Don't be surprised if your DVD doesn't look quite
as good as the video straight from your camera --
especially for scenes with lots of motion. After all,
your MPEG-2 video will be compressed ~3X more
than the DV video in your camcorder.
Yes, that's why you would use more advanced software like MovieX with its
advanced Motion Vector Analysis (see
www.aist.de or com)
TMPGEnc has many advanced settings that can effect
the quality of the output. The problem is that
improvements in quality mean increases in run time.
It can do a VERY good job, but it is also VERY slow.
Well, that's the same for DVD Complete!!! So why bother with it...many modern
programs/Codecs do a dam good job in a reasonable time frame (Dazzle DVD
Complete or Nero 6 Reloaded) and yes you have to PAY for them just as you do
with TMPGenc (Once the trial period has expired) and DVD Complete and Nero do
ALL of the job...not just one part of it. Surely this is preferable...isn't
that what a computer is for...too make your life easy???? But I
forgot...papajohn claims on his website that DVD Complete always crashes WRONG
AGAIN !!
Some DVD authoring programs will reencode the video,
even if it's already a fully compliant MPEG-2 stream.
Some programs have options to prevent this, but
others do not. Just something to be aware of.
That's the trouble with using little bits of programs not able to do the
complete job. A Good Solid program (DVD Complete or NERO 6 Reloaded) can AND do
make a very impressive DVD
FWIW, for movies that are less than an hour long,
I usually skip pre-encoding with TMPGEnc and import
the DV-AVI directly into my DVD authoring software.
I've found the resulting quality to be pretty
comparable.
Hmmmmm...Both DVD Complete and Nero 6 Reloaded can do it either way....so
nothing new here either.
I only use TMPGEnc for longer movies that require
additional compression in order to fit on a DVD,
or if I want to use some more advanced features
such as noise removal, or cropping, etc.
Well, Nero 6 Reloaded will happily compress with its two pass Algorithm a video
so that it fits on a one hour disc...I have some here that would defy you the
ability to tell the difference between the original and the copy, but it also
deals with Dual Layer disks as well, and contrary to earlier reports in here
the new Dual Layer drives and disks are as good as commercial disks. There is
now little difference in the cost of these drives and single layer drives and
the small extra cost for the disks is well worth it.
So, the way I see it, you seem to be encouraging people to use small bitty
programs that can be VERY slow if you want to preserve the quality and then
transfer that to "some other" program that may well undo all that work by
re-coding the video...I can't see much sense in doing any of that. The claim
that TNPGenc is free is total RUBBISH....Its not free at all, after the trial
period the one any only reason for having the program goes out the window...it
stops working...AND after you have used it, you STILL NEED ANOTHER program to
actually make the menus and burn the disk
Something like Dazzle DVD Complete does a truly excellent job with some VERY
VERY advanced features and is perfect for someone with a single layer DVD
burner. For those who want to preserve all of the quality they can get NERO 6
Reloaded and a Dual Layer DVD burner and go all the way up to two hours of
extra high quality video.
So, just in case I need to say it. I can see nothing of value in your augment,
but I can see, as you have so rightly admitted, that additional problems can
occur by taking the route you suggest.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting at
www.the-kellys.org
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