What format or codec?

I took a Hi8 video and burned it to a DVD using a Panasonic DVD recorder---that is used to play DVD's on a TV. I hit PLAY on the video tape and record on the DVD recorder. Now I have a DVD with the content on it. It plays back FINE on the DVD player and thru windows media player. When I try to "Get Media" using Elements 10, I get nothing. The DVD shows 6 scenes with an "hour glass" for each one, and the files end with ".OVI". When I hit "get media" on the bottom right, it just locks up.
I have tried this on both of my computers with the same results.
Do I need to get a specific codec, or change the format of the dvd before trying to add into Elements?
FYI, I have had NO problems downloading any other DVD's from newer video cameras using Elements 10.
Any ideas?

Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately, most DVR devices do not create 100% DVD-compliant discs, and especially the first VOB, as they use non-standard nagivation, and a rudimentary menu system. This gives NLE (Non Linear Editor) programs, such as PrE problems. See this ARTICLE for more detail, and also tips on ripping those non-standard VOB's.
This will most likely not be a CODEC issue, as PrE installs the Adobe MainConcept MPEG-2 CODEC, which is the standard for DVD-Video/VOB's.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - things would be best, and especially quality wise, if you were to Capture from your Hi8 tapes. This ARTICLE goes into more detail.

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Currently, there is no way that you can produce a standards-based HD DVD, so it's a little difficult to understand what you are trying to achieve. NTSC video DVDs are limited to 720 x 480 resolution so you can't get HD quality with a standard video DVD. DVD Studio Pro 4 allows you to create an Apple proprietary form of HD DVDs, but you need a G5 and QuickTime 7 in order to view these discs (as well as DVD Studio Pro 4 to create them).
However, it you want to create a very dynamic, movie-based, video/photo slide show at the highest possible resolution then I'd suggest H.264. But you'll need a fairly robust G5 if you want smooth, high-frame-rate playback.
Otherwise, just stick with JPEG in either a movie format (Motion JPEG) or as a series of still photos using Tiger's built-in slide show feature (or similar software). The latter (original still photos) viewed with a slide show application would probably give you the highest quality but it limits what you can do with motion and special effects.
As for Motion JPEG, I just took a series of 1680 x 1050 JPEG stills and opened them as an image sequence in the QuickTime Pro Player and then I exported that as a Motion JPEG A high quality movie at the same resolution and frame rate as the original image sequence and I couldn't tell any difference between the original JPEG stills and the finished Motion JPEG movie. But, of course, there is no way you can get that kind of quality on a standard video DVD.
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I had to look up mts, I knew I heard of it before, just wasn't clicking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mts
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FCE and FCpro are both editors, no converter tools.. allthough they allow to use the QT-engine to create a few codecs..
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with FCE you have NO option, to generate a 'web video'; any export needs Quicktime on end-user's side.. FCE doesn't offer flash-video as option.. you need 3rd party apps for that, plus some skills to integrate into a webside, resp. set-up some 'video server' ..
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I am making slideshows with FCP and I am looking to see how I can output a High Quality DVD. I have read from a few threads that when you make slideshows it is difficult to maintain the high quality especially since a TV is a lot lower in pixels than a computer. SO BASICALLY I keep seeing people say what is your codec? Can I get an explanation of a CODEC and can someone give me a simple way to make sure I am producing at the highest quality possible- Amateur Nick

CODEC stands for COmpression DECompression. It is the set of algorithms implemented in software/firmware/hardware which takes the raw data and squeezes it into a smaller number of bits. Most are referred to as "lossy" which means they discard some data so the result is not as pristine as the original when DECompressed. Listen to a cymbal splash on a CD in AIFF, them compress it in itunes to a low bit rate MP3, and you'll hear the difference, even with cheesy computer speakers. That's a lossy compression example.
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Lets say your photos start out at 3000x2000 pixels (rough numbers, I know), or 6MP. A regular DVD has only 720x480 at maximum to deal with, so that photo has to be squeezed down. Oh, also remember that the original photo was probably compressed as well to JPG (there are other formats like TIFF and RAW which can be lossless, but most cameras and amateurs use JPG.
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