DVD after burning got very blury

[Jeff Bellune]

What version of Encore?
What operating system?
What export settings from what editing program were used?
What file format is the file that was imported into Encore?
What codec is used in the file that was imported into Encore?
How long (in minutes) is the video content that will be used in the DVD?
What are your Encore project settings (DVD, Blu-ray?)
What are your Encore transcode settings?

-Jeff

The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0

[Bilaocabecao]

What version of Encore?
CS3

What operating system?
PC 4 quad – 8GRAM – XP professional

What export settings from what editing program were used?
all the footage came from After Effects CS3 | quicktime file | high quality
What file format is the file that was imported into Encore?
.mov ( none compression )
What codec is used in the file that was imported into Encore?
none
How long (in minutes) is the video content that will be used in the DVD?
4 clips each one with 6 minutes long

What are your Encore project settings (DVD, Blu-ray?)
The footage has an HDV format ( 1440x1080i ) In Encore I’m using Blue-Ray, but when I output to a DVD disc I use DVD settings and not Blue Ray

What are your Encore transcode settings?
Automatic | H.264

I’m testing now changing the transcode settigns to Custom and selecting the Mazimum quality ( 1440×1080 ) option.

[Bilaocabecao]

One more thing I would like to add:
Even in my previews after Rendering the quality is bad (blurry)…Don’t know if that matters
Thank you again !
CAbecao

[Jeff Bellune]

I don’t know if the answer is this simple, but a Hi Def source will visibly lose resolution and have degraded video quality when re-sized for Standard Def DVD.

Blu-ray at 1440×1080 has more than four times the resolution of SD DVD at 720×480.

Can this resolution difference account for the “blurriness” that you are seeing?

-Jeff

The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0