How to get good enough MPG file?

tml wrote on 11/2/2002, 6:40 PM
Maybe my problem is because I'm a greenhorn :-) but...
I have a project based on AVI file captured from DV camera. The main target is DV tape, too. But I want to create also an MPG file, just to show it to somebody on PC. The only way I found is to create an MPEG-2, DVD PAL template, file and to show it as 50% size. 100% gives combs on edges (even if I create it as "progressive only" - they are smaller then but still they are). When I try to change output size to something like 352x288 I get no combs but vertical, moving lines looking like waves :-(
When I used Pinnacle Studio 7 for the same purpose I had a templete named "Multimedia": MPEG-1, 384x288, 1500 KBits/sec. And it was good enough - quality a little bit worse then Vegas/MPEG-2/50% but nearly 4 times smaller files! A solution: create an AVI file and use Studio 7 to create an MPG file is not a solution :-(
What should I do?

TML

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 11/2/2002, 8:28 PM
In Vegas, try rendering it as an MPEG-1 VCD PAL. This should get it as small as the Studio 7 settings of "Multimedia": MPEG-1, 384x288, 1500 KBits/sec.

~jr
owlsroost wrote on 11/3/2002, 7:22 AM
> When I try to change output size to something like 352x288 I get no combs but vertical, moving lines looking like waves :-(

Just a thought, try ticking the "stretch video to fill output frame size" box in the 'render as' dialogue.

Tony
tml wrote on 11/3/2002, 4:51 PM
Yes, that's it!
Thanks.
TML