Help With Premiere Pro 2 (importing Screen Captured Avi File)

[paulinnorway]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here had experience or advice regarding making tutorial DVDs?

Here's what I'm "trying" to do:
1. Capture what is happening on my laptop screen using screen capture software.
2. Convert captured video into an avi file
3. Import captured avi file into Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
4. Create a DVD that can be watched on a TV screen

Extra info:
1. I'm in Europe, so when I created a new project I selected "DV - PAL > Standard 48kHz". Is that right?
2. My laptop screen's resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels

Here's my problem:
I can successfully record my laptop screen and produce an avi file. I can also import the avi file into Adobe Premiere Pro. The Source Monitor looks good quality, but the Project Monitor displays bad quality (even after rendering the video).

I'm wondering if my problem is something to do with resolution. DV PAL is 720 x 576 and my laptop screen is 1280 x 800? Or maybe I need to burn a physical DVD and watch it on a TV to see what it REALLY looks like? I'm just guessing really.

I'm new to using Premiere Pro and I'm struggling to solve this problem. Any help, advice, or tips would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[Baldrick]

What output settings are you using? Use highest possible mpeg2/dvd bitrate.

And yes it will look a bit different on a tv but still not that good because dvd/mpeg2 is best for video and not screen captures/images.

[paulinnorway]

What output settings are you using? Use highest possible mpeg2/dvd bitrate.

And yes it will look a bit different on a tv but still not that good because dvd/mpeg2 is best for video and not screen captures/images.

Thanks for the reply.
Since I'm new to this, I'm assuming that "output settings" are the settings I change when I'm burning the DVD. The next test I do will change it to what you recommend.
Do you have any recommended settings that I should choose? For example, when I'm using screen capture, should I be using a resolution 700x576 or something higher? Any ideas about what will theoretically get me the best results? I just want to be able to create a DVD where people can see my laptop screen text on their TV screen.