Vegas and Res

PsychoSteve wrote on 5/25/2006, 9:29 PM

I am making a movie and i use the Mpeg-2 res and the template dvd ntsc and when i use this after editing my movie clips i notice that the resolution has gotten worse from the orginal quality. Is there any res or anything that could make the movie the same quality as when i first recorded the movie?

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jrazz wrote on 5/25/2006, 9:49 PM

Steve,
mpg2 uses compression so the footage will always be lower quality than what you started with- although, it shouldn't be noticeable (at least as noticeable as you make it sound).
What is the specs on your original footage? (DV footage? What Camera? Etc)

You can adjust the DVD NTSC template to up the bitrate depending on the length of your footage.

j razz

PsychoSteve wrote on 5/25/2006, 9:58 PM

To me it is very noticeable because from my movie recorder on my computer the res is very good and then when i convert it after editing it is very noticable the quality change. I start off with my recorder which records gameplay from my tv the quality from that is mpeg-2 and it looks very good. Then i take it into vegas get what i want then convert it back to a smaller reduced clip. The quality change is noticeable so what should i do so that the quality isnt change?
And how would i adjust the bit rate for the template?

PsychoSteve wrote on 5/25/2006, 10:23 PM

I see how to fix it now i appreciate the help.

Siby wrote on 5/26/2006, 7:27 AM

Could you please tell us how did you fixed?. what is the magic. I have the similar problem.

jrazz wrote on 5/26/2006, 7:30 AM

First, don't capture to mpg2- capture to avi. If you don't have a choice, then make sure the mpg2 is as high of quality as the capture device/codec allows. Then when encoding in Vegas bump up the bitrate to as high as it will allow and still fit on the disc. johnmeyer has a bitrate calculator out there somewhere that will tell you what the highest bitrate level can be set at and still fit on the disc.

j razz