Making high-definition discs

Frequently asked questions for playing back high definition video on a TV:
Q1. Can I make a DVD that is high definition?
A. No, DVDs are standard definition by design. They are composed usually of mpeg2 video with a resolution of 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL). DVD players will only play actual DVDs.
Q2. Is there any way to make a DVD look as good as my HD video looks?
A. No. You can make it look very good by encoding it with the highest quality, but it will always be standard definition. This will probably look noticeably worse than your source footage if it is high definition.
Q3. Isn't HD-DVD a high definition DVD?
A. No, it is a specific term referring to a format backed by Toshiba. It lost a format war to Blu-ray. To burn and play an HD-DVD, you need a special burner and special player. Although it is a dead format, some find it useful and inexpensive to buy an HD-DVD burner and HD-DVD player.
Q4. Can I make a Blu-ray DVD?
A. No, there is no such thing; Blu-ray discs are not DVDs. They will not play in a DVD player even though the discs look physically the same.
Q5. Can I make Blu-ray discs (BD) on the Mac so that I can see my video in high definition?
A. Yes. You need a Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray discs. You also need to encode and author the discs.
The current software options are as follows:
1. Use Final Cut Studio to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Excellent quality, nice looking menus, subtitles can show the chapter name.
Cons: Only a few menu choices.
2. Use Toast to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Inexpensive and fairly quick.
Cons: Limited choices of very "stylized" menus, chapters cannot be named, encoding quality may not be as good.
3. Use Adobe Encore to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: A great deal of control over the whole process, allowing complete design of the disc.
Cons: Expensive, complicated, and prone to bugs.
Q6. Does iDVD make Blu-ray discs?
A. No, it makes DVDs.
Q7. Does DVD Studio Pro make Blu-ray discs?
A. No, it makes DVDs.
Q8. Can I do anything to put HD video on a DVD, with a standard DVD burner?
A. Yes, you can make what is called an AVCHD disc. This puts a small amount of HD video on a physical DVD. The result is not a DVD, and will not play back in DVD players. It will play back in most Blu-ray players. Final Cut Studio and Toast have the ability to make these.
Q9. Are there other ways to play high-definition video in HD?
A. Yes, if you play back from a device rather than a disc of some type. AppleTV and the Playstation 3 can play high definition video to a TV. There are numerous other media playback devices that are essentially hard drives with a specialized enclosure. Also, you can attach most digital TVs to any modern laptop or desktop computer, although interlaced video may not always display properly and might show combing artifacts.

Frequently asked questions for playing back high definition video on a TV:
*Q1. What are high definition and standard definition?*
A. HD and SD are video resolutions defined by the dimensions of the frame size. Standard definition is 720x480 or 720x576 depending on the geographic location. High definition is anything greater than this. The two most common HD resolutions are 1280x720 and 1920x1080. Since digital video uses precise measurements of frame size, all digital video is either SD or HD.
*Q2. Can I make a DVD that is high definition?*
A. No, DVDs are standard definition by design. They must be composed of mpeg2 video with a resolution of 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL). DVD players will only play actual DVDs.
*Q3. Is there any way to make a DVD look as good as my HD video looks?*
A. No. You can make it look very good by encoding it with the highest quality, but it will always be standard definition. This will probably look noticeably worse than your source footage if it is high definition.
*Q4. Isn't HD-DVD a high definition DVD?*
A. No, it is a specific term referring to a format backed by Toshiba. It lost a format war to Blu-ray. To burn and play an HD-DVD, you need a special burner and special player. Although it is a dead format, some find it useful and inexpensive to buy an HD-DVD burner and HD-DVD player.
*Q5. Can I make a Blu-ray DVD?*
A. No, there is no such thing; Blu-ray discs are not DVDs. They will not play in a DVD player even though the discs look physically the same.
*Q6. Can I make Blu-ray discs (BD) on the Mac so that I can see my video in high definition?*
A. Yes. You need a Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray discs. You also need to encode and author the discs.
The current software options are as follows:
1. Use Final Cut Studio to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Excellent quality, nice looking menus, subtitles can show the chapter name.
Cons: Only a few menu choices.
2. Use Toast v. 9 or 10 with the Blu-ray plug-in to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: Inexpensive and fairly quick.
Cons: Limited choices of very "stylized" menus, chapters cannot be named, encoding quality may not be as good.
3. Use Adobe Encore to encode and author a BD, using a BD burner.
Pros: A great deal of control over the whole process, allowing complete design of the disc.
Cons: Expensive, complicated, and prone to bugs.
*Q7. Does iDVD make Blu-ray discs?*
A. No, it makes DVDs which are playable in a DVD player.
*Q8. Does DVD Studio Pro make Blu-ray discs?*
A. No, it makes DVDs which are playable in a DVD player.
*Q9. Can I do anything to put HD video on a DVD, with a standard DVD burner?*
A. Yes, you can make what is called an AVCHD disc. This puts approximately 45 minutes of HD video on a physical DVD. The result is not an actual DVD, and it will not play back in DVD players. It is essentially a Blu-ray structure on a physical DVD-R. It will play back in most Blu-ray players. Final Cut Studio and Toast (v. 9 or 10 with the Blu-ray plug-in) have the ability to make these.
*Q10. Are there other ways to play high-definition video in HD?*
A. Yes, if you play back from a device rather than a disc of some type. AppleTV and the Playstation 3 can play high definition video to a TV. There are numerous other media playback devices that are essentially hard drives with a specialized enclosure. Also, you can attach most digital TVs to any modern laptop or desktop computer, although interlaced video may not always display properly and might show combing artifacts.

