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In general terms, the videohelp.com site has lists like that, though I have not checked to see whether they already have anything about what brands of dual layer discs will accept AVCHD. But at least it will be indicative.

As a footnote, the + or - or even R or RW is only part of it. Some burner/players seem to prefer discs made in particular factories or in particular disc runs (since some factories produce different quality discs for different customers!) Some don't like the dye colour used on some discs!

Hi,
I've burnt to Memorex +DL, Verbatim +DL, & Sony DL (Dual-layered) all AVCHD disks. They run between 70 & 90+ minutes depending on the bit-rates that I've encoded the videos at. My AVCHD videos are already encoded before I go into the burning module so I know exactly how much will fit on a disk because they are already avchd compliant and will not be re-encoded. I encode them in MF6+ and export them from the timeline from HD-Mpeg2 to AVC/H264 AVCHD compliant video files.

The DVD burner is the standard dvd burner that comes with the HP Desktop computers (can't remember the name).
The PS3 plays these dual layer without any problems. I can't really tell where the layer break is even at. Dual Layered DVD's do take awhile to burn, all of mine are rated 2.4X.

If one installs NERO and has trouble burning in other computer programs I suggest to go under your "Control Panel" & there should be an Icon called 'Nero Burning Rights". Click on it and make sure it's set for "All Users" otherwise you may not be able to burn.

Hi etch,

So how does that work, you create the AVCHD files with VS then just create a disc structure to write them to DVD, or do you create an image?

Could you write a quick step-by-step as if I can get the files into an image or write the actual created files then I can use the laptop (which is an HP) to create the disks?

Thanks
Mike

Mike,
Right now I simply do not have the time for detailed instructions.
Your original question was do the DL avchd or standard dvd's work in the PS3 and yes they do.

I'm starting to think that single layer discs might be the way to go with this, so far I have spent ¢G50 on VS11.5+ then ¢G20 on admittedly mid-range DVD+R DL discs that only my laptop understands. Finally went and spent ¢G20 on 10 Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.

Now I am finding two things, when trying to create an AVCHD discs with 1920 resolution and Dolby 5.1 sound, creating the disc based on VSP files. It gets to about 5% then just goes no further, I have left it for over 2 hours!

If I try to share the disc using the already created video files from VS it crashes and coasters the disc every time, does not matter on single layer or double layer.

So, i've been trying Nero 8 to create the video disc, this burn the first 7 seconds of each title then says disc burn complete!

So i've wasted ¢G40 on discs and still not got ¢G50 of VS working either, I went for the cheaper option as Vegas Pro was over ¢G300 but I have to say if it would have been worth going for that instead?

Well, all I can say is that I have never tried with a DL DVD. All I do is capture and edit my HDV footage, then without creating an AVCHD file in the Editor module, jump straight from the edited timeline to the burning module by selecting Share > Create Disc > AVCHD. This opens the burning module. I insert a single layer blank DVD in the burner drive. The project file appears in the burning timeline. I create Chapters. I select a menu template. And I burn it directly to disc. VS will not create a disc image of a hybrid disc, or a DVD folder of it. You can only burn direct to disc. Moreover, using the highest AVCHD settings, you can only burn about 20 minutes of video to a single layer DVD. The conversion and burning of this amount of video takes about 2 hours, even on a Quad. But the result is excellent, and I have not had one failure.

Others, including etech, use different workflows, and some, including etech, will also use Movie Factory 6+ with patch to produce AVCHD discs. I haven't tried that yet, even though I have MF6+ and bought the Power Pack for it. But I have had no problem with my own workflow so far, so I am sticking with it for the moment.