Quality loss when going from DV camera to DVD?

[Gplracer]

I was trying to put the family vacation on DVD. I recorded it on a Sony mini dv camera. The problem is that fast moving things tend to blurr in the video. This includes when the camera pans fast. I did not see as much of this in the original mini dv tape. I encoded the video at 7999 kbps. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks!!!

[tweedledee]

I think you are talking about interlacing. It will be ok when played on a TV. Look at this link.

http://www.100fps.com/

[Arky]

...I encoded the video at 7999 kbps. Is there something I am doing wrong? Thanks!!!

Although it is not specifically related to your current line of enquiry, I would like to point out that that bitrate is too high for reliable playback if you are using DVDR rather than pressed disks.

Regards,


Arky ;o)

[Gplracer]

What would be a better bitrate? Thanks!!!

[MrSpeed]

What did you use to encode the avi ? In Ulead DVD moviefactory there is a slider for "quality" which is a setting independant of the bitrate. I find that by increasing the slider it renders motion better without increasing the bitrate. The downside is encoding takes a bit longer. They use the Mainconcept encoder which is also used by a few other products.

I just did a few tests and I was getting some very good looking "high action" scenes at a vbr of 4k with the quality slider maxed out. My source was a vhs tape so take it for what it's worth.