they contain M2TS files. Not sure what I am doing.
Additional information: When I go to create disc, I choose the AVCHD format. I burned them at 1920 X 1080 60i. Then I hit burn disc.
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Yeah, I produced it as H.264 AVC on the produce tab. When I read the description it stated AVCHD compatible so I thought that is what I should use. I'm trying it right now from producing in MP4 and then creating an AVCHD disc from that. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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Thanks, so it will spell out AVCHD then. I thought it might have been the format I was producing since they both say they can handle MPEG4 file format. I read the manuals and I thought since I was burning to a DVD+R that counted. When I look at file format it can read they both say MPEG4 as an option. I'm just trying to understand.
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OK. So I bought PowerDirector 12 Ultra. I pulled in a 5 minute clip (MTS File) and produced it as an H.264 AVC. 1920 x 1080 60i. Then I burned an AVCHD disc. However, just like the freeware I found, it will not play in my blu ray players. I have a Vizio model VBR337 and a LG BD570 and the disc just gets ejected after it tries to load in the player. On the LG an "error" comes up as it is ejected. The disc plays on my computer with Power DVD10. So what am I doing wrong? I've spent the cash and still can't do what I want. Does the type of blank DVD matter? I am using DVD+R Memorex discs.
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