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[Harry]

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 out of 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