After years of using TMPGEnc Plus to encode my home videos & a free authoring program that came with my old computer to author & burn, I have recently upgraded to a new computer with Vista. In the process, I also upgraded & purchased TMPGEnc DVD Author 3. With help here, I made my 1st DVD (thank you again) with TDA3, but I have a couple questions:

1. Is it still best if I encode first with TMPGEnc Plus or is this step unnecessary now? I like the final video to be of the highest quality, so I'm not concerned with how much video I can fit onto a disc. My only concern is the highest quality videos.

2. To ensure that the final product has the highest quality video, are there any key settings within TDA3 that I should tweak in this area? Thank you very much!