Which is the best template to burn MPEG-1 640x480?

pedromenba · Post by **pedromenba** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:06 pm

I have some videos from a SONY Digital Camera, the quality is:
Video: MPEG 1
640x480, 30 frames per second
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 2 files
32 000 hertz 16bits mono
bit rate 64 kbps

I noticed if I want to burn this videos on a VCD I have to render them to 352x240. But my quality is very poor.
I dont know if there is a option ( because I can't find it) to burn these videos keeping the video attributes to 640x480.
Or maybe you can recommend me to do other thing?
Thanks in advance.
PETER

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:58 pm

Hi Peter,

Go to Share>Create Video File, Custom.
Then select MPEG as the file type to save to.
Next click on the Options.
Then to to the Compression Tab and change it from DVD to MPEG-1.
Now go back to the General Tab and on the Frame Size Standard Pull Down menu, you can change the Frame Size..

Ron P.

pedromenba · Post by **pedromenba** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:43 pm

Thanks for your answer, sorry if I didnt explain very well my question, because my first language is Spanish, so sometimes I have some problems.
As I told you, I have a MPEG 1 file (640x480), I want to burn this video in a VCD format, but VS 9 forces me to change to 352x240, I understand that if I do that, I am gonna lose quality. I noticed that VS 9 doesnt have a VCD or DVD format similar to 640x480.
Anyone can suggest me something? I dont wanna change my video attributes.
petermenba

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:07 pm

You can't change the resolution because then it's not a VCD-compliant file anymore.

If you want to create a MPEG1 or MPEG2 file of an arbitrary resolution, don't use the existing templates -- choose Custom, change the output format to MPEG, and then customize the settings using the Options button. There you can change the resoution, video format (MPEG1/MPEG2), audio format, and more.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:31 pm

Pedro -- I assume this file is a video shot on a digital *still* camera...? I also assume that you realise that its properties make it an NTSC file so do you live in Spain (where it is PAL) or in Latin America where it could be NTSC?

Anyway, as I understand it, your problem is that you don't want to lose quality by burning a VCD at the default VCD frame settings (352 x 240). Well, Ron (Vidoman) and THoff have told you how to do that. But my question is: why do you want to burn it as a VCD anyway? Why not convert it in its current size to a DVD-compatible mpeg-2?

pedromenba · Post by **pedromenba** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:54 pm

Yes it is a video shot on a digital camera Sony DSC-p72.
My video properties are 640x480 NTSC MPEG-1

You mean that I can keep my video properties 640x480 burning it in a DVD compatible mpeg-2. But what is that template in VS9?
Remember that I want to see this video in my DVD player.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:02 am

Pedro,

Same as I described above, except instead of choosing MPEG-1 from the Pul-down menu, select MPEG-2.

Ron P.

pedromenba · Post by **pedromenba** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:56 pm

I have some videos from a SONY Digital Camera(I want to burn them in a DVD disc) the quality is:
Video: MPEG 1
640x480, 30 frames per second
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 2 files
32 000 hertz 16bits mono
bit rate 64 kbps
suggestions:
vidoman:
except instead of choosing MPEG-1 from the Pul-down menu, select MPEG-2.
Ken Berry:
Why not convert it in its current size to a DVD-compatible mpeg-2?

thanks for your answers, but my final video file is going to be in a mpeg-2 format (640x480) as you said, but when I want to burn this file in my dvd disc, it forces me to change the size to 704x480 or 720x480 (dvd ntsc), as I told you I want to play this file in my dvd player ( I am not talking about my dvd player from my computer), so I dont know if it is good to do that or it is better to burn this file as a vcd.
PETER