TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 Question ...

[ZaYoOoD]

Hi ,
a few days ago I captured some of my video camera tapes into my PC using the firewire . Now I have them on my PC with the perfect quality , and now I want to author them to a dvd using TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring .
My question is , which quality and settings shall I put to have the perfect quality on the DVD , so I'll have the best quality , with nothing losing .

thanks alot ,
good bye .

[marioval]

I've only used TDA3 a few times and just for divx encoded files from the internet. I always choose 2-pass VBR for the video and dolby digital for the audio. With videos from a camcorder, you may be dealing with interlaced video so you may want to look for an option to deinterlace. Someone else may have better details than me though..........

[ZaYoOoD]

thanks , I'll see what I can do with that
and 'am waiting for more answers

[mats.hogberg]

Are you planning a regular Video DVD, or a DivX disk?
No matter, some quality loss is inevitable.

/Mats

[ZaYoOoD]

Hi , I wanna make a regular Video DVD ( 4.7 gb ) .
and I want the way to make the best possible quality . Because I'm backing up my tapes on DVDs , so in the future they will be compatible with the future's new technology , and tapes won't be used then .
So I want the way to make the best possible quality .

thanks.

[mats.hogberg]

The best way to archive is to keep the DV AVI files (probably on an external HDD). 2nd best would be to do as you plan - No more than 1 hour/ DVD. What encoder to use is debatable, but give TDA3 a try. You can use max allowed DVD bitrate, so VBR is no advantage.

/Mats