Output Quality Lacking - Please Help

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crydercohen

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hey all,

i burned my first dvd the other day using dvd studio pro. everything went ok, but i was not entirely satisfied with the quality of the final product. although the footage looked alright, it certainly was not as crisp as what i had on the original dv. i output the project onto dv and dvd and did a side by side comparison. the dvd was definitely not as sharp and looked a little bit hazier than the dv. i exported from final cut pro using compressor at the highest quality. is this quality loss just a natural part of the process?
i mean, i realize that the mpeg2 file is only a fraction of the size of the dv footage. if not, what else can i do to improve the quality of the dvd. again, it's not terrible, but i wish it looked crisper.

thanks in advance

sb
 
Are you using VBR compression? Dual pass?

Also, you can play around with your bit-rate and perhaps squeeze a little more quality into your .m2v files
 
yeah,

i was playing back on a regular old tv.

btw, how do i increase the bit rate while exporting from final cut pro?

thanks

sb
 
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