I've searched all the forums but didn't come up with discussion that seemed to answer some of these questions.
I'm rendering a VP13 project to create a DVD and later will create an image file for CreateSpace, probably using Handbrake. I'd like the DVD to be playable as universally (in terms of countries) as possible. In the 'old' days that was a challenge and I wondered if things have gotten better in terms of NTSC vs PAL. When I started researching I was thinking that NTSC and PAL were probably terms long dead in a digital world. And for greatest compatibility I plan to enable it for All Regions.
The VP project source material is Canon XA20 footage shot at 1920x1080 60p
1. For DVDA will I need to render the project to BOTH NTSC and PAL video streams to create two different image files and two different DVDs that are Regionally compatible? Is there now a more universal standard in play that I can render to?
2. The DVDA NTSC 24p render looks attractive with the source video I have, but is that more likely to be incompatible with some NTSC equipment?
3. The project is widescreen formatted, but I want the full image to be seen on both modern and older 4:3 displays. On the 4:3 displays I want black bars above and below the image, not cut off sides. Am I better off to render to the Widescreen or to the non-Widescreen stream. (I don't want to offer both versions on the DVD since that would probably only confuse many.) I did a test some time ago and the results, as memory serves, seemed counter-intuitive. In the Preview my WS video was horizontally compressed to a 4:3 frame, like in playback the display system might stretch it!
4. From what I read in the manual, the AC3 audio will work for NTSC and PAL with no setting changes, right? (I DO use a modified AC3 Template to restore the audio levels.)
5. As I read the Render As options list, it looks like the NTSC vs. PAL thing has gone away with Blu-ray. Is that possible? Still, Blu-ray isn't an option for this project.
Thanks much.
Wayne
I'm rendering a VP13 project to create a DVD and later will create an image file for CreateSpace, probably using Handbrake. I'd like the DVD to be playable as universally (in terms of countries) as possible. In the 'old' days that was a challenge and I wondered if things have gotten better in terms of NTSC vs PAL. When I started researching I was thinking that NTSC and PAL were probably terms long dead in a digital world. And for greatest compatibility I plan to enable it for All Regions.
The VP project source material is Canon XA20 footage shot at 1920x1080 60p
1. For DVDA will I need to render the project to BOTH NTSC and PAL video streams to create two different image files and two different DVDs that are Regionally compatible? Is there now a more universal standard in play that I can render to?
2. The DVDA NTSC 24p render looks attractive with the source video I have, but is that more likely to be incompatible with some NTSC equipment?
3. The project is widescreen formatted, but I want the full image to be seen on both modern and older 4:3 displays. On the 4:3 displays I want black bars above and below the image, not cut off sides. Am I better off to render to the Widescreen or to the non-Widescreen stream. (I don't want to offer both versions on the DVD since that would probably only confuse many.) I did a test some time ago and the results, as memory serves, seemed counter-intuitive. In the Preview my WS video was horizontally compressed to a 4:3 frame, like in playback the display system might stretch it!
4. From what I read in the manual, the AC3 audio will work for NTSC and PAL with no setting changes, right? (I DO use a modified AC3 Template to restore the audio levels.)
5. As I read the Render As options list, it looks like the NTSC vs. PAL thing has gone away with Blu-ray. Is that possible? Still, Blu-ray isn't an option for this project.
Thanks much.
Wayne