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Harry
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:54 am Post subject:
too much compression or lousy WINAVI software? |
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Hi,
I have several home video on DV. All around 60 minutes each. Captured with
Windows Movie Maker 2 and it is 11 to 13GB of avi file from each tape. The
capture was done with DVI selection which is probably the highest resolution
for tranfering video to computer.
My final goal is to burn each tape into a DVD.
That is a 13GB compression to 4GB data compression even though the original
video is only 60 minutes.
Here is my bad experience so far.
I purchased a WinAvi software, it converts the 11 to 13GB file into less
than 4GB of vob files ready (actually burned) for DVD. The end result is
bad on picture, jagged, fuzzy focused, moving target is ghosted, a soccer
ball looks triangle....
Even worse is the sound, it is either no audio at all or it sounds like an
old LP running with low power.
What exactly is wrong here? Could not find help from Winavi. Their service
is among the worst I have ever seen.
Did I compress too much while converting avi to DVD? If so, why the
software does not even use the full capacity of DVD? Can I just covert to
vob file without compression and then use DVD Shrink to do the job? There
are two options under WinAVi. Fixed output data size in order to fit on DVD
OR converting without limiting the output file size. No matter what I
chose, the output files are all about the same.
Should I choose to capture the DV with lower resolution to start with? What
is the best reasonable quality to keep the resolution of DV into AVI?
Appreciate for your hint or direction to any possible solution. I am very
frustrated.
Thanks
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:29 am Post subject:
Re: too much compression or lousy WINAVI software? |
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"Harry" <harryliuusaNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I have several home video on DV. All around 60 minutes each. Captured with
Windows Movie Maker 2 and it is 11 to 13GB of avi file from each tape. The
capture was done with DVI selection which is probably the highest resolution
for tranfering video to computer.
My final goal is to burn each tape into a DVD.
That is a 13GB compression to 4GB data compression even though the original
video is only 60 minutes.
Here is my bad experience so far.
I purchased a WinAvi software, it converts the 11 to 13GB file into less
than 4GB of vob files ready (actually burned) for DVD. The end result is
bad on picture, jagged, fuzzy focused, moving target is ghosted, a soccer
ball looks triangle....
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That sounds like it may be a field-order problem. DV video is
supposed to be lower (B) field first, and the encoding software needs
to be set appropriately.
| Quote: | Even worse is the sound, it is either no audio at all or it sounds like an
old LP running with low power.
What exactly is wrong here? Could not find help from Winavi. Their service
is among the worst I have ever seen.
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I've never seen WinAvi, so I don't know what to tell you about that.
| Quote: | Did I compress too much while converting avi to DVD? If so, why the
software does not even use the full capacity of DVD? Can I just covert to
vob file without compression and then use DVD Shrink to do the job? There
are two options under WinAVi. Fixed output data size in order to fit on DVD
OR converting without limiting the output file size. No matter what I
chose, the output files are all about the same.
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Once you have the DV AVI file on your computer, try running it through
TMPGEnc to encode it in DVD-compliant MPEG2 format. I expect TMPGEnc
would do a better job of encoding. Then, you'll want an authoring
program that will not re-encode your already-compliant video. You can
try TMPGEnc DVD Author or DVDLab for free if WinAvi isn't sufficient.
| Quote: | Should I choose to capture the DV with lower resolution to start with? What
is the best reasonable quality to keep the resolution of DV into AVI?
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You shouldn't have any problem fitting a 60-minute 720x480 video on a
DVD. When you go well over an hour, you may need to use VBR encoding
instead of CBR, and if you go much beyond 2 hours, it may be time to
think about half-D1 (352x480) resolution. But anything around 60
minutes or less shouldn't need any special attention. |
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Tmana
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:51 pm Post subject:
Re: too much compression or lousy WINAVI software? |
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"Harry" <harryliuusaNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:VfEgd.36062$_g6.5277@okepread03:
| Quote: | Hi,
I have several home video on DV. All around 60 minutes each. Captured
with Windows Movie Maker 2 and it is 11 to 13GB of avi file from each
tape. The capture was done with DVI selection which is probably the
highest resolution for tranfering video to computer.
My final goal is to burn each tape into a DVD.
That is a 13GB compression to 4GB data compression even though the
original video is only 60 minutes.
Here is my bad experience so far.
I purchased a WinAvi software, it converts the 11 to 13GB file into
less than 4GB of vob files ready (actually burned) for DVD. The end
result is bad on picture, jagged, fuzzy focused, moving target is
ghosted, a soccer ball looks triangle....
Even worse is the sound, it is either no audio at all or it sounds
like an old LP running with low power.
What exactly is wrong here? Could not find help from Winavi. Their
service is among the worst I have ever seen.
Did I compress too much while converting avi to DVD? If so, why the
software does not even use the full capacity of DVD? Can I just
covert to vob file without compression and then use DVD Shrink to do
the job? There are two options under WinAVi. Fixed output data size
in order to fit on DVD OR converting without limiting the output file
size. No matter what I chose, the output files are all about the
same.
Should I choose to capture the DV with lower resolution to start with?
What is the best reasonable quality to keep the resolution of DV into
AVI?
Appreciate for your hint or direction to any possible solution. I am
very frustrated.
Thanks
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I purchased WinAVI and I use it mainly when I want to convert something
quickly. It is fast and it seems to handle the few avi files that TMPGEnc
has trouble with. However if I want the best quality I usually use
TMPGEnc which gives me the most control over the settings. The down side
is it will take some time - A LOT of time (compared to WinAVI).
I would suggest d/ling the TMPGEnc trial & maybe check out
www.dvdrhelp.com for some tips & tutorials. Good luck.
Tman |
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