Ok guys, I have followed MANY AVI2DVD guides and have become very much proficient in the use of TMPGEnc, VirtualDubMod, DVDLab and many other utlities, and still, I manage to create many coasters!
My DVD+-R/RW recorder is a Sony U18A.
I have at home a Toshiba SD1200 and a Playstation 2, which I use to test my burnt DVDs.
I have made more than 40 DVDs and some will not work on either players, while some will work on the PS2 and not the Toshiba and others the other way around.
I know that this can be in part because I bought a spindle of generic DVD -R discs just so I can learn all of this stuff, but come on, not all 50 discs can be bad! I just bought a 10-pack of Maxell DVD-R 2X discs and so far, the same situation. On some of them, the playback is jerky on the PS2 and some won't even play.
I have been burning the DVDs with Stomp's RecordNow Max, because the ones that I have successfully burned has been with it. Nero and others have yielded coasters.
I think the main problem has to be with the vast amount of options in TMPGEnc. Most of the AVIs are in PAL format and I guess the settings are very much the culprit. I have been selecting 3:2 Dropdown for the most part. Is this ok? Should I perhaps try Progressive or Interleaved?
Any ideas on what are the ideal settings for good DVD burns?
Another thing, for low resolution AVIs, is it best to encode them in the nearest DVD resolution or go for the highest at 720x480?
Also, regarding bitrates, should I encode using the same bitrate as used on the AVI or always go for the highest possible bitrate available?
Thanks for ANY help fellas!
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Originally Posted by Efrain Ruiz
Another thing, for low resolution AVIs, is it best to encode them in the nearest DVD resolution or go for the highest at 720x480?
Also, regarding bitrates, should I encode using the same bitrate as used on the AVI or always go for the highest possible bitrate available?"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." - Frank Zappa -
3:2 pulldown is used when your video is 24 fps (NTSC), don't use it for PAL. As for interlace/progressive, I just match it to the source type (I don't touch it) and have no problems.
As for bitrates, is it possible that if I use a very high bitrate such as 5,000+, the PS2 or DVD player have problems playing it? I ask because all DVDs which don't play on either the PS2 or Toshiba, they all play correctly on my laptop. I thought that perhaps these players did not have enough juice to play such high bitrates. Or am I wrong? -
Originally Posted by Efrain Ruiz"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." - Frank Zappa
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