DVD transfer quality

[Guest]

I am attempting to write a movie from movie maker to a DVD disk. I want the
best quality possible. The Sony DVD/RW disk has 4.7 GB and has four video
modes fine(60min). , SP, LP and EP 360 min. The movie wizard has different
setting also with a recommended best fit. I m presuming that I should try to
use as much space as possible to get best video results. My questions are 1.
when I first captured the movie to movie maker should I have set it up a
certain way? 2. What MM setting would work best their recommendation or one
using more space? and 3. when do you set the disk to the fine setting for
best quality?

 

[PapaJohn]

the DV-AVI option is best when capturing video to the computer, and when
saving a movie to head toward a DVD. At 13 GB per hour, it's large in file
sizes.

If the overall videos on the disc are 60 minutes or less, it's time to use
the fine setting... anything more than that will be compressed as needed,
with quality losses as usual. The files on the disc are MPEG-2... so the 13
GB DV-AVI file will fit, as the compression of MEG-2 is more.

 

[Max Headspace]

As mentioned in the other response, best quality is in the DV-AVI, as it is
normally not compressed, meaning every frame has full picture information.
MPEG2 (DVD) is compressed, so you lose some quality during conversion. I
find AVI easier to edit, and if you start out with best quality
(uncompressed AVI), you will see less degradation when you render to DVD.
As for settings, always go with as much data on the disk as possible, given
the disk space.

Good luck!
Max