Avi to mpg to DVD Read all the articles, still having problems. Pls hlp!!!

[Khem]

I pulled a 13G avi file off my dv camera. The playback is flawless. I used Vegas to make trasitions and to cut out parts of the video.

I then used tmpe to convert the file over to mpg with the help of the articles on here. The playback is awful. Can anyone help me with this?

The picture below is the gspot info. I also tried to pull it into Nero after altering the file, and it also looks very bad. Please help someone. If more pictures or info is needed I can provide.

[44echo]

Looks like your bitrate is WAY too low. An hour of video can easily be encoded with a 8,000 bitrate, and still fit on a DVD. You're at 764.

[aedipuss]

in vegas choose file/render as/mpeg2. no need for tempgnc.

[Khem]

Looks like your bitrate is WAY too low. An hour of video can easily be encoded with a 8,000 bitrate, and still fit on a DVD. You're at 764.

Here is one of the original small files... is 3238 kb still to low? Did I pull the Files off wrong?

[Khem]

in vegas choose file/render as/mpeg2. no need for tempgnc.

I tried to do that, but it says I need to register the mpeg conversion tool. So I was trying to find a way around that.

[Nelson37]

There is no right or wrong with bitrate, anymore than there is a precisely correct amount of ketchup for your fries. Season to taste.

More bitrate makes a larger file, but of better quality.

Most people would agree that 700 is WAY, WAY to low. 3000 is still on the low side, maybe at the outside edge of what would generally be considered acceptable. But this is a judgement call.

The maximum, allowing for encoder excesses and fudge factor, would be approximately 8500. See what size and quality this gives you, if it fits on one disk, you are all done. If not, then you get to decide to remove some video, reduce the bitrate, or use more than one disk.

The number necessary will vary with subject. A football game would require a lot more bitrate to look good than 2 hours of watching grass grow. Unless the grass is high and the wind is blowing, or you don't use a tripod. It's all related to motion.

[Abond]

The files are listed as DV AVI (type 1 I think). Interesting why the bitrate is givven so low? Could you try the last GSpot version (2.52 beta1)?
How you pulled the files? Conections and software?

[guns1inger]

If you have another mpeg2 encoder (eg. tmpgenc or CCE basic or similar) you could always use the Debugmode Frameserver to frameserve from the Vegas timeline to your encoder.

[aedipuss]

why are you saving the movie from vegas as a low bitrate avi? either save it as a full bitrate dv or directly render to mpeg2 for dvd. the intermediate low bitrate step will kill any quality you could hope for before you even get to the mpeg2 encoding.