Quality of dvd on a computer monitor

Is there any way to use idvd to author a dvd that will look good played on a computer monitor? All other projects I have done look pretty good on the TV but when I put my disk into computer to play with the dvd player it looks really bad.Can anyone explain why? The reason I ask is because I am videotaping a wedding for some friends, will be editing in FC express, then authoring dvd in idvd. This couple does not own a TV (they watch movies on a wide screen computer monitor) and want to watch the wedding video the same way. Any suggestions?
macpro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.66 ghz dual-core Intel, 2gb ram

You can use iDVD6 to create a DVD from FCE but eventually you will need to compress into mpeg 2. (unfortunately all compression involves some loss of quality).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/22.html

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Can improve picture quality in Dvd Pro?

I just made my first DVD in DVD Pro! Just a simple DVD with first track start.
I am disappointed about the quality.
I took it from 2k clips, assembled them in FCP, exported to Compressor, choose (MPEG 2) best quality max 90 min (Footage is only 2 min) and burned it. I am a bit ashamed to give away so soft images.....I was told, a dvd con only hold SD and not HD.
Is there any way to improve the quality?
I shot it on 4k. But most dvds I have seen have a better quality.
Dorian

no, I have not looked at a TV. Don't even have one... haha.
Only monitors. But I see all other dvds on my computer monitor.
Well, of course, it is downgraded to 720x480. But is there a way to tweak the quality a little bit? I used already 2 passes setting, all others are default settings in Compressor.

DVD Quality: NTSC monitor vs. Computer Monitor/Plasma

I have created a DVD, and I am having an issue with the quality.
When viewed on an NTSC monitor (i.e. my television) everything looks great. When viewed on a computer (various Macs PCs) the custom menu background looks horrible, and the video looks horrible as well.
Everything looks great when putting it together, but when the disc is created the quality suffers.
Since the majority of the people who will view the DVD will be using a computer, does anyone know how to create the DVD so that it looks great for computer users?

Brian,
I'm sorry that your question got subverted. You are new to the forum, and the forum is usually a place you can come to and get help. Your original question: I have created a DVD, and I am having an issue with the quality. is a good question that has come up, over and over, on the forum since the begining of iDVD.
DVDs, as they stand now, were designed to be viewed on TV sets - not computer monitors with much higher resolution than a TV set. Some day soon (perhaps) we will be able to create and view higher resolution discs using new technology that I'm sure will look great on HD TV sets and computer monitors. Until that time, enjoy looking a the DVDs you make on a TV set or less than full screen on a computer monitor. It will be a great video creation learning experience for you and you will be all ready to go when the new technology arrives.
Keep asking questions on the forum - that's the way we ALL learn.

This is about the still image size changing from what I see on the computer monitor and what the burned DVD shows on the TV

I have Prem.El 12 and have used PE4 for years. I have a new PC that runs Win7Pro. The still images on the computer monitor are within the "safe margins". The still images after the movie has been burned to a disk are MUCH smaller on the TV screen. Is this an issue of 16:9 vs 4:3 ratios? My TV is 4:3. Can I tell PE12 to make the movie a 4:3?