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Is a high definition DVD burner available for Mac's?

I have a HD camcorder (Canon XHA1) and am using Final Cut express HD. I have been very disappointed in the results I have obtained when burning my Final Cut projects to a standard DVD.(After finishing my FCE project, I use IDVD to produce a disc image, then burn to a standard 4.7 GB Sony or Verbatim DVD-R) Many of my clients now have blu ray players and high def TV's and want their videos in high definition. Is a high definition burner available for a mac pro so that I can burn high definition discs?

Thanks Tom for the link. However, I noticed when reading through the info about this blu-ray drive that it made no mention of being compatible with Final Cut Express HD or IDVD which is what I am currently using. I had considered upgrading to Final Cut Studio but it sounds like this drive is only compatible when used with Adobe Premiere Pro and Encore CS4. I am no techie, so pardon my ignorance about all this. Is Toast a "replacement" for IDVD? Could I use FCExpress (or FC studio if I upgrade) then burn the DVD using toast? Does Toast have menu templates like IDVD?
If anyone has any experience using this blu-ray drive on their Mac with Final Cut and IDVD or Toast I would appreciate some input on what the exact workflow is and if the whole process has been a positive experience.
Thanks so much for your help!

Making Video into High Definition in Final Cut Express

I just took some video in high definition with my high definition camera. I want to edit them in Final Cut Express, but when I import them, they show up as standard definition, not high definition. How can I change it into high definition?
Thanks,
Sam

G'Day Sam,
You have have either downcoverted in the camera during capture or have an incorrect Easy Setup.
If you downconverted accidently it requires re-capture with the correct camera settings.
What are the clip properties?
Al

Does iLife 06 recognize the new SONY HDR-SR7E High definition Hard drive

We have the new SONY High definition Hard drive recorder.
I have iMovie06 and the new upgrade iMove08.
I want to import into 06. When i try it says "no camera detected" but it imports fine into 08.
Any ideas?
I dont want to use 08 and then import into 06 because i am worried about it duplicating and we do not have a lot of disc space, and also the quality seems dreadful when i view in 06.
PLEASE HELP - i have so much video to edit, and i really want to use just 06 as i know what i am doing!

Rich Kyd wrote:
We have the new SONY High definition Hard drive recorder.
I have iMovie06 and the new upgrade iMove08.
... i am worried about it duplicating and we do not have a lot of disc space, and also the quality seems dreadful when i view in 06.
PLEASE HELP - i have so much video to edit, and i really want to use just 06 as i know what i am doing!
sorry, rich kid, .. I don't get all that ..
a few remarks from here:
iM08 is esp. made for that HDD corders.. why not using it?
never judge pic quality in iM itself.. esp. iMHD6 is made ONLY for TV delivery and it delivers excellent quality.. standard PAL/NTSC, interlaced, 'low' resolution, 25/29.97fps ..
HiDef = ~40/50GB per hour.. so disk space shouldn't be an issue in times, you get 500Gigs for ~120€.. you spend so much money on your recording device (and hopefully on your telly/'screen'..) , now you have to 'add' some investment to your edit hardware
iMHD6 doesn't support mpeg2, and it does't support that AVCHD-'flavour' of mpeg2, Sony uses..
Voltaic
http://mac1080hd.com/
is a converter for making such files useful outside iM08 ..
long, unconvenient workarounds.. instead of using a plug'n play solutions ..

