I have several mpeg2 and DV video clips that I would like to combine to make a 25 min DVD home movie. Is it possible to combine these two types of file formats in the timeline and then create a video file of them all?
After that I would burn them to DVD.
All of the video clips have come from a High quality Sony hanycam DCR-HC90 DV camcorder.
My Mpeg2 settings are:
NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 16:9
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
Audio data rate: 224 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 48 KHz, Stereo
My DV direct settings are:
NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
Microsoft AVI files
24 Bits, 720 x 480, 16:9, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
DV Video Encoder -- type 1
DV Audio -- Dolby digital??, 16 Bit
Will I have any quality issues are is this just a good / bad thing to do?
burning multiple video formats for DVD
Moderator: Ken Berry
Give it a try! It should work.
However, I have had lots of problems editing MPEGs. So if you get A/V sync problems or if Video Studio crashes, or anything else weird, convert the MPEGs to AVI/DV before editing. (Load the MPEG into the timeline and click share. Save the file as DV.)
In any case, your MPEGs are probably going to get re-coded, which is going to cause some quality loss.
However, I have had lots of problems editing MPEGs. So if you get A/V sync problems or if Video Studio crashes, or anything else weird, convert the MPEGs to AVI/DV before editing. (Load the MPEG into the timeline and click share. Save the file as DV.)
In any case, your MPEGs are probably going to get re-coded, which is going to cause some quality loss.
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Changing the thrust of the DVDDoug's comments a little, if all your clips came from the same camera, then for future reference, you should always capture from a mini DV camera using DV format, do your edits, and only then convert them to DVD-compliant mpeg-2s and after that, burn them to disc.
And if you still have the original DV cassettes, and do in fact run into problems rendering your current project, I would advise you re-capture those parts which you apparently captured direct to mpeg-2. This, to my mind at least, is a better option to converting the mpeg-2 back to DV (which will entail a loss of quality) and then re-rendering those new DV files back to mpeg-2 again in the end product, which will cause even further loss of quality.
As DVDDoug has said, you shoud be able to combine your DV and mpeg-2 files into one -- that is the theory. But experience also tends to suggest that trying to join multiple files with different video AND (apparently) even different audio formats used, may cause problems.
And if you still have the original DV cassettes, and do in fact run into problems rendering your current project, I would advise you re-capture those parts which you apparently captured direct to mpeg-2. This, to my mind at least, is a better option to converting the mpeg-2 back to DV (which will entail a loss of quality) and then re-rendering those new DV files back to mpeg-2 again in the end product, which will cause even further loss of quality.
As DVDDoug has said, you shoud be able to combine your DV and mpeg-2 files into one -- that is the theory. But experience also tends to suggest that trying to join multiple files with different video AND (apparently) even different audio formats used, may cause problems.
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