Video stuff 2

[Parky1 0]

Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post.
I have managed to save my edited footage to disc as a super video CD using a demo version of Nero 6.
It plays on my DVD player but the quality is not very good.
Does anyone know if it's possible to get better quality. If so how do I go about this?
Is there better software that I can use to transfer my footage to disc?
I downloaded my footage from cam to laptop using USB cable. Will I get better results from an iLink lead???

[YahooLV 0]

Get rid of NERO and install ROXIO. Much better and easier to use, also.

Also, when you burn, slow it down as much as you can.

http://www.curtisglennphotography.com

[FrancoR 0]

Two issues here:
1. MPEG encoders are not all the same. Here is one that is considered to be one of the best.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=963302;search_string=tmpeg;#963302

2. You downloaded to your computer with USB? Do you have a standard DV encoded AVI File with the right resolution on your HD?
USE gspot to determine the file type if you have doubts.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html

If it does not cost anything you are the product.

[jmfreefly 0]

And even more issues at play -

a) I am pretty sure that VCD is MPEG1, not MPEG2, which has (I think) less advanced codecs out there (for quality vs. compression).

b) You can only fit so much footage on a VCD (since it is only 700 mb, a CD), compared to a DVD (4+ gb). Depending on how long the footage is, you may be highly compressing it. So, the more space available on a DVD would allow lower compression, and thus better quality (for the same codec).

You may also not have converted it correctly (have no experience with the program you were using), but in the past I have accidentally rendered footage as non-interlaced , and it looks like crap on a TV (which needs interlaced).

j