SVCD Quality after Rendering

[British]

:cry: Help, I am just about to revert to analogue editing using a mixing desk but I thought one more try to see if anyone can help. I can capture digital video, convert to a MPEG2 (TMpg) file and create a SVCD disk (Nero) for play on my DVD. Quality is 90 %. However if I then edit and add music / titles and burn the quality is 50% or lower. I am using ULead Video Studio 4. How do I get the quality better ! Is it the package, my PC or something I am doing, I warn you I am a beginner at this editing game !

[mats.hogberg]

Your problem is probably due to the fact that VS is reencoding. Do the edits as early in the encoding chain as possible (preferrably on a lossless encoded AVI, if VS handles that format) in the highest quality format possible. Encode to target specs as a final step. Don't do edits in a (S)VCD encoded MPEG.

/Mats

[British]

Mats
Thanks for your reply, I don't think VS will allow me to edit without rendering, what package would you recommend, the cost is obviously important. Or from your experience am I editing incorrectly on VS.

[mats.hogberg]

No, reencoding is the only way to introduce edits, afaik. But if you (well, VS) can edit in AVI format, your edits wont degrade the quality if you save in a lossless format - Huffyuv for instance. Note that this creates quite huge files, if they are of some length. Then, when all your edits are in place, encode this AVI with TMPGEnc.

/Mats

[British]

VS Only allows me to Edit in AVI / MPEG 1 or 2 Modes, in AVI I get the quality problem when I save it only allows me to save in its own project format not AVI or Huffeyuv codec, this seems to be were I am going wrong plus lack of knowledge !

[British]

Can anybody help answer my question,what am I doing wrong ! If I capture an AVI file from the camcorder and Edit in Videostudio, it renders the file and I lose quality on the end result saved to disc. If I transfer to MPEG2 without edit ,Using TMPGeng / Burn using Nero it is almost perfect. Why when I add two titles and a soundtrack, convert and burn, the result is really disappointing. I am doing something wrong...what is it.

[digitalmaster]

Just do the edits in TMPGEnc. Go to File-MPEG Tools. Click on the tab that says Merge and Cut. Click on edit. You can then select the portion you want to keep. If you want to keep more than one portion just keep adding the MPEG back in and select a different portion. TMPGenc will then mux those all together into one file without reencoding. Simple as that.