how to improve the dvd/video quality

[srid]

i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used windows
movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
is veryvery good.

1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video card
is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.

[Jerry]

Do a Google search for Video Enhancements

"srid" > wrote in message
...
>i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used
>windows
> movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
> burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
> fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
> camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
> is veryvery good.
>
> 1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
> 2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
> movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
> Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
> movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video
> card
> is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Once you've captured the movie via firewire in DV-AVI format, ensure you
save it in DV-AVI format. Then use Nero to burn that DV-AVI file to the
DVD.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"srid" > wrote in message
...
>i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used
>windows
> movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
> burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
> fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
> camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
> is veryvery good.
>
> 1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
> 2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
> movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
> Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
> movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video
> card
> is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.
>

[srid]

i saved the movie as ntsc/dv-avi format. it is better than before. thanks for
the info.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Once you've captured the movie via firewire in DV-AVI format, ensure you
> save it in DV-AVI format. Then use Nero to burn that DV-AVI file to the
> DVD.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "srid" > wrote in message
> ...
> >i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used
> >windows
> > movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
> > burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
> > fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
> > camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
> > is veryvery good.
> >
> > 1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
> > 2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
> > movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
> > Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
> > movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video
> > card
> > is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.
> >
>
>
>

[Mark]

If U capture via firewire and intended too place on DVD U should encode MPEG2
not avi (or alternatively burn straight too DBD from Video SOftware if
capability there), before a burn to disk as means that during transcoding the
avi gets recompressed to MPEG2..So overall video quality degrades because of
2 stages of encoding..

"srid" wrote:

> i saved the movie as ntsc/dv-avi format. it is better than before. thanks for
> the info.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Once you've captured the movie via firewire in DV-AVI format, ensure you
> > save it in DV-AVI format. Then use Nero to burn that DV-AVI file to the
> > DVD.
> > --
> > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > Printing & Imaging
> >
> >
> >
> > "srid" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used
> > >windows
> > > movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
> > > burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
> > > fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
> > > camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
> > > is veryvery good.
> > >
> > > 1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
> > > 2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
> > > movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
> > > Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
> > > movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video
> > > card
> > > is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.
> > >
> >
> >
> >