Intervideo WinDVD Creator 2 / lousy output quality

[mcnultyco]

Hello!

I used WinDVD Creator 2 (which came with my computer) to burn a 50 minute dvd of a surprise party. The original miniDV footage was piped into WinDVD via Firewire and edited, then I picked the highest quality WinDVD setting (DVD - 1 Hour) for output to disc.

The resulting DVD looks awful! Pan shots look pixelated and shimmery, and static shots look like a 3rd generation vhs dupe.

The original capture file is just over 10 Gig, and WinDVD crunches that 50 minute file down to about 3 Gig.

So, anyone out there using WinDVD Creator 2 getting any better results than this? And, can I expect better output quality if I just go and buy Nero or some other software package?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

[reboot]

There are software packages that do the same thing, however most of them produce the same mediocre video.
I would suggest you try a dedicated encoder to make the mpeg-2 from your captured footage, and then author it to dvd in something that won't re-encode it.