Best Settings For Burning Bluray With Progressive Footage

faisal_ahmed786 wrote on 4/3/2018, 6:19 AM

Hi,

I have two cameras: Canon 70D and Canon G25.

The 70D only shoots progressive footage, so i've changed the settings on the G25 from Interlaced to Progressive so it matches.

Now both cameras are filming progressive footage, at 25fps.

In the past i've had problems viewing progressive footage on a blueray disc. The footage was very jerky, especially in scences where I stabilised. However it played back perfectly when exporting as an MP4 file or to a regular DVD. When the G25 is set to record interlaced footage it's perfect (very smooth) even when burned to blu-ray.

My question is:

What are the best settings to use when exporting the blueray disc? Given the scan type/framerate i'm using.

(Using Video Pro X, latest version)

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johnebaker wrote on 4/3/2018, 7:46 AM

. . . . What are the best settings to use . . . .

There is no best setting - opinions will vary on which are the best options to choose, however they should match the TV standard in the region you are in ie NTSC or PAL.

If you look at the preset Blu-ray disc options you will see that there are 2 options

h.264

For Full HD ie 1920x1080 default options, NTSC or PAL, are Interlaced video, and you can only select the field order. There is one exception - the 1920 x 1080 24 fps which is progressive.

I have ignored the lower resolution options.

mpeg2

this option is more flexible in that you can choose the Interlaced field order or Progressive.

Whichever you select there is no need to change any other settings as the presets are optimised already and the TV standards framerate for NTSC is 29.97 fps and PAL 25 fps.

Note - the only time you may need to change one of the options is when you get the warning message saying the project will not fit on the disc and are asked if you want to adjust the bitrate down - this is more likley with mpeg 2 than h.264 if the project is approaching 2 hours in length and you are using single layer discs.

HTH

John EB

gmlotkow wrote on 4/3/2018, 4:48 PM

Answer I was looking for too, one other question, I'll open another thread on it.