Hello, I have shot hours of footage of my kids playing sports with my Sony cx12 (1920x1080/60i) and am now trying to put it on standard DVD. I'm not happy with the results. I've tried many trial versions of editing software and Sony DVD Architect Pro 5 seems to do the best job, but still not impressed. I was hoping that my videos would look closer to the standard DVDs that I rent from say Blockbuster. After the down converting to 720x480p, I still don't get the smoothness I would expect and there are plenty of jaggies.

I have older DVDs that I made from a Canon camcorder that recorded in 480P 16x9 on mini DV tapes that look better. What's up with that?

Any ideas? Should I consider going to the Canon's with the 30p and 24P? Is my issue the interlacing? Is there something better than Sony DVD Architect Pro 5 for down converting? Thanks.

Travis

Man... I couldn't have expressed my dislike of my CX12 any better. I have not been impressed at all with the performance of this camera; the "steady shot" is pretty much non-existant, and the video rendered to DVD or any other format for that matter, is sub-par. Working with the AVCHD files have been such a headache, that I'm considering going back to the MiniDV tapes.

Considering selling my camera on eBay and going with a Canon (even though they also utilize the AVCHD files)...

Frustrated!:mad:

My informal testing showed that the included Sony Picture Motion Browser software does the best job if quality is what you're after. I've tried Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Cyberlink Powerdirector and Nero 8. Each package worked but Picture Motion Browser (the software included with my Sony SR11) produced the best looking DVD output. The problem with PMB is that its editor is very limited. Any video I've needed to edit gets pulled into Pinnacle Studio or Powerdirector first and then saved as HD MPEG2. Going from HD MPEG2 to standard def DVD produces acceptable results for me.