To all who use MainConcept plug-in in Adobe premiere

[Timef]

I captured 1 hour analog video from my camcorder with constant bitrate : 6000 , frame size (352x288), video standerd : Pal , using the mpeg1 capture card (PV-231).

I want to put it into DVD.
To encode it to mpeg2 (dvd) in adobe mpeg encoder v. 1.2 in premiere 6.5…. For the best result….

1. Which Presets (Pal) ?
Dvd pal 4x3 low bitrate
Dvd pal 4x3 medium bitrate
Dvd pal 4x3 high bitrate

Dvd pal 16x9 low bitrate
Dvd pal 16x9 medium bitrate
Dvd pal 16x9 high bitrate

2 Which bitrate type ?
Variable bitrate (default) or
Constant bitrate

3 Fields: which one?
Lower field first (DV)
Upper field first
No fields

4. Audio type:
Mpeg Layer 2 or
PCM

5. Multiplex or go with separte files ( M2V +Audio)

Please any help….

[Dragonsf]

Going from mpeg-1 low res to mpeg-2 hi res wont increase the quality.Why don't you just make a VCD out of your captured video?
The size will be such, that you can fit it on 1 CD.

[Timef]

I want DVd...DVD...DVD...Not VCD..

[DVO]

Since you had a high bitrate VCD would probebly look worse. Try constant bitrate if you're not concerned with the size of the file. Don't use widescreen if it's not widescreen (ofcourse). I would just set the quality to highest, again if size of file dosen't matter. It depends on the length of the movie and if there are a lot of movement. PCM is uncompressed audio so I would recomend mpeg audio, that is compressed saving more for the video. If you multiplex or not might not have so big difference, check how the program you want to author the DVD "asks" for video and audio. TMPGEnc DVD Author can import both MPG and M2V.

[LSchafroth]

If you already have MC 1.4 on your system, which will Premiere use?

Will it use the plugin or will it recognize you already have the full version of MC 1.4 loaded?

LS

[Gazorgan]

What you captured was a waste of time and space. Converting it to MPEG2 will make it worse. Spec on MPEG1 stream is 1.9 Mbps max. Only a computer can possibly play it.

[Timef]

Dragonsf , DVO , Lschafroth and Gazorgan ..
Thanks to all..
Can anyone explain me ….
1. Which bitrate should I use in mpeg1 card to capture mpeg1
video for DVD?
2. Which bitrate should I use in adobe mpeg encoder v. 1.2
in premiere 6.5 to convert it to mpeg2 (dvd) ?

[Dragonsf]

Dragonsf , DVO , Lschafroth and Gazorgan ..
Thanks to all..
Can anyone explain me ….
1. Which bitrate should I use in mpeg1 card to capture mpeg1
video for DVD?
2. Which bitrate should I use in adobe mpeg encoder v. 1.2
in premiere 6.5 to convert it to mpeg2 (dvd) ?

1. As stated before, it's a waste of time and resources to convert a mpeg-1 captured video to mpeg-2 DVD.If you capture a mpeg-1 with standard vcd bitrate (1150kb/s), you can always burn this on a DVD (using SVCD2DVD ).You can have up to 6 hours mpeg-1 encoded footage on 1 DVD.
2. You can calculate the Bitrate yourself:1hour:9000Kb/s,90Min 6000 Kb/s and 120Min 4500 Kb/s prseuming, you are using compressed Audio.

If you really need/want a DVD, use at least mpeg-2 for capturing or better use DV or another avi format (that's the turf, Premiere is playing on).If you capture at 6000 kb/s at 1/4 res, you need 24000Kb/s to get the same quality with DVD (which is impossible).
Rule of thumb:GIGO garbage in, garbage out.

[proxyx99]

For capture use:
DV AVI - best quality and u decide what to do with it later (after edit)
MPEG1 (if for DVD, bad choice) this is a VCD (VCR quality at best)
MPEG2 if source is 4:3 (reg. TV screen) u encode it as 4:3 all the way through. If u can do 6Mbps CBR, it's good enough for DVD (if u like it).
Low bitrate is +- 3Mbps, medium is 4.5-5 Mbps (everage if VBR) high is 6+ max 8. CBR is even so it may use more space then VBR. VBR is used to allow encoder slow down and speed up encoding bitrate just like in MP3.
MP3 encoding principles apply throughout.
If u encode 6Mbps then it is not MPEG1 (1150k) but MPEG2. Keep the settings as they are for MPEG2 (encoder will suggest). Do not lower bitrate. Do some tests and learn on your mistakes. When happy -> burn.