A How To: Create a Widescreen High Definition Slide Show from the Organizer

[EDIT] I just tried another one and, weirdly, that produced an output with black bars around all four sides! So maybe this 'how to' is not 100%. I have considered deleting the post altogether but, as it does still produce a superior slideshow quality file than the standard ones provided with Elements, I've decided to leave it with this edit added at the top for additional info.[END_EDIT]
In answering a question in another forum I found a nice quick way to create proper widescreen high definition slide shows from just the Elements Organizer. Apologies if this is 'old news' to readers, but I've not seen this described elsewhere so I thought I'd share it.
The Organizer Slide Show creator, if not wanting to edit in PRE, provides a small set of Windows Media Player profiles to create .wmv files. But the best of these goes only to 1024x768 (a 4:3 monitor resolution setting). I've noticed, but never paid much attention to, that at the bottom of the Slide Size box there is a 'Browse for more' option that lets you search for additional Windows Media Encoder profiles. Investigation showed me that I can download the Windows Media Encoder software from Microsoft and create my own profiles. But even further investigation showed me that someone had already done this! I've tested their full HD profile and it works just fine (1920x1080).
So if you are just after a straightforward slide show (i.e. not needing PRE features) but want it displayed on your Full HD TV set here is what you do:
Download the HD Profiles from http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/236895-hd-profiles-for-windows-movie-maker/. There's also a couple of useful SD sizes there as well. Save them somewhere you can easily find them.
Create your slide show in the Organizer. Obviously use appropriately sized images for HD. There's little point outputting an HD wmv file using low resolution and/or 4:3 aspect ratio images.
Save and Output your slide show.
In the output dialog ('Save As a File') scroll down to the bottom of Slide Size and select 'Browse for more ...'.
Browse to the file you downloaded in step 1 and click Open.
Click OK and your Widescreen HD .wmv file is prepared.
Here's a Gspot analysis of my test output file. As you can see it is an HD file with a 16:9, square pixel, aspect ratio.
Ta Da!
Cheers,
Neale
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children
If this post or another user's post resolves the original issue, please mark the posts as correct and/or helpful accordingly. This helps other users with similar trouble get answers to their questions quicker. Thanks.

nealeh
You did not mention a specific Premiere Elements Elements Organizer combo for this, so for now I will address this from the version 11, not Windows Movie Maker, perspective if I need to get version specific.
.prx
The Browse for More is a well known route and does offer at least one Adobe profile for 1280 x 720 16:9. I am not sure where you came up with the lesser resolution,1024 x 768 that you mentioned. The Windows Media profiles have existed for several versions of Elements Organizer. Those Adobe ones that you do not see under Output Save As A File Movie (.wmv), can be found in the Windows 7 or 8 64 bit path
Local Disc C
Profile Files (x86)
Adobe
Elements 11 Organizer
Assets
Locale
en_US
tv_profiles
in the tv_profiles Folder are included the .prx files
.....10. 640 x 480 Enhanced Definitions
.....12. 852 x 480 Widescreen Enhanced Definition
.....14 1280 x 720 Widescreen High Definition
A homemade 1920 x 1080 16:9 30 frames per second .prx has long been sought but not that easily produced by many using with the Windows Media Encoder Editor. Apparently you have found one online, and it does get accepted into the Premiere Elements 11 Browse for More choices. And, if you do a gspot readout for the wmv output from Elements Organizer 11, it will display all the "right" properties that you hoped for and that are shown in your screenshot.
The bottom line, why bother with the wmv slideshow? If you take your original photos and size them for 1920 x 1080 16:9, use them in the Elements Organizer 11 Slideshow Editor (Crops used in preferences), use the Edit with Premiere Elements Editor command, what you get in Premiere Elements 11 is full and good in all regard. Have you tried it?
I can see your interest if this is HD going to HD (AVCHD on DVD or Blu-ray disc format on Blu-ray disc, but I do not see this for an Elements Organizer Slideshow that is going to DVD-VIDEO widescreen.
More later.
ATR

Why isn't my high definition video converting to standard definition?

