Difference in Burning HD and Standard Def Dscs

Djstills11

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Jan 20, 2014 20:25

Hello all,

Just a question regarding something I noticed and not sure if it is a result of me doing something wrong or not. I produced AVCHD video clips as MPEG-2 to play on a standard DVD player. When i burn them to multiple discs, there are the two progress bars, the one on top that says "authoring" and the one below that says "burning". The first disc i burn starts off utilizing the "authoring" bar. The authoring progress takes a bit of time to go through (about 20 minutes) but then after when it drops down to the "burning" bar it zips right along pretty quickly (burning speed set at 8x). It then will eject the finished disc and asks to insert the next disc. When i insert the next and click ok, it goes right to the "burning" progress bar and burns them very quickly. The discs play fine as I assume that was the normal process.

Where my question comes in is that when I produce it in AVCHD (HD) and burn multiple discs, the burning process starts off utilizing the authoring bar, which takes a good deal of time (about 20 minutes for a 14 minute long video) and finishes the disc there in "Authoring". IT NEVER DROPS DOWN TO THE BURNING BAR LIKE IT DOES WHILE BURNING THE MPEG DISCS. Any subsequent discs that i insert utilize the authoring bar and take just as long as the first one (burning speed is set at 8x). To burn multiple AVCHD discs takes forever (20 minutes each) where the MPEG discs takes some time to burn the first one but the rest zip right along. Is this normal?
Also, all discs play fine so there is no problem with the finished product, just questioning why the difference in burning the two.
Whew! I hope i explained myself clearly.
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Jan 20, 2014 22:01

Hi Djstills11 -

Whilst I can't offer an explanation, I can confirm that what you're seeing is the same here.

Here's a screen capture... http://youtu.be/9-7M8yJuRX0

It does appear that - with AVCHD DVDs - the video is re-authored each time. Standard DVDs do repeated burns from the same file, hence the time saving.

Still - all that matters really is that the discs function properly... and they do.

Cheers - Tony
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Djstills11

Newbie Joined: Feb 10, 2013 15:34 Messages: 32 Offline

Jan 20, 2014 22:29

Thanks so much for confirming, Tony. Appreciate the video. I was just wondering if maybe i had a wrong setting or going about it the wrong way. I created a vid for a high school football team and need to burn 20 + disks in AVCHD so you can see why i was hoping that maybe i was missing something and that there was a quicker way! Looks like i'll be stuck near the computer for a while!! Lol

Thanks again. Djstills11

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Dave456

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Jan 21, 2014 05:48

Djstills & ynotfish,

Would it be any easier to burn to a folder instead, then make an image file using IMGBurn, then burn to multiple disks consecutively. Its kind of round about way of doing it, but you would only have to author once, image file once then burn away.

Dave

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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 21, 2014 06:20

You can burn the actual disc, and then copy it, it's a little easier with more than 1 burner, but 1 is all you need. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Dave456

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Jan 21, 2014 06:25

That's even better than what I was thinking Barry!

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Jan 21, 2014 06:29

Burn the folder, or copy the disc, either will work just fine. My software of choice is Power2Go, but others will suffice.

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Djstills11

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Jan 21, 2014 22:52

Thank you, gentlemen for the input. Barry and Dave I will try your suggestions. Thanks again! Djstills11

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