PPro 2.0 -> HCenc using Debumode frameserver and Avisynth

[ernstblaauw]

Hi,

I made a movie in Premiere Pro 2.0, and wanted to export it to DVD. PPro has an own DVD encoder (MainComcept), but I expected HCenc to be able to make a better quality MPEG2 stream.
So I installed the Debugmode Frameserver, a freeware frameserver for PPro, which makes a signpost file. I can open this in AVIsynth using DirectshowSource() or AVISource() (don't know which method is more reliable).
So I selected the framserver inside PPro. I have there three options for color space: RGB24, RGB32 and YUY12. I don't know the differences but I choose RGB24.
After this, I made an AVS-file with AVIsource() and ConvertToYV12(), so HCenc is able to open the file.
The resulting movie looks great, but I have some questions:
- which method is more reliable? DirectshowSource or AVISource?
- the color in the DVD exported by Mainconcept does not look as vivid as HCenc's. Is this known behaviour? (maybe related to the color space?)

[Malow]

i guess avisource is better. debugmode frameserve use vfw to work.

if the image get more contrast, probably it has a levels conversion, 16-135 to 0-255.

use yuy2 instead, premiere 2 can use yuy2, you will get more speed and better quality

if u still have a contrast modification, use levels in avisynth.

[ernstblaauw]

i guess avisource is better. debugmode frameserve use vfw to work.

if the image get more contrast, probably it has a levels conversion, 16-135 to 0-255.

use yuy2 instead, premiere 2 can use yuy2, you will get more speed and better quality

if u still have a contrast modification, use levels in avisynth.
Thanks for your reply!
Does PPro has 16-135? Or does HCenc use that? And do you know how to change the levels in a script? avisynth.org is down...

[Malow]

pp2 i guess do not convert the levels... the problem should be in other point... the best to do is test... save the frameserve avi in vdub without compression, and see if are changes... so you will know where the problem is.

normal "dv video" or video for tv, should be 16-235 for luminance, and dvd too. so, your output file must have same leves as original.

function to convert levels: (you can invert it also if necessary)

ColorYUV(levels="PC->TV")