X-Eric
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Apr 25, 2003, 10:28 PM
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Re: DVD quality... again
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I'm not familiar with DVDSP but I know it's a very capable program that should be able to handle your situation.
Remember though, what you are trying to do (slow dissolves to black) is THE MOST HARDEST thing to compress! Every pixel on the screen is changing at the same time and this causes fits for lesser dvd authoring programs such as I-dvd3.
If you provide this type of opening to every client then you can try using your max quality settings for DVDSP. If that doesn't work then you may need to shorten your dissolves. Even Hollywood dvds you rent from Blockbuster show this problem occasionally.
DVD specs are limited to a safe maximum of 9800 for both audio/video. Figure out what your encoded audio bitrate is and leave a little extra for menus/graphics/overhead etc and use the rest for video. If you have AC3 audio then try a bitrate around 9000 use VBR and do multiple passes on encoding.
If DVDSP doesn't do internal MPG2 encoding then try to find good programs like TMPGenc, CCE Basic, or Procoder. I don't know if they make MAC versions but they are some of the best MPG2 encoders out there currently in a reasonable price range.
The quality of the MPG2 encoder is key to solving your slow dissolves and making them look better.
Eric
::I also have dvdsp 1.5, and wanted to know if anybody uses this and what the best settings are to burn dvd's that will give me optimal results. I'm really bummed that I can't retain the quality when burning to dvd- my opening intro is full of slow dissolve-to-blacks and the pixelation really takes away from it, especially in the opening titles.
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