Analog to DVD problem - motion artifacts

[tstegal1]

I captured some home videos (hi8) to my computer using a Dazzle 150 and saved them as MPEG-2. The video quality was acceptable so I used ULEAD DVD Workshop to burn them to a DVD. The problem is when played on the dvd, the video becomes very blurry and full of artifacts during motion scenes. So I must be doing something wrong during the dvd burning process because the video on the computer is fine. ULEAD has an option to burn at 8000 kbps, 6000 kbps, or 4000 kbps plus a few other. I've tried burning a dvd with each of these options but the problems are still there. So I tried capturing the video at vcd quality and then burning the dvd and the motion artifacts and blurriness were gone, but the quality was extremely bad. I would like the higher quality video (which plays great on the computer) without all of the choppiness on the dvd.

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

[edDV]

I captured some home videos (hi8) to my computer using a Dazzle 150 and saved them as MPEG-2. The video quality was acceptable so I used ULEAD DVD Workshop to burn them to a DVD. The problem is when played on the dvd, the video becomes very blurry and full of artifacts during motion scenes. So I must be doing something wrong during the dvd burning process because the video on the computer is fine. ULEAD has an option to burn at 8000 kbps, 6000 kbps, or 4000 kbps plus a few other. I've tried burning a dvd with each of these options but the problems are still there. So I tried capturing the video at vcd quality and then burning the dvd and the motion artifacts and blurriness were gone, but the quality was extremely bad. I would like the higher quality video (which plays great on the computer) without all of the choppiness on the dvd.

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Problem is you deinterlaced somewhere in your process. You want an interlace capture. Use highest bit rate at first test, then see what lower bit rates do. For camcorder, I'd keep to highest bit rate.

I don't know if your device-program needs lower or top field first. The wrong order will cause vertical jumps during movement.

Maintain interlace through your process and test the result on a DVD player set to 480i 4:3 to a TV.

[sacajaweeda]

Can you swap the field order? Sounds like that may be your problem if it goes away in VCD format (half the fields)