Movie Quality when copying to DVD

[Guest]

Hi--I've successfully created a movie and saved it to my computer, but once I
copied the movie to a DVD (using InterVideo WinDVD creator) to play on my
television, the quality degraded considerably--much blurrier picture on TV
than on computer. Has anyone found a way to copy movies from computer so
that they play on television DVD player with minimal quality deterioration?
Any help much appreciated...

 

[Ghostrider]

Hi--I've successfully created a movie and saved it to my computer, but once I
copied the movie to a DVD (using InterVideo WinDVD creator) to play on my
television, the quality degraded considerably--much blurrier picture on TV
than on computer. Has anyone found a way to copy movies from computer so
that they play on television DVD player with minimal quality deterioration?
Any help much appreciated...

Rule One: Use the equipment that the professionals use.

Rule Two: Use the software that the professionals use.

Rule Three: Spend the money to get the quality.

 

[Guest]

I appreciate your response.....what would you suggest I buy for best copying
of a movie from my computer to a DVD? And what would you suggest for making
the movies to begin with?
thanks

 

[Guest]

Please see previous message (I'm reposting so I can get a notification of
reply)

 

[Ghostrider]

I appreciate your response.....what would you suggest I buy for best copying
of a movie from my computer to a DVD? And what would you suggest for making
the movies to begin with?
thanks

I would like to answer you but this is both a Windows and Microsoft forum
and the equipment being recommended is certainly not an Intel box nor is
the software one by Microsoft. Do a Google search.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I appreciate your response.....what would you suggest I buy for
best copying of a movie from my computer to a DVD? And what would
you suggest for making the movies to begin with?

I don't know about all that was said before (about spending money on what
the professionals use, etc..) because I don't spend a lot of money on it as
a hobby, I record HD movies and record them to DVDs as 720x480 video
streams. I use mostly freeware tools.

You can find more information than you will likely ever need here:
http://www.videohelp.com/

From capture cards to software and how-tos...

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

Hi--I've successfully created a movie and saved it to my computer,
but once I
copied the movie to a DVD (using InterVideo WinDVD creator) to play
on my
television, the quality degraded considerably--much blurrier picture
on TV
than on computer. Has anyone found a way to copy movies from
computer so
that they play on television DVD player with minimal quality
deterioration?

If any software must use compression to get a file to save onto the
media then quality will suffer. How large is the movie's file? What
is the capacity of the DVD to which you are copying? Is it a regular
DVD or a double-layer DVD? Many movies are bigger than 4.5GB so they
won't fit (without compression) on a regular DVD disc. Does your DVD
burner driver support double-layered DVD discs (8.5GB)?

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

I appreciate your response.....what would you suggest I buy for best
copying
of a movie from my computer to a DVD? And what would you suggest for
making
the movies to begin with?

If you record using DVD-RAM discs:
Step 1: MPEG_Streamclip (demux .vro to .m2v video & .ac3 audio). A
free tool that can read .vro files. Found a couple others but were
trialware or crap. If you edit (shorten the movie) using the DVD-RAM
recorder itself, fix the timecode breaks (a menu choice) and select to
skip frames.
Step 2: InfoEdit (author DVD).
Step 3: DVD Shrink. If it requires any compression (it will tell
you), quality suffers. Use a larger DVD (double-layered), if your DVD
burner supports it.

If you record using DVD-R discs or from commercial DVDs:
Step 1: DVDFab DVD Decryptor (decrypt commercial DVD to files)
Step 2: DVD Shrink

Some of these tools will read .mpeg and other movie formats. You
never mentioned what was the source filetype for the movie, just that
somehow you "created a movie" which says nothing about the movie
itself.

While usually the above work okay by reading directly from the DVD to
get the movie, sometimes they get screwed up. Copy the DVD's files to
your hard disk and edit/process them from there.

Google for the above tools. RIAA and the movie industry don't want
anyone to have these tools. Yes, the copyright laws (in the US)
permit you to make backup copies but that doesn't mean it must be
easily and readily provided to you to make these backups.

I've also heard of CloneDVD (same source as CloneCD). Both were free
(at first and then payware) until Elaborate sold them to Slysoft
(because they grew fearful of the lawyer threats). I still have an
old copy of CloneCD (before you had to pay for it) but, I believe,
CloneDVD was payware when first released by Elaborate. Rather than
use DVDFab DVD Decryptor (free), you could use AnyDVD to get rid
protection and regional encoding for movies. The free stuff works for
me. Just check if you end up doing any compression at the step to use
DVD Shrink.