What are the best quality settings in encore for DVD production?

[PaulSahota92]

Hello everyone,

I'm Paul. I was working on a HD PROJECT 1920 by 1080 30p 50mbps. I export it is using h.264 codec which produce mp4 file in pr pro cs6. When I import it in encore and export to DVD. The quality gets so dull and blurry compare to other DVD. I did not make any changes, just import and burn. It would be very helpful if some one can suggest highest quality possible settings for DVD. I even exported my project to mpegdvd. Then tried burning it with Nero 11. Every time I get error message saying, " some of the files cannot be written on the disc"  and the quality is even worse if I use encore with this file. Today, I gave a try to Amrisoft DVD creator and the quality was awesome. I did nothing just imported mp4 and it burned it on the DVD. But I want to use encore since I bought the the whole production package. Thank you.

[Ann Bens]

If you are using CS6 use Dynamic Link or export from Premiere straight to mpeg2-dvd. This will give you two files one for video and one for audio.

Import these into Encore, make menu and burn or make image and burn with Nero.

[AtlantaVideo]

Ann Bens wrote:

If you are using CS6 use Dynamic Link or export from Premiere straight to mpeg2-dvd. This will give you two files one for video and one for audio.

Import these into Encore, make menu and burn or make image and burn with Nero.

Ann, no importing is necessary when using Dynamic link. It automatically starts Encure with the assets.

[excited_Genie16B8]

The import instruction was for use if the MPEG2-DVD export option was chosen.

[Guest]

You do realize, don't you, that H.264 isn't a supported CODEC on DVD? Blu-ray, yes. DVD, no. And the top bit rate for DVD is 9.8Mbps IIRC, but a more practical limit is in the 7-8Mbps range. Maximum resolution is 720x480 in NTSC contries, and 720x526 in PAL countries, again IIRC.

So if you are coming to a DVD with 1920 x 1080 30p source at 50Mbps, a lot of information gets thrown away to make a DVD. Maybe 90% gets trashed. So it shouldn't be surprising that the resulting video looks "dull and blurry" in comparison. It should if you're only looking at 10% of the source data.

When I've done work something like this -- making DVDs from HD sources -- I typically set AME for MPEG-2, a max bit rate of around 8Mbps, a target of around 7Mbps, and let AME do the down-sampling and re-encoding as it will. The resulting DVD looks pretty good to me. Not anything like as good as a blu-ray, but played in an upscaling blu-ray player it looks reasonably good.

Now, it is possible to export small amounts of HD source (less than about 15 minutes worth) to DVD in blu-ray format. DVD players will choke on it since it's a foreign format, but some blu-ray layers will play it. Looks just like blu-ray for the short time that it will play. I've never done this myself though so I can't tell you how to do it.

[John T Smith]

Some links I saved about putting HD on a DVD

BluRay image on a DVD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/871854

AVCHD direct to BluRay http://forums.adobe.com/message/2785066

AND a possible workaround http://forums.adobe.com/thread/706465

And, yes, an actual DVD will never look like HD on a BluRay

[Cleon_G]

cfg_2451,

Sorry for the question, I amvery new to video editing. What does AME stand for?

[PaulSahota92]

Adobe media encorder. 

[m2425]

@cghant it stands for Adobe Media Encoder

[Cleon_G]

m2425 and PaulSahota92,

You guys are awesome, I appreciate the quick answer. I am trying to put my HD widescreen wedding footage (1920 x 1080) on DVD via Premiere / Encore for my family and I am trying to see what is the best method to get it done. Any more advice you can offer?

[m2425]

Well you can do a regular DVD (720x480) via Encore or you can do an AVCHD-DVD but you'll need to use a few more programs than just Encore.