Losing video quality from computer to VCD

Xavion wrote on 6/1/2005, 8:53 AM
Why do I lose so much quality when I render a project using the
default settings in vegas 5 for a WMV project? When the WMV movie
is played back from my desktop the quality is great! But once I
burn it to a VCD I lose quite a bit of quality.

Should I expect to loose so much quality or should I make setting changes?

Thanks in advance!!!

Comments

skibumm101 wrote on 6/1/2005, 8:56 AM
Yes
vcd is only 352 x 240 resolution
svcd is a little better at 480 x 480
dvd 720 x 480

NTSC of course
B_JM wrote on 6/1/2005, 8:57 AM
a vcd is mpeg1 , not wmv ...

a vcd is not the best looking format , and doing a conversion from wmv to VCD mpeg1 is going to look awful usually ...


so not really sure what you are doing
B_JM wrote on 6/1/2005, 8:59 AM
DVD can be 720 x 480 , but also


704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)

are also all legal DVD standards ... (NTSC)
BillyBoy wrote on 6/1/2005, 9:35 AM
Your likely problem is the default bitrate for WMV files is set very low.

Click File/Reder As: Windows Media Video (V9)

NOW the important part: Click the little arrow to the right of default template. Pick 256 or higher. The higher the bitrate the better the quality but also the larger the file size. Try rendering a few seconds at a higher bitrate, then keep dropping back until the quality gets too bad, then bump it up one notch again.
rs170a wrote on 6/1/2005, 12:13 PM
Are you making your VCD from the Vegas timeline (original footage) or are you making a WMV file and then doing the conversion with that file?
Just curious because your wording is potentially a bit confusing.

Mike
farss wrote on 6/1/2005, 2:42 PM
The question is quite confusing but assuming you are making a real VCD then your biggest problem quality wise is that the MC encoder that Vegas uses is very bad at doing mpeg-1. Use TMPGEnc (the mpeg-1 only version is free), if you've got good quality video to start with the results although not DVD quality should be quite acceptable.
Bob.