I am a complete novice with regard to video editing. I currently have a trial version of Premiere Elements 11 to make sure it can do what I think I want.
My goal is to be able to take HD home video I shoot with the Canon Vixia HFM500 and publish movies to my computer’s hard drive. From my computer, I plan to play the movies on my HD TV (which can handle full HD) through an HDMI connection while hopefully maintaining the same quality as the original files. I would like the option of burning the project to a blu-ray at a later date, but that is not my plan right now.
The files imported into Premiere for this project are in AVCHD format (1920x1080; 29 fps as specified in the file properties). I finished putting together all the clips, adding transitions, etc, but am extremely confused trying to figure out which format to select for export under “publish and share".
Do I select MPEG or AVCHD under “Publish+Share ->Computer:Choose location and settings”?
Depending on which is selected (MPEG or AVCHD), what is the best “Preset” setting for what I want to do... m2t, mp4, 1080i, 1080p, 24 fps, 25fps, 30fps, HDTV???
I expect my videos to be pretty long (~2.5 - 3 hours each)... will I be able to fit each video on a single blu ray?
So many options/combinations... so much confusion.
Any help is appreciated.