No custom templates for MPEG2?

Adam2008 wrote on 7/11/2008, 8:19 PM

Is there a way to create a custom template or edit the settings when rendering to MPEG-2 for DVD architect? I would like to render as progressive scan. There are just too many lines interfering with the video when watching DVDs on LCD monitor.

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Eugenia wrote on 7/12/2008, 12:54 AM

You need Vegas Pro for that.

Adam2008 wrote on 7/12/2008, 5:57 AM

That really stinks . My movies end up looking horrible on the computer

owlsroost wrote on 7/12/2008, 10:20 AM

You ought to be looking into why your DVD playing software isn't de-interlacing the video - it should be....

Compared to the capability of modern video card hardware (or software like PowerDVD), Vegas de-interlacing is crude - it just does field interpolation or blending as far as I know - at least they are the choices in the Pro version.

So I'd render it out interlaced (if the source is interlaced) and get some decent DVD playing software - PowerDVD is probably the best, but there are free alternatives like Media Player Classic Home Cinema - [url=http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/index.html] (but you may need to play with the settings to get hardware de-interlacing to work, assuming your video card supports it)

Tony

Adam2008 wrote on 7/12/2008, 12:42 PM

I have a Ge Force 8800 GTS, previously had dual 7800 GTX in SLI mode. Windows Media Player, Nero Showtime, both show lots of lines on the video, no matter what setting I use for deinterlacing. Looks horrible.

Adam2008 wrote on 7/13/2008, 12:05 PM

This is really bothering me. I don't want to render my home videos into something that doesn't look like the original video. I want progressive scan. I am able to choose this in project properties but not in the rendering properties. This doesn't make any sense at all!

Chienworks wrote on 7/13/2008, 1:07 PM

You are asking for a feature that costs extra money and expecting to get it for free.

Also consider ... if you are rendering it to be played on a TV then you do want interlaced. Progressive won't work as well. If you're rendering it only to be played back on a computer then don't bother with MPEG or DVDs at all. Render to WMV or DivX progressive.

Personally i like MPEG-1 for computer playback. It gets a bad wrap, but if you boost it up to 6Mbps or higher it looks quite good. I also find the deinterlacing process used to produce MPEG-1 to be much smoother than for other formats. An added bonus is that almost any software player on any operating system can handle MPEG-1 without additional codecs.

owlsroost wrote on 7/13/2008, 1:08 PM

Adam2008:

Can you tell us what the source video is (e.g. DV camcorder etc), and the VMS project settings ?

Assuming you are starting off with interlaced video (e.g. from a DV camcorder) and creating an interlaced DVD, does the DVD play/look OK when played in a standalone DVD player connected to a TV set ?

Tony