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DVD my nemesis …. advice
currently trying to render HD project down to SD for dvd and after three days of testing and trying it still looks like butt?
I have 5 of these I need to upload to kunaki by the first of Jan, any help would be appreciated …
almost thinking its the nature of the beast – down converting to SD then Blu Ray player converting to play on a flat screen
Footage Properties:
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There should be settings under MPEG 2 for DVD. I always make sure to use the highest bitrate as well as 2 pass for quality.
Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind\’s Eye Audio/Video Productions -
You might try adding Sharpen FX at zero or .25 to all the video in the project prior to rendering. THis made a difference for me when making HD content to SD DVD’s ..
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Totally agree….forgot about that!
Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind\’s Eye Audio/Video Productions -
I do this all the time for clients who want both DVD and blu-ray versions of their product. It would help to see a screen cap of the encoding settings you are using to encode the footage to SD.
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I have tried so many no idea which one would actually help …… I settled on an out of the box with a field order change
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Click Two Pass on the first screen, you will end up with better results in the end. As far as reversing the field order, is that what your project and original files are set to, lower field first? I would use mediainfo and see what the original files are set to prior to switching that.
Just my 2 cents.
Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind\’s Eye Audio/Video Productions -
As far as reversing the field order, is that what your project and original files are set to, lower field first? I would use mediainfo and see what the original files are set to prior to switching that.
Take another look at his first screen capture – you’ll see the original files don’t have a field order. You have to have a field order (either upper or lower) for a DVD. IIRC, it doesn’t matter which one you choose.
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I have successfully used the following many times for creating DVDs from HD footage.
Within the “render as” selection queue, choose “MainConcept MPEG-2” and within that dropdown selection queue, choose “DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream.”
Click on the “Customize Template” button and Tick the “Two-pass” box and raise your average bitrate up to 9K.
You’ll also have to render your audio separately if you choose the above option for your video rendering. If you don’t encode your audio separately, DVD Architect will likely re-encode it – something that I really don’t like. But that’s largely just a personal preference.
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I thought DVD is interlace so a field order is needed … which is why I chose lower it looked better to my kids than upper
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Running this through the process will keep updated – Thanks
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