a question regarding ulead video studio 9

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:25 pm

hello everybody,
my main purpose while using the ulead video studio program is to eventully burn the family movies which i capture from the camera to the dvd disc.
there is an option to choose which foramt i want to use while capturing and i was wondering if i choose dv or dvd will the quilty of the film in the dvd disc will be changed?
thanks a lot

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:21 pm

If you are going to be doing any editing capture in DV. If you are going to go directly to DVD without any editing you can capture directly to DVD format. It will encode as it captures so make sure your system has the hardware to do this without dropping frames.

The best thing to do is to capture the same footage using both methods and burn them to DVD and then form your own opinion.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:01 am

It also depends on whether the camera is a digital one or an analogue one; and it will also depend on what you mean when you say you "capture from the camera to the dvd disc". Have you got your camera connected somehow direct to a stand-alone DVD recorder? If so, tell us exactly what you are doing and what equipment you are using.

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:09 pm

ok i will try to explain better.
i have a sony dvd camera 17e.
each time i want to capture the movie from the camera to the computer,
editing it and finally to burn it to dvd.
so which format shoulfd i use ?
thanks a lot

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:01 pm

it's important for me to mention another thing.
i ask your help after i read all the tutorials for this program.
and another thing: i burned the movie in an mpeg 2 format but when i saw the movie in my dvd player then the movie was working slowly-i mean with a lot of interfernce.

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:01 pm

can anyone direct me to a site where i can learn more about the formats like mpeg2?
thanks a lot

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:12 pm

Hi

First of all have a look at the Ulead Learning Centre at

http://www.ulead.com/learning/videoinfo.htm

There is further info at Video Help:-

http://www.videohelp.com/

Do a search for Mpeg on Google, I came up with :-

http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/starting-points.html

Hope this helps

Trevor

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:14 pm

Your camera does not appear to be sold in English-speaking countries for some reason or other, but I finally found a Google entry in a language I speak (French) and it tells me that your camera is a standard mini-DV model. As such, you should be connecting it to your computer using the Firewire/ iLink connection and not its USB connection in order to capture high quality digital video. If you read the recommended procedures in the sticky post at the top of this Board, you will learn all about the formats you should use.

Briefly, I would recommend that you connect via Firewire and capture using DV format. Do all your editing using DV format, then when you have finished editing, click Share > Create Video File > DVD. This will produce a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 file, which -- apart from a very few special players -- is the primordial format necessary for a DVD. You then close your project and click on Share > Create Disc > DVD. You add your DVD-compatible mpeg-2, make your menu, add chapters if you like, then burn it.

You don't really need to learn anything special about mpeg-2 -- it is the standard format required for DVDs (though you can also burn mpeg-1 and mpeg-4 to DVD, but you needn't worry too much about those for the moment).

You should, though, probably need to know a little about audio formats to use on a DVD. Briefly, if you are in a PAL country (which I suspect you are), you can use LPCM as the standard audio for your DVD. But be aware that this produces large files and so will reduce the amount of video you can burn to the disc. You can also choose mpeg audio which produces a much smaller file but of good quality. (This is not a standard in NTSC countries, however, and DVDs using it may not play on some NTSC players.) VS 9 also includes dual channel stereo Dolby AC-3 audio which also provides excellent audio in small files which can be used in either PAL or NTSC DVDs.

And a final point: a problem with most mini-DV cameras is that the manufacturers always provide a USB cable with the camera, so people think they can use that. They never provide a Firewire cable, yet that is what is required to transfer high-quality DV video to your computer!! And of course your computer must also have a Firewire port or card.

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:22 pm

first of all i want to thank again for all the help so far.
now i want u to understand: i read all the posssible material about ulead video studio 9 and inspite all of that i can't understand my problem:
i created a video file according to this format properties:
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and still the quilty of the movie isn't sufficent beacuse as i was told the best format for dvd is mpeg 2 and it has another problem:
the movie in shown in something like a slow motion.
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matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:23 pm

i tried to put the picture of the properties and i don't know why it isn't shown

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:41 pm

You need to host your image somewhere on the internet for it to be shown here, I think.

Your problem is, AFAIKT, your camera records to DVD right? What DVD format? Because it records to DVD, forget about capturing DV AVI uncompressed (relatively speaking) You can only get that from DV tape. I suspect your video is already compressed to mpeg on the camera. Hence, you are limited to what you can do with the clips. Import the clips from your camera, making sure the project settings match the actual format of your source clips. Do as little as possible editing and render to DVD compliant mpeg2.

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:06 pm

these are the mpeg 2 format which i use in order to created the video file:
"mpeg files
24 bits. 352*288 , 25 fps
frame-based
(mpeg-2) , 4:3
video data rate: 1150 kbps
audio date rate: 224 kbps

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:10 pm

Hi

Please read the above reply from Ken Barry Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:14 pm

The instructions Ken gave are what you should follow.

Capture via Firewire (Use Format DV)
Edit
Share Create Video File (use DVD template)
From a new project
Share Create Disc—Add video file.

Trevor

matrix man · Post by **matrix man** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:35 pm

hi
i read the post above me of Ken Berry but i don't have a dvd template option in the create video file but several types of files to choose and from them i can press options to edit the type of file which i chose.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:10 pm

Hi
Are you using Video Studio 9??????????

Ok
I start Video Studio 9
I add a Video Clip to the timelime
I select ‘Share’
I select ‘Create Video File’

I see many options

You should be seeing the list of templates.
You should choose Pal-DVD
This is the standard Video Studio template for creating a video file.

Trevor

Trevor