I have less than an hour of video captured from a standard Video8 8mm video tape. One part of the video was shot with a Sharp Viewcam and the other part was shot with a Sony Handycam (both Video8 8mm). The footage was captured using the ADVC-300 analog to digital conversion box connected to the computer via firewire. The raw AVI footage looks fantastic, better than the original tape with the ADVC-300's filters set.
Anyway, I rendered out my footage as MPEG2 at 8,000 Kbps CBR for DVD. They still look fantastic, however, I'm still a little unsatisfied with the quality. I can totally see that the quality isn't as good as the raw AVI, but that's to be expected with how much compression is at work here. However, I do have 8,000 Kbps compression ratio here so we're not talking a low compression.
What I was wondering is could I get a better picture if I choose VBR at 8,000 Kbps using 2 pass? Should I set the three fields as 7,800 Kbps, 7,900 Kbps, & 8,000 Kbps? Or just keep all three fields at 8,000 Kbps? I'm mainly interested in the 2 pass. Would that help me with a better picture either way?
Anyway, I rendered out my footage as MPEG2 at 8,000 Kbps CBR for DVD. They still look fantastic, however, I'm still a little unsatisfied with the quality. I can totally see that the quality isn't as good as the raw AVI, but that's to be expected with how much compression is at work here. However, I do have 8,000 Kbps compression ratio here so we're not talking a low compression.
What I was wondering is could I get a better picture if I choose VBR at 8,000 Kbps using 2 pass? Should I set the three fields as 7,800 Kbps, 7,900 Kbps, & 8,000 Kbps? Or just keep all three fields at 8,000 Kbps? I'm mainly interested in the 2 pass. Would that help me with a better picture either way?