angelleye
7th January 2005, 06:10
I've been using Divx for quite some time to encode my captures and I'm quite familiar with the steps involved in this process.
I am now trying to get into using Adobe Encore for DVD Authoring and I'm having a few issues which presents a couple of different questions...but kinda the same.
Mainly, am I actually losing quality by using the MPEG-2 method vs. Divx when I encode my captures? I capture using Huffy YUV 720x480. When I capture off my High Def channels there are bars that I would like to remove in order to allow the bitrate to focus on the picture...not solid black. However, doing so changes the resolution of the video file and I can no longer use it in Encore. (side question...is this the same with all DVD authoring packages?) Do I no longer have this option when trying to create DVDs and am I losing quality because of it?
This leads me into my next question. I just capture some video at 720x480. It's almost perfectly fine except that there is a very small gray line that comes in at the bottom of my captures. I've always simply cropped this out...but again this changes my resolution and I can no longer use my clips with Encore. How can I get rid of the gray line w/o upsetting Encore?
Finally, what about de-interlacing or IVTC? Need this be done or do I not worry about it since I'm making a DVD? However, my computer is a media center and it is my TV as well...so I do have a computer monitor...will I see the interlacing lines?
Any information on these questions would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks!
I am now trying to get into using Adobe Encore for DVD Authoring and I'm having a few issues which presents a couple of different questions...but kinda the same.
Mainly, am I actually losing quality by using the MPEG-2 method vs. Divx when I encode my captures? I capture using Huffy YUV 720x480. When I capture off my High Def channels there are bars that I would like to remove in order to allow the bitrate to focus on the picture...not solid black. However, doing so changes the resolution of the video file and I can no longer use it in Encore. (side question...is this the same with all DVD authoring packages?) Do I no longer have this option when trying to create DVDs and am I losing quality because of it?
This leads me into my next question. I just capture some video at 720x480. It's almost perfectly fine except that there is a very small gray line that comes in at the bottom of my captures. I've always simply cropped this out...but again this changes my resolution and I can no longer use my clips with Encore. How can I get rid of the gray line w/o upsetting Encore?
Finally, what about de-interlacing or IVTC? Need this be done or do I not worry about it since I'm making a DVD? However, my computer is a media center and it is my TV as well...so I do have a computer monitor...will I see the interlacing lines?
Any information on these questions would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks!