Menu Video Workflow Problem

Dreamline wrote on 6/10/2008, 8:39 AM

Hi, I've been trying to get video with a title into DVDA. The problem is after I burn the DVD the video menu looks blocky with jags on the title. My workflow is to make a video menu background in vegas with the title rendered to an .avi file. Then bring it into DVDA and set the mpeg menu setting to 8 bitrate.

Is this the correct/best workflow for quality menu video background?

Is seems to me that the encoder in DVDA is the culprit because it doesn't have a 2 pass option in the encoder settings.

If I take the same avi and render it with TMPG encoder and make a DVD there is no blockiness or jags.

Is there any work around for this problem?

Am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation of DVDA?

Please help.

Thank you.

Comments

MPM wrote on 6/10/2008, 2:20 PM

FWIW my personal opinion is that 2 pass mpg2 is a bit of a waste, unlike the more efficient mpeg4 types, but to each his/her own... :-)

When you encode to mpg2 there are only a couple of variables now-days... Frame order or progressive, which you set, and the matrix etc. used by the encoder. It could be you'd have better results using progressive or interlaced, & it could be that for the menus you're doing TMPGEnc has a better encoder than MainConcept. If you want to skip encoding in DVDA altogether, import your menu mpg2 with all graphics & text already composited, use empty buttons, & delete the menu page's title object. You can set the bit rate up to DVD spec max, but most of the time somewhere around 4 or 5 will work because you usually don't have that much complexity or high motion.

And yes, some people have complained about the quality of DVDA menus - if you want, search thru the forum and see what they had to say.

Dreamline wrote on 6/13/2008, 11:50 AM

I see. That works well. Thanks a lot.