codecs

[gomez1]

Im fairly new at video editing, and my question is, does your pc choose the best system codec, if you have several of them?

because when i uploaded my footage using quick movie magic, the software that came with my camcorder.......the quality was excellent, "avi"

but once i encode with vegas 5 and created a dvd, the quality changed alot...not the greatest.
am i doing something wrong.....

here are my video codecs..

[kschang]

The answer to your question: there is no such thing as "system codec". And as we are fond of explaining here: "there is no such thing as an AVI codec". AVI is a "container", like a "coke bottle", if you will. You don't really know what's inside, as AVI can contain any type of support format, from the old Cinepak all the way up to DIVX6/XVID MPEG-4 derived codecs.

As for your question:

because when i uploaded my footage using quick movie magic, the software that came with my camcorder.......the quality was excellent, "avi" but once i encode with vegas 5 and created a dvd, the quality changed alot...not the greatest.
am i doing something wrong.....

As you transcoded from AVI (what codec? Camcorder downloads are probably one of the DV codecs, use GSpot to check) to MPEG2 depending on the settings used you could lose a lot of the quality. We'll need to see your Vegas settings for transcode/encode to offer better advice.

[BJ_M]

your system doesnt choose the best codec at all ...

the one avi that looked good was prob. a DV file ...


it may of not looked good encoding with vegas because you didnt use the right settings ...

[gomez1]

thanks guys...

here are my vegas settings

[gomez1]

thanks

[BJ_M]

the pics above do not reflect at all on your mpeg2 encoder settings or the quality of the finished product

[gomez1]

can u tell me which setting you are looking for?

i would really appreciate it

[kschang]

The ones that affect the encoder, of course.

[guns1inger]

When you select File->Render, and choose mpeg2 as the output type, click on Customise to see the actual details of the settings being used

[gomez1]

cool thanks, here are my settings.

[edDV]

Try changing to "Constant bit rate" (CBR) 8500 as a quick test to see if the quality improves. It can be further improved depending on audio settings. Also move "video quality" to high.

4000 Kb/s average is a low poor quality rate for 720x480 DV video.