Mixing type 2 DV with other file formats

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I had a time where I shot some home videos on my old Sony DV camera (type2 DV 29.97fps) and also some on my other digital cameras of various models which recorded in mjpeg (20fps), h.263(30fps), mpeg4sp (29.97fps), and even a few .asp. I want to combine all these in chronological order on DVD. But I worried about which format to choose when rendering such a mixture, since I've heard that type 2 DV should be lower filed first. Will that mess up the way the other files are rendered? I was wondering if i should render the DV out to DVD compliant mpeg2 first and then add in the others in another project. Suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[skier-hughes]

Personally I'd convert them all to the same file type, then edit them.
If it's going to dvd, then make it mpeg2 as your file of choice.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

If you were to edit each video type in a separate project you could create separate Mpeg2 files for each having the correct frame order.
Adding these to a DVD as individual titles should work, even though they may have different field orders.
Its really how long each will be and whether its feasible to have separate titles.
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If you need to combine to a single file then again edit individually and render to a common Mpeg2 settings. Its this format that is needed to burn a DVD.

You may find that some of your video clips use Frame Based which can be converted to either field order.
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