retchemteach
Although I have seen your post of today in my Inbox Email Notifications, that post has not yet appears in this thread. It will probably will sooner or later. But, to keep things moving along....this is a copy of what I am seeing as your message of today in my Indox Email Notifications
Thank you for your patience in the time it is taking me to get back to you.
I am still trying to buy some DVD-RW discs and will hopefully do that in a
bit. Meanwhile, I have more info for you and some simple (I hope)
questions. If you want to insert your answers, that would be fine.
My camera (for stills and video) is set to the 4:3 ratio. It is capable of
being set to a 16:9 ratio if I wanted to do that. I looked in its TOOLS
menu and saw this info.
My TV is definitely a 4:3 TV. (I measured it with my tape measure and
divided W/L to get 1.33) The TV can show a 16:9 movie and just adds the
black bars on the top and bottom. Question: What will my old 4:3 movies
look like on a 16:9 TV whenever we buy one of those?
It seems to me that I want to set PE12 to the NTSC DV Standard you
mentioned.
I do NOT know how to “size your photos so that each has a 4:3 aspect”,
unless you mean doing that in Photoshop Elements, which I know how to do
(*see below)
I had NOT considered that I would need to watch the preset for the
‘Publish+Share’ step; so that’s good to know (I copied and pasted your info
for later use).
BTW, years ago when I had difficulties with my XP computer working on PE4
(had only 2 GB RAM), an Adobe tech told me to resize my photos * to have a
720 pixel width (the height would be automatically adjusted) to lower the
file size to something my computer could handle without crashing. (That
was back in the good ol’ days when Adobe support would actually talk with
their customers and try to help them in the first month)
My new computer has 16GB RAM. Do you think I still need to reduce file
size? One does lose some sharpness in the resizing process…..however,
these videos I’m making are travelogues and are for a fun way to view pics
and videos of a trip…nothing Earth shattering….and just a hobby to keep me
off the streets.
I truly appreciate the time you take to help me (and others). I was even
tempted to try to install my old PE4 on my new computer just to be able to
enjoy my hobby again.
My reply to the above....
1. If you camera is giving you 4:3 photos and your Premiere Elements 12/12.1 is running on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit, then leave
the photos as is unless you have a lot of photos and each has pixel dimensions sizes way over 1920 x 1080 pixels that are giving your computer resource issues. If you have to down size them because of computer resources, then copy the photos to a computer desktop folder and also create an empty folder on the computer desktop.
a. Photoshop Elements Editor, File Menu/Process Multiple Files.
Process Files form Folder
Source - browse to and select the computer desktop folder with photos to be resized
Destination - browse to and select the empty computer desktop folder
Image Size
             Check Mark Next To Resize Images
            (no check mark next to Constrain Proportions)
            Type in Width = 1000 (set units for pixels)
            Type in Height = 750 (set unites for pixels)
File Size
           Check Mark Next to Convert Files To
           Set for JPEG High Quality
The above should work fine for a NTSC DV Standard project with a burn to DVD disc with preset NTSC_Dolby DVD (4:3 video).
2. With regard to the TV Set and 16:9 video....when you have the DVD-player attached to the TV, do you have the opportunity to bring up a display of menus with
controls for Picture and Aspect Ratio? From what you have written so far, it looks like the answer is no. I am not sure how your TV DVD
player will handle 16:9.
Best do a mini test run
1. Project preset set manually to NTSC DV Widescreen (please refer to post 1 link)
A few photos sized for 1600 x 1200
In the Premiere Elements project, use the Safety Margins inner rectangle for text placement
Publish+Share/Disc/DVD disc with preset = NTSC_Widescreen_Dolby DVD.
See what that looks like on your TV DVD player.
If you discovered that your current TV DVD player can be set for a 16:9 display, then I have a preferred workflow for
NTSC DV Widescreen which typically gives best possible results. Hints of things to come.
Please review and consider. Thanks for the follow ups.
ATR

How do I turn off computer monitor when watching DVD movie on TV monitor?

I think this is really a Leopard question because it involves setting up 2 monitors in System Preferences within OSX. 1) I have a wide screen TV connected to my iMac (Intel White Late 2006) through the Mini-DVI port and a separate audio cable. This connection works fine. 2) The purpose of the TV screen is only to watch DVDs using the DVD player and iDVD in my iMac. 3) In System Preferences->Displays->Arrangement, both my computer monitor and the TV screen appear as separate monitors. I have the setting to mirror each other. With this setting, the DVD movie plays on both the iMac computer screen and on the TV screen. 4) FINALLY, MY QUESTION: When watching a DVD on the TV screen, I would like to turn off the monitor in my iMac so that the screen is dark (in sleep mode to save power, etc.); I want only the TV screen to display the movie. How do I turn off only the iMac screen? Thank you. Dale

Dale H. Eckerman Jr wrote:
I think this is really a Leopard question because it involves setting up 2 monitors in System Preferences within OSX. 1) I have a wide screen TV connected to my iMac (Intel White Late 2006) through the Mini-DVI port and a separate audio cable. This connection works fine. 2) The purpose of the TV screen is only to watch DVDs using the DVD player and iDVD in my iMac. 3) In System Preferences->Displays->Arrangement, both my computer monitor and the TV screen appear as separate monitors. I have the setting to mirror each other. With this setting, the DVD movie plays on both the iMac computer screen and on the TV screen. 4) FINALLY, MY QUESTION: When watching a DVD on the TV screen, I would like to turn off the monitor in my iMac so that the screen is dark (in sleep mode to save power, etc.); I want only the TV screen to display the movie. How do I turn off only the iMac screen?
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Best way to compress to DVD for computer monitors and TVS

