Best settings for premier 6.02 to DVD 1

[steslat]

I have experimented with a number of settings in order to get the best quality onto dvd from Premier 6.02. So far Ive tried output as pinnacle mp2 then tmpeg encoded in order to link the audio, then DVD workshop Author. Also output as AVI, then tmpeg encoded + DVDWS author. Looking at other suggetions on this site "uncompressed AVI @ 720 x 480 was recomended, but I cant get that in my settings. I know the Premier to DVD question has been done to death on here, but the best quality I am able to get so far is inferior to recording from the timeline onto analogue video tape.

Any help on this would be greatfully appreciated.

 

[WizyWyg]

Suggest you just dump premieres settings and look into a program called Tsunami MPEG Enc ( tmpegenc for short) . They have the best settings for encoding to dVD quality, and its much easier to use. Its $29 to license the mpeg2 encoding, but its well worth it. Just bring in your DV avi or uncompressed avi into it and run through the wizard.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

steslat,

What is your Operating System? If your operating system does not support large file sizes, then you're limited to plug-uns, such as Ligos' or Premiere's built-in MPEG decoder.

If you're running NTFS or XP, then you probably enjoy large file size. In this case, you can try using an offline MPEG encoder. If so, then you'll probably be exporting something such as uncompressed AVI (if you have the disk space!) or, say, a Sorenson Quicktime. If even uncompressed AVI quality is crappy, then I assure you your encoder is not the problem.

The Adobe user-to-user discussion boards contain several comparision tables. Using the appropriate settings for your kind of project, you should be able to achieve pretty good results.

When you say you can't get uncompressed AVI in your settings, does that mean you can't get any AVI codecs, or just that one specific selection that isn't listed? Check your project settings. What are they?

Cheers,
Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[steslat]

Thanks for the info, Ive now exported in Microsoft AVI and changed the compressor to "none" the quality looks good, however there is bands running horizontaly aprox 10mm apart, in some areas they are difficulit to see but they are clearer in areas of contrasting colours. Also the play back of the uncompressed AVI is choppy I presume that may be hard disk read speed?...my system is P4 2.4Gig running XP.

Thanks for help.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Well, viewing uncompressed video is, to say the least, a big bite for your box. If you're able to crank out a huge uncompressed-AVI, then definitely try an offline encoder such as suggested by WizyWyg.

It sounds to me as if you might do yourself a favor and experiment with your various codecs and compression ratios to see if you've got anything you like. I actually get significantly different results as I monkey with the MPEG settings for outputting from Premiere.

Keep a notebook of your results, though, so you can be methodical.

Cheers,
Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door