I'm used to creating slideshows using Roxio WinOnCd or Nero and after seeing
VV3 features I'm looking forward to moving to it. Anyway even if VV3 is so
powerful the final result is far from Nero image quality and this is
preventing me to step in it. The image is 'soft', almost out of focus, and
there is a lack of resolution.
I did a lot of search on this forum and it turned out that I'm not the only
one that noticed this, anyway it seems the use of TMPEGEnc fixed the
problem. Unfortunately this is not my case.
This is the procedure I follow:
- I've a film scanner and I scan my slides at max resolution (2400dpi)
- I import the jpegs on VV3 and add music (mp3 usually) and transition fx
(peel)
- I render the project as 720x576 PAL DV AVI and then I apply VirtualDub to
resize the 720x576 PAL DV AVI file (using Precise Bilinear filter) into a
352x288 PAL Indeo AVI file.
- Then I use TMPGEnc to convert the 352x288 PAL Indeo AVI file into a
352x288 PAL VCD compliant MPEG file.
- Finally I burn the result as VCD using Nero
- My aim is to watch the slideshow on TV (with PAL encoding)
The previews I've got from the intermediate steps (VV3, VirtualDub, TMPGEnc)
seems to be fine but of course, this is from PC monitor.
I got some improvement using the sharp filter in TMPGEnc but to disadvantage
of resolution.
1) Is there something wrong with my process or is VV3 not optimized for
still pictures?
2) When I want to burn the TMPEGEnc resulting file Nero complains that the
"stream is not VCD compliant". I tried both with and without Nero re
encoding but with the same result. Could a different burning sw (like
EasyCD) fix the poor image quality issue?
This is very frustrating since I really love this application.
Thanks.
VV3 features I'm looking forward to moving to it. Anyway even if VV3 is so
powerful the final result is far from Nero image quality and this is
preventing me to step in it. The image is 'soft', almost out of focus, and
there is a lack of resolution.
I did a lot of search on this forum and it turned out that I'm not the only
one that noticed this, anyway it seems the use of TMPEGEnc fixed the
problem. Unfortunately this is not my case.
This is the procedure I follow:
- I've a film scanner and I scan my slides at max resolution (2400dpi)
- I import the jpegs on VV3 and add music (mp3 usually) and transition fx
(peel)
- I render the project as 720x576 PAL DV AVI and then I apply VirtualDub to
resize the 720x576 PAL DV AVI file (using Precise Bilinear filter) into a
352x288 PAL Indeo AVI file.
- Then I use TMPGEnc to convert the 352x288 PAL Indeo AVI file into a
352x288 PAL VCD compliant MPEG file.
- Finally I burn the result as VCD using Nero
- My aim is to watch the slideshow on TV (with PAL encoding)
The previews I've got from the intermediate steps (VV3, VirtualDub, TMPGEnc)
seems to be fine but of course, this is from PC monitor.
I got some improvement using the sharp filter in TMPGEnc but to disadvantage
of resolution.
1) Is there something wrong with my process or is VV3 not optimized for
still pictures?
2) When I want to burn the TMPEGEnc resulting file Nero complains that the
"stream is not VCD compliant". I tried both with and without Nero re
encoding but with the same result. Could a different burning sw (like
EasyCD) fix the poor image quality issue?
This is very frustrating since I really love this application.
Thanks.