Windows DVD Maker - Rubbish Quality Video

[zer0l0gic]

I don't know why this is happening, but I have a perfectly imported WMV Version 9 video from my MiniDV Sony Camera.
Then I use Windows DVD Maker.



Encoded the video, burned the DVD. I watch it and it's full of these disgusting lines and 'hatching' / 'shredding' (?)
Is it Windows DVD Maker? Should I use another product to convert my imported WMV Version 9 video?

Very disappointed with the output generated by Windows DVD Maker.
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The video looks perfect on camera and just as great on the computer, it's the encoding that seems to make it looks like rubbish.

[SCDVD]

Looks like an interlace mismatch. This problem is usually between the keyboard and the chair.

[zer0l0gic]

Looks like an interlace mismatch. This problem is usually between the keyboard and the chair.

Ok so it's my fault. But how do I fix that problem please?
There isn't many options in Windows DVD Maker and I'm a n00b to this topic.

[JohnnyMalaria]

What's your process from camcorder to WMV? (Windows Movie Maker?)

WMV encoding has an option to deinterlace but I'm not sure if WMM supports that.

If you intend to watch the DVD on a normal TV (not an LCD), don't worry about it - the TV is interlaced so everything will be fine.

If you want to watch it on a computer, use a media player that can deinterlace (e.g., VLC). Windows Media Player also deinterlaces DV which is why you don't see all the lines etc.

[zer0l0gic]

What's your process from camcorder to WMV? (Windows Movie Maker?)

WMV encoding has an option to deinterlace but I'm not sure if WMM supports that.

If you intend to watch the DVD on a normal TV (not an LCD), don't worry about it - the TV is interlaced so everything will be fine.

If you want to watch it on a computer, use a media player that can deinterlace (e.g., VLC). Windows Media Player also deinterlaces DV which is why you don't see all the lines etc.

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic244268.html <- I think this will help me to de-interlace!

Thankyou for getting me on the right track and for your help.
I'm a n00b at this and I know my questions might have appeared stupid to guru's, but there we are.
So tonight I'm going to try WMEncoder and try 'de-interlacing'. I'll post back on my results.[/url]

[guns1inger]

I would ask two questions at this point

1. Why go from perfectly good DV to heavily compressed WMV ? WMM/WDM are both capable of working with DV, and you don't have to go through two levels of compression to get to DVD.

2. Why deinterlace and further reduce quality if you don't have to ?

WMV is not an edit friendly format. Stick with DV if you are heading to DVD. Output as WMV at the very end of the process if you also want a smaller version for PC playback.

Before you go deinterlacing, try two things

1. Play the disc back on your TV. If movement shimmers and jerks, you most likely have a reversed field order, which can be repaired without re-encoding or deinterlacing. If it looks OK, then you don't have to do anything else to the video.

2. If it is jerky, rip the disc with DVD decrypter to elementary streams, then use ReStream to reverse the field order of the video, then re-author and test again.