DVD Quality Success!

okZaphod

Newbie Joined: Dec 17, 2011 18:36 Messages: 3 Offline

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Jan 20, 2013 00:31

So many posts and threads on PowerDirector and Burning standard DVD formats being poor quality. I have spent many many hours trying settings, formats, etc. My sources are Panasonic HDC-TM700P filming 1080p@60fps.
I have always been able to PRODUCE great quality video - but try an burn a simple DVD for sharing and poof, aliasing is quite excessive.
I have an AMD / ATI Windows 7 based Powerdirector 10 system and an Intel i7/Nvidia GTX650Ti Windows 8 based system running PowerDirector 11 - pretty much the same great productions, and poor burned DVD quality on both. Trying to create a Christmas video for distribution from a concert has been a bear - with a deadline (obviously geting frantic here in mid-to-late January).
Not sharing all the many things I tried, but I did want to share my success for any others it might help.

Produced the program (with edits, zoom/pan, enhancement, white balance, titles, etc) to wmv file and enjoyed the great quality as usual (minus all the menu and chapter features I had created).
Spent very little on Nero Video 12, loaded the wmv, - a bit of quick education - re-did the chapter titles and markers, added menus and burned the DVD.

It took little time (30 minutes for the 45 minute feature) and turned out great as a standard dvd. (yes, standard HQ).
Saved my bacon, thought I'd share. Not knocking PD - I will continue to use all the features for editing, producing and likely BD, but I now have the tool in my arsenal I needed.

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Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Jan 20, 2013 01:26

Please post PowerDirector 10 questions on the PowerDirector 10 forum.
Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.

okZaphod

Newbie Joined: Dec 17, 2011 18:36 Messages: 3 Offline

Mar 29, 2013 15:36

This was a Powerdirector 11 Ultra comment, fyi. Looking forward to the patches for nVidia and PD 11 to see how the dice roll this time. Then fall back to making adjustments again. It is a challenge for serious but seasonal video editors when so many variables (OS, Graphics, Codecs, PD...) change over time. Each session is a new discovery. So far my combo above has been consistently successful with reasonable DVD quality.
PD 11 edits, features, zooms, pans, transitions, etc.
Produce to wmv 2048x1080 - 10000kbps, 29 fps, 320 kbps.
Pull resulting production file into Nero Video 12, add titles, chapters (possibly other clips as backgrounds) and render to standard dvd. takes quite a while to render but the resulting dvd quality is significantly better than just going to dvd from inside PD 11.

Use or don't. Just fyi

PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Mar 29, 2013 15:59

Quote: So many posts and threads on PowerDirector and Burning standard DVD formats being poor quality. I have spent many many hours trying settings, formats, etc. My sources are Panasonic HDC-TM700P filming 1080p@60fps.
I have always been able to PRODUCE great quality video - but try an burn a simple DVD for sharing and poof, aliasing is quite excessive.

It took little time (30 minutes for the 45 minute feature) and turned out great as a standard dvd. (yes, standard HQ).
Saved my bacon, thought I'd share. Not knocking PD - I will continue to use all the features for editing, producing and likely BD, but I now have the tool in my arsenal I needed.

I think I understand your question.
PD11 is very good for editing.
For DVD-Video authoring has many limitations.
PD does not do progressive DVD.
HQ DVD interlaced within 1 hour.

In my case I create videos in HD 720P lines and finalize the DVD in Nero Vision6 is very good.