macroblocks

[kazz0817]

is there a way to get rid of them or reduce them?

[daamon]

Hi kazz0817,

Based on the info you've given, take your pick as appropriate:

A higher bitrate.
A better quality source.
A source with less camera shake / fast panning / fast action scenes.
If you can suffer the reduction in quality, encode at a reduced resolution (assuming you're currently encoding to full D1) - say 1/2 D1, but keep a fairly high bitrate.

There's probably others too... These are just the ones that sprung to mind.

[teegee420]

There's also the "soften block noise" option in TMPGEnc.It's on the Quantize Matrix tab of the settings. Macroblocks are not all that uncommon when you are working with divx/xvid sources, which I'm guessing is the case here. I don't know what resolution you are using but try 1/2 D1(352x576) if you aren't already.

[kazz0817]

will 100kb/s make much differance (increase) Iin resolution?

[DivXExpert]

what resolution are you encoding at?

[kazz0817]

720x480

[teegee420]

will 100kb/s make much differance (increase) Iin resolution?

I don't understand the question. Kb/s has to do with bitrate, not resolution. Resolution is pixel size, i.e. 352x576.

[teegee420]

720x480

Again, try 352x576.

[kazz0817]

i selected that in the advanced tab and it made the dvd screen too big

[teegee420]

Change the resolution on the Video tab, not Advanced. It's under "Size".

[kazz0817]

will it be better encoding at full screen, or fs keep aspect ratio?

[teegee420]

Depends on your avi's resolution. Do a test clip with "full screen(keep aspect ratio)" and see how it comes out. Play it with something like Power DVD or WinDVD so it is displayed how it would be on your set-top DVD player. Windows Media Player and the like don't always display the correct aspect ratio.