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August 15th, 2002, 02:05 AM

Hi all,
I have just started putting my camcorder footage on dvd-r and i have a few questions.

I am using mini dv camcorder via firewire, capturing as avi, using TMPGEN to convert to mpeg 2 and then using ulead dvd movie to burn to dvd.

What sort of quality should i expect?? I thought i should get the same quality as the mini dv footage, but i am getting blocky effects like a vcd (not as bad as vcd)

Am I doing something wrong, or am i expecting too much??

Cheers

Peter Lock · August 15th, 2002, 02:23 AM

Have you downloaded the latest version, presets are there for DVD, select the option for 1hr max 2hr anything longer and quality will suffer, and are you judging the results on your computer of TV, if you are playing back on computer make sure its through a DVD player.

Peter.

August 15th, 2002, 02:47 AM

When you ask about the latest version, I pressume you mean TMPGEN, if so, then i do have the latest version and i am using the presets for dvd. I am watching the playback on my setop dvd player into my TV.

I have not noticed and settings concerning length, but i will now look.

Cheers

Dan Holly · August 15th, 2002, 02:51 PM

Skip all the steps and save yourself some time by recording directly from DV to MPEG2 (e.g. skip the .avi step).

Unless of course your software does not give you this option......

Rob Lohman · August 19th, 2002, 09:55 AM

If you are going for quality realtime MPEG2 encoding will not even
come near the quality of multipass non-realtime encoding.
TMPGEnc should give you very good results if you take the time
to learn the program. Good luck.

Aaron Koolen · August 19th, 2002, 01:32 PM

My friend had the same problem and the only thing he could do was to turn in deinterlacing. Loses some resolution but the overall quality was better. There must be a better way though.

Rob Lohman · August 20th, 2002, 01:57 AM

De-interlacing should not result in quality loss, if you are using
good de-interlace routines. I shoot in frame mode (progressive)
and just encode that to mpeg2. When I'm getting a DVD burner
it is ready to go straight to DVD-R.

Don Berube · August 20th, 2002, 02:05 AM

Here's a fantastic deinterlacing plug in:
http://revisionfx.com/rsfk.htm

- don

August 15th, 2002, 02:05 AM	#1
jackson1 Posts: n/a	dv to dvd quality issues Hi all, I have just started putting my camcorder footage on dvd-r and i have a few questions. I am using mini dv camcorder via firewire, capturing as avi, using TMPGEN to convert to mpeg 2 and then using ulead dvd movie to burn to dvd. What sort of quality should i expect?? I thought i should get the same quality as the mini dv footage, but i am getting blocky effects like a vcd (not as bad as vcd) Am I doing something wrong, or am i expecting too much?? Cheers

August 15th, 2002, 02:51 PM	#4
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	I would also suggest......... Skip all the steps and save yourself some time by recording directly from DV to MPEG2 (e.g. skip the .avi step). Unless of course your software does not give you this option...... __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

August 19th, 2002, 09:55 AM	#5
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	If you are going for quality realtime MPEG2 encoding will not even come near the quality of multipass non-realtime encoding. TMPGEnc should give you very good results if you take the time to learn the program. Good luck. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

August 20th, 2002, 01:57 AM	#7
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	De-interlacing should not result in quality loss, if you are using good de-interlace routines. I shoot in frame mode (progressive) and just encode that to mpeg2. When I'm getting a DVD burner it is ready to go straight to DVD-R. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

August 20th, 2002, 02:05 AM	#8
Don Berube Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Boston, MA (travel frequently) Posts: 837	Here's a fantastic deinterlacing plug in: http://revisionfx.com/rsfk.htm - don __________________ DONALD BERUBE - noisybrain. Productions, LLC Director Of Photography/ Producer/ Consultant http://noisybrain.com/donbio.html CREATE and NETWORK with http://www.bosfcpug.org and also http://fcpugnetwork.org

August 15th, 2002, 02:23 AM	#2
Peter Lock Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Milton Keynes. England Posts: 49	Have you downloaded the latest version, presets are there for DVD, select the option for 1hr max 2hr anything longer and quality will suffer, and are you judging the results on your computer of TV, if you are playing back on computer make sure its through a DVD player. Peter.

August 15th, 2002, 02:47 AM	#3
jackson1 Posts: n/a	When you ask about the latest version, I pressume you mean TMPGEN, if so, then i do have the latest version and i am using the presets for dvd. I am watching the playback on my setop dvd player into my TV. I have not noticed and settings concerning length, but i will now look. Cheers

August 19th, 2002, 01:32 PM	#6
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	My friend had the same problem and the only thing he could do was to turn in deinterlacing. Loses some resolution but the overall quality was better. There must be a better way though.