MEP 2016 burning HD DVD

StarGazerBob wrote on 6/20/2017, 8:35 PM

Intel Core 2 Quad, 2.5GHz, 8 GB RAM, 3 x 1TB, Win 10 Home 64 bit. NVIDIA GeForce GT 520. Movie Edit Pro 2016

I am having difficulty burning HD video to DVD-R; my resulting DVD is in less-than HD quality.

My project is a slideshow of about 300 JPEG images, each is converted down to approximately 10MB from RAW, each image is 4000x6000, 350dpi. In the project, each photo length is set to 5 seconds. No transitions, simple menu. Once complete, the preview plays perfectly in high resolution. When I begin the burn sequence, in the MPEG encoder settings, I have the bit rate and quality sliders fully to the right. I've tried selecting (and burning) using the Longplay DVD NTSC Video and Standard DVD NTSC Widescreen presets. In these cases, the created DVD views like 720p video when viewed on my pc with a DVD player...it plays the same when played in a home theatre BluRay player. From this limited information, can you tell me if I am doing something improperly or forgetting anything? I've also tried DVD+R discs with the same result. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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browj2 wrote on 6/20/2017, 10:00 PM

Hi,

To start this off, normally DVD quality is SD or 720. For HD, you need to burn to Blu-Ray, at 1080. The experts will soon start replying in the morning.

terrypin wrote on 6/21/2017, 2:00 AM

Hi,

Looks to me like John has said it all.

Presumably, if you 'burn' to an ISO image (or to a DVD folder) instead of a DVD disc, and play that on your PC, it does reflect your HD quality?

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

johnebaker wrote on 6/21/2017, 2:34 AM

To expand on John CB's answer - at DVD quality for NTSC the image resolution is 720 x 480 pixels, for widescreen they are also not square.

Viewing this on a computer monitor, with a resolution of for example 1920 x 1080, at full screen is going to look bad. The pixels are effectively being magnified and viewed at approx 6x normal size.

Similarly selecting Long play DVD is going to reduce the quality of the image due to higher compression of the video to fit on the disc.

As John CB has indicated you should be burning to Blu-Ray or AVCHD and for best optimisation - do not adjust the preset bitrates - setting it too high can cause issues with some players.

HTH

John EB

emmrecs wrote on 6/21/2017, 5:20 AM

Just to add to all the information you've been given, and to slightly alter something that John CB (browj2) wrote: DVD output, unless you burn AVCHD on a DVD, is always Standard Definition. This fact, which catches out a lot of people, is part of the official specification for DVD.

Jeff

johnebaker wrote on 6/21/2017, 9:34 AM

Just to clarify/add to my post - burning Blu-Ray or AVCHD can be done on to a DVD disc providing the movie is no longer than 25 - 30 mins.

If longer than that you must use a BD disc - your burner needs to support BD burning.

HTH

John EB