any advice for DV-> x264 ?

[Theliel]

well, I try some megui profiles and bitrate, but i dont obtain a good result.

I have all DV content in separates avi in 720*576 25p interleaced

I want to save a master in h264, and later, use this master to build a DVD.

please, any sugestion about avisynth script to use and x264 settings?

for now, i only obtain a mediocre IQ

thank

[ArtDen]

AVI2WAV + staxrip?

[DarkZell666]

DV content (recorded by yourself ?), unless you had your camera on a stand, is typically full of movements (and full of noise if you filmed in dark places). Those shaky movements make the contents hard to compress. You shouldn't expect to use a certain bitrate, but you should choose a certain quantizer (quantizer=18 should be fine if you need a "transparent" master to work with later).

No particular GUI is better for this, it's just the way video encoding works => noisy and shaky pictures don't compress well.

[Theliel]

ty DarkZell, I try now different Quantizer.

[SergF]

Theliel

use this master to build a DVD

What kind of DVD do you gonna to build (in future)? SD or HD DVD(Blu-ray)?
If it will be SD - i sugest you to convert your DV into MPEG2. Later, you can use this MPEG2 without re-compression.
If it will be HD DVD, you have to convert DV->h264 with use of special profiles for HD DVD or Blu-ray disks.

[Theliel]

its for SD. Yes, convert to MPEG2 was my first idea, but i was see h264 working for DV content

[SergF]

but i was see h264 working for DV content
Yes, it working. But h264 isn't standard for SD DVD

[ArtDen]

Btw, did you set "--interlaced" option?

[Theliel]

I know that h264 no are standar for SD DVD, I want create a master in h264 for work with him later.

yes, interlaced encoding dont help nothing

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Originally Posted by Theliel

I know that h264 no are standar for SD DVD, I want create a master in h264 for work with him later.

yes, interlaced encoding dont help nothing

Just an idea: Use "stack field" filter, encode as progessive h.264 and later use "unstack fields" to get back the interlaced video for DVD. The intermediate H.264 will be "unwatchable", but it should do the job...