What I'm describing here, I've successfully accomplished many, many times using Premiere Pro CS5 and now Premiere Pro CS6. Now, for the first time ever, it's not working and I'm completely baffled. (This is a high-end Windows 7 64-Bit machine with 16GB RAM running Premiere Pro CS6.)
Here's a basic summary of my workflow. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
1. I shoot my video using a high definition camcorder (the same one I've been working with for the past year or two.
2. I import my high definition video into a 1920x1080 sequence in Premiere Pro CS6.
3. I edit my sequence until I'm happy.
4. I enter and name my Encore chapter markers in the sequence.
5. I create my Encore project and import the sequence as a timeline and set up my menus and such.
6. I build my Encore project, first into a standard definition DVD image file (so I can later burn SD-DVDs) and then build it again into a high definition Blu-ray image file (so I can later burn Blu-rays).
The Blu-ray burn is turning out just fine.
But the video in the DVD burn is all black. I can jump around from chapter to chapter and I can hear the sound, but the video doesn't show up!
I tried this a couple times thinking that maybe Encore just messed up the SD-DVD creation process but I got the same result each time. When I preview the project in Encore, it all looks just right.
So I figured, okay, something's not working when I import the sequence.
I went back to Premiere Pro thinking I'd just export my 1920x1080 sequence into a widescreen standard definition AVI and create a new sequence just for the standard definition DVD.
The exported AVI is black as well!!
I don't get it. Why on earth won't my high definition video convert properly to standard definition?
The high definition sequence looks completely normal in Premiere Pro. What could I possibly be overlooking??
One final note. Just as another test, I copied and pasted the sequence in Premier Pro, truncated it to a couple minutes (the full sequence is 90 minutes long), and exported to a widescreen AVI again.
It just finished, I tried playing it back in Windows, and it, too, is all black, sound but no video.
Like I said, this is nothing new for me. I've done it countless times with other projects. I could really use some assistance with this one.

So I exported my completed high definition sequence to an MP4 and re-imported back into Premiere Pro. Right-clicked it and created a sequence from the clip. Then I imported my chapters from the old sequence into the new one.
I returned to Encore, modified my project to work off the newly created sequence (what a pain having to recreate all the scene links) and voila, it had no trouble making a DVD this time.
So I guess I'll get out of the bad habit of my old routine and create a sequence the "right" way from now on. Funny how we get used to doing something one way and stop thinking outside the box after a while.
Jim, I don't see how that's necessary. As long as I create an Encore project based on a good high definition sequence, I have never had to do anything other than have Encore build a standard definition DVD based on the high definition sequences. It has always done the conversion for me and produced really good DVDs. Once I create a DVD image that I'm satisfied with, I simply have Encore build a Blu-ray image using the exact same project, and that works perfectly as well. I suppose I may be missing something here but it all works and works well, so I don't see a reason to create two projects when one works well.
On a separate note, is it just me or doesn't everybody think it's high time that Adobe offer a feature to import markers from one sequence into another. I can do it automatically but I have to use a macro that I created separate and apart from Premiere Pro. For that matter, I think Encore should also offer a feature to remap all scene links to a new sequence instead of forcing me to fix them one by one myself.
Anyway, thanks to all of you for pointing me in the right direction!

HOW TO MAKE A HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO DVD WITH PREMIERE CS2

I have been working with my CS2 Premiere to create some auto play high definition, audio-only DVDs that are autoplay. To clear the air, yes I know that CS4 will permit 24bit-96 kHz. For the time being 16 bit-48 kHz, is still better (marginally) than CD, but it permits greater playing times. Yes, I know that the autoplay without menues "feature" is bogus, and was never corrected by Adobe. So much for their interest in their customers.
I found a simple workaround for the autoplay/no menues feature. Just make a DVD-RW with menues. Then use DVD-DeCryper/Shrink/Nero - whatever to make an autoplay DVD onto a permanent disc. It works well.
Here is my latest crazy problem: How to get really long playing time. I know I can make high qualitye DVD-A's up to 3 hours using Minatonka Bronze. Unfortunately, DVD-A discs are worthless as they cannot play in 90% of DVD players, but they prove the time point.
I have three 48 kHz files that I created in Adobe Audion. The were 1.599, 0.911, and 0.974 GBs in size. That added up to 3.480. The playing time is about 2:30 Hours; quite a bit less than 3 hours.   I tried burning a DVD with these, audio-files-only. I checked lowest quality video, used no video, and got an Export To DVD error that I had "insufficient" space on the 4.7 GB disc! So, I used the two latter files, which added to only 1.884 GB. Premiere did not baulk, and it successfully burned a DVD that played. Then I added the 1.599 GB file, and, once again, it produced an error. This was clearly not going to work.
At this point, I realized that Audition had done what it liked to do: It had saved the 16 bit-48 kHz files as 32 bit-48 kHz! So, I went back to Audition and used EDIT to change the files to genuine 16 bit-48 kHz files. When I opened them in Premiere, Premiere reported 16 bit-48 kHz files. Their sizes were now, 0.799, 0.456, and 0.487 GB. Please note that this totals 1.742 GB. This is less than the 1.884 GB I had successfully used before.   Once again, I was getting the "inssufficient" space error. This is nuts. The disc can hold 4.3+ GB, but won't fit 1.742.GB.
So, anybody got some ideas?
Mike

Jim,
I cannot believe you are wasting my time and the space of this forum with your irrelevances. It would have been better had you just tried to answer my question, which is the purpose of these forums. Why engage in useless chatter?
I said nothing about any great sonic difference betweein 16/48 and 16/44 digital audio; I said "marginally."   In English that means very little difference. I'm not going to prove to you with distortion and frequency response plots that there is some minor difference, it is a fact of life. You, in fact, just stated a difference. The difference between a 24 kHz cutoff and a 22 kHz custoff is a difference which you give, to back up your absurd statement that there is no difference. This can actually translate to a minor, difference in THD at higher audio frequencies, but who cares?   Well, you apparently care, because your beligerant non-reply to my question was that "fewer...would notice ." In English that means that some would notice.
What my question had to do with MP3 junk, or multichannel sound, I don't know. Why should I do, as you suggest, and make DVD-A's when one needs only stereo? This is a Premier forum, not a DVD-A forum. Why not bother DVD-A junkies on Minatonka fourms? DVDs can handle stereo PCM very nicely. Classic Audio has marketed their 24/96 DADs for many years and so have a few other companies.   They have been well received by some "golden eared" types. I hope they don't upset you. There is a good possibility that DVD may only be around as a "legacy" feature on BLU RAY in future years. DVD-A was DOA years ago and SACD may go just away; DVD-A is almost that. So, PCM stereo sound DVD's are a good bet that the resultant disc will be playable on many people's players as well as future players. The longer playing time that may be available would make listening to concerts easier, rather than breaking them up into segments.
If you want to argue my motives, or tastes, I suggest you go to another forum and discuss you theories. If you actually have something productive to say about the problem I pointed out, that would be welcome.
Mike

Import of a high definition camera JVC for iMovie is that possible?

GZ-HD7U JVC is my digital HDD camcoder. I can import video by firewire cable?
When it does, does not appear any image. This camera is not on the list of cameras compatible with iMovie, but is recognized by the program. In spite of achieving import the recorded files in the camera for Mac by USB port, open in quick time and export in DV for iMovie for editing, but I would like to write directly into the Mac by firewire port, but I can not. The program does not read any image by firewire. Someone could help?

Hello again,
I apologize for not checking the spelling.
Anyway, just looking for any advice to make a High Definition Photo Slide Show. I will buy more software if I have to. However, I cannot see that Final Cut will let me do this either.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Craig
I have a nice collection of professional quality photos. These 8 megapixel images and are 2000 line plus resolution. When I use these for a screen saver on my iBook the detail is fantastic.
I have made a nice DVD using iMovie and iDVD. It looks pretty good. But the resolution is not that high. I understand that iMovie reduces the resolution on slideshows since it know the photos will be shown on a TV.
I have tried making the same DVD from the beginning using the 720p and 1080i settings in iMovie and then import into iDVD.
The final DVD is recognized by the high end DVD player as a 1080i format. However, the slideshow look not better than standard resolution. And I have tried all the various TV connectors (component, composite, HDMI, DVI, coaxial, etc). No difference.
I would appreciate any input.
Do I need to buy Final Cut Express to get a true 1280 line photo slideshow.
Thank you in advance.
Craig Bergh
Worthington, MN 56187

High Definition

Just upgraded from making iMovies with 30 second clips from a stills camera to making them with a Sony High Definition Camcorder, HDR-HC7E(DV Tape) and would appreciate some advice on a few things regarding the 1080i high definition-I have made a few of these in iMovie and export them back to the camcorder for viewing through an HDTV. Since I have not yet bought the latter, I cannot view in HD.
The first question is what happens to stills(say from iPhoto) imported into an HD project in iMovie. I use stills selectively not only in the canned themes but also with a Ken burns effect to make some point in the movie. Specifically, does iMovie convert the imported still into a high definition clip if the project is high definition and does it matter?
Secondly, when exporting directly back to camcorder or via a file, a menu box pops up at or near the end of the transfer and asks if you want to make another copy. If you click no thanks the camcorder is disconnected. Is this what should happen?
Thirdly, can anybody recommend any useful sites/books for getting the best out of camcorder audio accessories- I have a clip on Lavalier which seems straightforward and substantially improves commentary audio whilst filming but I do not really know how to make the most of the shotgun mike which I also have.
Finally an observation. This camcorder is fantastic and works well with iMovie.