Hello
I have to build reels for directors based on samples of their work. I am trying to figure if it is possible to make all their media look good on DVD. Its coming from lots of sources; film, ntsc, pal etc....In order for best DVD viewing (and that means watching on progressive and ntsc monitors) any body recommend what to conform the media to? I have read that all hollywood DVDs have their media at 24p which looks great on all monitors no matter what cause DVD players flag for pulldown and make those conversions themselves.
One of my bosses does not want to see any interlacing ever. Which makes my job very difficult b/c I am making lots of DVDs from 29.97fps footage and on computer monitors, the interlaced frames are very apparent.
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dan

I guess photo jpeg, is the only chance I've got.
Why?
Photo JPEG is not a format that Final Cut Pro works with natively. You will have to render every time you make a change.
All interlaced formats have the option of making them progressive in QuickTime Player's Export > Options > Settings dialog. You can also do a quick Deinterlace by pressing command and J to get the QT Properties window -click on Video Track at the top, then the deinterlace button at bottom right.
Compressor also has a setting to change field dominance to None and deinterlace (don't use both).

DVD Playback on Computer and Standalone-Player

Hi,
Since a lot of people here author DVDs professionally I wonder how you handle the quality-subject with your customers. Generally I wonder about the differences between standalone players on one hand hand on Computers or Laptops. Different monitors and especially different DVD Software players seem to have a major influence on the quality beside the qualityloss from scaling PAL or NTSC up to computer monitor resolutions anyway.
I already had 2 customers complaining abouth the quality (always on computer-playback!). Standalone-Playback is fine, but computer-playback gives some real bad results with DVD-SP authored DVDs.
I tried tweaking some of the settings in DVD-SP and checking colorlevels/optimizing my menu graphics in Photoshop... which made it a little better. Now one computer gives OK results in fullscreen-mode, the other one blurs like **** and the third one even gives unbelievalble pixelation in some parts of the picture (seems to dislike the colour red... and its not even a full tone!).
Now with these results, how do you handle complaints of customers who get real bad results on their hard/software??
And generally when authoring DVDs, which is more important for you ... standalone-playback or Computer/Laptop-Playback. This issue seems also pretty important for designing the menus, so I wondered why I rarely read about the problem?!
Karim

First of all thanks a lot for the quick replies.
@theshow:
I know that every project is different... at least it should be. In our case nearly every customer wants one thing that fits all to save costs... that is content-wise as well as for the medium its delivered on. Since DVD is the new standard most customers want DVD. Unfortunately most use the DVDs on their laptops for presentation, but also want to have DVDs to hand out to customers. This way its hard to get an optimal solution.
So in my case... the problem is mainly the menus that the customer wants for interactivity and technical details beside the movie on the DVD. Until I saw those awful pixelations I thought that would be a solution.
Now if I change to another way like clips with other codecs or Flash/Director-based Menus I basically get new problems like customers missing codecs and plug-ins, incompatibility between MAC/Windows machines? So I am trading better quality/resolution for perfect handling and a standardized medium.
Do you often work with any other interactive stuff like Flash/Director or HTML-based solutions in which you include movies? Basically it sounds like DVD-Menus for interactive content are a deadend unless the HD-Standard saves it soon.
@Silal:
Yes, I experienced the problems badly and it reminded me of the awful work webdesign used to be.
I don't know what to improve on my DVD menus, I work in PAL 768*576 compostion resized to 720*576 for the aspect ratio. No fulltone colours or full whites in the menus, no serif fonts and the DVDSP-Settings to software-based rendering and a constant bitrate of 7. Comparing to other menus I am not too far off qualitywise anymore, but the computermonitor display really screws it up and I wonder how to get this message to our customer and avoid in future projects.
BTW... I saw some still menus which looked even worse on computermonitors than my first ones and it looks like motion menus turn out best. Could that be true that motion-menus turn out better in MPEG2 than plain Photoshop-stills??
Karim

Should I export using 1080 or lesser quality for DVD?

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I haven't made a DVD in years and don't know what types of compression iDVD uses to "make things fit".
That said you should make your own tests and see what works best in your workflow (as AppleMan1958 suggested).
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I found the winning combination this weekend.
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The Matrox MXO: http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mxo/
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Original footage was shot with a Canon 5d Mark ii in 24fps.
I have done all of my editing in Premiere Pro CS6. From there, I exported a high quality file to bring into Media Encoder (for trials of best output). My master file from Premiere was exported with the Preset MPEG2. The only thing I changed in the preset was VBR from 1 pass to 2 pass.. This gave me a 6.2 GB file.
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MPEG2 - HDTV 720p 23.976 High Quality
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First off, don't export your timeline and then take the result to AME to re-encode, this is compressing your video twice and degrading quality (not to mention takes extra time and hard drive space). Always export direct from Premiere to Media Encoder. If you must use an "intermediate" file as part of your workflow, perhaps to archive a completed video that might later be exported to other formats, then use a lossless codec such as UT or Lagarith (free downloads).
For DVDs, you MUST use "MPEG-2 DVD". Other forms of MPEG-2 are not appropriate, as the official DVD specification requires that the MPEG-2 file has certain attributes. Not recommended to use "Match Source" for ANY export, just choose an appropriate setting as needed.
This should be correct for your application - MPEG-2 DVD > NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
If you want to encode a DVD file over 1 hour in length, then you will need to adjust the encoding bitrate so the resulting file will fit the disc. Rule of thumb is 560/minutes = bitrate, but you might round down the result a bit to allow for menu overhead and such, depending.
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When using AME to export MPEG-2 DVD, it will create two files, audio and video (.m2v and .wav), you will then Import both of those into Encore together. Note that you CAN import other formats into Encore, such as .avi but Encore will then transcode that to the correct MPEG-2 format anyway, so best that you take charge and create the right media in the first place in AME before you get to Encore.
EDIT: In AME, any time that your source is higher resolution than the destination, such as HD to DVD, you can check the "Max Render Quality" button in AME to provide the best downscale quality.
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Hello,
I am a newbie to Encore and video processing, alike - I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me in the ways of High Definition/working with conversion to DVD in Encore.
I'm currently working on making a DVD with a main menu which links to a main feature, Previews, Contact screen and chapters. All of the items for these categories were originally .SWFs and have been converted to .MOVs (using the Moyea SWF to Video pluggin). Not sure if that makes a difference, but the DVD has been completed without any problems, works well in the preview, comes out in the specified 16:9 ratio and links properly. Here is where I feel like I'm walking around in smoke: I would like to build to DVD so that it can be viewed on the Computer as well as TV. But I really want High grade quality video. It seems to me that their was a slight loss of quality from .Swf to .MOV, so I've tried experimenting with everything from the Encore Settings, reading numerous posts on this site and using different conversion formats (MOV, AVI and VOB). I loved the quality when I took the .SWFs to .VOB (however Encore still transcoded and in the end I lost the amazing clarity). After building, when I play the DVD on the computer the quality is a bit hazey (even exchanging the .VOBs for .MOVs.) As of now, my setting are as follows:
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16:9
min bitrate: 1.5
target bitrate: 7
Max bitrate: 9
M frames: 3
N Frames: 12
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Deinterlaced was also checked
(what am I doing wrong?)
Right now, I'm so determined to get the best quality - So, I've begun exporting the entire Encore project to .SWF to see if this will do the trick. In the meantime, how can I build to DVD with the highest quality possible?
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AC

This is correct, the .swf/.flv files are so compressed that you will only retain the quality of the origional file at best. I've tried this for months and about a Terabyte of files and have found only 1 way to get a good quality DVD from an .flv/.swf.
Connect 1 computer to a TV to play the .swf/.flv. Connect the out connector from the TV to another computer with Premiere installed via the graphics card and then capture the video as it is playing in premiere in the highest quality you can. This can make 30 minutes of compressed .swf into a 10+GB DVD video file. Then after capture, edit and send/export to Encore, make your DVD and then encode like normal.
This has been the highest quality DVD from .swf/.flv that I have been able to achieve.

IDVD Finished Quality on DVD is as bad as 1st generation VHS

I'm exporting DV to Quick Time 6.5 "Best Quality Full Size. After exporting the file it looks great in Quicktime playback. The QT file is very large which means very little compression. Then I import the QT file in iDVD4 and author it. Total project is 54 mins. After I encode/compress to DVD and play it back on DVD player the quality is as poor as VHS. WHY ? Do I need to use DVD Pro ? Get a newer MAC or what ?
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I think the question being posed was whether you were looking at a full-screen playback of the Quicktime file? (smaller windows can fool the eye).
Re your Big Question: DVD Pro comes with Compressor, which is a more sophisticated encoder and which is supposed to yield higher quality, smaller sized DVDs. But something else seems amiss, because iDVD normally yields decent/very nice quality results. Have you burned any DVDs with your computer that you felt were good quality?
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