Making better looking DVD's?

omar wrote on 3/21/2005, 11:35 PM

After rendering a video file in Vegas the MPEG file looks pretty good when played on the PC, but when I burn it on DVD it looks like old VHS... Am I missing something? Can I get it to look better when burned on DVD.

Is it because the TV is much larger than the pc monitor so it stretches out?

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johnmeyer wrote on 3/23/2005, 10:19 PM

I didn't read through every reply, but do NOT use the "Default Template" when rendering to MPEG-2 in Vegas. Instead, use one of the DVD Architect templates. The problem with the Default template is that the "Video Quality" slider is set to 15 instead of 31. This makes a huge difference in quality. Why Sony chose to give you a crummy setting for the default is beyond me, but that's what they did.

chrisconleyradio wrote on 3/24/2005, 6:45 PM

I have found that wioth vegas a quicktime file (.mov) in full animation (no compression) looks exponentially better on a dvd rather than an mpg2. Less apt to be wavey.....much higher quality. hope it helps.

B.Verlik wrote on 3/24/2005, 9:17 PM

*********I have found that with vegas a quicktime file (.mov) in full animation (no compression) looks exponentially better on a dvd rather than an mpg2. Less apt to be wavey.....much higher quality. hope it helps.**********
I'm assuming that you mean it looks better on a disc going to your TV as opposed to just playing the mpg2 in the timeline or the DVD-A preview. This is probably a true statement. Mpg2 will not really play in the timeline and they play kind of jerky in DVD-A. I don't see my stuff totally smooth until it's on a disc.