But they should still play on my LG BD570 blu ray, right?

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?

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?

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!!!

I made 3 AVCHD (DVD) 1920x1080 MTS videos with transitions.
1 - Philips DVD+RW ran the Philips Bluray BDP3200X
(Degradation in transitions, why is Enabled Enable Video Encoder, in PD12).
2 - Elgin DVD+RW (DisEnabled Enable Video Encoder, was perfect)
3 - Philips DVD DVD-RW Perfect

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Quote: 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?

I'm not sure what's going on, I'd probably try the following items. to try and isolate the issue.

1) Take the disc you created above to several friends or a box store that has functional display BD players and see if it plays.

If it plays on other players:
1) I'd look at maybe updating your BD570 firmware, They have posted a update as recent as late 2013.

If it does not play on other players:
1) What version of PD12 are you using, maybe update to the latest, Release 2420
2) Memorex disc, since your having series issues right now I'd get a good quality disc, Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden to rule out the disc. Memorex gets very mixed playback results on standalone players.
3) I'd use the "Create a folder" option in the "Burn in 2D" settings area of PD and do not use "Burn to disc" to maybe isolate if its a PD burn issue. Do not use "Enable xv color" or "Enable hardware video encoder". Burn the created folder with a third party utility, CL Power2Go if you have it or ImgBurn is free and very good.

Jeff

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.

Quote: 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.

Very unlikely the download is the latest version, click PowerDirector in the upper right hand corner to verify version. Updates here http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_US.html , only most recent patch required.

I did provide the very simplistic numbered steps several posts ago. I only use Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden(internet purchase). For LG players, stats show DVD-R a little more compatible than DVD+R.

257 lg players supports d.DVDPLUSR 94%
15 lg players do not support d.DVDPLUSR 6%

281 lg players supports d.DVDR 97%
8 lg players do not support d.DVDR 3%
source : http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=lg&dvdr=1&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=50&Submit2=Search

Jeff

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.

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!

HI,
As per the final outcome using different disk manufacturer I have no faith in Memorex disks I have had more coaster from the than any other brand.
My suggestion is to stay away from Memorex disk.
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I use Verbatim CD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL and BD-R for all my projects, no issues at all. I tried Memorex once - never again. Neither my Mac or PC liked them.

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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.

Quote: 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.

Probably that was selected Smart Fit, 30-minute video was converted or rendered this can give image degradation.
Try the HD 1920 x 1080/60i option
If the video 30 min. fits in DVD 4.7 There is no reason for degradation.
Find out whether the video will turn SVRT is yes, and fit on the DVD, but the process is fast and the quality remains original.
In Creat Disc shows no SVRT, add in video editing to check and observe the chosen format, AVCHD should be AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
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Thanks, for the information.