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Settings for DVD rendering in Vegas 11
Ok, I’ve tried a few different ways to create a decent DVD and either get a lot of blur during motion or the DVD i created skips and freezes periodically. I’ve read many tips, but not sure if there good for my project.
So here are the details:
* 20G of .mts files (about 13 files) shot in HD to start
* converted to 7G mpeg2 movie (2hr 34min)NTSC DV Wide 1.2pixel 29fps
* trying to render for 8.5G DVD-DL
* used MainConcept settings, 0.9pixel, Windows NTSC DV,DVD Architect settings and each DVD resulted with same quality.
* used Memorex DVD+R-DLIs the bit rate the issue? My DVD writer is only 4x is that my problem here!!? Would a 6x make writer make any difference?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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[Scott Lance] “* 20G of .mts files (about 13 files) shot in HD to start
* converted to 7G mpeg2 movie (2hr 34min)NTSC DV Wide 1.2pixel 29fps”What does this mean? You are not editing the original HD footage? That’s causing a loss in quality right there.
[Scott Lance] “* used MainConcept settings, 0.9pixel, Windows NTSC DV,DVD Architect settings and each DVD resulted with same quality.”
If your source is Widescreen 16:9 using 1.2121 PAR, why are you rendering to 4:3 using 0.9 PAR? You should keep everything the same.
[Scott Lance] “* used Memorex DVD+R-DL”
I think you’ve found part of the problem. Memorex is horrible media. Get yourself some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim discs and NOT from the “Value Line”. You don’t want to skimp on media.
You want to edit the original HD media. Then render your video using MainConcept MPEG-2 with the DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream template. Then render your audio as Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro using the Stereo DVD template. If you give both files the same name just with different extensions, then DVD Architect will know that the files go together.
~jr
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John, I did edit the original HD footage and rendered it a few different ways. Although, I have been working with the rendered .mpg videos and modifying from that rather than starting from scratch, so that could be contributing to the lack of quality.
I changed from 16:9, 1.2121 PAR just to see if the movie skips or freezes on DVD. I will leave them as is from now on.
Lastly, I’ll have to try the better dvd discs. I was not aware that there is such a difference in performance on discs. What do you think about the VBR/CBR for this project? Is that limiting the quality as well?Thanks John!
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[Scott Lance] “Although, I have been working with the rendered .mpg videos and modifying from that rather than starting from scratch, so that could be contributing to the lack of quality. “
SD DVD MPEG-2 is a lossy final delivery format. You don’t want to be editing it or rendering from it again. Just render to it once. That will definitely hurt your quality if you are re-rendering MPEG-2.
[Scott Lance] “Lastly, I’ll have to try the better dvd discs. I was not aware that there is such a difference in performance on discs. What do you think about the VBR/CBR for this project? Is that limiting the quality as well?”
No. VBR should be fine. I always render to VBR and have no quality problems with my HD footage on SD DVD’s. In fact, CBR will probably hurt your quality because it sounds like you are trying to get a lot of footage onto a double layer DVD.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Following up, I started from scratch and kept same settings and burned DVDs are great! So my mistake was editing from the first rendered mpeg (to save time editing/creating chapters), rather that original footage. Thanks for your help John, much appreciated.
Scott -
You’re welcome. Glad you got the quality where you want it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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