Making Good DVD from 720x576 4:3 avi

1940 wrote on 8/28/2018, 5:45 PM

Hi,

Have had umatic transfer to avi done. Great result!

Opened up new project says Current project is 1920x1080 16:9 25fps

Video is 720x576 4:3 25 fps

I want to make as good a DVD as I can.

What should I choose and what are the best oprions please?

Thanks

Comments

emmrecs wrote on 8/29/2018, 5:22 AM

Hi oz.

Since your source footage is Standard Definition, 720 x 576, 4:3, 25fps, PAL there is nothing to be gained by opening it in a project which does not exactly match those settings. MEP/VPX cannot upscale your footage to make it 1920 x 1080, 16:9, and the resulting DVD will have black bars around the image when the footage is played. (4:3 footage can never be satisfactorily converted to 16:9, without either cropping part of the original image or distorting individual objects.)

So your "New project" settings screen should be as shown below:

By doing this your output will match the input footage, at as high a quality as can be achieved.

There is software you can buy, e.g. VideoEnhancer which can upscale the frame size of your original footage, e.g. 720 x 576 can become 1440 x 1152, but the aspect ratio will always be 4:3, not 16:9 without cropping.

HTH

Jeff

johnebaker wrote on 8/29/2018, 8:42 AM

@1940

Hi Oz

In addition to Jeff's comment:

When creating the DVD do not change any of the default settings for the encoder, these are optimised for a good balance of quality/performance/compatibilty. In particular do not change the Bitrate settings - you can render the disc(s) unplayable in some players.
Playing a standard DVD on a HD TV the quality is not going to look as good - you are reliant on the player or TV upscaling the image to 1920 x 1080, or higher if a 4K TV, to create more pixels from a low resolution image.
The same goes for exporting from VPX to Blu-Ray using 720 x 576 source video, upscaling is not going to look as good.

HTH

John EB