Blu Ray Help Please ....

albert · 6 Jul 2011 at 10:53

Hi. I'm using a Sanyo VPC SH1 camcorder and recording at 1980 x 1080 at 60FPS. It stores the files on my PC in MP4 Video (.MP4) format.
I have Roxio 2011 Pro and Pinnacle Studio 14 HD but whichever program i use to record onto Blu Ray the footage is always choppy/jerky. I've also tried to make an AVCHD DVD, again the output is still choppy.
If anyone can help then here's a couple a questions ... When I'm editing the video together what is the best format to save the edited footage on? - What is the best format to save edited footage for Blu Ray burning?
This was all a doddle with my my Standard Def camcorder but stepping up to Hi Def has given me a headache :confused:

albert · 6 Jul 2011 at 13:30

anyone?

Sirrel Squirrel · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:41

Have you recorded at 60p or 60i?

albert · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:18

I've recorded at 60p

Sirrel Squirrel · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:33

Blu-ray doesn't support 1080/60p, it'll also be a nightmare to edit as it'll take some serious processing power to decode the AVC codec, at 1080/60p it takes even more power! Also to watch it properly you'd need a true 120hz TV/Monitor.

Just looking at the specs of that camcorder it says it's only 60i at 1920x1080, sure you're not shooting 720/60p?

albert · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:07

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Blu-ray doesn't support 1080/60p, it'll also be a nightmare to edit as it'll take some serious processing power to decode the AVC codec, at 1080/60p it takes even more power! Also to watch it properly you'd need a true 120hz TV/Monitor.

Just looking at the specs of that camcorder it says it's only 60i at 1920x1080, sure you're not shooting 720/60p?

No its definitely 1080p @ 60 fps - full HD?. I'll put some more info up when I get home from work and appreciate your help ....

albert · 7 Jul 2011 at 11:01

...looking through the manual i see i'm recording at 1920x1080 @60i . It records at 60 fields/second. Not sure what the difference is between 60 fields/second and 60 frames/second :confused:

Heres the video info i'm trying to edit and put onto Blu Ray ....

Any help to put this smoothly onto Blu Ray would be very very very appreciated

Sirrel Squirrel · 7 Jul 2011 at 13:34

Ok, so the camera is actually shooting at 59.94i (rounded up to 60i), this is a standard format for the US. The camera shoots at 60 fields a second, 2 fields make up a frame so your frame rate is actually 30fps.

So to burn to Blu-ray you need to use the correct settings, which will look like one of the following depending on your software;

1080i/59.94
1080i/60

or possibly;

1080i/29.97
1080i/30

That should do the trick.