dvd editing leads to unacceptable results

[jamesgig]

I am using premiere.

the football team provides me with a dvd of the game and wants me to separate the plays into three categories: offense, defense, and special teams. I have been following this (http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22869) guide to import the .vob files into premiere, then i split them apart and put the plays in separate project files. However, when I export the files and burn them to dvd (nero), the quality is significantly reduced (not nearly as sharp almost blurry, colors are washed out, movement is very jerky). I thought Nero may be the culprit, but the avi files coming out of premiere seem to be reduced as well. Firstly, is it possible to take video captured on dvd, edit it, and reburn it to a dvd without losing quality? This seems like it may be the case based on some of my, quite possibly misguided, understanding.

What I am doing, please correct me if I say anything that is incorrect:
If I extract the footage with that method it is lossless as the resulting .avs file is just reading the .vob file, so the file being manipulated in premiere is the original .vob file from the dvd?

Then when I go to extract the footage, I choose "microsoft dv avi", compressor "DV NTSC", pixel aspect ratio "D1/DV NTSC(.9)", check recompress. Under Keyframe, bitrate is "use project setting", optimize stills is checked.

any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[minidv2dvd]

you might try an editor that works with mpeg-2 without re-encoding multiple times. there is no lossless mpeg to avi to mpeg encoding. everytime you re-encode something is lost.

womble mpeg video wizard come to mind.

[yoda313]

@jamesgig - Please don't double post - one thread is enough - thank you.

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