[Kim Kato]

Hi,

I’ve been learning a lot on this forum so I figured I should contribute. I had issues with Mini-DV to DVD and had horrible quality and pixelation! I realized it was the compression or compressors causing the problems. I ended up using Canopus Pro Coder to compress MPEG-2’s prior to burning. It was able to compress but keep high quality. I also managed to duplicate this Sony Vegas Studio by bumping the bit rate very high.

Anyways, I followed a few suggestions on here regarding FCP7 and found the DVD quality was terrible. Ironically, Canon’s free software, Pixela Video Browser did a better job with DVD quality. Anyways, I think the problem is relying on the default compression settings in FCP7.

Recently, I used iMoives and converted MP4’s (taken with a Canon M52 ) with Quicktime H.264 Large File settings and then burned with iDVD. Turned out perfect!

So here’s my theory, right now I’m using FCP7 and exporting (via share) with Quicktime H.264 @ default settings, I think 1924×1080? Then I’ll burn with DVD Studio or iDVD. I think the quality will dramtically improve!