Video quality looks horrible

hotopicmp3 wrote on 4/21/2003, 12:30 PM
I compiled a movie in Vegas 4.0 and rendered it into an MP2 and then on a DVD. The problem is that the video quality looks horrible. When the subjects in the movie are moving quickly the picture looks grainy. Also when I burn it on to a DVD and try and advance to a new scene, sometimes the DVD player seems to be stuck and stops working completely. Could these be because I rendered it in DVD-A at the highest bit rate (9.8)and the DVD player can't buffer? It works fine on the DVD player on my computer. I’m new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Comments

pconti wrote on 4/21/2003, 12:35 PM
Did you render it as an MPEG-2 with the default template or did you render it as an MPEG-2 using the NTSC DVD Architect Video Stream template?
hotopicmp3 wrote on 4/21/2003, 1:12 PM
I believe it was the NTSC DVD Architect Video Stream template. I know it was NOT default.
pconti wrote on 4/21/2003, 3:51 PM
When you select that template you should see a "button" on that screen for "customize". Click it. Then select the Video Tab (along the bottom). Change the default from "good" to "best" and see what that looks like.
nolonemo wrote on 4/21/2003, 7:25 PM
I think your high bit rate may be the problem, some players handle bit rates near the max better than others.. I personally would never go higher than 8000000, I don't think you could see the difference between that and 9.x anyway.
BillyBoy wrote on 4/21/2003, 10:17 PM
So far every DVD I've made using the DEFAULT settings of the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas has generated excellent quality DVD's. Increasing bitrate is almost always foolish and not necessary. Period. The defaults were made what they were for a reason. Don't try to fix what isn't broken, when you do, this is what happens.

Many, not just some DVD set top players stumble both with very low and very high bitrates.
Paul_Holmes wrote on 4/21/2003, 10:26 PM
Never go beyond 8000C. If you're using AC3 you could bump that up a little. I've created about 10 DVDs encoded at 8000C and never had a problem in my player and at least 7 or 8 others that I know of. Lately I'm using Main Concept VBR and minimum 5000 and often at the DVD_NTSC template rate of 6000vbr. Outstanding quality at the 6000 rate.
hotopicmp3 wrote on 4/22/2003, 10:39 AM
Thanks to all. I will put your suggestions to use tonight.