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Marko Urbic · May 12th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Hello!

I am making wedding videos in 16/9 DV only, lasting 1,5h-2h with Edius V4.
My question is what you guys are using in your project (rendering) settings (lossless, DV avi, Canopus HQ...)
and exporting settings?

Also I'm exporting to avi and letting Encore to decide (auto) on the bitrate settings.
Should I get better results exporting to mpeg2 directly from Edius?

Any advice or info on your workflow are more than welcome.

Tim Polster · May 12th, 2007, 12:23 PM

I think Procoder Express is a better mpeg-2 encoder than Encore.

So I encode all of my projects from the Edius timeline and use PCM audio.

Then let Encore trancode the audio to AC3 to save space on the DVD.

You want to use the Canopus DV codec for capturing/editing as it is made for Edius.

Exporting I am not quite sure how much is gained by lossless, I have never needed it.

Marko Urbic · May 12th, 2007, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Polster

You want to use the Canopus DV codec for capturing/editing as it is made for Edius.

Are you refering to project settings/rendering format?
Because my options are:
Canopus HQ avi
Canopus Lossless avi
DV avi
uncompressed...

Mike Downey · May 12th, 2007, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marko Urbic

Hello!

I am making wedding videos in 16/9 DV only, lasting 1,5h-2h with Edius V4.
My question is what you guys are using in your project (rendering) settings (lossless, DV avi, Canopus HQ...)
and exporting settings?

Also I'm exporting to avi and letting Encore to decide (auto) on the bitrate settings.
Should I get better results exporting to mpeg2 directly from Edius?

Any advice or info on your workflow are more than welcome.

When working in DV (either 4:3 or 16:9) You can use the DV settings and it will work just fine :)

Mike

Marko Urbic · May 14th, 2007, 02:06 AM

Ok, thanks!

May 12th, 2007, 09:01 AM	#1
Marko Urbic Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 68	DV AVI, Lossless, HQ...? Hello! I am making wedding videos in 16/9 DV only, lasting 1,5h-2h with Edius V4. My question is what you guys are using in your project (rendering) settings (lossless, DV avi, Canopus HQ...) and exporting settings? Also I'm exporting to avi and letting Encore to decide (auto) on the bitrate settings. Should I get better results exporting to mpeg2 directly from Edius? Any advice or info on your workflow are more than welcome. __________________ Canon 5D2 & 7D, Canon XH-A1, Senn. G2, Steadicam Merlin, Glidetrack, Sony D-50, Edius 5

May 14th, 2007, 02:06 AM	#5
Marko Urbic Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 68	Ok, thanks! __________________ Canon 5D2 & 7D, Canon XH-A1, Senn. G2, Steadicam Merlin, Glidetrack, Sony D-50, Edius 5

May 12th, 2007, 12:23 PM	#2
Tim Polster Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 2,231	I think Procoder Express is a better mpeg-2 encoder than Encore. So I encode all of my projects from the Edius timeline and use PCM audio. Then let Encore trancode the audio to AC3 to save space on the DVD. You want to use the Canopus DV codec for capturing/editing as it is made for Edius. Exporting I am not quite sure how much is gained by lossless, I have never needed it.