[Todd Barnett]

I dont have DVD Architect. Im using Vegas Pro 8 to edit and save as MPEG2 and then using NERO 8 to author my DVD. Could this be a reason for the poor video/audio quaility? As Ive used NERO 8 in the past to edit and author DVDs the quaility was good. NERO just doesnt have many editing options to spice up my family videos. I’ll be getting DVD Architect soon from my buddy to try and see if this is the reason….any thoughts?

[Todd Barnett]

I apologize for not getting back to this thread sooner…but being in the military has kept my schedule too busy for playing with my home videos…..

My ultimate goal is to have good quality home videos with cool transitions and effects that vegas 8 offers. Ive figured all the ins and outs with vegas 8 with the exception of rendering. My camcorder is a Sony DCR-SR300 standard Def, CMOS semsor, Hard Disk Drive,I shoot in 16:9, HQ. When I hook up my camera to my 50in Wide High Def LCD TV….it looks pretty close to DVD quaility. Ive rendered in every possible format (even the ones I knew were gonna suck) just to see which is the best results. The picture quality and sound isnt even close to as good as playing it back off my camera. I get better rendering results with nero 8. Ive used the basic templetes as well as tweaking the other settings….any help is greatly appreciated. I have read all the articles in all the posts concerning my question. This is starting to make me sick to my stomach…ahhhhhh! Help……