Help with WMV encoding for the net - transitions

[arcorob]

Hello,

I have an AVI clip I am trying to encode in WMV9 format. CBR 500, deinterlace . The AVI is created with Vegas 5.0

Now the trouble I have is with Vegas or WM Video encoder is scene transitions. They always seem to blur or be fragmented (split second) before snapping into sharpness. How do I get one of these encoders to handle transitions as smoothly as an mpeg ?

Thanks in advance !!!

[edDV]

Hello,

I have an AVI clip I am trying to encode in WMV9 format. CBR 500, deinterlace . The AVI is created with Vegas 5.0

Now the trouble I have is with Vegas or WM Video encoder is scene transitions. They always seem to blur or be fragmented (split second) before snapping into sharpness. How do I get one of these encoders to handle transitions as smoothly as an mpeg ?

Thanks in advance !!!

Transitions are among the most difficult to compress, along with zooms. Not much you can do other than substitute other transitions that are more compression friendly. The need for crossfades has been a major input by the broadcast industry in the future codec project. H.264 and VC-1 have this as a high priority.

[Red Barchetta]

CBR 500 is an pretty low bit rate anyway (but the above is also true) perhaps if you used a higher bitrate it wouldn't be so noticable (I personally don't like to use a bit rate of less then 1500 - I have on occasion, but it's rare).......

[zoobie]

when you convert to wmv it deinterlaces for the internet so don't deinterlace it first and see what happens....
the best overall settings i've found for a downloadable wmv are:
keyframes = 25
quality = 85
buffer = 25
from MS's site
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/enclfc.aspx