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Dave0518
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December 1, 2013
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Can I burn AVCHD project to DVD disc?

  • December 1, 2013
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I've read that AVCHD uses the DVD format.  Does this mean that the nice HD camcorder recordings I have will, after being processed by PE, show nicely on a wide screen television?  Does this question even make sense.

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    Correct answer Bill Sprague

    I do not do BluRay (only a DVD burner) so have no DIRECT experience... hence the links I provided... but my "genaral" understanding is...

    Edit AVCHD... share/export "up to" 20 minutes of HiDef output to a folder... use a different product to write that folder to a DVD... play the DVD in a BluRay player for true HiDef to your TV (*)

    The hybrid DVD you create will not play in a DVD player... the BluRay data rate is too high for a DVD player to process

    (*) latest PreEl **MAY** have an option to burn AVCHD direct to a DVD as long as the size limit is not exceeded... check the user guide


    The official term is "AVCHD Disk".  It is somehow part of the AVCHD/Blu-Ray standards that came from Panasonic and Sony.  The idea is to make HD, or Blu-Ray, quality on cheap, standard DVDs.

    It works very well, as long as the video is less than about 20 minutes.  The file specification seem to be the same as Blu-Ray specifications.  You get a 1920x1080i file.

    Since it is a Blu-Ray related format, it only plays on Blu-Ray players.  My experience is that picture quality is indistinguishable from actual Blu-Ray disks created from the same project.

    As long as your video is shorter than twenty minutes and you are going to play it on a Blu-Ray player, it makes sense to create "AVCHD Disks" rather than "Blu-Ray Disks".  It is cheaper and the results are the same.

    The sequence in PrE is Publish&Share > Disk > AVCHD  and pick a preset for 1920 x 1080 for NTSC or PAL.

    Bill

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    M
    Media Editor
    Inspiring
    October 19, 2020

    Recently I burned a 32 minute AVCHD video to  a DVD  Disc.  I used HandBrake to reduce the file size.  The DVD was created by Cyberlink's Power2Go 13.  This  program does reincode the video.

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    October 19, 2020

    Thank you for posting, Michael. Although please note that you are responding to a 7 year old conversation regarding a feature Premiere Elements has long since removed from the program.

    M
    Media Editor
    Inspiring
    May 9, 2020

    I have been able to record up to 25 minutes of AVCHD on a DVD disc.

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 2, 2013

    AVCHD is High Definition, a DVD is Standard Definition

    For true AVCHD quality on a disc, you need BluRay (which Premiere Elements will do, if you have a BluRay burner)

    There IS a way to put "about" 20 minutes of HiDef on a BluRay, but it will NOT play in a DVD player, the disc will only play in a BluRay player

    AVCHD to DVD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/862611

    Elements and AVCHD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/947846

    The Tutorial Links Page http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1275830 may also help

    Plus

    Premiere Elements FAQ List (2 pages of FAQ as of September 2013) http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_faq?view=all

    Premiere Elements TIPS List (6 pages of Tips as of September 2013) http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_tips?view=all

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    Dave0518Author
    Participant
    December 2, 2013

    I have a Blu Ray player, and can write Blu Ray.  But I'd avoid the higher cost of BD discs if I could. PE will write AVCHD onto a DVD (I think).  So you're really not talking DVD format?  And if you play the disc, don't you get HD?

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 2, 2013

    I do not do BluRay (only a DVD burner) so have no DIRECT experience... hence the links I provided... but my "genaral" understanding is...

    Edit AVCHD... share/export "up to" 20 minutes of HiDef output to a folder... use a different product to write that folder to a DVD... play the DVD in a BluRay player for true HiDef to your TV (*)

    The hybrid DVD you create will not play in a DVD player... the BluRay data rate is too high for a DVD player to process

    (*) latest PreEl **MAY** have an option to burn AVCHD direct to a DVD as long as the size limit is not exceeded... check the user guide

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