Making an HD burn template

[CycleWriter]

I did a search, but didn't find anything specific.

What I want to do is burn a disc with HD content to a proper format. When I open the VS project into the burn module and try to select an output quality, all the templates are restricted to 740X... I need to output to 1440X1080 in order to maintain the quality. I realize this is HD format and not having a Blu-Ray burner means I won't get a true BR disc, but other programs allow burning HD content to standard DVDs but at a much lower capacity (20 min.). I have a few days left on my 11+ trial to decide if I want to upgrade from 10+. Having moved to an HD camcorder I need to know if VS will continue to be my editor of choice or if I need to move to something that handles HD better. Thanks.

[Ron P.]

I've not seen the trial version so I'm not sure about this. When you go to Share>Create Disc, do you have as an option HD DVD?


Choosing that option the template in the burn module does provides the following MPEG Project Settings:


The video file I had in the time line was a SD MPEG-2, created from a DV file, hence the Lower Field first. However I do think that VS11.5+ will be able to handle your video..

Etech will be able to confirm this, he has posted a lot about using VS11 with HD formats..

[g0kmt]

I could be wrong but possibly the initial format for editing was standard definition, in which case you get SD output formats.

You may need to create a template for a HD time-line then you get proper HD templates for output

As I said I said I could be wrong because my first attempt at HD was in fact HD down converted to SD in the timeline.

Ian