Hi Tedster,

Build 2504

I don't use PAL footage.....but...

I did change my preferences to PAL....selected PRODUCE....selected h.264...selected PAL in Country drop down and could see the SD 720x576 option.

When I went to the Create Disc Module and selected AVCHD as disc type....I could only select SD720x480.

So I am seeing what you are seeing. So I can confirm what you are seeing, but it might be helpful to have more input from other people that use PAL as source footage to confirm it as well.

Regards,

KEvin
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Those formats were just added with the release of PD 9. It is possible that SVRT is just not working correctly. There seems to be more issues with the 64-bit version of PD than the 32-bit, but AVCHD has been having more than it's fair share of problems.

From reading the specifications it appears that the 480/576 resolution is the only one where PAL differs from NTSC. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

This thread grabbed my attention as I have burnt some PAL AVCHD discs in SD. It is as described not having a PAL option but the actual burning is in PAL format and the 00000.m2ts file in the stream folder is actually PAL format 720x576 so all is well.

edit : SVRT works but new encoding works as well. Panasonic SD9, Panasonic TM700, Panasonic SD600, GoPro HD Hero.

So, you select 720x480 but it does burn at 720x576? __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Quote: So, you select 720x480 but it does burn at 720x576?

Correct. As long as PAL is selected in preferences. Panasonic SD9, Panasonic TM700, Panasonic SD600, GoPro HD Hero.

Sounds like it should be corrected to reflect the actual resolution that is going to be produced.
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Minor Bug,
Good spot.
My ref 160

Dafydd

720 x 480i/29.94
NTSC is a method of combining a pair of colouring signals and a luminance signal into one composite signal. Only used in analog TV. DVDs and Blu-ray discs do not record colour in this way. The disc recordings keep luminance and the pair of colouring signals all separate from each one.
Digital TV and discs have SD signals of 720 pixel/line x 480 lines interlaced at a frame rate of 29.97 frame/s. A disc will contain 25 % more program duration if it is recorded at 23.97 frame/s. Either MPEG-2 or the more efficient MPEG-4 compression can be used.
This system is used in the Americas and parts of Asia.

720 x 576i/25
PAL is a better method of combining a pair of colouring signals and a luminance signal into one composite signal. Only used in analog TV. DVDs and Blu-ray discs do not record colour in this way. The disc recordings keep luminance and the pair of colouring signals all separate from each one.
Digital TV and discs have SD signals of 720 pixel/line x 576 lines interlaced at a frame rate of 25.0 frame/s. A disc will contain 4 % more program duration if it is recorded at 24 frame/s. Either MPEG-2 or the more efficient MPEG-4 compression can be used. It is used everywhere else.

I tried to burn a signal from an 720x576i/25 mpeg2.ts file using the burner program, but as quoted above it is not available using MPEG-4. As an option I tried using the Produce program. This should have reduced the file size by 30 - 50 % this is not what happened. The file size was unchanged. I only wanted to change the compression from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 and produce a .mp4 file on a DVD.

Any comments on the last paragraph?

AlanH

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