Loss of quality from Vegas to Architect!

bril2007 wrote on 2/7/2011, 1:52 PM

I rendered my videos as NSTC 1080-60i mpeg2 files in Sony Vegas and look absolutely amazing. However, when I imported them to DVD architect to make menu's for them, there was a drastic loss in video quality on the burned DVD's. Can anyone help me fix this?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/7/2011, 2:37 PM

Well "quality" can mean different things to different people.

That said, though, you're going to see a drastic loss in resolution in going from 1920x1080 video to 720x480 DVDs. In fact, there's no point in using video that hi-rez to create DVDs! All you do is increase the render time!

In Vegas, you should select Make Movie and then select the option to burn a DVD. This will output the ideal format and resolution for DVD Architect to work with. The output DVD should be of excellent quality!

bril2007 wrote on 2/7/2011, 3:17 PM

Thanks Steve; I see your point. So, for 1920x1080 resolution, I would have to burn a blu ray disc?

john_dennis wrote on 2/7/2011, 4:00 PM

"So, for 1920x1080 resolution, I would have to burn a blu ray disc? "

That is correct.

bril2007 wrote on 2/7/2011, 4:14 PM

Thanks for the help!

Grazie wrote on 2/7/2011, 11:11 PM

This way you are diluting the vertical and horizontal resolution by almost a 1/3.

However, consider an upscaling DVD player. I'm still with 720x576 SD, the upscaling SONY DVD player is something else! Take one of your DVDs to a shop and play it on an upscaler. No promises, but see what you think?

OR go BD <wink>!

Grazie

bril2007 wrote on 2/8/2011, 2:59 AM

Grazie-- thanks for the upscaling info. Didn't know there was such a device...and for such a cheap price. Would certainly work good for my old dvd collection!