Dv transfer to 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 advance and sorry for my poor english

[auenf]

to have top quality, start by choosing VBR rather than CBR, but for even higher quality, use CCE to encode, and a better (ie dearer) DVD authoring program.

Enf...

[Bodman]

I do this like this.


capture and edit video (premier 6.5 for me) to AVI (MASSIVE FILE)
Strip audio in virtualdub to wav
convert wav to MP2 using 2lame or besweet
convert avi to Mpeg 2 using CCE encoder (VBR)

Make menus and sub menus etc in photoshop

Reauthour in Scenarist or Maestro

and bobs your close relative....youve got dv to DVDR.

if you want more steps drop me a line

//Bodman

[Okar Gona]

Hi Auenf,

Why is VBR better than CBR if your are encoding with the maximum Video Bitrate? The only advantage I can think of is that you can fit a longer Video on one disc because not all parts need the be encoded at the maximum bitrate. For my shorter home videos I always use CBR with maximum bitrate

S_Kound:
You could try to encode your DV-file with TMPGEnc. It's a very good encoder. But imho the difference will be very small, you just have to try and see for yourself.

[auenf]

Originally posted by Okar Gona
Hi Auenf,

Why is VBR better than CBR if your are encoding with the maximum Video Bitrate? The only advantage I can think of is that you can fit a longer Video on one disc because not all parts need the be encoded at the maximum bitrate. For my shorter home videos I always use CBR with maximum bitrate

8000kbps isnt maximum bitrate.

Enf...

[s_kound]

first of all thank you all for your replies!!!!

I was wondering if anybody tried the canopus procoder mpeg2 encoding with 2 pass vbr (in highest quality). I did (with source dv avi pal) and i think it's pretty good. Slow but good (i don't care about speed).

Anybody can compare it? Is there anything better out there? I tried cce 2.50 but it has to much settings for me and it's confusing!!!!

And one last question.... is cbr 8000 better than vbr 8000 ?? If yes then should i use the cbr of ulead dvd workshop instead?? Thank you all in advance and sorry for my poor english!

[hoozdapimp]

vbr is usually preferred because it allows for more bits to be allocated to more complex scenes and less bits are used in less complicated scenes where 8000 aren't needed..thus you can also reduce your file size and fit more on a dvd.

[Sxcd1]

I've tried to encode my premiere avi (from DV) with cce 2.66 but it looks terrible on my computer monitor (interlaced appearence).

1)What codec should I use to export the video? I'm currently using mainconcept 2.04.

2)Is it ok to use the cce premiere plugin or do I need to load the avi into a avisynth script? If so do I need to add decomb?

It seem to me that I know enough to be completely confused. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

[waldok]

Just for information,

I find Canopus Procoder to be the best encoder as far as DV footage is concerned (true also for 8mm analog camcorder footage).
No field order problem there and very easy to set up multiple encodings through the night.

Waldok:cool: