Main Concept settings within Vegas

[Blazey]

The more I read on this, the more conflicting information I absorb, so I'd like a bit of help here:

When rendering:

Profile and Level: These are set at Main Profile and Main Level

Would I want to change these to High because I captured 4:2:2 with Huffy?

The sampling format is grayed out at 4:2:0 because of the profile settings. If I capture at 4:2:2 wouldn't I want to match that number?

Is the default I frames 15 B frames 2 a good setting?

DC coefficient: This is default at 9. Main concept states that raising this to 10 (max) is for low motion video (therefore degrading quality) - I was under the assumption that a higher value of the DC coeffiecient would produce better video.

Don't get me wrong, I have produced some excellent encodes from my AVI caps, but I was looking to push the envelope so to speak, by tweaking.

Thanks in advance.

[BJ_M]

Would I want to change these to High because I captured 4:2:2 with Huffy?

no - not for DVD

Is the default I frames 15 B frames 2 a good setting?

the default is fine for NTSC

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for DC , 9 is a good choice for most dvd's at med bit rate , if very high detail or max bit rate is used, 10 would be better ...
using 10 at <6000 bit rate is not a great idea ...

using 8 even at very low bit rate is sometimes a good idea ..

[Blazey]

Thanks much BJ_M. I guess what I'm getting is the best Vegas can output.

[BJ_M]

a clean source is the best thing you can do to improve encoding quality -- in vegas, if you have a noise infested clip , using the median filter works well ..

[Blazey]

Source is very good. Laserdisc. I am very happy with the encodes, but occasionally I find that motion has an artificial look to it. It's very faint, but I see it. I may be looking for a perfection level that dosen't exist within the MainConcept encoder.

[erratic]

I'm not sure what you mean by artificial look? If the motion is jittery on your TV (but not on your monitor) then the field order is wrong. That wouldn't be very faint however, so I assume that's not the problem. Just trying to make sure that you're aware of this field order stuff.

[Blazey]

I understand interlace (a bit) and no, it's not that! It's hard to explain, not jitttery motion but not 100% smooth either. Not on all scenes, jut the high motion ones. And not always either. This happens if I encode Upper Field First, Lower Field First or Progressive. My TV is a 1982 Radio Shack model and I am currently using my XBOX as a DVD player as my Panasonic finally gave out on me. Maybe it's that hardware combo? I was telling LordSmurf that I really need to go back and look at my source. These are films from the 40's and 50's and I never stopped to just WATCH the laser. There may not be a problem with the encoder.