Why is my DVD video so bad?
I rendered an h.264 of original footage (from dslr) out of premiere cs5 and transcoded to Mpeg2. I dropped the mpeg2 into encore and burned it. When watching it on the tv the footage is shakey - like gate weave - and blurry. Why?
What is the correct procedure for transcoding through Encore? Are there some file types that are "unusable?" like h.264?
Any help would be apreciated.
Imanunu wrote:
I rendered an h.264 of original footage (from dslr) out of premiere cs5 and transcoded to Mpeg2. I dropped the mpeg2 into encore and burned it. When watching it on the tv the footage is shakey - like gate weave - and blurry. Why?
What is the correct procedure for transcoding through Encore? Are there some file types that are "unusable?" like h.264?
Any help would be apreciated.
H264 is a lossy codec, so you rendered a lossy file to begin with, and then re-rendered that one to an even more lossy format - MPEG-2.
Best workflow is to do either DV AVI or (if you have the HDD space) a 10-bit lossless render out of Premiere.
I find the Quicktime Animation codec works well, or even YUV lossless/uncompressed 4:2:2 (4:2:0 is also okay but 4:2:2 is better) file and once you get that saved you can encode to MPEG-2. Alternatively, you can create the MPEG-2 directly out of Premiere, but I always prefer to create an interim lossless file first.
Personally, I prefer to use strictly DVD compliant files in Encore at all times - you will need to work out a bit budget though.
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Layout found in the VIDEO_TS directory is not a DVD-Video file...etc.
Hi all, I am struggling to get a project finished and really need some help after trawling the net without winning.
I can "Build" my project to a folder with Audio_TS and Video_TS files without errors (it's a dual-layer project, by the way), but when I burn the VIDEO_TS files in Toast, the finished DVD won't play as it should in a DVD player. Nothing like in the simulation, which plays fine, buy the way...
When I burn from inside DVDSP, I get the error message:
"The file 'CIRCUSOFMYSTERY.layout found in the VIDEO_TS folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT"
and, directly underneath is:
"The file 'VOB_DATA.LAY'.layout found in the VIDEO_TS folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT"
...so I gather these errors are causing the playback error...
The problem is displayed thus:
When the disc is inserted, the short video I have set as a first-play does not play, in fact nothing happens. When I hit the DVD player's PLAY button, the main track plays and the menu is not shown at all.
If someone could offer some assistance I would certainly appreciate it.
Cheers.
Spookola.The messages are not errors.
They are for information only -it is just telling you that those files will not be in the final DVD because the finished disc doesn't need them, nor would they serve any useful purpose if retained.
The Build folder does need them though, which is why it is listed as a "warning". I find that "warning" is a little exaggerated -"attention" would probably be a better choice. If those items are removed, running the build command again will recreate them.
Your issue might be a setting in Toast. Before you burn the img file, test it in Mac OS X's built in DVD Player. Mount the image in the Finder and in DVD Player, go to File > Open DVD Media.
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