MPEG2-DVD quality

Hi,
I am rendering out to MPEG2-DVD and then bringing that into Encore to build a DVD disc. The quality I get is pretty good, but not great. I noticed that in the MPEG2-DVD menu, the highest quality preset option is "medium". Why no "high" quality preset?
Since AE does not tell me what the best settings are, can someone here tell me what settings I should use to get the best quality MPEG2-DVD output possible?

The highest quality MPEG files require multi pass encoding. AE cannot do this because compression software needs to look at more than one frame at a time.
If you want the best option you should render to either a lossless or nearly lossless format. Most of the time I use Quicktime with Animation codec. Sometimes Black Magic 10 bit, other times Photo JPEG set to high quality. That files is brought into Encore, DVD Studio Pro, or any of a host of other programs for encoding for DVD.
The only time I ever render direct to MPEG out of AE is when I need a very quick copy for someone to review. When ever I do that the MPEG render is set up as an additional output module. This saves a bunch of render time. If the project is approved, the first render is already complete.
You can add as many output modules as you like by clicking on the plus sign next to the Output To:compName.mov in the Render Cue. Here's an example:

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    Hi8 is a second-generation analog format that was marketed starting about 1988 to permit better resolution than the original VHS and Video8 camcorder formats. It was superseded about 1995 by the digital video, or DV, format.
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    A few years ago, many people would recommend Digital8 as a very practical format for someone just getting started in video, since it was available at lower price points than DV, was identical in quality as regards format and perhaps better in value as regards camcorders, i.e. Digital8 camcorders were less expensive than DV camcorders of the same quality. Above all, Digital8 was ideal for someone who had previously used Video8 or Hi8, since the early Digital 8 camcorders would play back analog tapes and so could bridge the transition to digital. In fact, by buying or borrowing a second Digital8 camcorder, you could play back your analog tapes from one camcorder and record them as digital tapes using the other camcorder, forever after enjoying the advantages of the digital format.
    At the present time, however, DV would be a much better choice than Digital8. Most (or all?) recent Digital8 camcorders have abandoned the ability to play back analog tapes. Only one or two manufacturers are making Digital8, and their offerings have dropped to a handful in recent years. This hardware will quite likely cease to be available in the near future, though the tapes will probably be marketed for years. When your present equipment wears out you would not want to be left with a library of family videos in an unsupported physical format.
    In the last few years the DV format itself has been superseded by various high-definition formats, especially by HDV, a format that records to the same physical tapes as DV, at the same bitrates as DV, but, thanks to much greater compression, with twice the horizontal and more than twice the vertical resolution of DV.
    Another format using even greater and more sophisticated compression, AVCHD, promises similar quality as HDV with even greater horizontal resolution, although the implementations of AVCHD available now are probably not as high in quality as the best HDV, and are certainly much harder to edit.
    Despite the emergence of high-definition formats, there are good reasons for some people to prefer standard-definition DV at this time. One reason is cost. A good HDV camcorder -- the Canon HV20 is probably the best consumer model right now -- is likely to cost $1,000 or a bit more, while good DV models cost a few hundred. A second reason is low-light capability. The imaging chips for high-definition have many more pixels than the chips for DV. If the lenses are the same size, then these pixels must be crowded into a sensor about the same size as that of a DV camera, meaning that each pixel must be smaller and therefore less responsive to low-light conditions. So a good DV camera may be much better in low light than even the best high-definition camcorder of the same size.
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    Best wishes!

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    Might try encoding in Premiere Pro  -  as Ann suggests.
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    Thanks
    Erik

  • Exporting as MPEG2 DVD or MPEG2 Blu-ray makes my clips shorter!?

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    Firstly - The reason for converting AVCHD to AVI is because despite Adobe claiming that CS4 is native AVCHD, the reality is that if I import AVCHD and edit it in Premiere Pro, color correct in After Effects and then render it out from Premiere Pro, I end up with either very significant judder or artifacts in the final result. I stress that this only happens when the input into Premiere Pro is AVCHD, NOT when I use converted (lossless - Lagarith) AVI as my input. In other words, it DOES serve a purpose to convert AVCHD to AVI first.
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    I am exporting in MPEG2 HDTV 1080i25 (i.e. 25 fps, which is the only available option for this preset), as I wrote in my original post...

  • Adobe Encore DVD Quality

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  • CS3-mpeg2-dvd export files

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    xmp
    When I double click the m2v file media classic opens the file and plays it, and it looks great and the sound is good.
    When I drop the m2v file into gspot it says it is a video file ( no audio ).
    I'm going to burn a DVD eventually and am new at this ....so I am not really used to the file types that DVD authoring programs require for the BEST dvd quality....and am wondering....how are those files linked ( wav and m2v ) ...through which other file generated, and is it normal to expect a DVD authoring program to recognize the video and sound files ( apparently demuxed during export ? ).  Thanks !
    Rod

    Stan, thanks!
    Thank God, the thing is acceptable on a normal TV.
    The next one I do will have the chapters and scenes and stuff, so I'll find out more about those other file exports...the xmpses ? ...
    My map graphic that I pan /zoom on is maxed out at 4000px for CS3, and I guess that's why I see the edges of the countries getting sawtoothed....not great...but like I said, acceptable...it gets way better as I Zoom in.....and the rest is just great....no problems with text and so on...
    The sound is a bit loud though...I wonder if I should tell my brother who is giving me the sound stuff to keep to a certain db level for DVD authoring...it's no big deal, but it's kinda loud right now...
    What a relief.  I think I have at least half a chance now to make a decent edit for this friend of mine for his safari trip..
    Bill Hunt has a grid he made for 4:3 and THAT worked perfect !....   I'm right where I thought I would be within TV safety...
    If I play this now with a DTV (which I don't have) I bet that sawtooth stuff won't be so bad.....
    All in all this has been a great day just from this success....   thanks a lot for your quick response, and I will keep all the files exported from the mpeg2 dvd setting to fine tune this later on ....as I get further along with the project.
    Thanks
    Rod

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