Output to DVD

Doug_EX

Doug_EX

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Hi everyone,

First of all, sorry for my english (I'm french).

I would like to know how I can get the best quality on DVD.

-I use Premiere Pro 2.0
-My cam is a DVX 100B
-I shoot in 30P 16-9 Squeeze mode

When I watch my videos (uncompressed), it looks pretty darn good...but when I encode it to DVD, it looks like crap...well, almost crap. No good definition at all.

What am I doing wrong.
 
By the way, I also use Encore DVD 2.0

Here are my DVX settings (i'm not sure that it changes something)
30P
Detail Level :0
V detail level : 0
Detail coring : 0
Chroma level : 0
Chroma phase : 0
Color temp : 0
Master ped : -5
A.iris level : 0
Gamma : cinelike D
Knee : auto
Matrix : cinelike
skin tone dtl : off


I notice that changing from 30P to 24P brightens up the image...will this change something to the output quality.

also, I mainly shot some motocross/endurance races...alot of the action happens in the woods.
 
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I don't use Encore but the concept you need to understand is "bit bugeting," which means the most info you can possibly cram on the DVD without going over the rate at which DVD's players can read the stream.

You want to use the highest encoding bitrate you can when you compress from your original format to MPEG2. I'd recommend 2 pass VBR (variable bit rate) 5.5-8 mbit/sec with Dolby audio. Any higher on the video bit rate is dicey because you don't want more than 10mBit/sec total and audio is included in this figure.

Uncompressed vs DVD? Yeah you're going to see a significant difference. That doesn't mean your DVD quality has to suck, but it will never equal uncompressed as DVD uses mpeg2 which is highly compressed. I'm sure some Encore users will chime in with particulars. Good luck. Google might yield more immediate results as this question gets asked on the internet 500 times a day.
 
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export using adobe media encoder from PP2.0 and choose mpeg-2 (DVD). Choose a high bitrate but don't go for the highest as you DVD player might not be able to handle it and will automatically reduce the quality. Then import the files into encore for authoring. Make sure not to transcode in Encore.
 
egproductions, Thanks. one thing though...

In the presets, do I choose NTSC DV 16:9 high quality or
NTSC Progressive 16:9 High Quality?

Remember that I shot 30P. Although, I incorporate sometimes some Interlace 4:3 footage.
 
If you have any interlaced footage do lower field DV. Go off a preset but adjust the indavidual settings to what you need.
 
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