Hello ok here is meh prob,. I know how to use all of the soft* out there for converting, but my quality is crap ??? Ive used diko, vso, ect ect. I dont mind the long encoding time 'cause I usually let it all run at night. The original .avi files are of decent quality but when on disk they look like they have been zoomed in too far? eg. blocky blurry over all bad qual. any suggestions?
VSO preserves the quality pretty well, so that only leaves your files. While they will look pretty good on your pc, they will look terrible on disk due to resolution difference, etc. The only fix is to raise the bitrate or start with a better quality download. Crap in, crap out. Don't even bother encoding cam, ts or even some tc.
Maybe you can download winavi for a try.It's fast speed with good quality. And check the codec you have,make sure it is ok.You can get the trial version from here: http://www.winavi.com/avi-to-dvd.htm
What exactly does that mean? Are these some small clips that normally play in a small window? If you open them in WMP to full screen how do they look? In GSpot v2.21 what does it say the screen resolution is? Look on the right by 'x:y'.
Thanx for all the responces. Here is what I have : The files are from 700 x 500 and under. What I am not aware of is how good of a res. does one need for a DVD quality conversion? I do know that " crap in will produce crap out " and no amount of sftware or tweeks will improve an original. As for the question: how do they look in full screen? Well not that great, but store bought DVDs don't look that good either. Its not the pc I am running GeForce Go 6800 Ultra. Core is clocked at 450MHz and its 256MB of GDDR3 RAM is clocked at 550GHz (1.1GHz DDR). That makes the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra the second highest clocked NV4x based product ever tested. Only the elusive GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition, with its 600MHz (1.2GHz DDR) memory, is clocked higher. But I am running a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200. Could this be a prob for Optimum play back quality. Thanx to all those who responded. T3K
Iam using the cucusoft coverter, the problems i get is a twitching, or almost a stutter. Any ideas? I know i am up converting, is this a setting? or does anyone have suggestions on other converters? Thanks
@gottyfunk Perhaps your burn speed is too high. Try it at 4x if this applies. Or, it could be a media problem. Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim or any made in Japan are good. Also, older firmware on your writer can cause some issues. For a good program that is highly thought of at AfterDawn, here:http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vso_convertxtodvd_guide.cfm If you're interested, the trial inserts a watermark in your video and is speed limited but you can see how you like it.
Thanks for the info , iam using a pioneer dvr109 with the most recent firmware, and iam burning at 16, with memorex dvd-r s. Ill try what you have suggested, thanks again!
The Memorex are most likely your problem, probably the worst thought of media on this site and the cause of many problems. Also, you are definitely burning way too fast. Slow it to 4x and test going up.
What is this the stone age? If you can't burn at the rated speeds you are using the wrong media in your burner. CDFreaks in their burner reviews always posts media test results using media at it's advertised speeds and with the correct media/burner match the results can be excellent.
Burning at 4x is usually a good speed to test for problems in that area and then you could increase speeds from there. A good rule of thumb is to burn at half the rated speed. I have burned Taiyo Yuden 16x at 16x, by accident, and they were fine but I always try to burn at 4x and it's only a few minutes difference. I have also heard of media flying apart in the burner due to high write speeds. Granted, these were CD's but who knows. I have also read reports on successful burns that couldn't be read a year later. That's due to media but could be speed related, too. You're right, media is the key.
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