DVD Infinity - Home Page
Home Users
Photographers
Educational Institutions
Adventure & Travel Companies
Corporate Sector

    Home
 
                

    Home Users
        DVD from Video
       
DVD from Cinefilm
       
DVD from Stills
       
Video Restoration
       
Video-Film Editing
       
Foreign Video
       
Audio to CD
       
Gift Vouchers


    Free Quotation 
   
FAQ
   
Why DVD Infinity?
   
Contact Us


Call Us on
       1300 850 383    Aust
+61 2 9906 6383    Int'l

  
Format Choices - Editing vs Entertaining
 

 

Which format do I choose?


There are scores of different formats to which we could output. It really depends on what you want to do. However, many are immediately ruled out as most people will not have access to them or they are obsolete. What it comes down to is outputting to an appropriate format for what you want.

Do you want an output for Entertaining and Viewing

If you are after something for viewing and entertainment then there is nothing better than DVD or Blu-ray. This is why we all buy or hire Blu-ray or DVD disks from the local video shop. They allow you to jump quickly to the section you want to view. You just place them in the player and away you go. When you are finished there is no rewinding. DVD & Blu-ray have the greatest estimated life. Obviously, just like any other media, it needs to be cared for properly. However, unlike video tape, it does not degrade over time due to the Earth's magnetic fields and there is no wear and tear from play.

Compare an audio tape with an LP. The lifetime of an LP will well outlast that of an audio tape and this is even though the LP record player uses a destructive needle to play it whereas a DVD uses a laser beam and nothing actually touches the surface.

The only other commonly available format for viewing is VHS which is quickly becoming obsolete. VHS, however, has only one half of the detail and one third of the colour clarity of DVD and lacks the ability to quickly jump to where you want to go.

Which File Formats are best for Video Editing

If you want to edit video, there are a number of options. The highest quality available is the scanned master. For those wishing to edit, we digitally transfer this without any quality loss to:
DVD-R uncompressed
DVD+R uncompressed
Hard Disk Drive uncompressed
DVCam
miniDV
Digital8
AVI files
Quicktime files
AVCHD files
MPEG2 HD files
Quicktime HD files

We can output to many different file formats (including MS DV AVI, Quicktime, Quicktime HD, MPEG2 HD, AVCHD). We can output either as one frame of digital video for each frame of film (silent only) or slowed to normal video speed. Outputting one frame of DV for each frame of film provides maximum flexibility and quality.

DVD Video For Editing

We strongly recommend against trying to edit the DVD Video as this will reduce the quality of the footage as the software will need to recompress the footage. If you wish to try this, just copy the video_ts folder from the DVD and then rename the .VOB extensions to .MPG . Once this is done, you can edit with any MPEG2 editor.

   

Aren't your memories worth preserving?
 
             

Home | Home Users | Photographers | Educational Institutions | Adventure & Travel Companies | Corporate Sector
Video to DVD and Blu-ray | Standard 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm and 16mm film to DVD and Blu-ray | Photos, Negatives, Slides to DVD and Blu-ray | Video Restoration | Video Editing | Foreign Video
quarter inch, cassette, LP and 78 to CD | LP and 78 to CD | audio cassette to CD | 1/4" reel to reel to CD | microcassette to CD | minidisc to CD | DAT Tapes to CD
Disk Repairs | Stills from Video
Slides to DVD and Blu-ray | Negatives to DVD and Blu-ray | Photos to DVD and Blu-ray
Super 8 | Standard 8 | 9.5mm film | 16mm film | Film Supplies | Gift Vouchers
Super 8mm film transfers/conversions | Standard 8mm film transfers/conversions | 9.5mm film transfers/conversions | 16mm film transfers/conversions
8mm/Super 8mm Projector
VHS-C, S-VHS, S-VHS-C to DVD | VHS to DVD | Betamax, Betacord, Betamovie, Beta to DVD | Video8 to DVD | Hi8 to DVD | Digital8 to DVD | miniDV to DVD | HDV to DVD and Blu-ray | AVCHD to DVD and Blu-ray | micromv to DVD | Umatic to DVD
Videographers | Photographers | Cinematographers | U-matic to DVD
Betacam to DVD | DVCam to DVD | miniDV to DVD | U-matic to DVD | One Inch (1") to DVD | Two Inch (2" Quadruplex) to DVD
HDCam to Bluray and DVD | HDV to Bluray and DVD | AVCHD to Bluray and DVD | XDCam to Bluray and DVD
Fundraisers | Training DVDs | Archiving
Presentations | Exhibitions | Advertising | Interactive Training | Catalogues | Corporate Archiving | DVD Authoring
DVD Replication | Blu-ray Replication | CD Replication
DVD Duplication | Blu-ray Duplication | CD Duplication | DVD Printing | Powerpoint to DVD limitations | Blu-ray
Film Conversion | Film Commitment Bushfires, Floods, Financial Crisis
Disc Manager - Disk Storage - Bluray, DVD and CD
Laserdisc to DVD | miniDVD to DVD
DVD Infinity in the Media | DVD History | Camera Tips | Deterioration | Video camera purchase | Buying a DVD Player | Using a DVD remote | DVD Terminology
Castellano | Français | Italiano | Deutsch

Free Quotation | FAQ | About Us | Contact Us

Terms and Conditions | Privacy Statement


Copyright © DVD Infinity, 2001-2010. All rights reserved.
 Images © DVD Infinity, 2001-2010 and © Corel Corporation, 1997.
 Images may not be saved or downloaded and are only to be used for viewing purposes.