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Hello, I've created 4 'slide show' type presentations in motion 2. Project settings are:
Width: 1360
Height: 768
Bit Depth: 8 Bit
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (960x720, 1440x1080) 1.33
Field Order: None
Frame Rate:59.94 fps
Render Settings:
Motion Blur: Samples: 8
Shutter Angle: 360
Output: Antialiasing Method: Best
I've tried many many compression settings:
MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass 16/9.m2v
Uncompressed 10-bit NTSC.mov
Importing raw motion files into DVD Studio Pro
All of the resulting dvds burned from DVD Studio pro look pixelated and blurry when played on a dvd player onto a Toshiba 32HL86. Unfortunately its an SD dvd player connectedt to the tv, so not sure if that has a major impace.
DVD Studio Pro Settings are:
Project: SD DVD
Video Standard: NTSC
General:
SD DVD Menus, Tracks and Slideshows:
Display Mode: 16:9 Letterbox
Encoding:
MPEG-2-SD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Field Order: Auto
Mode: One PAss VBR
Bit Rate: 6.8
Max Bit Rate: 8.0
Motiion Estimation: Best
I am at my wits end, can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I'm not an expert, but have recently had similar problems with graphics that had text, black lines, lots of contrast, and movement. They looked great on HD but when I made a SD DVD, they were very blocky and pixellated - completely unusable. After lots of experimentation, I've finally got an acceptable dvd. Went back to my original shots - in Final Cut, (I'm not sure if you can do this in Motion) and carefully applied a little Gaussian Blur (.25 to1) to each according to how badly they pixellated. Also adjusted blacks and whites so they weren't so contrasty. Then made my mpeg with Compressor - two pass vbr, 6.8 mbps, best motion estimator. The Gaussian Blur seems to break up the areas that get blocked up and pixelated. SD dvd is such a lousy low resolution medium anyway, that it doesn't seem to result in any focus problems and helped most shots - I've even gone back and applied it to some of the regular footage that was pixellating. It was a lot of work, you may want to see if an expert weighs in on this.

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