Well, I took the new Panasonic VDR-M30 out for a shoot and recorded onto a mini DVD-RAM disc at the highest quality possible.

The Panasonic VDR-M30 is the new DVD disc camcorder here:

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11251&catalogId=11005&itemId=63189&catGroupId=11299&modelNo=VDR-M30&surfModel=VDR-M30

I got home and copied the video MPEG-2 files using Ulead MediaStudio Pro's DVD-VR Capture Plug-In.

Here are the properties of the Panasonic VDR-M30 DVD camcorder MPEG:

NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 704 x 480, 29.97 fps
Field Order B
(DVD-NTSC), 4 : 3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8800 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 48 KHz, Stereo

Note how the properties of the Panasonic *camcorder* differ from the properties of the Panasonic *player/recorder.*

Here are the properties from the Panasonic DMR-E50 player/recorder MPEG:

NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 704 x 480, 29.97 fps
Field Order B
(DVD-NTSC), 4 : 3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 9556 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
AC-3 Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

So, I set up my camcorder editing template in Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7.0.

ULEAD Smart Render tecnology works perfectly with the Panasonic MPEGs to do frame-accurate MPEG-2 editing.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

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