hoi_kwong Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 <p>I taped a 60 minutes HD video in AVCHD format in my cousin's wedding. Now he is asking me to make a few edited HD video copies for his distribution to relatives and friends, to play on their HD home TV screen. <br>Just wondering what is the most popular video format that I need to convert this over 10GB video file for them to play on HD TV without decreasing the video quality ? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkenthill Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 <p>Perhap H.264/MPG4 is what you are interested in? Check it out.<br /><br /><br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_shearman1 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>Haven't done this recently but my recollection is that there is a format specific to movie DVDs that play in a DVD player (as opposed to DVD discs used as file storage). If you tell your video editing software to output the final video as a DVD, it very likely defaults to the standard setting.<br /><br />The various formats are more for shooting/editing rather than a release format.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethspics Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 <p>Choosing an HD format that plays back on TV's is a real challenge. AVC HD is already H264/MPG4 so you could try exporting that from your edit in the same standard as your recorded video and see if it works. Modern sets are more likely to play ball than older ones. If your file is over 4GB it won't go on to a normal USB stick so you might have to lower the quality (or shorten the video). The most universal standard is to produce a genuine authored DVD which plays on a set top box, but it won't be HD. If you have the right software and hardware you could make a Blu-ray but that's advanced stuff and not everyone has a Blu-ray player.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerard_bynre Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 <p>h.264 is pretty standard. Mpeg 2 HD is an alternative, but less efficient compression. DVD's in standard definition use Mpeg 2 but I would avoid DVD formats unless you are prepared to author and burn discs for all the relatives. I'd recommend h.264. Mpeg streamclip is a great tool for conversion / compression and its free:<br> http://www.squared5.com<br> In terms of file sizes, you can adjust the data rate (compression) to meet a pre-determined file size before you compress.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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