Okay, I've been experimenting with saving my movie in different formats and here are some results:
Audio: Doesn't seem like it matters much what this is set to. I've gone as low as 128kbps (from 256) and I can't tell any difference.
Resolution: 720x480 doesn't seem to be that much better than 640X480. Though I'm not sure I would notice it that much.
Questions: It seems like files saved as "Frame Based" have more of a tradiitonal film quality to them as opposed to the regular NTSC-DVD setting that has the "Lower Field First" setting. That seems to yield more of a "video" type quality. It's crisp and clear but just less pleasing to me. I'm not even sure if the Frame Based setting is responsible for this. I also wonder if the quality setting has something to do with this. I'm testing that part as I type.
Can anyone provide any more insight or instruction about these video file settings? (All of my clips were captured in .AVI format.)
Frame Based vs. Lower Field First
Moderator: Ken Berry
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THoff
How are you viewing the videos, on a PC? PC monitors are progressive displays, unlike TVs which will prefer encoding that is aware of the interlaced nature and half-frame display order.
Regarding resolution, if you are targeting DVD output, in the end, you will have to use one of the resolutions supported by that format, as well as a compatible audio sampling rate and bitrate. The 640x480 video won't look all that great once it's scaled up.
Regarding resolution, if you are targeting DVD output, in the end, you will have to use one of the resolutions supported by that format, as well as a compatible audio sampling rate and bitrate. The 640x480 video won't look all that great once it's scaled up.
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Ponderer
So here are some of my results. I went back and tried different settings with both the Frame Based and Lower Field First video files. Both gave me great results when I set the quality setting to 80% and set the rate at 8000kbps at 720X480. So I guess the results I was looking for did not have to do with the Frame Based setting. I think what I noticed was that the NTSC-DVD setting puts the quality setting to 100% and that may be what gave me the "shiney" look that annoyed me.
Anyway, I finished the project and it was a big hit! From capture through edit, my 10 minute video with added music took about 4 hours to produce. Tweaking and all of the quality experiments added another 4 hours. But at least the rendering and burning are quick on a 10 minute project
This is my third UVS project and I've got to say that things go a lot smoother when you learn to do things the right way. With this project, I used DVD+RW discs as working discs and only burned DVD-Rs when I had my favorite .ISO file created. All the discs worked perfectly on DVD players as well as PCs, with no coasters created.
Thanks to all on the forum for your active and/or passive help.
Anyway, I finished the project and it was a big hit! From capture through edit, my 10 minute video with added music took about 4 hours to produce. Tweaking and all of the quality experiments added another 4 hours. But at least the rendering and burning are quick on a 10 minute project
This is my third UVS project and I've got to say that things go a lot smoother when you learn to do things the right way. With this project, I used DVD+RW discs as working discs and only burned DVD-Rs when I had my favorite .ISO file created. All the discs worked perfectly on DVD players as well as PCs, with no coasters created.
Thanks to all on the forum for your active and/or passive help.
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david reece
i have found that framebased works perfect for digitial stills as you dont get a blur or distortion on them even on a TV.
However if you have video you need to have interlacing on it for TV playback.
The beauty of DVDWS2 is you can use both fields on the final DVD. I am not selling you this product!
However my concern with VS8 is video quality appears to be poor even when set at best setting and high bit rate. I have other concerns about this software and its ability to perform what it says on the box properly without the hype.
However if you have video you need to have interlacing on it for TV playback.
The beauty of DVDWS2 is you can use both fields on the final DVD. I am not selling you this product!
However my concern with VS8 is video quality appears to be poor even when set at best setting and high bit rate. I have other concerns about this software and its ability to perform what it says on the box properly without the hype.