..mmm. delicious..
Where was I..?
Sony's own mics for your camcorder are shown here (click on that link), and they clip onto the camera's 'Accessory Shoe'. Other mics can be plugged into the mic socket at the front of the camcorder.
Note that Sony cams have a 'plug-in power' socket for external microphones: that means that low voltage power is provided inside the microphone socket, to power those mics which can make use of that, instead of their needing a separate battery of their own. Not all external mics are wired the right way to make use of that. So MOST external mics work OK when plugged into a Sony; SOME work excellently, without needing a separate battery of their own (e.g; the wonderful little Vivanco EM216, which has terrific bass for a stereo mic so tiny!); and SOME mics give very poor results in that Sony external mic socket, because their own internal wiring is incompatible with the way that Sony send a low voltage though the socket. "Try before you buy" is the best motto.
Your own clip-on 'Lavalier' mic must be one of those which does work well with Sonys.
Many people buy the popular 'Audio-technica'-brand shotgun mics, but I'm very disappointed by them, finding them rather "thin" and "tinny", but - as with all mics - you've nothing to compare them with till you DO compare them with other brands of a similar type ..and perhaps many people are satisfied with them - or perhaps they've bought them, and then discarded them.
You don't say which shotgun mic you have.
You say "..I do not really know how to make the most of the shotgun mike which I also have.."
Generally, a shotgun mic picks up sound from directly ahead, and good sound from perhaps 6 feet (2 metres) away. But it WON'T pick up much sound from the sides, or behind it.
So you wouldn't use one at a party - because you'd miss all the general noise and "atmosphere" all around - unless someone was giving a speech, and you wanted to clearly pick up everything they said instead of it being drowned in the general noise, in which case you'd point the shotgun mic directly at them. So you'd use it at a wedding, to pick up the minister's words, and the bride's and groom's, and for speeches; but you wouldn't use it at a fairground, or a beach, or anywhere you wanted to pick up sound from all around.
It's like a telescope; it doesn't pick up what's everywhere around and nearby, but it picks up, and sharply focuses on, what's rather more distant. You wouldn't use one to record a conversation, unless the people talking were right next to each other and a few feet in front of you ..because it would pick up only the one person it's pointed at, and wouldn't pick up any others. But you WOULD use it to distinctly pick up someone at the other end of a fairly quiet room; someone giving a talk or a speech, or someone on stage, or the striking of a distant clock, or a distant whispered conversation.
Outdoors, shotguns can be quite susceptible to wind noise, so they generally come with a "windshield", but you often get better results with a specialist "fuzzy" cover such as a "Rycote".

How can I "proxy edit:" a high-definition project?

This is an undocumented process, created by the always amazing Robert Johnston, and a good solution if you find that editing HDV and AVCHD video natively puts too much stress on your system's resources.
Proxy editing temporarily substitutes a sort of preview video for the native files, usually one of lower resolution so that you can work with it more easily. Then, when you output your project, the editing and effects applied to the proxy video are applied to the actual footage, creating a high-definition output.<br /><br />Here is Robert's solution:
I have a custom project preset for 1080i that has an editing mode of 360x270. Anything you render as a preview is only 360x270 "MPEG-2 I-Frame Only." You can create your own and see if it helps with editing.
To create your own, you first pick a project preset by clicking "Setup" on the startup screen displayed by Premiere Elements 4. Select the 1080i 30 or the 1080i 25 project preset from the HDV tree inside the NTSC or PAL nodes. Click the "New Preset" button, then click the "Save" button, then give the custom preset a name and description of your choice. Click "Save as Default." Exit out of Premiere Elements.
Now open up your custom preset with WordPad. The custom preset file will be in the following folder:<br /><br />C:\documents and settings\[login id]\application data\adobe\premiere elements\4.0\settings\custom\
Once you've opened it in WordPad, scroll down past the gibberish until you get to the line with ObjectID="6" and change the PixelAspectRatio from 1920,1080 to 480,360 and change the FrameSize from 1440,1080 to 360,270. Then save the file.
<VideoSettings ObjectID="6" ClassID="58474264-30c4-43a2-bba5-dc0812df8a3a" Version="8">
<MaximumBitDepth>false</MaximumBitDepth>
<PixelAspectRatio>480,360</PixelAspectRatio>
<FrameSize>0,0,360,270</FrameSize>
After saving the file, you can start up PE and create a new project based on that custom preset. Clips you drag to the timeline will look normal sized, but if you render a preview of it, it will only be 360x270. It will look best when magnification is set to "Fit" or 50%.
Add titles, effects, transitions. Then render a preview.
You may not think that this would export correctly, but so far it has worked for me. The only thing that I haven't tried is burning a Blu-ray disc
Titles won't come out correctly if you change framesizes in some of the other ObjectIDs of the custom preset file. Just change the one that I specified.
Hopefully that gives you the idea so you can change the frameszie to something else if you don't like 360x270."

