Blured rendering to dvd

cgflembo · Post by **cgflembo** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:37 pm

I have just bought a new camcorder (Sony hard drive) and also VS11. I have used previous versions of VS, but at the moment I am getting used to the new camcorder and the VS 11 version. My problem is when I have edited my project and rendered it onto a dvd, the play back on the dvd comes out blured when the picture is in motion, it is fine if the picture is not moving. This does not happen if I play the video straight from the camera onto the t.v without editing . Seeing that I am not used to version 11 yet I thought I might be setting the preferences wrong or something. Can anyone help with this problem? Thank you.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:03 pm

Could be a field order problem. If you previous camcorder was a mini-dv then your VS project was probably lower field first. With a hard drive camcorder it is probably upper field first.

If that doesn't work, do you still have your previous version of VS that you could try?

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:14 pm

I assume your camcorder records in MPEG-2.

Also assuming it's DVD-compatible MPEG-2, you should be able to make a DVD without altering the MPEG data at all. If you check Do Not Convert Compliant MPEGs, the MPG file should be re-packaged as VOB files without altering the underlying MPEG data. (This should also preserve the field order.)

However, MPEG is "lossy compression". Data is thrown-away during compression. Whenever you re-code (re-render) and MPEG you loose some quality. This loss may, or may not, be noticeable. The most important factor is bitrate. Use the same or higher bitrate for the best re-code quality.

Most "real editing" (other than simple cutting & splicing) requires the MPEG to be decoded before editing, and therefore requires a 2nd lossy encode step. If you enable SmartRender, the video will be recoded only where required. For example, if you join two clips with a crossfade transition, the video will be re-coded during the crossfade. However, some people report problems with SmartRender. (I've sometimes had trouble editing MPEGs even without SmartRender, and I ended-up buying a special-purpose MPEG editor... Hopefully, Movie Factory will be more compatible with the files from your particular camera.)

Jed · Post by **Jed** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:49 pm

Same here ... I am using the trial version ... when I save it (best quality wmv.) and play on my PC the camera's movement is clear and quality is excellent but when played in the preview window and now also when saved to DVD the quality is terrrible when ever there is camera movement (fade back etc) ... it looks like a FPS issue ... the picture gets choppy. What a shame ... I read that version 10 did not do this ... I am looking to buy editting software and find this product easy to use but I cannot, in good concience, buy it with this current issue. I am using a Sony HDR-HC7. Hope there is a fix in the works otherwise i will have to look elsewhere.

Jed

Jed · Post by **Jed** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:33 pm

I think my problem may be with the capture software that came with the HDR-HC7 ... I am going to film somemore and capture using Ulead and see if this rids me of the issue ...