What is best way to render this file type?

[Heliskier59]

I have some video obtained from a GoPro HD Video helmet cam that produces HD MP4 files. What would be the best way to render these files (with x3) settings included, to obtain the highest definition and smoothest playback on a plasma HD (HDMI) and for BlueRay burning? I have included Mediainfo output of some raw footage...I tried saving as MP4 file but Windows Media player encountered an error during playback and crashed. Mpeg2 seemed a bit choppy but perhaps my settings were off. I have a Quad4 2.6gHZ processor with 4GB ram and Win 7 64bit os.

ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 10mn 8s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 7 501 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Minimum frame rate : 59.920 fps
Maximum frame rate : 59.960 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.272
Stream size : 1.07 GiB (99%)
Title : GoPro AVC
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-03-26 10:39:20
Tagged date : UTC 2011-03-26 10:39:20

[Ken Berry]

The difficulties you have experienced come from the 59.94 full HD progressive format of the original video. There are a couple of other threads on this frame rate. See for example http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... 29#p213629

However, the produce equivalent video which has the same frame rate and should thus play in high quality HD and smoothly, do this:

1. When you have finished editing, select Share > Create Video File > Custom
2. Select "MPEG Transport Stream Files (.m2t)" as the format
3. Click the Options button
4. Click the Compression tab and in the Video Format box, select 'H.264 Video'
5. Select the General Tab, and change the Frame Rate to 59.94 fps (it might show as 60 -- I am in PAL country so cannot check that detail)
6. You will note that below that, the Frame Size will by default change to 1280 x 720 and be grayed out so you cannot change that.
7. Click OK to close that dialogue box. Then give your new file a name in the remaining dialogue box and click Save to start the process of creating that new file.

Let us know what happens. Oh, and try some other software player rather than Windows Media Player, which I think simply can't play these fully progressive files, or at least may have some difficulty with them.

[teknisyan]

Hello Heliskier59,

If you are using VS X3, you may encounter problems loading 60 fps videos. You can use VideoStudio Pro X4 and the best setting that you can use is the Bluray h.264.

While on VS X4, you can click on SHARE > CREATE VIDEO FILE > Blu-RAY > Blu-ray H.264 (1920x1080)

[Ken Berry]

Heliskier59 -- the workflow outlined by Abiel is how you would burn a Blu-Ray disc. However, the downside is that this will change your framerate to 29.97 interleaved and you will probably experience the sorts of problems others have experienced with full 60p progressive video as outlined in that link I provided above.

The workflow I outlined, on the other hand, was in answer to your request for high quality and smoothness in playback on a HDTV. The file produced this way is not Blu-Ray compatible as such. But if you have a stand-alone Blu-Ray player connected to your HDTV, most of them allow the connection of either an external hard drive or a USB stick drive. Loading the file produced according to my workflow onto such a drive and connecting it to your Blu-Ray player should allow you to play it on your HDTV in the same high quality and smooth fashion as the original video out of the camera. Indeed, I suspect that if you burned the video to a standard DVD, but as an archive disc rather than a video disc, there is a good chance your Blu-Ray player would recognise the file and play it that way too.

A Blu-Ray disc produced according to Abiel's workflow, however, will in effect have half the original frames in effect thrown away, and there will probably be at the very least some flickering effect in the final disc as a result.

[Heliskier59]

Thanks so much!!!