[John Lee]

No, it actually was set to “Good”. But switching it to “best” didn’t really help.

The resulting clip looks nowhere near as good as the original. When do the AVI version, it looks like little lines sticking out of the things in motion. Interlacing problem, perhaps?

[John Lee]

Hey, John.

Thanks for the reply. I tried what you suggested, but the resulting clip still looks worse than the original.

The original file is a .mpg file and SV says it’s 720×480, 29bps.

1. I put in on a track and agreed to match the settings of the video

2. I clipped part of what I what rendered

3. I went to “Video for Windows (.avi)” and selected “NTSC DV Widescreen”, which has the “=” sign saying it matches settings.

4. I rendered it.

Resulting clip doesn’t look as good (but might be better than the original .m2ts rendering I did.

I am missing something? Should I disable resample?

Thanks.

[John Lee]

Thanks for the reply. I actually wasn’t holding down the CTRL key. I ended up rebooting the PC and everything worked fine afterwards. Still not sure why it “thought” I was holding down the CTRL key.

Thanks for taking the time.

[John Lee]

David,

I thought I had the Project and video files all in the same folder than I migrated over to a new drive. It turns out that ONE file is not within that folder. Is that why Vegas can’t figure it out?

As to your solution, I’m not sure I understand it. I moved the folder containing everything (except the one file), so there is no folder on c:/ to alter.

[John Lee]

Thanks for the reply. I render out the timeline to 29.97, but am not that familiar with “disabling” resample on the 23.976 clips.

Can you walk me through it? Better yet, why does this 23.976 stuff look weird on a standalong basis? When I play the clips using VLC or something on my PC, the action seems somewhat sped up. Am I missing something? Would would anyone record to this format if it doesn’t play right?

[John Lee]

I’m really stumped. I know the quality on YT is always not as good as the original file, but it simply looks like there is a flicker.

Did you see the same problem with the first video as well?

[John Lee]

Thank you for replying. How did the 2 videos look on YouTube? On my PC, the two videos looked identical and great, but the 2nd video looked terrible on YT. How did it look for you?

[John Lee]

Nigel,

It may not be an SV issue. First of all, did you see an issue with the two videos I posted? The first should look great, the second should show the issues I’m talking about.

I just did a test using SV and then Sony Playmemories. Both videos are below (the Playmemories is the 2nd one). Both look the same – slightly blocky and definitely not smooth.

The only thing I can think of is that I’ve been trying to get a virus off my PC, and maybe I played around with msconfig a bit to stop certain programs from loading up. I went back and have allowed everything to pop up, but I am stumped why my videos look great on the PC, but not uploaded to YT.

Using SV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utfl3GFp570

Using Sony Playmemories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dTldTLalfM

[John Lee]

First, thank you for your replies. I realized that you were in Europe and your settings could be slightly different, but it sounds like we are talking the same lanauge.

Really? I tried viewing the video from a different computer and I still see the same problem – it is not smooth and it’s maybe not pixelated, but it’s a little blocky. There is a tremendous difference between the original version viewed on my PC, and the one on YT.

Yes, I know YT degrades the quality of the original as it is processed, but it is nothing like I’ve ever seen before.

Let’s try this. This first link is a video I uploaded a few weeks ago, and it still looks great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3px53cnbk

This 2nd link is the same video (a little longer, but the same video files merged together), but uploaded recently and it looks appreciably worse. Do you see a difference between the two?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04i8GCryFhs

[John Lee]

Thanks for the reply.

1. No, I did not change those preferences (and I actually don’t even see an “Internal” tab in Preferences.

2. I’m frustrated because these are the settings I’ve always used. It produces a beautiful video to watch on my PC, but the uploaded version on YT is somewhat pixelated and definitely not smooth.

Here is an example of what is happening to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw49k8kcbSg

3. I see your settings, but the menu is different than mine (I used Sony AVC/MVC 1920×1080-60i. I have always used a modified version with a bitrate of 18MM, but the example below is an unmodified one where the bitrate is 16MM.

What “family” is your settings from? Does it produce an .m2ts file?

Thanks. I am really frustrated.