dvd final output video poor

[jrthekid]

Hello everyone, thank you for your help.

I have produced a final dvd from my personal dvi videos, but I am very unhappy about the video quality.

It is 20 min video. How can I use the whole dvd 4.7 G. of space for my video for better quality I am thinking.

I used premire pro for cap. editing and saving files back to dvi.

I used dvd-lab to produce the dvd and record. Everything was great but how can I improve the video quality. My dvi files were great but the dvd final very poor.

Is MPEG-2 a set mode for playing on a tv as a dvd when it comes to video?

I have looked all over the site but I haven't seen anything that I can understand. Thank you for your time and patience.

[bb]

The max. bitrate allowed on DVDs is 9800 kbps, video and audio together. Using the max. bitrate your 20 min video will be about 1.4 GB large - no way to use the full 4.38 GB space. But that's not necessary; you should get really decent video at 8000 kbps and above.

There's a DV to DVD guide in the Guides section at doom9.net

Happy encoding! :)

bb

[jrthekid]

Thank you bb I will look at that guide. You are correct that is the size of the file I am getting. I did the math and it is correct. I am not sure if I am trying to see quality as good as the dvi files being play in my computer or even close to the comercial dvd's

If I use a comercial movie as an example, how good should my video be from dvi to dvd? Thank you I am off to the guide.

Joe

[Groovypants]

What's your file properties setup as?

Whats your export settings set up as?

If your files are great and your setup is right you should be getting excellent quality coming out.

[jrthekid]

The video file being exported from premire to dvdlab is
size 720x480
fps 29.97
ratio 4:3
system ntsc
bitratio 9003 kbps

I am using dvdlab for my dvd compile and burning. The file mentioned above is coded from premiere as
Codec: MainConcept MPEG Video
Quality: 5.00 (high quality)
TV Standard: NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps drop frame
Program Sequence: Interlaced
Field Order: Lower
Bitrate Encoding: CBR
Bitrate (Mbps): 9.0000 (high quality)
M Frames: 3
N Frames: 15



Joe