DV to DVD, what to use exactly

[Thwiipp]

Hello, im going to be encoding this DV file ive been editing with Vegas Video 3, im going to be encoded it to MPEG2 for DVD, and was wondering if i should use Vegas Video's encoder or go to TMPGENC Plus' encoder, which is better, my concernis quality not speed, any help would greatly appreciated, thanks.

[mp3superfreak]

I've used both for converting the DV to MPEG-2, and I'd say that the MainConcept MPEG-2 Encoder does a very good job (Vegas). If you want to use TMPGENc, you'll have to first render the Vegas file as AVI, then open and convert in TMPGENc.

Personally, I don't think it's going to be worth your time to do the extra step, b/c the encoder in Vegas does an excellent job on it's own. You could try a small file first, and see if you notice any difference. I doubt you will. (and I use the DVD NTSC template in Vegas). Good luck.

[House de Kris]

I'd use the VV encoder. TMPGEnc gives you more tweaking ability, but VV would probably be simpler.