DVD Encoding qual. Please help

[DMXiNc]

Hi Everybody,
I Just Have 1 question about quality of encoding, I was watching an old Jackie Chan Movie (can't remember the name) anyway you know on some dvds the picture quality is great eg: the picture looks like its plying at 50% magnification and anything that is in a straight line is bouncing and is really sharp?

Well is there any program (freeware) thatwil encode with such high quality or similar???????

[g_shocker182]

TMPGEnc can encode at DVD quality (8000kbps). Its not HDTV but its 10 times better than VHS.

[poopyhead]

old Jackie Chan Movie (can't remember the name) anyway you know on some dvds the picture quality is great

heh...haven't seen those 2 statements in the same sentence before :P

i've seen many old jackie chan DVDs...and ... let's just say the quality ain't very good...and i'm assuming they don't digtally remaster the film.

[BJ_M]

i never thought they were that great either -- but non the less, biggest reason for quality on a dvd is the source files -

if you are not using the film/neg scans or the source digital files .. you are not going to get the same quality no mater what encoder or settings you use ..

[poopyhead]

if you are not using the film/neg scans or the source digital files .. you are not going to get the same quality no mater what encoder or settings you use ..

yep, some DVDs look like laserdisc transfers

[BJ_M]

yea -- well there are film telecines' that cost about 2-3000$ per 100 min. and there are film scans that cost $60-100,000++ per 100 min. ..


you figure out which films get the expensive proccess and which do not ..

some older films the source positive or neg is in pretty rough shape.

newer films are edited all digitally at some point (ussually) - so a digital file source is avaiable -- though not always used..