Authornig problem

[DjBeau]

I have a little problem here...
I can burn VCD and SVCD using my own footage - recorded on my Sony camcorder. What I do is I put the DV-filse directly into Nero and then I burn. But the quality isn't perfect.
When I hook up my camcorder with my TV the footage is perfect, extremely good quality. Howcome the quality isn't perfect when I put it on VCD/SVCD and play it on my stand-alone player? Can I make it perfect?

[Mavrick]

I’m not an expert at this. I can tell you some of the things that I have learned and save me time. I make XSVCD’s only, as I’m converting home videos to CD. I have managed over time to get it down to 4 easy steps.


Step 1: Capture the video as uncompressed AVI (this gives you the best quality to work with) as close to the final output resolution as you can. This will save encoding time if it does not have to resize it. In my case 480x480 or 640x480

Step 2: Edit the captured video. I use Media Studio Pro 6.5DC for this.

Step 3: Save the edited video in Media Studio as an MPEG2 480x480 with a VBR of 4000. Field order B first. (make sure your player can play this).

Step 4: Burn the MPEG file(s) to CD with DVD Movie Factory. Make your menus etc…

That’s it!!

You can download a trial copy of Media Studio Pro from
http://www.ulead.com/msp/runme.htm

They also offer upgrade offers from other editing software – so you can get it as cheep as $129.00 for the DC version.

Works every time and I get video as good as the original… I would say its DVD quality. The down side is I can only get 20-30min per CD with a bit rate that high… but with this quality, I’ll take it!

[DjBeau]

Field order B first you say. What does that mean?

[Mavrick]

When you render a interlaced MPEG file. You have to tell it which field (A or B) to start with so the video will not look jagged on the TV...