Quick way to make DVD's? (Video)

[JagoPlasma]

Ok i need some suggestions, money is no object (well aslong as its not silly money)

Currently all video that i process goes onto videotape, its quick to put onto tape and then give to the person who requires it.

I want to move to DVD video but im having problems

I need to be able to take uncompressed AVI files and put them onto DVD's to play in DVD players

only problem is encoding and burning even a 1minute clip can take 15mins which is 14mins longer than it takes me to make a tape.

what can i do to speed this process up? hardware mpeg2 encoders? also quality must be maintained, this is mandatory and cannot be changed

also a major advantage would be to make dvd's that can make use of the angle feature so i can take multiple clips and allow the user to switch angle

any ideas people? all help is greatly appreciated

current pc that i use is a p4 3ghz with 2gigs of ram

[DVD-Man]

Lookup a program called videoredo it may be your solution.

Liam

[JagoPlasma]

thanks for your help

i've had a look and it doesnt seem to do anything i need

i need:-
Very Quick encoding into mpeg2 (mainly from uncrompressed AVI)
Very high quality encoding (quality of input video maybe poor, its important not to lose any information)
Use of the Angle Feature
prefferably burn to disc aswell

[Singh400]

DVDlab PRO Used it before to author home made DVDs. Excellent software.

[JagoPlasma]

Originally Posted by Singh400

DVDlab PRO Used it before to author home made DVDs. Excellent software.

Cheers for that, i see it does multiple angles. pity it doesnt do encoding tho.
im really after an all in one solution so i can just drag avi's into a program and then it lets me create multiple angles and then encodes and burns to dvd.

its very important that it is good quality software and quick as its for time critical applications.

if i cant get this sorted i may have to just go NAS and let people view it from that.... tho some places they wont have network access

[shoehorn]

How about posting the same question in here:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/camcorders-video-editing/

[JagoPlasma]

Originally Posted by shoehorn

How about posting the same question in here:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61

interesting, il see if i can get a mod to move or duplicate this thread in there

cheers

[senu]

There is no "quick" way to make DVDs.
Not quicker than real time anyway especially if you are intending to go from DV AVI on tape to mpeg2
The capturing is real time: No way of doing that any faster : If you capture to mpeg2 "on the fly" then you cut down the time it takes to encode: Which can often be done faster than real time
For quality though you need to use a decent method
Hardware encoding is not always equal to quality but it may be equal to speed; Canopus makes some seen Here
which may be what you need for quality and speed
Canopus Procoder Software is also quite fast though and its speed is limited largely by the power of the PC and output quality is commendable
However, Using a Settop DVD recorder ( One on the much better brands ) can be just as good
Getting one with a built in HDD to enable some cut/ past, trim editing can givr you a bit more control
As for angles, you are talking about DVD authoring software: As long as you get into using those, it is difficult to get the encoding process to speed up and still keep quality
As an aside, although I know high quality mpeg encoding is time consuming, Using Canopus Procoder 2 or even Express.. 15 min for a one minute clip is in my experience, unheard of even if Ive used complex FX and several layers to render and encode

Up to a point there is a trade off betweeen "quick and instant encoding" and quality. For instance if you use Canopus Procoder 2s mastering quality or even Very high quality with 2 pass encoding it will be slower than its "normal" or high speed option ( at the expense of some quality)
However if your starting material is very good, even with High speed encoding you may be pleasantly surprised at how good the quality is.
It also has a VOB preset which speeds things up by going from AVI to a mpeg2 ( VOB) which is Ready to become a DVD
I just used its high speed setting and it turned a 5 min DV AVi to a Mpeg2 in 1 min 20 secs

[marty2005]

I find Catalyst video converter faster than any software that I have used.

It uses hardware built into ATI graphics cards.

It takes around 15mins to convert a 2hr avi file into an mpeg2/dvd (set on highest quality) file.

[JagoPlasma]

thanks for the help

unfortunately the footage i deal with is quite complex so has to be captured a specific way. it really boils down to converting avi to mpg as quickly as possible tho i think i may have found a solution to part of my work as it appears it may already be stored in mpeg2 in a different container. just need to get the manufacturer to give me the option of exporting the mpeg instead of only avi

maybe i should think about getting a better pc?(for dvd authoring) only problem is do i got pc or mac?

its all about speed and ease of use

EDIT: hadnt refreshed the page, thanks for the tip marty2005, where do i find that software?

[Singh400]

Originally Posted by JagoPlasma

Cheers for that, i see it does multiple angles. pity it doesnt do encoding tho.
im really after an all in one solution so i can just drag avi's into a program and then it lets me create multiple angles and then encodes and burns to dvd.

its very important that it is good quality software and quick as its for time critical applications.

if i cant get this sorted i may have to just go NAS and let people view it from that.... tho some places they wont have network access

It does handle AVIs. It will demux them automatically.

[JagoPlasma]

when i tried it computer said no