SX1 IS HD video help needed.

Hi,

I tried posting this on the Small Compacts forum but, I don't think many people over there have experience with the SX1IS. And since the 5d2 has a similar HD feature as ths SX1, I thought I'd try it over here. I'd like to try to edit the HD .MOV files. I was going to try out Sony Vegas Studio 9. Is there a better option out there for this application that won't cost more than about $100? And, if I use this app to burn an HD video to DVD, and then play the DVD in my Bluray player, will it actually display an HD picture? Sorry if that's a dumb question, I'm new at this video thing. Thanks in advance for your help.

erock901 wrote in post #6890540
Hi,
And, if I use this app to burn an HD video to DVD, and then play the DVD in my Bluray player, will it actually display an HD picture? Sorry if that's a dumb question, I'm new at this video thing. Thanks in advance for your help.

No for several reasons but mostly one: dvd is not HD

Your bluray player can plays DVDs.. as DVDs. DVDs have different capacity, bitrate, resolution, etc.

If your movie project is HD and you try to burn on DVD one of two things will happen:

it will fail telling you to use bluray media or it will downsize it to DVD format and then burn it as dvd.

It will look pretty darn good, but will be 720x480 upscaled to 1920x1080

LuxuryGlass wrote in post #6906833
No for several reasons but mostly one: dvd is not HD

Your bluray player can plays DVDs.. as DVDs. DVDs have different capacity, bitrate, resolution, etc.

If your movie project is HD and you try to burn on DVD one of two things will happen:

it will fail telling you to use bluray media or it will downsize it to DVD format and then burn it as dvd.

It will look pretty darn good, but will be 720x480 upscaled to 1920x1080

Thanks LG. I'll just have to invest in a BluRay burner at some point I guess. I ended up trying (and returning) Roxio Creator 2009. I wonder why Roxio says it'll burn HD onto DVD's? Anyway, I returned it because I didn't like the UI. I ordered Adobe Premier Elements 7. Hopefully, I'll be able to work with that.

erock901 wrote in post #6910803
Thanks LG. I'll just have to invest in a BluRay burner at some point I guess. I ended up trying (and returning) Roxio Creator 2009. I wonder why Roxio says it'll burn HD onto DVD's? Anyway, I returned it because I didn't like the UI. I ordered Adobe Premier Elements 7. Hopefully, I'll be able to work with that.

Maybe it was talking about HD-DVD? You can always burn HD FILES onto a dvd as data. But that won't play in your BluRay unless your BluRay plays other media like AVI, wmv, etc.

erock901 wrote in post #6910803
Thanks LG. I'll just have to invest in a BluRay burner at some point I guess. I ended up trying (and returning) Roxio Creator 2009. I wonder why Roxio says it'll burn HD onto DVD's?

what kind of a blu-ray player do you have? i have read that you can burn hd video onto a standard dvd, and play it back with a ps3 player... a lot of people are doing that, maybe that is what roxio was referring to.

you can download trials of a lot of these software apps.

HD-DVD is another high definition video format leads from Toshiba and Microsoft but now discontinued. Blue Ray become the standard HD in the market now.

I'm sorry, ppl, there is a way.
You can enconde a Blueray file on a regular DVD.
Under Macintosh, with Toast.
Just choose your HD file, and burn the DVD as a BL.
You got the size issue, but it plays fine on a PS3, at 1080.
More information can be found over here
See you
Pedro