Loosing sharpnes during conversion to MPEG

[spooky]

I use my WinTVFM to capture into AVI ( MJpeg Codec set at 18 )
( I use iuVCR to capture with the driver from the same site )
I use VDub with couple of filters to FrameServe the video into TMPGenc, the problem I am having is that for some reason I loose the crispness of the video after conversion.
Anyone have any idea what I can do to help it?
Thanx

[Tommyknocker]

Use this guide in TMPGenc, but you can only improve your quailty so much.

[puertorican138]

Usually a low bitrate will result in blurriness (or unsharpness) when encoding. Try using a sharpen filter in TMPGEnc, but it will require more bitrate using the sharpening filter and may result in more macroblocking.



Hope That Helps!!! 8) :P

[DJRumpy]

It could be anything from the source, to the filters your using, to the encode options in TMPGenc. Try to be more specific as to what filters, and options your using.