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Which encoder to use?
I’m wondering what’s a great encoder to use for exporting my timeline
out of Premiere to take to a DVD Authoring program? I’m currently
using the standard Adobe MPEG Encoder from Premiere at the bitrate
suggested by the videohelp website, but after burning my DVD from the
DVD authoring program “DVD Lab” the quality of the video is nasty when watching in on a larger T.V. screen than my computer monitor.The original footage was imported from mini dv tapes.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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8 Replies
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What is the recommendation you are following? If you are encoding more than one hour, the quality problem may be unavoidable.
Steven
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Ohh boy that doesn’t sound good. The length of the video is 1hr, 22mins and 17 seconds. Under the export timeline in Premiere in the Adobe MPEG Encoder I’m using 7183 as a bitrate and the video quality is at 39 but it can go up to 50. Should I slide it to 50 instead of 39?
I then took both encoded files into DVD Lab Studio, made all the menus etc. and then burned the DVD. The video quality is horrible in my opinion once played full screen on my computer.
Should I just use a different encoder than the standard Adobe MPEG Encoder, which may produce better results?
Thanks for your guidence..
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video quality when played full screen on a computer is often less than you might hope for. Remember video from DV is 720×480, but most computer diaplays are 800×600, 1024×768, or bigger. So you are making 720×480 video double, triple or bigger in size. It is going to fall apart.
Hollywood DVD titles start with film or HD, so the image quality is better when played full screen.
How does it look on a standard definition TV? That and a computer at 800×600 are the target playback scenarios for SD DVD.
I check my burned DVDs on my computer using 800×600 display settings.
Mike
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I’ll give that a try when I get off from work and let you know.
Thanks for the knowledge. Didn’t think of screen resolution before. Yeah my computer display at home is set to 1024×768 so that makes sense about the video quality since my DVD is set to 720×480.
Thanks
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Anything to add Steven L. Gotz?
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I think Mike nailed it.
A data rate of over 7000, if you were able to maintain that, should have been a pretty decent quality. I know that the time required to encode will skyroket, but if you do it overnight, run the quality to as high as it will go.
I wonder if the DVD authoring tool you are using may be recompressing? If that is the case, you may be better off encoding to DV AVI instead of MPEG2-DVD and then just let the authoring tool do the work of transcoding.
Steven
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You were right. Once played on my home DVD player it looked soo much better on my television. Thanks for the help you guys..
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On more than one occasion I have had a client e-mail me or call saying “The video looks terrible on my computer screen.”
I tell them what I told you, which usually results in “Well my Shrek 2 DVD looks great on my computer”
So I respond with “Well Hollywood movies go from film resolution to DVD, they have more bits to work with from the git go. DV is about 25% the resolution of film, or less.”
By this time my words fall on deaf ears.
Mike
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