Quote: I am curious ...
When I have completed an Edit I then Produce a Movie Clip using MPEG2, DVD HQ (PAL). This produces an 'average' result for viewing in eg Windows Media Player. Later, I select this movie in Create Disc and make a DVD Video using MPEG2 at HQ best quality. The resulting dvd is excellent quality.

Why the significant difference in output quality ... am I doing something wrong?

I doubt you are doing anything wrong.

It is a matter of how you are viewing the produced video. If you are viewing in Powerdirector prevew window, that is a low resolution view.

You need to view the produced video in an external viewer, Windows Media Player or VLC.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hei Carl, thanks for fast response.
As I indicated, I have the 'lesser quality' viewing the mpg in the external viewer, Windows Media Player, which was why I was curious. CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
Someone famous once said: "We only have the 4th dimension of 'time' so that everything does not all happen at once"

Hi,
It could be the way Media player is interpreting the file a media player monitor option have you updated Windows Media Player? or monitor drivers.
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Quote: Hei Carl, thanks for fast response.
As I indicated, I have the 'lesser quality' viewing the mpg in the external viewer, Windows Media Player, which was why I was curious.

I would have ask what settings did you use when you produced the video.

Powerdirector offers very low resolution to Full HD resolution depending on the produce profile you used.

If the DVD came out good the source material must have been OK.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Thanks for your inputs. The WMP is the latest version & up to date. Settings used for Production were MPEG2, DVD HQ, PAL with none of the 'go fast' features enabled. I never use fast rendering.

I don't want to waste your valuable time further on a matter of 'interest only'. I don't much use the WMP to view my end results other than to check that it was Produced successfully. Will try another pc viewing programme at some stage ...
Ron CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
Someone famous once said: "We only have the 4th dimension of 'time' so that everything does not all happen at once"

Are you burning the previously produced video, or are you burning the project itself?

Producing and burning are completely separate operations, and you can produce at one quality and burn at a different quality. Jerry Schwartz

Quote: Are you burning the previously produced video, or are you burning the project itself?

Producing and burning are completely separate operations, and you can produce at one quality and burn at a different quality.

Hei Jerry.
I used the previously produced video to burn the dvd so the source material is OK.
Next time around I will try some different approaches ... most importantly the actual dvd was the sort of quality that I was hoping for.
Ron CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
Someone famous once said: "We only have the 4th dimension of 'time' so that everything does not all happen at once"

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Quote: Are you burning the previously produced video, or are you burning the project itself?

Producing and burning are completely separate operations, and you can produce at one quality and burn at a different quality.

Hei Jerry.
I used the previously produced video to burn the dvd so the source material is OK.
Next time around I will try some different approaches ... most importantly the actual dvd was the sort of quality that I was hoping for.
Ron

Sorry, my comment wasn't complete. You can "produce" at one quality and "burn" at a different quality, even if you are burning your previously-produced video. Jerry Schwartz

Quote: Sorry, my comment wasn't complete. You can "produce" at one quality and "burn" at a different quality, even if you are burning your previously-produced video.

Hei Jerry,
For burn I always use DVD Video/HQ Best Quality. This delivers good quality.
Ron CYa Ron (W10/i5gen8/Nvidia)
Someone famous once said: "We only have the 4th dimension of 'time' so that everything does not all happen at once"