the resolution of the final movie

[SSJ4Thiran]

Hi i finished my dvd with a dvd menu etc... but when i play it the quality isnt that good. The original file is alot better quality. Why does this happen? Also the final movies dimensions do no fit the screen (its smaller) how do you change it. I used adobe premiere pro to edit the movie and dvd lab pro to make the dvd. Your help would be greatly appreciated

[daamon]

Hi SSJ4Thiran,

What's the source that you edited in Premiere? i.e. DV AVI, Xvid / Divx, MPG 1 or 2 etc.?

When encoding to MPEG2 for DVD, what software did you use? What settings did you choose?

As for the dimensions, look up and read about "overscan". This is probably why some of the picture looks like it's been chopped off.

Also, the image in your sig is probably too large and may be in violation of the rules - it might seem trivial, but it makes reading threads annoying for some.

[Stormin Norman]

By looking at your sig, your prolly making "Bleach" DVD's? Your dealing with overscan on the hardsubs? If so, your gonna have to add borders to counter the overscan with frameserving with avisynth (resize and add borders). Or use FitCD to make a noob script.

By the way, Bleach is a kick ass anime and manga.

Stormin

[SSJ4Thiran]

oh sorry ill change my sig pic asap... i already got warned for something so dont want another one
Anywhoo the original file was avi that i edited it in. Then i encoded it to mpeg 2 using mainconcept MPEG encoder. And i will look up overscan. However when i encode what are the usual dimensions that fit most tvs (not widescreen)

edit: ha ya bleach is awesome im on episode 45 when it comes out. Anyhow actually im not making bleach dvds this is for my cousins wedding. Im sure he wont mind but the final dvd has a black border around every image. So i was wondering how to resize this and still keep the quality of the original file. Also im not sure that your method still works but ill try it anyway. Also would i have to re edit the movie because now that i think about it i believe adobe premiere did this. If i do that would stink cause my adobe premiere doesnt work anymore cause it cant find video play modules or something like that.

[daamon]

Use GSpot or AVICodec on the original file and post the details here. Saying AVI is like saying "car"... The AVI format is actually just a container that holds video and audio, encoded using a number of possible different codecs.

So, you can have a Divx AVI with MP3 audio, or Xvid AVI with AC3 audio (for example). If it's come from a miniDV cam, there's a good chance it's DV AVI with WAV audio.

When using the Mainconcept MPEG Encoder, what settings did you use? I don't know it as I've never used it, but if there's a wizard, what template did you use (if any)? We need info like that...

In short, the quality of the source and the settings used will be affecting your quality. as your encoder of choice is considered one of the best ones.

As you're in the USA, your DVD resolutoin will be 720 x 480. See "What Is... DVD" (top left of this page) for all the valid resolutions.

As long as you don't resize (particularly smaller to larger) too much, you won't lose much quality.

[SSJ4Thiran]

alright well i checked out overscan and it isnt what is going on in mine. The tv isnt blocking out any of my stuff the movie doesnt fit to screen. AS for mainconcept i took my avi file and changed the video into mpeg 2 and audio mode into layer 2. file system ntsc and pal (made two dvds). as for avicodec i cant download that right now cause im packing for boarding school but when i do download it ill post it here.

[daamon]

"overscan", I believe, occurs on ALL TV sets to some greater or lesser degree. In short, it's caused by the seal that is required to hold the screen in place. This seal covers part of the screen and so blocks some of the picture.

Saying "AS for mainconcept i took my avi file and changed the video into mpeg 2 and audio mode into layer 2" isn't enough info I'm afraid. You need to describe what settings withing the encoder were used, or what templates - from this, people can identify any improvements.

It sounds like you may have used a default setting for NTSC and PAL. For you, in the USA, you'll need NTSC (unless you've got as PAL TV of course...).

Where did you get the AVI from? Was it downloaded, from a camcorder, TV capture etc.? You say it's a wedding, so I'm guessing it's from a camcorder...

[SSJ4Thiran]

ya camcorder sorry i didnt know u needed more info.

-video-

ok the frame rate is 29.97 non drop frame rate (NTSC)
field encoding: bottom field first
deinterlacing: none
width: 720
height: 480
search method: 5
search range: 15
variable bit rate

-Audio-

frequency: 48000 Hz
mode: stereo

[daamon]

That'll be DV AVI (NTSC) with WAV (uncompressed) audio (probably - it is if it's 1,536Khz).

This is a very good source for making DVDs. The fact that you're not getting (seemingly) the same quality is highly likely to be a function of the settings in your encoder.

So, it's best if you explain - in detail - what you do with your encoder. What options are picked, what templates are used, what settings are chosen... etc.