Edited Videos Blurry

[Cgouv]

Hey there, I am new to the forum so if this is the wrong place to post, i apologize. I have a sony hdr-cx190 handycam that i use for filming. I import all the video clips into PMB(play memories home) and they are clear. I edited all of the clips, saved them, and imported them to windows movie maker. I used windows movie maker to complete my editing, add title slides, credits, etc. I save the movie in Windows Movie Maker as a High Quality video, and imported the entire movie into VIMEO. The output i got was a very blurry video. Sorry for the lack of video terminology, but im new to most of it and trying to learn the ropes. Any thoughts and tips on what i might be doing wrong are very appreciated. THANKS!

[Baldrick]

Avoid wmm...

But check if you can customize the output settings in wmm. Be sure to use hd resolution/frame size and a high bitrate.

[budwzr]

OK, so something went wrong sending it to Vimeo?

Did you render it first? From WMM?

Maybe Sony Play Memories put a gremlin in the output file. Forget PlayMem, copy the files direct from the SD card into WMM. Or get the cheapest version of Sony Movie Studio. I think it's like $45.

The latest corporate money-extraction buzzword is "EcoSystem". You shoot with Sony, you edit with Sony, you watch with Sony, you share with other Sony users, or you get garbage. Samsung is doing that now too. It used to be called "Lock In" and had to do with batteries and connectors mostly, but now it's gone wild.

BTW, PlayMem sucks a big one worse than WMM.

P.S. Import=<, Export=>

[manono]

If I'm reading this correctly it only got bad after being uploaded to Vimeo. At every other stage before that it looked good, right? Then it should be obvious who the culprit is. Vimeo's quality is worse than YouTube's.

Or am I misunderstanding?

[Cgouv]

Sorry for the delay. Everything looked good and clear in PMB. It started looking fuzzy and distorted when I manipulated it from PMB and imported that into WMM. I just thought it was my laptop for some reason and VIMEO would clear it up.

[manono]

It started looking fuzzy and distorted when I manipulated it from PMB...

You're about as clear as mud. So, you attribute the degrading of the video to the editing and reencoding you did in PMB (whatever that is)? Then do as suggested and use something else. And avoid using Windows Movie Maker as well.

I just thought it was my laptop for some reason and VIMEO would clear it up.

Nope, Vimeo only makes videos look worse - much worse.

[smrpix]

This conversation seems to be going off the rails. Almost certainly you used the wrong settings in WMM -- see Baldrick's initial response.

Your footage is most likely 1920x1080 mts files and you probably used a lower resolution when you added titles, etc. Please check and confirm.

[budwzr]

Manono, "PMB" is this crazy Sony video editor you download with a new camera purchase. It looks and acts like something you'd expect to find like from Mainland China or Japan.

It's really kooky. Look it up. "Play Memories Home" is the official name. The only thing good about it is that when you finally migrate to anything else, you'll be happy.

It's shocking that a large global company like Sony would put out something like that. No way it's coming from the Vegas dev team here in Wisconsin.

[Cgouv]

So basically I should rid my computer of PMB AND not use WMM? I think when I covered the files in PMB to a .WMV for windowsMM I selected standard quality. I deleted it and reconverted it in high quality to see if that helps. Is there better free software or should I look into buying something that I can edit, add music, and share all in one.

[smrpix]

I think when I covered the files in PMB to a .WMV for windowsMM I selected standard quality.

That would do it. Check out Vegas Movie Studio as budwzr suggeted. It's free to try.

[budwzr]

If you want to shoot and edit video, you first need to give up on "toy" software, and software that favors a particular format. Right now your understanding is at the pre-school stage, and you have 12 grades ahead of you.

The longer you stay in pre-school, it's just that more frustrating, because you can't really build anything with the oversized blocks and toys they offer, and you're not exposed to more advanced tools and concepts.

Kapeesh? Go get Sony Movie Studio.