TMPGen- Encoding for analog and digital TV

[raf1]

Encoded DV footage for MPEG-2 and looks great on analog but very pixellated on wide screen digital. What options should be changed to correct for digital video?

Thanks.

[tonyp12]

You did not say what you encoded it to, SVCD or DVD?

A widescreen TV stretch out a 4:3 Video,
so any pixelation will show up even more.

Try to see if when having the TV in 4:3 mode (bars on the sides)
if the pixalation goes away.

One option would be to cut out the source video on the top
and bottom to give it a 16:9 aspect ratio and
have the TV in Full view mode.

But first try just a really high bitrate and a high motion search
in tmpgenc.

[raf1]

Thanks for the reply Tony. I encoded to DVD with 8,000 max, 6,000 avg and 2,000 min for 2-pass VBR as well as highest quality motion search precision. I did record and encode the MPEG at 4:3 - maybe there is no way to correct for a better picture on the wide screen digital.

Thanks again,

raf

[lusid]

The TV may need to be calibrated.

I tried some of my VCDs on a friends 57" widescrean HDTV and they looked horrid, until I turned the Sharp control down to a reasonable level. For some reason he likes to turn it all the way up. hehe.

[tonyp12]

One more thing, as it was DV format.

The correct settings would be: interlaced (bottom field first)


If a rented DVD looks good, I homemade dvd with same high bitrate
will look equaly good.