I've got an 86-minute production that I've been trying to cleanly burn to DVD-R for a week. The first thing I did was render the file as a video-only MPEG2 file using the default DVD template. The resulting file was 2.8 gigs...small enough to fit on a 4.7 DVD once the audio was added. I used MyDVD 2.0 to burn the audio and video files to a blank disc. Everything went smooth, and the disc played on my Sony DVD player no problem. However, there was noticable digital artifacts present on darker sections of video (not blocks like the image was breaking up, just artifacts like the bitrate wasn't high enough). So, since the 86-minute program didn't fill the disc using the DVD template, I figured that I could bump up the bitrate a tad which would hopefully fill the disc as well as eliminate the artifacting. Easier said than done! I tried raising the average bitrate a little bit, but the file became 4.91 gigs. Same results when I bumped up the minimum bitrate a tad. I even tried lowering the maximum bitrate and raising the average. Same story...huge file.
So, what's next? Is there a setting I can tweek to clean up the artifacting on the darker sections of video? Of the 3 main variables, which is the key? Using the Default DVD template, how much content should be able to fit on a 4.7 gig DVD-R? How about using Constant Bitrate...how much content should fit on a 4.7 gig DVD-R at the default of 8 mbps?
I understand the reasoning behind not including full parameter documentation with the new Main Concept encoder, but in my current situation...it would be nice to have some basic suggestions as to altering the templates to correct (more or less) minor problems.
The new encoder is faster, and more convenient. I just wish the templates that SF and MC keeps recommending resulted in a usable file.
My system:
Dual P3 1gig
756 megs PC133 RAM
Pioneer AO3 DVD burner
Windows 2000 with all updates
jp
So, what's next? Is there a setting I can tweek to clean up the artifacting on the darker sections of video? Of the 3 main variables, which is the key? Using the Default DVD template, how much content should be able to fit on a 4.7 gig DVD-R? How about using Constant Bitrate...how much content should fit on a 4.7 gig DVD-R at the default of 8 mbps?
I understand the reasoning behind not including full parameter documentation with the new Main Concept encoder, but in my current situation...it would be nice to have some basic suggestions as to altering the templates to correct (more or less) minor problems.
The new encoder is faster, and more convenient. I just wish the templates that SF and MC keeps recommending resulted in a usable file.
My system:
Dual P3 1gig
756 megs PC133 RAM
Pioneer AO3 DVD burner
Windows 2000 with all updates
jp