I've tried to make a DVD, it keeps playing on the TV pixilated. It plays fine on my Mac

[bec_navarrete]

I edited a highlight video in Premiere Pro CC 2018. It plays fine on my Mac Book Pro. When I author is on Encore CS6 it plays pixilated. I changed the settings about 5 times and it still did not come out right. I tried exporting it in Media Encoder, still comes out pixilated.

[John T Smith]

Export from PPro using the MPEG2-DVD preset and import the two files (audio and video) in Encore

As long as Encore shows "do not transcode" your video/audio are at a legal setting to make a DVD

Do note that you will NOT get high definition, since a DVD is standard

[bec_navarrete]

Hi,

thank you for your advice. I tried that preset, but there is image quality loss, because the files are 1920 x 1080 and it export it as 720 x 480. The loss of quality is significant though, but it's not pixilated.

[Stan Jones]

DVD NTSC is 720x480. To keep the HD resolution, make a Blu-ray.

30 minute source down to 20? What is the total minutes of video on the DVD? You can improve the bitrate. That will help the quality.

[bec_navarrete]

The video is 20 minutes. I will try that, thanks.

[bec_navarrete]

Is this bitrate right? and the format right?

[John T Smith]

If you are now going to make a Blu-Ray and not a DVD those settings should work

[Ann Bens]

Is this bitrate right? and the format right?

If this is your first BD dont start 'messing' with the settings. 20 minutes will fit easily on a BD disk.

Keep the export settings default, use a preset and use also H.264 Bluray.

[bec_navarrete]

I'm sorry, I don't know what a BD is. I made the bitrate higher. Now it's showing this. Now it won't create the DVD at all. What should I change? Is there something in the export settings I should change. I'm working on a new Mac & just bought a Verbatim External Slimline DVD writer. I don't know what to do. I'm burning onto DVDs that can hold 4.7 GB and the file is 4.01 GB the wav is 233.9 MB. What could I be doing wrong?

[John T Smith]

Go back and re-read the first line of my reply #1

You do NOT export using a Blu-Ray preset to create a DVD... Encore will have to transcode again, and your quality will suffer

[bec_navarrete]

Hi, thank you all for your time & help. John, Ann, Richard, & Stan- thanks!

It has improved, but I don't feel comfortable delivering this to my client. There is still quality loss. Attached is the last export settings & examples of the DVD, which is better, but is there anyway I can improve the quality? Thanks again.

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

Dont tweak the settings. Use the preset!!!! NTSC DV wide.

a bitrate of all 9 will certainly give trouble.

If you source is interlaced so should your settings be: set it to upper.

Also set Scale to fill then you will lose the black bars.

Of course there is a huge loss in quality.

You are going from HD to SD.

Alternative you could give your movie in mp4 and HD on a flash drive.

[bec_navarrete]

There is improvement from when I first started. I did as Ann suggested and used the preset.

I don't feel comfortable delivering this to my client. They paid a lot of money & I feel they deserve a quality product. Is there any way to improve the image quality? I attached the picture of the quality, I don't feel satisfied with the outcome.

[bec_navarrete]

Will using Media Encoder help any? They mentioned that when I called regarding this problem.

[John T Smith]

Comparison picture of video screen sizes in reply #1 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1120039

You are reducing your video size, and that means a loss of quality... you simply may NOT deliver high definition quality on a DVD

[bec_navarrete]

Thank you. I appreciate your time. I could not have taken away pixilation without this. I really appreciate it.

[Ann Bens]

DVD is what it is: Standard Definition.

Also when playing a dvd on a HDtv one should use a Bluray player which upscales dvd's.

Ask the client if they will settle for a HD movie on flash drive, if they have a HDtv and no Blurayplayer.

[Media Editor]

I create videos in Premiere with the H.264 codec.  I upload the videos to my Vimeo account.  I then email my clients a link to Vimeo.  They can download the original file.  If they have a television that will accept a flash drive, they can play the video. Also, the video can be played on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, etc.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

Is the source footage verified to be 1080i? If source is 1080p and you edit in 1080i sequence, that will certainly mess with quality

Thanks

Jeff

[Ann Bens]

bec_navarrete  wrote

Will using Media Encoder help any? They mentioned that when I called regarding this problem.

You are already using AME.

[Richard M Knight]

Your field order also need to be upper, not lower.

[Stan Jones]

What format/pixel size file are you playing on the Mac? As John says, DVD is SD, and will not look as good as a higher definition file.

Many users are playing HD mp4 files back on their HD TVs.

[bec_navarrete]

Hi,

  I'm on vacay, trying to fix this, and I could not access  the internet for the past 2 hours. Attached are some pics w info.