VMS9b changes my format forcing transcode

Allen B wrote on 9/17/2009, 4:12 PM
The Media source is a TV tuner card which provides encoded mpg.

My source media is:
704x480, upper field first, AC3 (Dolby) 2/0

When I use 'render as' using MainConcept MPEG-2, ALL get changed to:
720x480, lower field first, mpeg audio

The help files indicatge that I have to select DVD architect and produce the video and audio separately. Not

only is this ridiculous, the video IS STILL transcoded to 720x480, lower field first!

I don't want to re-render, with the inherent loss of quality. How can I force VMS9 to use the same settings as

the file/project?

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 9/18/2009, 1:04 AM
You can't export to a DVD template without choosing one of these templates. DVDs are 720x480 anyway, so it will have to be re-encoded.
MSmart wrote on 9/18/2009, 11:17 PM
DVDs are 720x480 anyway

But they don't have to be. Most recent DVD players will play "non-standard" resolutions. I use a program, VideoReDo TVSuite that edits and burns video that isn't *standard* dvd format. I use it to edit and burn TiVo shows that I've downloaded to my PC with TiVo ToGo. (Series 2 TiVos record at 480x480 for Best/High and 352x480 for Medium/Basic). My DVD player plays those resolutions just fine.

Sony Vegas Movie Studio and DVD Architect are great programs for editing video, but unfortunately if the video is not 720x480 then VMS will reencode it.

Think of video editors as tools, VMS has its place in the toolbox, but when editing video from a DVR, time to get out a different tool.
Allen B wrote on 9/19/2009, 1:12 PM
Yes .. I'm aware of that and thanks MSmart.. Corel/Ulead, which I've used for many moons, allows you to specify the so called 'non-standard' types as well. The codec that is used by VMS WILL allow you to make the change .... according to tech support .. but only if you pay the $500 and upgrade to PRO. I can accept the scaling from 704x480 to 720x480, not a significant change... BUT reversing the fields really degrades the picture and dropping the Dolby is unreasonable. All DVD's these days have at least AC3 2/0.
Thanks again.