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What is the difference between converting a 1080p MKV file to AVCHD 1080p or Blu-ray 1080p?

Are there quality differences? If so, are they noticable.

Which takes up more space?

Also is it noticeable if you convert from a 720p MKV source file to a AVCHD/Blu-ray 1080p compared to a 1080p MKV source file?

There are two main differences between AVCHD & Blu-Ray:

• 1. AVCHD can be stored and played from a thumbdrive, a DVD or a Blu-Ray disc, Blu-Ray can only be stored and played from a Blu-Ray.
  2. AVCHD does not allow java code inside.

There is no quality difference betwenn the two of them and size difference is calculated in ko, so negligeable.

The last question is a tricky one.
The short answer is, it depends.
The long answer is it depends both on the source and the resizer used, and that even if the difference is noticeable it doesnt 'mean that is better or worse.

Example:
If we have a noise source in 720p, some resize filters will remove part of the noise while resizing to 1080p, which can be good if the noise was an error or bad if the noise was an intended part of the source.

Thank you for your response. You answered all my questions.

On a side note, I decided to use a 1080p MKV source file and convert it to Blu-ray, is it possible to add menus like in ConvertXtoDVD 5?

In theory yes, just go to settings and in "Bluray/AVCHD output " select a menu template.
But at the moment some templates won't work, you should be safe using image wall.

I am trying to convert a video to AVCHD, then burn it to Dual Layer DVD for playing. Is that possible, or do I have to burn Blue-ray and AVCHD to Blu-Ray? When I try to burn to dual layer DVD the write failed both tries. Apologies if this is a dumb question, but it looks like the DVD is big enough to hold the file?

21:43:56.695 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
21:43:47.642 Error An error occured in burning process. Drive status code: 16.
21:43:47.627 Error WRITE FAILED: write error occured at 50.3 percent of the write
21:43:46.458 Error Write error at 1907440 (16) - Code 05 21 02 [Illegal request, Invalid address for Write]
21:30:15.442 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 490795
21:22:04.587 Info Write started 3795584 sectors to write
21:22:04.576 Info Init success: DVD+R Dual Layer
21:22:04.570 Info Init DVD+R Dual Layer: Layer change set to LBA 1897808 (3.62 Gb.)
21:22:04.564 Info Writing speed requested x4.0, effective x4.0
21:22:04.544 Info Available write speed: 8x ,4x
21:22:04.535 Info Media ID: CMC MAG-D03-40
21:22:04.527 Info Media type: Dual Layer DVD+R
21:22:04.508 Warning 13 file(s) name(s) fixed for blu-ray compatibility
21:22:04.286 Info Scanned files #23, folder #7 - total size 7771718316 b. (7.24 Gb.)
21:22:04.276 Info Inserted media type : DL DVD+R
21:22:03.685 Info Volume ID: 3292014 92143 PM
21:22:03.675 Info Folder: D:\Users\TechieFan\Documents\VSO Video Converter\MyVideo\AVCHD\BDMV\
21:22:03.660 Info Write started
21:21:45.862 Info Writable disc DL DVD+R inserted. Ready to write

Your DVD media is low quality, that is most likely the reason for failing burns.
CMC MAG is one of the worst ones.

Hello TechieFan,

For your burning issue, please read this guide: http://forums.vso-software.fr/burning-g ... 17830.html.

Thanks for reading,
Neil M

There is a significant difference in audio between avchd and blu-ray. AVCHD is limited to ac3 multi channel whereas blu-ray can have ac3 or dts in multi channel and HD. I hope that future version of the video converter softeware allows for these higher definition audio tracks in both ac3 and dts.