Paul_LS
Thanks for the reply.
I am with you about editng preview file (proxy) instead of the original AVCHD HD1080i or HDV HD 1080i. But, I went off course with your comment:
"Using the proxy you can view the video/effect without rendering" since you do not see the preview file until after you have rendered your edit of the Timeline.
Perhaps my understanding of that will answer the question that I asked about the benefits of using the proxy procedure if the workflow is just import, no edit, export.
ATR

Creating high-definition Quicktime files

I have a project that was shot in P2. The footage is 720P (I *think.* I'm not as up on high-def as I should be. The files are 960x720 with an aspect ratio of 1.3333 at 23.976 FPS). The client has requested a high-definition Quicktime file that they want to play on their laptop, and not a blu-ray disc. What settings should I use in Media Encoder to accomplish this?
My best guess is to use the h.264 codec and manually set the bit rate to its maximum. However, if I set the Quicktime file output specs to match the specs of the P2 footage, it plays back too tall and not wide enough in my Quicktime player. Through experimentation, I found that if I set the output to 1280x720 with a pixel aspect ratio of "square pixel," it loks right when I play the file in my Quicktime player. But something tells me there is a better way.
So back to my original question - can Adobe media Encoder deliver a high-definition Quciktime file, and if so, how?
J. D.

QT's treatment of PAR's is bordering on comical. I don't know if it can't or won't read PAR header data created by windows, but i've never had any luck displaying non-square pixel vision in QT.
You can set it manually in the bowels of QT to get a correct aspect ratio, but it aint easy.
I'm with Harm: go square pixel. You might get a little degredation (as you'll be leaving a pixel-for-pixel scenario), but it's better than the alternative.
MP

Idt high definition audio - no sound HP ProBook 6540b XP

I want to share my struggle with HP Laptop 6540b
When I get this laptop there was XP sp3 installed but no sound working
After several action - changing drivers updating system etc nothing helps at all
So I made second installation of XP on this laptop different on disc
New Xp was installed to get sound working
DO NOT INSTALL IDT driver from HP for Windows XP - do not work !!!
after installation driver from HP you need to reinstall XP to get sound working
Manual how to:
1. Installation service pack
KB Article Number(s): 835221
Language: All (Global)
Platform: i386
Location: (http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows%20Server%202003/latest/UAA_HD_Audio_OOB_release/5011/free/1986...)
Password: @WC7[*q31
Password Changes On: 05/04/2010
Next Password: d3lMCprX)
Reboot
2. Installing manually service pack
kb888111xpsp2.exe
I got it out of IDT hp driver -Winrar after extraction there is folder HDAQFE and inside xpsp2 you will find it
Winrar -> extract files in side
3. Go to Device manager
find System devices-> Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
update driver - chose folder where you extracted kb888111xpsp2.exe folder commonfiles and install
Reboot
4. Go to Dell web site find SigmaTel sound driver R167846.exe
Winrar extract
5 Device Manager manual installation
find Sound video games controller manually install Sigma Tel driver from location where you extracted files
reboot
And you have SOUND BACK

Hi,
I too have been pulling my hair out with this problem on the 6540B. However after 2 days of various driver combinations I've finally found a working fix. I don't have the luxury of reinstalling Windows XP as the machine is custom configured with apps which will take over a week to configure again.
If you've got no audio it's probably because you've installed the IDT High Def Audio Driver. You may have tried a whole bunch of other options also to try and rectify the problem as I did.
The solution is fairly simple:
Goto to add/remove programs and remove "SoundMax".
Reboot
The audio driver may try to reinstall on boot up... allow it to install. It will still not work and will still show exclamation mark against IDT driver in Device Manager.
Goto run... then type regedit and hit enter. Windows registry opens.
Goto My Computer>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Services>
Delete the WHOLE KEY for AEAudio and then exit regedit
Go to device manager and uninstall the IDT High Def Audio device from Device Manager
Then using the original HP Application and Driver Recovery DVD supplied with the notebook, run the autoplay, choose Hardware Enabling Drivers, tick only the IDT High Def Audio driver and follow the installation instruction on screen. You will be prompted to reboot after which Windows will find new hardware. The IDT will install itself and you will find that the sound works!
Good Luck!
For those that cannot find their original disk, the IDT Audio Driver from the original disk is available at http://tinyurl.com/IDTAudio6540b or http://www.4shared.com/file/RxXn5afj/IDTAUDIO.html

