Posted by PTravel on 11/26/07 01:21

"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> PTravel,
>
> Once you have owned and used the largest Sony Infolithium batteries on
> their camcorders, you get spoiled. The FX-1 and TRV900 just seemed to go
> on endlessly with a single charge on one on them, and the VX2000 as well.
> The HV-20 does come up a bit short in this regard, but the Canon batteries
> are indeed a lot smaller and cheaper, so owning a few is not an
> unreasonable thing, particularly using the HV20 as you do.
>
> The "dirt cheap" authoring method for distributing HD content would be to
> capture the HDV file from the camera using either freeware (HDVSplit) or
> your existing Adobe software, and then merely burn the .m2t file until a
> 4.7 GB disk as a data file. The Playstation 3 will play the content
> correctly, but of course you give up editing as well as menuing on a true
> BluRay (BDMV) disk. The next step up would be to buy an inexpensive and
> extremely easy to use program like Ulead Movie Factory which will do a
> complete camcorder to HD DVD workflow, but will lack the editing
> sophistication you are accustomed to in Premiere. For $50 or $75 this is
> as good as it gets for simplifying the process.

I was playing with some of the video I shot last night and discovered that
Premiere Pro CS3 has an "export to BluRay mpg" option that produces an .m2t
file. The only kicker is that it will export only using an AC3 codec, and
the one that comes with Premiere is a trial-use only -- after that it must
be purchased. I'll have to see how much it costs, because it will certainly
simplify producing high-def DVDs that I can watch at home. If the
PlayStation will play it, I suspect that my Sony BluRay DVD player will as
well. I probably won't bother with menuing -- it's not worth taking up the
space when I'm limited to only 45 minutes or so of video per DVD.


>
> I'm off to a Dim Sum place for Sunday brunch. Not nearly as esoteric as
> Burma but much easier to reach......
>
> Smarty
> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
> news:5qqbenF10v6stU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
>> news:y9P1j.4640$ng.4469@trnddc08...
>>> David,
>>>
>>> The A3 flawlessly plays any HD DVD DVD-Rs I have burned / tried on it,
>>> including the so-called "Advanced Type II" popup menus, motion menus,
>>> and other latest tricks now supported in Ulead's Movie Factory 6 with
>>> the optional ($20) HD Power Pack.
>>>
>>> For whatever it is worth, I strictly use Verbatim 16X DVD-R blanks, and
>>> these seem to work perfectly for all the 25 HDV Mbit/sec material I
>>> encode / burn. My older Toshiba HD-A1 also has never had a problem with
>>> them either, but the A2 may be different. The key issue with the Toshiba
>>> (and BluRay) players is the firmware, and it may have been older
>>> firmware which caused the A2 to stutter / skip, although a lower quality
>>> blank DVD-R could also be the culprit.
>>>
>>> Smarty
>>
>> When I get back, I'm going to have to ask you to point me to a tutorial
>> on burning HD DVDs on standard DVD-Rs. I edit in Premiere Pro CS3 and
>> author in Encore CS3. I know that neither of them can do this. I hate
>> the thought of buying additional expensive software, just to have a way
>> to watch my HD material, but I may have no choice.
>>
>> Incidentally, update on using the HV-20 -- shot some more video here in
>> Dali. This thing eats batteries! My usual modus operandi is to leave my
>> camera on and just press "start" when I see something I want to shoot.
>> With the larger batteries in my VX2000, I could go for 5 or 6 hours like
>> that (unless it was very, very cold). The HV-20 gets me no more than 2
>> hours or so. Not bad, I suppose (and the batteries are much, much
>> smaller), but not good enough for what I do. Right now, I've only 2
>> batteries. I think I'll buy another 3 or 4 (and another charger) when I
>> get back.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "David McCall" <mccallmail@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:TnD1j.6937$ht1.4315@trndny01...
>>>>
>>>> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:5qnafiF10oeggU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> Tiger Direct has a Toshiba A3 HD player for $169.99 as an on-line
>>>>> Black Friday special. I just picked one up specifically for this
>>>>> purpose, i.e. to play standard-def DVDs with HDV-encoded high-def.
>>>>>
>>>> We used the Toshiba A2 HD players for an HD presentation this Fall
>>>> and it worked very well. I don't know the A3 though. There was a
>>>> "newer" Toshiba that was not able to keep up with our HD-DVD
>>>> burned on a DVD-R (there was a lot of skipping) we think it was
>>>> the A35.
>>>>
>>>> I found this review from C-Net http://tinyurl.com/2uh8vu
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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