goo
3rd March 2008, 06:27
Hi I work for a live broadcasting company that broadcasts live sports races. As part of our services we provide DVD’s of races after the race has completed. This is a time dependent service as we want the DVD’s to be available with menus ASAP after the race for sale.
Our current system:
We capture using a Canopus (MVR) Media cruise Video Capture system
At the following formats.
Video: 720 * 576 MPEG 2 @ 6MBPs
Audio: MPEG 2, 48 KHz, 22.4 kbps
Format: 4:3, PAL, outputting *.m2p,*.m2v,*.m2a.
This is then opened using Ulead DVD Workshop 2 which contains menu templates specifically designed so our staff can use them.
Ulead format
MPEG Files
24bit, 720 * 576 @ 25 fps (DVD PAL)
4:3 Variable bitrate max 8 Mbps
Once the footage has been captured an average race of 5 minutes takes about 4 minutes to burn once the race is over. No video converting required.
Our new system:
For the new system we decided to use a new capture system..
The new system uses a Matrox R2 XT capture card which uses Adobe Premiere Pro 2 to capture the footage.
The capture settings are set at:
Adobe capture settings:
Video: PAL, 720*576, 4:3 MPEG-2 Encoding at 10Mbps
Audio: MPEG 2, 48 KHz, 22.4 kbps
Ulead Settings:
Same as per Canopus system.
The Problem:
The new system takes about 20 minutes to burn the first DVD. Subsequent copies take the normal 4 minutes a copy. The problem is when Ulead decides to burn the combination of menus + footage it takes 15 minutes in a stage called “converting video”. This stage takes about 10 seconds on the Canopus system.
The settings from Premiere Pro 2 are per DVD spec and are the same as being captured through Canopus. The only difference is that premiere pro 2 saves the file as an .avi compared to the .m2v of the Canopus.
There is no option to save the output file of the Adobe as a different format during capture.
Any help solving the problem would be greatly appreciated. Im not sure if this is a problem with the realtime MPEG2 encoding of the Matrox/Adobe system or a translation issue between the system and the Ulead system.
Our current system:
We capture using a Canopus (MVR) Media cruise Video Capture system
At the following formats.
Video: 720 * 576 MPEG 2 @ 6MBPs
Audio: MPEG 2, 48 KHz, 22.4 kbps
Format: 4:3, PAL, outputting *.m2p,*.m2v,*.m2a.
This is then opened using Ulead DVD Workshop 2 which contains menu templates specifically designed so our staff can use them.
Ulead format
MPEG Files
24bit, 720 * 576 @ 25 fps (DVD PAL)
4:3 Variable bitrate max 8 Mbps
Once the footage has been captured an average race of 5 minutes takes about 4 minutes to burn once the race is over. No video converting required.
Our new system:
For the new system we decided to use a new capture system..
The new system uses a Matrox R2 XT capture card which uses Adobe Premiere Pro 2 to capture the footage.
The capture settings are set at:
Adobe capture settings:
Video: PAL, 720*576, 4:3 MPEG-2 Encoding at 10Mbps
Audio: MPEG 2, 48 KHz, 22.4 kbps
Ulead Settings:
Same as per Canopus system.
The Problem:
The new system takes about 20 minutes to burn the first DVD. Subsequent copies take the normal 4 minutes a copy. The problem is when Ulead decides to burn the combination of menus + footage it takes 15 minutes in a stage called “converting video”. This stage takes about 10 seconds on the Canopus system.
The settings from Premiere Pro 2 are per DVD spec and are the same as being captured through Canopus. The only difference is that premiere pro 2 saves the file as an .avi compared to the .m2v of the Canopus.
There is no option to save the output file of the Adobe as a different format during capture.
Any help solving the problem would be greatly appreciated. Im not sure if this is a problem with the realtime MPEG2 encoding of the Matrox/Adobe system or a translation issue between the system and the Ulead system.