Best ways to save a long video/slideshow?

palma

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Dec 24, 2011 08:02

Hello again,

I have two questions, but before I ask, please let me explain what I am trying to accomplish. I have numerous videos and pictures of a cruise. The cruise took place over 7 days. I am working on a per day slide/video show. My questions are as follows.

1. Should I work on day 1, save it as a avi, then import it into day 2 so that it continues on and eventually becomes 7 days in one project.

2. or should I work on day 1, create it as a chapter 1, then continue on day two, etc. I am just worried that this is going to take up a lot of memory for one project.

3. Any other suggestions on how I should plan this out?

Thanks again, you have no idea how much this site has helped me out.

Palma

BarryTheCrab

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Dec 24, 2011 08:26

Breaking a long video into separate projects is a good work-flow. After you produce each of your "days", you can combine the finished videos into a final project easily. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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palma

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Dec 24, 2011 08:33

How should I save each day . as a avi, then import it back into the video for day 2. Or produce each day as separate avi then combine all of them to make one project

Carl312

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Dec 24, 2011 08:35

Quote: Hello again,

I have two questions, but before I ask, please let me explain what I am trying to accomplish. I have numerous videos and pictures of a cruise. The cruise took place over 7 days. I am working on a per day slide/video show. My questions are as follows.

1. Should I work on day 1, save it as a avi, then import it into day 2 so that it continues on and eventually becomes 7 days in one project.

Depending on the format of the original video, you should produce in as near to the same format as the original video.
Working on one day at a time and producing a AVCHD (if HD) would be the way to go. If standard definition, DVD HQ or one of the MP4 SD profiles.

2. or should I work on day 1, create it as a chapter 1, then continue on day two, etc. I am just worried that this is going to take up a lot of memory for one project.

Work on one day create a stand alone video as above.

3. Any other suggestions on how I should plan this out?

Thanks again, you have no idea how much this site has helped me out.

Palma

After you have all of your individual videos you can them bring some of them on the timeline and create a DVD or BluRay disk.

How many depends on the total length of the combined videos.

You can make either separate Titles on a DVD/BluRay or have each day as a Chapter. Chapter or Title does different things on a DVD/BluRay.

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Carl312

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Dec 24, 2011 08:40

Quote: How should I save each day . as a avi, then import it back into the video for day 2. Or produce each day as separate avi then combine all of them to make one project

You do not say if your video is HD or SD.

AVI is a poor choice, the size of a AVI is prohibitive to video production.

Choose a format that is compressed and the correct format for your finished video.

HD video should be AVCHD.

SD video should be DVD HQ or MP4.

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palma

Newbie Joined: Dec 18, 2011 18:37 Messages: 5 Offline

Dec 24, 2011 09:16

Thank you so much for your help. Its actually HD. Once I save each day and bring them all together for the DVD is it better to have them listed as chapters or titles?

BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

Dec 24, 2011 09:24

You can try both ways, just "burn" to a folder, rather than a real burn to disk, and you can see which you prefer, without wasting a disk, or having to put in in a player to see.
If you do not have disk folder-playing software, VLC free works great.
NOTE: No matter what the files are, a DVD for TV will only become/play SD video (720x480). The 1 exception being you can place AVC-HD on a DVD disk, but it's created differently and will only play on an AVC-HD compatible player. Hope I did not confuse you.

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Jan 21, 2012 02:08

Hi to all!
I'm also making many movies and some are of a good or HD quality. However if I ad them say with Roxio and make menus the quality is then gone! The original MP4 files play great on my PS3 Blue Ray player...

Would you recommend MPG4 or MOV file to retain this high quality?

I like MPG4 but the file info PD 10 says: For a better HD videos use MOV files. The rendering works fine on my HP Pavilion computer with 4 GB of ram and good video card.

Can someone give me a better hint how to burn DVD in HD quality and the PD10 menus?

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