Workflow for HD files to DVD

[babyleon]

I am trying to produce a test DVD of an HD file uploaded from my Canon HV30. This is the first time I have tried to produce a DVD from HD. The uploaded file is an .mpg file approx. 11.4GB size.

I have attempted to render it to a DVD folder and it seems to stop at about 5% total onvert Title?and 13% Detailed onverting Video of the Title 001/001?after almost 3 hours. I am not including any menu or chapters and the project has only the video file, no titles, music track, mic track, transitions, etc.

I have similarly attempted to render it to a file for import to the burn module. Rendering it to a DVD mpg2 format file it seems to hang up at 11% on the progress bar and when I check, the VS program is ot Responding?and I have to shut the program down.

I recently rendered a large project of more than 300 clips of SD .avi files with lots of transitions, sound and music tracks, chapters, menus, i.e. he works? directly to a DVD (and DVD folders) without doing the recommended workflow of rendering first and then importing to the burn module. I know that is not the recommended workflow but it worked flawlessly and took about two hours from final editing to final DVD.

Is there some other workflow I should follow for rendering and burning HD files?

Thanks.

Wayne

[babyleon]

To update my situation a bit, I split the original uploaded HD file into two parts. There may be some kind of glitch in the first part, it would hang up after before getting very far in the render process, so I attempted to render part two into a DVD 16:9 file. I know this is not an HD format but I will get there sooner or later. It worked but the rendering of part two, which runs for about 37 minutes of video time, took almost three hours. It is looking like working with HD files, even the mpeg ones from my HV30, takes a LOT more computer resources....

[2Dogs]

It sounds like you had a corrupted video file.

Your current pc should just about manage to work with HDV files - which is what you get from your HV30, and I wouldn't be too surprised to hear a 37 minute file took three hours to render to a standard definition file or DVD.

Paradoxically, you might be able to output to a hybrid disc more quickly, since you should be able to make use of Smart render.

By contrast, I would expect a P4 3.0 to render standard definition DV avi files to DVD compatible mpeg2 files in about 150% real time.

If you make use of any video filters, things can slow down even more.

Regarding the "suggested workflow" - it is just that, and not compulsory! It was originally developed to overcome problems that some users had. Other users had no problem following the workflow described in the VS manual/help file, whereby you output to DVD folders, an ISO file or burn to DVD, or a combination of all of those things, with all of your clips on the timeline.