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Image Fuzzier with MPEG-2 render
Hi,
Why is it that when I render my project with MPEG-2 the resulting image quality seems fuzzier than the image quality in Vegas’ preview window? Surely, it is not supposed to be this way.
Is there a way to render the image so that it is as sharp as it is in the vegas preview window?
It doesn’t seem to matter whether or not I play the rendered project in windows media player on my LCD or windows media player on an external monitor.
Sorry for the newbie question.
Thanks,
Bradley
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3 Replies
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More info about source and output bitrate might provide a better informed answer?
Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASSTCertified Sony Vegas Trainer
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Due to the amount of compression required to convert a DV-AVI signal to an MPEG-2 signal, some image degradation is to be expected.
The quality of the source image has a major bearing on this as does the bitrate of the final project.
DV-AVI footage (what you’re editing with) is approx. 13.5 GB/hr.
A DVD can only hold 4.3 GB so a 1 hr. DVD program is compressing the signal approx. 3:1.
If it’s a 2 hr. show, this ratio doubles. -
I am rendering the footage from the file menu to the standard MPEG-2 format used for DVD Architect. I haven’t even watched it using Architect yet.
When I play the rendered file in windows media player, regarless of whether it is on my laptop screen or on an external monitor, it lacks the same sharpness that it has in the vegas preview window when I play it from the timeline.
I can see no reason for this and can’t imagine that compression would result in an image that hurts your eyes due to your being unable to focus on anything.
Do I need to render it another way? I keep hearing people say things about “rendering directly from the timeline”. Would that make a difference and how would you do it? Am I not rendering from the timeline already by selecting File > Render > MPEG-2?
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