Poor quality converting AVI file to DVD

[Philter]

I just tried to use nero 6 to convert and burn an AVI file from my hard drive to a DVD. The AVI file (downloaded from sony Mini DV camcorder via firewire) plays crystal clear full screen in Media Player from the hard drive but when I play the DVD I made the quality is very poor. I'm sure that there must be a way round this - any tips would be much appreciated.

[setarip]

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) Use "TMPGEnc" to convert the .AVI (DivX-compressed or otherwise) to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}

[jpcolin]

I've been looking for a while here because had a problem of interlace after converting my DV avi file with Tmpgenc, tried all settings, but i found a solution:
Capture (with premiere or another one)
then convert with TMPGenv DVD Source Creator 2.0 very easy, quite fast, and quality very similar to the original DV.
give it a try
you can download it on the tmpgenc site