encoding from DV to mpg1

[mariocardoso]

Hi. I would like to know how to get the best quality encoding in mpg1 direct from DV files. I have tried some settings, but the quality wasn't acceptable. I would like a near DV quality, but with a smaller size. Any hints?

thanks in advance

Mario

[major]

Try CVD. It should look good enough on a TV screen, but some players will not accept such image size.

[tokyotony]

Maybe CVD is my answer? I too I'm not having great results of coverting DV into MPEG1 or MPEG2. The results still look quite pixelated. I am often downloading music videos from alt.binaries.mpeg.video which are about 4 minutes in length and are about 50-60 megs in size. The quality is really really good-almost zero pixelation and close to VHS quality. When I go to find out what type of files it is with ffmegX or MPEG Info, I don't receive any info. I'd really like to duplicate those formats. I hope CVD is it?

[tokyotony]

Just a bit more info on my downloads. I'm downloading several parts and joining them together with Rosetta. Each part has either "VCD(m)" or "MPEG-1(m)" in the file name. So, I'm guess that they are not CVD files?

[major]

They should be VCD files, so, no need of converting them again if you just want to watch them.

[tokyotony]

Okay, thanks. So then why would the VCD files that I create (converting a DV file that I imported from my video camera into a VCD file using ffmegX) look so crappy compared to the ones I download? Is there a setting in the VCD preset that I can change to improve the quality? I tried increasing the Bitrate, but that seems to have no effect.

[tokyotony]

By the way, I hope I wasn't too negative with the "crappy" description. I am not saying the ffmpegx is to blame here or is below standard. I am simply struggling with why my VCD (mpeg-1) videos are not coming out a clear as most of the ones I'm getting from alt.binaries. I didn't know if there was some standard setting I'm missing.

I could ask the people in the newsgroups, but I think all of them are on Windows and I am unsure of the right questions to ask.

[major]

Try with the fast mpeg-1 preset. It is less compliant to standards, so some players will not like it, but it has better quality.