DVD Quality Poor at 1 hour 59 min.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:25 pm

In 2 hour mode in Ulead DVD maker I burnt a 1 hour 59 min disc.
Poor quality
The disc information looks like it did not go to edge, the way a normal 2 hour dvd looks (at least a half inch of space left)
Does the Ulead product change modes automatically to a poorer quality to create more space or do I have to shorten the video

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:43 pm

If you want good quality you need an hour of video with lpcm audio and maybe 1 1/4 hours if you use ac3 audio.

After that it is suffer poorer quality, split to 2 discs or shorten the video as you say.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:30 pm

The 2-hour template uses a very low video bitrate (imho).

Try creating your own template, and set the bitrate yourself. Try something like the following (this will leave a little space on the disc)

Video bitrate: 4500kbps
Audio bitrate: 224kbps (AC3 Audio)

NOTE: these settings assume one video and one audio track, and also you project does not need much space for motion menus and/or a data folder.

Regards,
George

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:06 am

Or even 192 kbit/s for AC-3: you won't hear the difference. Aim for ~4.0-4.1 Gb