Information Blue Ray Disks

[alan]

Windows 7 & Corel V.S. XP2.

General Questions.

I am transferring my video clips to DVD via VS XP2. using my Canon HG10 Camcorder.

If I had a Blue Ray player/recored Player, on my computer is it a fairly easy process to transfer the clips to Blue Ray disks.

Can any one tell me the difference between the quality of the output between DVD & Blue Ray?

[Ken Berry]

Your question is by no means clear. You say you are transferring the video from camera to DVD. 'Transfer' to me implies merely copying what is on the camera's hard disk drive to a DVD for storage purposes i.e. you are using your DVD as a data disc. If this is all you are doing, then transferring to a Blu-Ray disc will produce exactly the same quality.

However, do you mean you are first editing your transferred video and then producing a full *video* DVD?

If this is the case, then there is a further question: are you selecting Share > Create Disc > DVD or Share > Create Disc > AVCHD? If the latter, then depending on the burning properties you use, you will be producing what is called a 'hybrid disc', or rather, something like a Blu-Ray BDMV file structure, but on a standard definition DVD. Normally this would produce a very high quality output if you used a high bitrate (e.g. 16.8 or 18 Mbps) but in turn this would mean you could record no more than 20 - 25 minutes of video to a single layer DVD. And of course the DVD would only play on a Blu-Ray player rated to play such discs. A SD DVD player would not be able to play it at all...

But if you produce a standard definition video DVD, then the difference between that an a full Blu-Ray disc will be almost like chalk and cheese, with Blu-Ray normally producing very high quality. The difference would be particularly noticeable on larger HDTVs i.e. 42 inch and greater...

But producing a Blu-Ray disc, in terms of process, is not really different from producing a video DVD... Do your editing in your original AVCHD, then either first select Share > Create Video File > Blu-Ray to produce a new file of your project which you proceed to burn by selecting Share > Create Disc > Blu-Ray; or else finish your editing and jump straight to Share > Create Disc > Blu-Ray. The only real difference will be that it will normally take quite a bit longer to actually burn a Blu-Ray disc.

[alan]

Ken,

Many thanks for your comprehensive reply.

[alan]

Regarding Blu Ray disks,

I understand that the capacity of the disk is greater than the DVD disk.

Does this mean that I could put a few different video recordings on the Blu ray disk,

or is it similar to a DVD only one project on the DVD no matter how small the video is?

[Black Lab]

You may be a little confused by terminology. Blu Rays, and even DVDs, are not limited to one "project". I routinely make DVDs that contain numerous projects. For instance, I do an annual family video of holidays and special events. Each one of those holidays and special events are done as their own project. One for Christmas, one for Easter, one for vacation, etc. After I am done with each project I render it to a DVD-compliant video file. At the end of the year I burn all those files (projects) to a DVD.

[alan]

Hi Black Lab,

Thanks for your reply.

What I meant to say, if I recorded a video say "Winter"

and rendered it and burned it to a DVD, I assume if I

then recorded a video say "summer", I could not add it

to the original DVD. But I understand from what your are saying

is that you could render all two- three video's together & burn to one DVD?

I forgot to ask, if I render a video file onto a blu ray disk,

could the Windows media player be able to play the video, or

do I have to invest in another media player?

[mitchell65]

Hi Alan
If you render and burn your "Winter" project onto a DVD then that will burn two folders to your DVD called Video_TS and Audio_TS. These are the two folders needed for a DVD player on your TV to recognise the DVD and play it, just like a commercial DVD. You can put as many "projects" as you like into the final DVD providing they do not exceed 4.7 GB in total. That's the maximum a standard DVD will take. However many "projects" you put in only one pair of Folders as named above will be generated. Each individual project will then be a separate chapter within the DVD. Blu-Ray is for high definition video which generate much bigger files hence the Blu-Ray disc has a much greater capacity 25GB. To create a Blu-Ray disc you will need a Blu-Ray burner in your PC. This should also act as a Blu-Ray Player but you will need a High Definition TV and a Blu-Ray Player to view the Disc on your TV. (You can use a PS3 Play Station, linked to you PC as a Blu-Ray Player) You can also produce a hybrid DVD which is a standard DVD that has a short (up to 30 mins) High Definition video burnt on it. This you can burn in a standard DVD burner but you will still need the Blu-Ray Player to play it on the PC or TV. The hybrid disc and the full Blu-Ray discs when burnt to HD have a BDMV folder created on them which is needed for the player to recognise as High Definition Video.
I hope that all makes sense. If I may dare to make a suggestion, I would work with standard DVD until you are fully confident before thinking of moving on the Blu-Ray. It's a case of not trying to run before you can walk, IMHO, of course!

[alan]

I would work with standard DVD until you are fully confident before thinking of moving on the Blu-Ray. It's a case of not trying to run before you can walk, IMHO, of course!

Thanks for the advice.

[aa7dj]

> Do your editing in your original AVCHD, then either first select Share > Create Video File > Blu-Ray to produce a new file of your project which you proceed to burn by selecting Share > Create Disc > Blu-Ray; or else finish your editing and jump straight to Share > Create Disc > Blu-Ray. The only real difference will be that it will normally take quite a bit longer to actually burn a Blu-Ray disc.

Hi Ken,
What difference is to burn a hybrid DVD disc? I mean if use X3 or MF 7 SE...
Thank you.