looks and sounds like crap

[zoeconner]

first of all im new at this stuff.I converted avi to mpeg with panasonic encoder 2.1. I dont know if I had to change any settings so I left it alone.It also took me about 5 hr. to do. Then I used easy cd creater 5 to burn at 1x speed. Everything worked great.When I played it on my GE home dvd and on my 52 inch big screen, it dont look as good and sharp as it does when I play it on my media player.WHY? Then, my sound dont play when it should.It has about 10 second delay. Should I try using a diff convertor and burning solfware, or just change my settings. Should I make the screen smaller to.help me please! thanks every body. This is a vcd. Should i make a svcd. How??????????

[shochan]

Try tmpgenc 2.5 at http://www.tmpgenc.com it is real nice. Ther are two things to remimber.

1. your output will never be as good as your source.
2. you are watching it on a huge tv that will stretch it ot beyond belief allowing it to show its macroblocks alot better.

[marley618]

Using TMPGEnc encode the video using highest quality, it should help with the sound and picture but will take a longlonglong time. So leave it on overnight or something.

[zoeconner]

should I crop or make the pic smaller?