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Video plays pixilated on HDTV. Please help.
I use the XH-A1, Premier Pro and Encore to create DVDs. The footage looks fine while editing in PP and when playing back on the computer or a standard definition television. I recently got a 23″ HD TV (thanks Santa) and when I played one of my DVDs (expecting to see more of the HD experience), I was extremely disappointed in the quality. The video plays extremely pixilated. I am sure it is operator error and if anyone could offer guidance on where I have gone wrong I would truly appreciate it. I have been through other posts and not seen my actual issue.
I have recorded footage on XH-A1 with the following settings:
Signal Std – HD
Frame Rate – 60i
Comp Out – 1080i/480iI have captured footage in Premier Pro with the following settings:
DV-NTSC Widescreen 48Hz 29.97 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio – D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Fields – Lower Field First
Display Format – 30 fps Drop-frame timecodeCapture Format – DV Capture
I export to Encore with the following settings:
Format – MPEG2-DVD
Present – NTSC Widescreen Medium Quality
Basic Video Settings
Quality – 3
TV Standard – NTSC
Frame Rate – 29.97
Field Order – Lower
Pixel Aspect Ratio – Widescreen 16:9
Bitrate Settings
Bitrate Encoding – VBR, 1 Pass
Minimum/Target/Maximum Bitrate – 1.5/4/7I appreciate your taking the time to read the above and look forward to any messages that may help me correct my problem.
Thanks.
Mary
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1 Reply
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thats pretty normal to see on an HDTV
when youve transcoded your video in encore it downscales it to standard def
which looks fine on a normal SD telly,
also considering youve selected medium quality, its not going to upscale and still present well on an HDTVconsidering SD is 720×576 and a 1080i HD TV generally upscales to 1920×1080, your gonna end up with a fairly pixelated image.
it is possible on most TVs to choose your resolution when watching a SD DVD, but when you do that it generally doesnt fill the whole frame, leaving a smaller picture in the centre of the screen surrounded by a lot of black
~Peter Berthet
Sydney, Australia
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