DOWNSCALING HD TO MPEG

[snowstorm]

Good morning

I have converted a project (46min)shot and rendered in HD to DVD Standard (720x480)Format.
The result looks terrible
I am using VSPro Ultimate x6
Here the original formats

NTSC/HDMV
H.264
UPPER FIELD FIRST
24 BITS;1920/1080;16:9
29.97 FPS
VARIABLE BIT RATE MAX 20000

AUDIO
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1
448KBPS
Burned onto Bluray disk

HERE THE CONVERTED FORMATS
NTSC/DVD
MPEG-2 VIDEO
UPPER FIELD FIRST
24BITS;720X480;16:9
29.97 FPS
VARIABLE BIT RATE MAX 9696

AUDIO
48000 HZ;DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1
448 KBPS
To be burned onto a standard DVD

Is their any other format that would potentially increase the outcome quality

Thanks

snowstorm

[canuck]

"The result looks terrible" compared to what?

Of course the quality of the DVD mpeg will be a lot less then HD quality.

[asik1]

"The result looks terrible" compared to what?

Of course the quality of the DVD mpeg will be a lot less then HD quality.

When viewed on 60" screen, I will add.

[canuck]

"The result looks terrible" compared to what?

Of course the quality of the DVD mpeg will be a lot less then HD quality.

When viewed on 60" screen, I will add.

How do you know snowstorm is using a 60" screen?

ANyway, standard mpg video will not look that good on a 60" screen

[snowstorm]

Thanks for your quick answers

Actually compared to some of my other project shot in dvd format(720x480)and viewed on the same screen

Asik1 is closed ;yes I have a Panasonic 55inches

I will view the results with my old 29 inches Sony

Thanks

snowstorm

[Ken Berry]

Is there a specific reason you are having to make a DVD e.g. because you are going to distribute it to family and friends who don't have Blu-Ray players? If not, why not leave it as high def? These days I do all my projects in HD and leave them that way. I put them on USB stick drives or external hard drives, and plug those into my Blu-Ray player(s) (which are Sony PlayStation 3s) since my old 46" HDTV will not play them directly. But these days, many HDTVs will play AVCHD direct plugged into them.

[snowstorm]

Thanks Ken for your input

Yes the only reason why I have to downscale is because many people who wish to see the project don't have bluray/hdtv

I myself rarely burn bluray/dvd

I most of the time streamed my projects directly to my HDTV and used a external hard drive for my back up
and more recently use OneDrive also as a back-up

Also more and more people are asking to have my projects (95% hd)onto a USB Key

snowstorm

[lata]

Hi Snowstorm

I am relatively new to HD video recording and like you wished to convert some of my video’s to standard definition.
Video Studio 7 quality was poor, or rather could be better, please read this post.

http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... 15#p287233

Unfortunately the links to the samples no longer work.

My only option is to use a third party video converter, the question is which one.?