forget kdiddy´s settings. they are crap for interlaced DV-material !
u can use them only for progressive material like dvd-ripping ...
DV is a given standard with 3.61 MB/s.
You cannot store audio and video separately (means 2 files) within DV-standard.
There are two DV-file-formats:
DV-avi Type 1 stores audio and video separately but within one single stream.
DV-avi Type 2 stores audio and video combined also (of course) within one single stream.
Make a Multipass=2 (means 3 passes !) with bitrates
min 3.000 kbps
avg 5.000 - 6.500 kbps depending on how many minutes you want to store
max 7.800 (because some author-proggies complain bitrates higher than 8.000)
Audio with 192 kbps 48 kHz 16bit stereo should be done separately with tmpeg using toolame f.e.
Video settings:
add sequence end code selected
upper field first
deselected as dv-avi is always bff
all other settings also deselected
luminance 16-235
intra DC 10
Aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9 depends on your needs
but be aware that most low cost authoring programs only allow 4:3
GOP 3/5/1 for PAL and 3/4/1 for NTSC
no other settings selected in GOP-tab
Quality settings
image quality priority 10
no anti noise filter especially for interlaced material as this filter produces many ghost artefacts
With this settings you should get pretty well quality (only beaten if you do more optimizations like tv-overscan and macroblock etc. but that´s another story ...
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In combination with some mpeg2-filters cce has a field order bug. It always encodes top field first no matter what you select. For dv you need bottom field first (= top field first no !).
Check that with bitrateviewer
http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm
On tv-sets you then have pretty flickering in movements.
Solution:
use Darims Easy Changer to change field order without reencoding.
if you can´t find post an email and I`ll send it.