Sony Vegas: rendering 1080p60/1080p50 for Blu-ray Disc player
You have a new Panasonic or Sony camcorder that is capable of recording 1080p60 or 1080p50 (I call it "reality FullHD") video. Now you want to play these videos on your Blu-ray Disc player, what do you do? You can stick with optical media, namely with recordable Blu-ray discs or with recordable DVD discs, or you can try using memory cards and USB devices if your player supports them. This tutorial shows how to author an optical disc that may play on your player. Remember that Blu-ray Disc specification does not officially support 1080p60/1080p50 playback, but many new players are capable of it. Besides the capability to play 1080p60/1080p50 your player must be able to cope with bitrate. 28 Mbit/s coming from a camcorder is too high for a standard DVD disc and most Blu-ray Disc players will stutter when trying to play it from a DVD disc (though some players do play it just fine). If your player accepts 1080p60/1080p50 but stutters during playback, you have to re-encode your video with lower bitrate. 18 Mbit/s is the maximum bitrate allowed for AVCHD discs, and this is the rate you should try using. This video explains how to render and author 1080p60 AVCHD discs from Sony Vegas. For burning on Blu-ray Disc media you can use higher bitrate up to 40 Mbit/s, also choose "Blu-ray Disc" profile in AVCHD when authoring.
You have a new Panasonic or Sony camcorder that is capable of recording 1080p60 or 1080p50 (I call it "reality FullHD") video. Now you want to play these videos on your Blu-ray Disc player, what do you do? You can stick with optical media, namely with recordable Blu-ray discs or with recordable DVD discs, or you can try using memory cards and USB devices if your player supports them. This tutorial shows how to author an optical disc that may play on your player. Remember that Blu-ray Disc specification does not officially support 1080p60/1080p50 playback, but many new players are capable of it. Besides the capability to play 1080p60/1080p50 your player must be able to cope with bitrate. 28 Mbit/s coming from a camcorder is too high for a standard DVD disc and most Blu-ray Disc players will stutter when trying to play it from a DVD disc (though some players do play it just fine). If your player accepts 1080p60/1080p50 but stutters during playback, you have to re-encode your video with lower bitrate. 18 Mbit/s is the maximum bitrate allowed for AVCHD discs, and this is the rate you should try using. This video explains how to render and author 1080p60 AVCHD discs from Sony Vegas. For burning on Blu-ray Disc media you can use higher bitrate up to 40 Mbit/s, also choose "Blu-ray Disc" profile in AVCHD when authoring.