Poor Quality DVD with Adobe Permiere

[alk555]

I have been capturing with an AIW 9700 Pro. I used Lord Smurf settings for MPEG capture and transcoded with Tmpgenc plus. authoring with Sonic DVDIT. Good results, but I would like better video quality. I captured a TV program in AVI 720x480. Imported to Adobe Premiere , edited and created a new AVI file. AVI file looks great on the computer. When I Transcode using Adobe , low quality mpeg2 the video looks jerky, pixelated. I attempted to use Adobe Encore. Imported the AVI, transcoded with automatic setting. Video quality was awful. In fact the DVD did not play well in my Tosiba DVD player.
Finally the question. What encorder should I be using to convert the AVI to Mpeg2? Vitualdub? How come the Adobe MPEG2 look awful?
The AVI files look great, so I do not think it is the capture?
Thanks for the help .

[lordsmurf]

Bad encoding settings.

[edDV]

"When I Transcode using Adobe , low quality mpeg2 the video looks jerky, pixelated."

Why "low quality"?

Be more specific with your Adobe (Mainconcept) MPeg2 encoder settings.
Have you tried the default DVD setting under export timeline, Adobe MPeg encoder?

[alk555]

Thanks for the input. I did use the default DVD settings under the export timeline in Premiere .What encoding settings should I use? I did use the Automatic Encoding for Adobe Encore. Why would that have such poor quality?
Presently I am encoding in Premiere utilizing the High Quality Mpeg2 . Almost done, I will keep you posted on the results. Thanks again!

[alk555]

Just finished a DVD. I encoded with Premiere PRo with the highest setting. Authored with DVDIT. Video quality is a little better, but not great. THe AVI file looks so good, and the MPEG2 looks not as sharp. Any suggestions?

[edDV]

Well, you are going to always loose some quality in compression. Did you view the MPeg2 (or m2v) before passing it to DVD IT? Was it the same as playing the finished DVD on the PC? Maybe DVD IT reencoded.

I forget the default settings for Adobe Premiere Pro "DVD" encoding because I've changed mine. That's why I asked for your settings.

I think it was 6,000 Max Kbps VBR, 4000 KBps ave with PCM audio . For better video quality try 8,000 CBR with MPeg Layer 2 audio 224 Kbps. This gets you to near max video quality for that encoder. Later you can experiment with VBR encoding to reduce datarate or redistribute bitrate from low motion to higher motion scenes.

[alk555]

I know DVDIT did not renecode the video. I am unsure about the Premiere Pro settings, (I am new to Adobe Premiere & trying to give a go). I will try your suggestions.

[dcsos]

Also the MONITOR on your computer is much higher quality than your TELEVISION..Even the best MPEG2 settings look worse ---than any good avi picture on a computer monitor.
Try comparing by playing the DVD in the computer, not the TOSHIBA player

[alk555]

The DVD did look better on the computer. thanks