strange blur

[Michael Sacci]

Is your problem a blur or jitter?

MPEG 2 – m2v Extention – Pal – 16:9 – Top First Field Dominance –
Two pass VBR best – Average bit rate 7.6 – Maximum 8.9 – motion estimation at best
Gop Structure set to IBBP closed size 12

If you can use a high average like this, encoding as VBR is a total waste of time. Encode as CBR @ 7 Mbps. You also need to make the audio ac3. This will give you better DVD-R playback.

I’m not in PAL land but is DVCPro50 Upper/Top field?

This is then imported to DVDSP and subsequently burnt. When playing on TV’s (and only tvs mind) their is a slight juddery blur to movement, its not interlacing as far as i can see but is still VERY offputting.

Why do you think it is not an interlace problem?

[James Wright]

Right ill change it to CBR as you mentioned,

but ive noticed that the shorter edit i had was set to DV-PAL.

so ive no idea what i need to change.

You asked if it was a blur or a jitter. the best way id describe it is like a sort of second ghost to the moving image resulting in a jittering effect. baring in mind this isnt everything just parts of the screen which is moving at a very fast pace. i.e the bus goes past and it is causing the problem or the interviewees hands moving back and forth.

I can tell it isnt interlacing as its not causing lines , and it isnt present over the whole screen.