Quality transfer dv 2 dvd-r issue.......

[s_kound]

For quality to transfer to dvd-r am i taking the right steps??

1) Capture 1hour of video (dv avi) with pinnacle studio 8

2) Edit my video in sonic foundry vegasvideo 3 and save it as pal dv(default in vv3).

3) Create menus & chapters in Ulead DVD Workshop and then dvd workshop encodes the dv avi file to mpeg2 (8000 kbps constant bitrate) and burn to dvd-r.

Am i doing all right???
With this procedure do i get the best out of dv --- > dvd-r??

THIS IS MY QUESTION..............

What do i have to do to have the TOP QUALITY from dv to transfer to dvd-r????? After editing with vegas?????

Thank you in advanace

[bb]

Steps 1 and 2 sound reasonable.

Step 3 is the candidate for further optimization, especially the creation of the MPEG-2 stream. I've read that Ulead's MPEG.Now codec produces good quality. But for best results there are people who swear on the Canopus Procoder (mastering quality). CCE or TMPGEnc produce very good quality, too.

You might want to apply some filtering before encoding, e.g. use Convolution3D through AviSynth. And you may want to raise the bitrate a little more, depending on your audio (and maybe other streams you include).

bb

[s_kound]

Thank you for your reply.....!!

I have the tmpgenc 2.50 but it has to many settings (advanced etc etc)....
Do you know what can i set them to get the TOP quality in mpeg2 encoding? Always 58-60 min of dv-avi PAL!!

Thank you again!!!! :)

[bb]

Get the current version 2.59, then load a DVD profile. If you'd like to change some of the settings being disabled, simply load the profile named "unlock.mcf" (this one doesn't change anything except enabling all controls).

bb

[s_kound]

thank you....

one last question.............

If i try canopus procoder (i now how to use the settings in this prog:) ) do you think that i would have good/better results as/from tmpgenc?

[bb]

Don't know if the difference will be visible to you, and I never had the chance to test Procoder. But from others I hear (better: read) that the Canopus software is best, but only with "mastering quality" setting. And that one's slow...

If you want excellent quality and high speed encoding, then use the CinemaCraft Encoder (CCE). Unfortunately it's very expensive.

bb

[andyg]

You may want to check some other FORUMS, like this one:

http://www.dmnforums.com/htm/homeset.htm

Ulead MediaStudio is the one I'm watching all the time, seen many pros commenting not only on Ulead, but tmpgenc, canopus etc.
Happy browsing.

[s_kound]

thank you all for your Help