WXP on Portege R700-1F7 - missing Audio device on high definition audio bus

Recently purchased this laptop, need to downgrade to windows xp, wiped disc, installed fresh copy of win xp sp3 and installed drivers form Toshibas website, however device manager still reporting the driver for
Audio device on high definition audio bus is missing
Tried reinstalling audio and chipset drivers again, tried windows update and driver genius, nothing is resolving driver issue, can anyone let me know what the missing driver is and where I can download it?
Thanks in advance

Hello
I dont have this Portege model but here is WXP install order and please install all stuff following this install order. Maybe this will help you to get working all hardware components and preinstalled software as well. Please post some feedback.
Windows XP SP3
Synaptics Touch Pad Driver 15.0.12
PatchFiles USBKB918005.reg
USB3.0 Driver 1.0.20.1
USB-Serial Driver 1.00.000
Sun Java2 Runtime Environment 1.6.0_20
TOSHIBA Assist 1.03.00_I
TOSHIBA Skins for Media Player 1.00.1121
TOSHIBA Security Assist 1.2.2
Trusted Platform Module 3.60.2071.00
TPM Driver v2.1.1.0
Intel Chipset SW Installation Utility 9.1.1.1024
Intel Management Engine Interface 6.00.40.1215
Intel AMT Software 6.00.40.1215
Intel Display Driver 6.14.10.5258
Realtek Audio Driver 5.10.0.6083
Intel LAN Driver 14.6(IN146AAW7C)
Ricoh Card Reader 2.09.03.01
Wireless LAN
TOSHIBA Common Module V6.07.01
TOSHIBA Web Camera Application V1.1.2.13
Authentec Fingerprint Driver 3.0.1.149
PatchFiles2 DisableFingerprintSelectiveSuspend
Finger_print_restart V1
TOSHIBA Smooth View 2.0.0.25
TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool 3.2.15
TOSHIBA Controls v3.37.4310
TouchPad On_Off Utility 2.5.4.0
Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba v7.10.14_XP_SE(T)
ConfigFree 5.90.18
TOSHIBA Mobile Extension V3.94.00.XP
TOSHIBA Password Utility V2.01.10
TOSHIBA Utilities 4.30.29
TOSHIBA HDD Protection 2.3.0.1
TOSHIBA HDD_SSD Alert 3.1.0.6
TOSHIBA Hotkey Utility for Display Devices V3.7.0.0
TOSHIBA Display Device Change Utility V3.4.0.0
TPSReg REG
TOSHIBA Power Saver 7.14.00
Timeout15 D15Sec
129 Wireless Hotkey 3.0.0.9
TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor 1.6.2.0
TOSHIBA Sleep Utility 1.4.1.2
TOSHIBA DVD PLAYER V2.50.1.07-A
TOSHIBA Service Station 2.1.40
PatchFiles3 AHCI-IDEREG-1.0-ENG
TOSHIBA Network Device ID Registry Setting Tool 3.0.32.4-7
PatchFiles4 PatchFiles_WOL_1.0.0

Driver Problems with HP 350 G1: SM Bus Controller and High Definition Audio Device

Dear all,
after I've installed Windows 8.1 on my new HP 350 G1 J4U36EA, two devices are making problems:
SM Bus Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C22&SUBSYS_21B8103C&REV_04
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C22&SUBSYS_21B8103C
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C22&CC_0C0500
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C22&CC_0C05
High Definition Audio Device
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_80860101&REV_1000
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2807&SUBSYS_80860101
I've tried a few drivers recommended on the HP website for my 350 G1 including Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) Driver and IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver, but the problem is still not solved.
I appreciate your help! Thank you so much!
Parapluie
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Parapluie

Realtek High Definition Audio This device cannot start. (Code 10)

i have a compaq presario CQ56 window7 64bit
Realtek High Definition Audio This device cannot start. (Code 10)
no audio output device is installed show up at speaker
when i did have sound it worked great then days went by i boot up and get no sound i would do system restore and get it back then it would do the same thing i even updated drivers i have service pack 1 its a 64bit system.a real pain in u know what.now i cant even get it to work at all.i would get it but as soon as i shut down.it would be gone again now its gone cant even to get a sound out of it.its making me wanna hear one more last sound and it would sound like smashed with a foot in the middle of it.then start all over again with a new one.if it didnt run so good it would be at the right of the garbage can.anybody got a answer i sure would be glad to hear sounds again makes it hard to read lips at times.but for music ur toasted i have tryed everything i can but to buy a program and it mite work or not who know for sure.
hp support Assistant show this (device) Realtek High Definition Audio,(status) error(10),(driver) RTKVHD64.sys(version) 6.0.1.6206

We have the same problem as you. Did you find a solution to your problem? Thanks.

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