Here’s the situation I’m facing:
I’ve got my old camera, and I have a handful of movies on those old tapes stored away.
I’ve been using Premiere to upload stuff to YouTube, and honestly, I can put together a pretty decent
little clip with some opening and closing credits.
I almost picked up a DVD burner recently because I wanted to try transferring
footage from the camera straight into Premiere and then just export it directly to a DVD.
I tried this with a shorter video before and it worked out fine; the quality was... well,
it lacked some light since the original shots were underexposed, so naturally,
you can't expect much from the final product.
But then I attempted it with a longer feature, and what a nightmare—I spent half a day just rendering the damn thing.
When I finally went to burn it, the DVD wouldn't even play, and the kicker is, the software didn't even throw an error message during the actual burning process
to the disc.
So now, I’m halfway through a new project, but I’m second-guessing my workflow. My plan is to convert everything to MPEG-2 DVD format first, and then use Nero to burn it to a disc later.
Am I heading down the right path here?
And more importantly, what is the absolute best way to minimize quality loss when going from "camera footage + Firewall into editing software then exporting to DVD"?
I'd appreciate any help, and sorry if this explanation is a bit all over the place..
