Hi Bizily

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MPEG2 or H.264 will both work equally well on a Blu-ray disc. MPEG2 is a larger file size though.

You may want to consider the following:

1. Always try to keep the original file type when producing or burning to disc.
For example if your camera records in MPEG2 high definition (like a JVC camera) then choose this profile, or if your camera is an AVCHD like a Sony or Panasonic choose the H.264 profile.

2. You can also use a DVD to burn an AVCHD file but this type of disc can only be played in a Blu-ray or PS3 player and the quality is almost as good as Blu-ray. DVD's are really cheap compared to Blu-ray discs.

3. Make a very small project and experiment with the different settings.

I personally burn my projects using the H.264 profile onto a Blu-ray disc and then produce my project in two formats (AVCHD 1920x1080 24mbps custom profile to match my camera settings and MPEG2 BD1920x1080).

These files are then stored/archived on my external hard drive.

Happy editing

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Hi CubbyHouseFilms,

I followed your advice and created it using H.264 encoding. I will test it once I get a Blu-ray player.

Thanks!

Scroll down to Software standards to see the formats that work on a BluRay Disk.
I do not know if PD 10 has the 720P profiles, PD9 does not have the 720P profiles. Even if it is a legal format.

The supported resolutions are listed at Video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

...the quality is almost as good as Blu-ray.....

I think its the same quality. In the past I have created a set of Bluray files on my harddrive then written them to a DVD disc. On my Bluray player the disc played as AVCHD.

cheers.....

I have SD and HD(720, 1080) in a single project, what is the file format and size should I select..when I burn all, my dvd player hard to read and keep buffer or pause the video..either video or audio wont play. please advise

am using PD11

Standard DVD players do not play High definition content.

You need a BluRay player to play AVCHD video on a DVD disk.
Of course you can play full HD BluRay disks on a BluRay players.

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