m2v + wav from premiere 6.5 mpeg encoder ....

[sportsvid]

to a single mpg file for dvd workshop. How do I do this? DVD WS won't accept the video file in its current form. Also, how do I increase quality of the mpeg encoder. I've up'd the bitrate to very high and it stills looks kinda watery around moving things. Adobe was no help either. Hope someone here knows. Should I use a differnt mpeg encoder?

thanx

[Poplar]

Use TMPG, CCE or something else to convert WAV to MP2. Mux m2v and mp2 into mpg with TMPG or bbMPEG.

How high did you go with bitrates? What is your source? If your source is NASCAR or Formular One action, I am afraid that there is little can be done about it. Sports video, with complex temporal and spatial movements, is very hard to deal with.

[sportsvid]

The source was a mini DV(canon elura 2mc). I captured the footage into premiere 6.5. Is it really worth all that work of converting files or should I just use a different authoring prog like spruceup or dvdit. I know they accept the m2v file format but have heard really good things about dvd WS. Also, alot of the video was taken thru a helmet cam. I'm sure this has affected the quality. However, when I copy my timeline thru my cam to a vcr onto vhs...the quality is MUCH better than the DVD I've burned.
I did burn a dvd on dvdit Le but heard the audio takes up too much room and this is why I've changed to dvd WS.
As far as bitrates. I orginally used 6000 but have up'd the bitrate to the high setting(8000) and now it won't fit on dvd thru dvdit. Are there any filters I can put on to correct the blurred action segments?
Thanx for all your help Poplar!

[Craig Tucker]

I would suggest using TMPGEnc to encode your DV avi files to MPEG2 and then using these mpeg files in DVD workshop. TMPGEnc isn't quick but the quality of the encodes is very good. Another option is to put the DV avi files into DVD workshop and encode using DVD workshop. It uses the mainconcept encoder which is pretty good and faster than TMPGEnc.

P.S. If you are using DVD workshop anyway, why not use it to transfer your DV footage.

[sportsvid]

...funny you should suggest that. I just exported my timeline uncompressed from premiere and imported it into dvd WS in hopes of encoding it in WS to see if it turns out any better. It accepts the format...so that probs solved....and if it fixes the quality, I'm stoked.
Funny that premiere wouldn't have a better mpeg encoder considering the rep premiere has and all.
thanx for your help.... Oh, will WS extract the audio and convert it into another format?

[BJ_M]

premiere 6.5 and dvd ws both use the same exact mpeg encoder produced by Main concept (also used by Vegas Video) --

but there is a major update for the main concept encoder for premiere -- you have to call adobe service and give them your serial and they will send it to you .. the update is well worth it and fixs a lot of things in both adobe and main concept .. the encoder version in dvd ws is (so far) not upgradable .

the stand alone main concept encoder is even better and can accept dv files direct -- it is up to version 1.3.1

you can use Blade by in-sync also to work on your dv files -- it uses the tmpgenc encoder built in ..

premiere has a good forum dedicated to ONLY the mpeg encoder -- you can go there for help also ..


avid dv mpeg output looks rather bad -- so i will not even suggest that one ..

main concept just open a new forum also - the old one was rather sparse but they are really trying to support the products and have several new ones comming out .. they have hired the author of BBmpeg in fact ..

[sportsvid]

no idea they had a fix. I was on that board but couldn't find the answers I needed. You guys are really knowledgable on this board. I guess I'll have to upgrade the encoder. I do prefer to not have to convert files using all these various programs. I'm not as computer savy as most of you, so I'd like to keep it simple. Going from premiere to a dvd authoring prog and then burning a dvd is cool with me...well, unless the quality is alot better doing all these conversions(encoding in premiere...then mux'g...converting wav to mp2...etc) So, if DVD WS does just as good a job of encoding, I'll just use it. Thanx for all the info though.