OK - I *thought* I was getting the hang of this. 8-(

[yadda]

My ending goal is to go from DV camera to DVD and preserve as much quality as possible.

I have 2 AVI files one I captured from the my Sony camera by firewire using DVIO utility. 16 seconds took a 60 MB file. I am to assume this is at max quality.

The other I downloaded an AVI of TV show from the Net. A 20 minute AVI at 179 MB.

Using Nero or WinDVD creator I get a very good quality DVD file from the AVI TV show but the one from the DV camera comes out very small in size and not very good quality.

What do I need to do to make a DVD and preserver as much quality as possible???

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[yadda]

bump

Come on guys I am desperate....

[lordsmurf]

Use a real encoder, not Nero or WinDV-anything.
Then use real authoring package to author/burn.

[yadda]

Any suggestion which tools??? I am willing to try anything.

Thanks

[yadda]

I have tried TMPGEnc and I pretty much get the same result. OK I am missing something ....but what???

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[Tommyknocker]

When you use TMPGEnc Plus! use a DVD MPEG-2 template. Encode it then author it and burn it.

[yadda]

I think part of my problem I am trying to compare apples to oranges. On one hand I have captured content from my DV camcorder and I am trying to compare it to a an authentic TV capture.

Thanks for everyone's replies.

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