Blurry video

decoydoyle wrote on 6/9/2008, 7:23 AM
I edited some videos and they looked fine when working with them, and the original media also looks fine, but when I rendered the files to mpeg2, they seemed somewhat blurry. They were definitely not as crisp as other videos I have edited. At first I thought it was the camera, but the original footage was fine. Does anyone know why this would be happening and how I can fix it? Thanks.

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rs170a wrote on 6/9/2008, 7:42 AM
What kind of camera was it?
What was your source material (AVI, DVD, etc.)?
How long was the program?
What bitrate did you use for your mpeg render?

Mike
johnmeyer wrote on 6/9/2008, 10:46 AM
Make sure to use one of the "DVD Architect" templates when rendering to MPEG-2. Do NOT use the "Default" template. The MPEG-2 should be virtually the same quality as the original, at least as far as sharpness is concerned, if you are starting with SD DV video. It certainly should not be "blurry."
Lili wrote on 6/9/2008, 2:04 PM
Was this the first time it's happened? I follow the method Johnmeyer describes and have never had this problem.
decoydoyle wrote on 6/10/2008, 11:18 PM
Thanks for the responses.

I'm using a Sony dcr-dvd505, recording on a minidvd.
I'm using the DVD NTSC template and rendering to mpeg2.
Rendered files are usually 30 seconds to 5 minutes long.

Bitrate:
Max: 9,500,000
Average: 6,000,000
Min: 192,000

What is the difference between DVD NTSC, DVD NTSC video stream, and DVD Architect NTSC video stream?
rs170a wrote on 6/11/2008, 4:09 AM
You're taking a compressed format (MPEG-2) and compressing it even further so you will see a quality loss.
Until Sony adds a true "smart render" feature to Vegas (for camcorders like this), you'll have to accept this quality loss as inevitable :-(
If all you want to do is straight cuts, try the products available from Womble or VideoReDo as they do have this feature.

edit: customize the default bitrate and drop your max down to 8,000,000.
9,500,000 is way too high and, IMO, may lead to playback issues.

Mike