Burning to DVD or using Thumb drive

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November 13, 2017
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How can I burn or copy my slideshow onto a flash drive for viewing onto a tv? I've been burning onto DVD dual layer but the quality isn't very good with only being able to select 720x576. I want the higher quality resolution of 1920x1080. I've created a 2 hour slideshow with music. I want to keep the movie menu's that I created as it's nice to select Play Movie or Scene Selection. Is all of this possible or am I stuck with using DVD dual layer and low resolution? I can't burn onto blu ray disc, because I'm giving copies of disk or thumb drive to people as gifts and not everyone will have a player.

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Correct answer RjL190365

Here's the deal:

You cannot burn a DVD Video-compliant disc with any video content above 720x576 (for PAL nations) or 720x480 (for NTSC nations). Burning HD content at its native resolution to DVD requires that the discs be burned in the UDF 2.5 format, which is not backwards-compatible with UDF 1.x devices. Unfortunately, standalone DVD players are only UDF 1.0-compliant. And UDF 1.x-formatted DVDs are restricted in their maximum video resolution and in their maximum total practical bitrate.

And yes, there are some people who are "permanently" stuck on old times: No EDTV or HDTV, no digital receiving equipment outside of a cable box or a digital-to-analog converter box, no Internet access, no mobile phone. So, you have to continue serving those people. Unfortunately, that means degrading the video quality and resolution to what works with such legacy video systems.

Randall

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RjL190365Correct answer

Legend

Here's the deal:

You cannot burn a DVD Video-compliant disc with any video content above 720x576 (for PAL nations) or 720x480 (for NTSC nations). Burning HD content at its native resolution to DVD requires that the discs be burned in the UDF 2.5 format, which is not backwards-compatible with UDF 1.x devices. Unfortunately, standalone DVD players are only UDF 1.0-compliant. And UDF 1.x-formatted DVDs are restricted in their maximum video resolution and in their maximum total practical bitrate.

And yes, there are some people who are "permanently" stuck on old times: No EDTV or HDTV, no digital receiving equipment outside of a cable box or a digital-to-analog converter box, no Internet access, no mobile phone. So, you have to continue serving those people. Unfortunately, that means degrading the video quality and resolution to what works with such legacy video systems.

Randall

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Steve Grisetti

Legend

Which version of the program are you using -- and what kind of TV are you trying to play your thumb drive on?

Current versions of Premiere Elements include an Export & Share/Devices/TV output feature designed to do precisely what you want -- output high-def video to a thumb drive. Assuming you've got a TV that can play it.

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SharonKruseAuthor

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I’m using Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements version 15.

Here’s what I trying to do. I created a slideshow for my 50th Class Reunion. It’s about 1.5 hours long. All my photos have been created or edited in Photoshop, and all saved as a png format. Then I imported everything into Premiere Elements (Expert) and organized them in the timeline. Added audio files in the timeline. Created markers where I wanted the menu markers to be located. I then rendered everything. Then I selected the movie menu template that I liked and made sure everything was where I had selected the scene selections to be based on my menu markers, and they look good.

Now was the time to figure out what and how I show create the slideshow. I first purchased printable dual layer DVD so I could print a title on the the DVD. I was bothered that my only selection for burning to a DVD on an 8.5 GB was low resolutions (720x576 or 720x480). I knew I couldn’t burn to a blu ray as many people do not have blu ray players. I did try saving the file to AVCHD as an ISO image on my external drive (with the idea that I would forget about using DVD’s and buy thumb drives for everyone) and then the quality would be much better. I’m sure most of the classmates will want a copy so I thought DVD might be the way to go, but quality isn’t very good, even with the old and new pictures. Also due to the size of my slideshow and if I select the high quality, I would really need a disc to hold around 15BGB. So that’s when I decided maybe I should purchase thumb drives and put the video on there for everyone. Problem is my movie menu doesn’t show up but I can say the quality is pretty good. Also right before you hit the triangle on the slide bar you have the destination appearing on the first slide. Not very professional and also the fact that I can select Play Movie or Scene Selection isn’t very impressive either.

What options do I have to make this a great slideshow that I can give to everyone and look professional when they view on their televisions? I can’t predict what type of tv everyone owns, but I can ask if they have a smart tv or HD tv and then the thumb drive should work…..providing the menu burns onto that drive.

Sharon Kruse