Converting still picture based Premiere 6.01 project to DVD

[gaetanb]

I need help regarding creating DVDs from AVI files generated by Premiere 6.01 and made from still images on which the pan video effect has been applied for animation.

I have created a project with scenes captured from my DV video camera as well as from digital still pictures. Wanting to retain the highest possible quality, I have generated AVI files using Microsoft DV AVI codec. The file size appears to be of the same order of magnitude as what I usually obtain when capturing from my DV camera i.e. 3.7 Mb per seconds of video.

From that point onward, I tried to use Sonic MyDVD that came bundled with my DVD player as well as other tools (Ulead DVD MovieFactory) that I have downloaded for comparison to burn a DVD. The results are quite disapointing. When playing the resulting DVD I get:
. Much lower quality image
. Stills that are are jerky
. Transitions that are not smooths
. Colour that are very dull (not as vivid as the original video)

The AVI files generated appear fine when played on the screen and I can export back to a DV tape or a VHS tape and both tapes are playing well.

I now believe I am facing two different problems.

1) A general quality problem that I have not investigated in details yet and that I believe could be solved by using a better encoder such as TMPGEnc.

2) A problem of shaky image that is still unsolved and that may not be related to the encoder.

The shaky image problem appears when the movie was built from still images. The original files are 1:1 pixel ratio JPG files that I crop to 640 x 480 aspect ratio and then play with "Image Pan" to create animation. The resulting AVI file plays well on the computer and export well to a DV tape. When played on a TV monitor, the DV tape is flawless.

I have tried many things like converting to TIFF files, creating a 720 x 480 aspect ratio file so that it can be taken as a 0.9 aspect ratio and played with all option in the video option box (flicker removal, interlacing / de-interlacing, field order, etc..). I may not have tried all possible combinations of everything but so far I could not see any improvement.

Any one can help?

[daamon]

Hi gaetanb,

Although you don't implicitly state it, I presume your creating DVD's from your AVI's, so I hope this helps...

I've recently created a DVD from a Premiere 6 project, with the AVI created using the same codec (Microsoft DV AVI codec). This was a wedding and consisted of edited video footage (transitions, fades etc.) and stills that were dropped straight into the timeline (also with transitions, fades etc.).

I didn't amend any settings for the stills - they came straight from my digital camera, onto PC hard drive and into Premiere.

I then encoded the AVI using TMPGEnc Plus (you can download a full working version for a 30 day trial - check out the Tools section for details).

Here's a link with more specific details (particularly the last few posts - 30 Nov, 2003 11:19 onwards):

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=190482&highlight=

Hope it helps. Good luck...