Smoothness-Sharpness

[RazorBladeSlide]

I tried to make a backup copy of a movie I own and I chose Maximum Sharpness for the video style and the picture came out losey.Im just not sure what video style to choose for which movies.Are there rules for which styles go with which movies,or is it a matter of trial and error, or just personal tastes?Thanks

[setarip]

Welcome to the Digital Video Forums of Digital Digest

Although you haven't said so, I presume you're using DVD Shrink. Most postings have indicated that it's best to use the default "Sharp" setting...

[cynthia]

Hi and welcome to the forum, RazorBladeSlide!

How much compression did you apply? Could also be a playback problem with your stand alone player.

'the picture came out losey'

Do you mean pixelations, jumpings or?

[RazorBladeSlide]

Setarip,

Thanks.Yeah ,Im using DVD shrink and I found my best bet is ussually to use the Default "Sharp" setting.However there are certain instances where I found other settings to be just the right quality Im looking for, depending on the film I am dealing with.I suppose it all depends on your tastes and to try and experiment to find the visual quality your looking for.Maybe I just answered my own question,but Im not sure.

[RazorBladeSlide]

cynthia,

Oh sorry,yeah when I say "the picture was losey" I mean I saw pixelations.The lighting in the picture had a hard quality to it,as I suppose I should of expected from using maximum sharpness.
4.7GB compression

[setarip]

"I suppose it all depends on your tastes and to try and experiment to find the visual quality your looking for."

And that's undoubtedly why these options are made available. Maybe someday, a program will be "smart" enough to adjust automatically to each of our personal preferences ;>}


By the way, as you may or may not be aware, this type of variable adjustment appeared with video codecs dating back to the late 1990s (Microsoft's ORIGINAL MPEG-4 codec, followed by the DivX v.3.11alpha "hack" that started the DVD "ripping revolution")

[RazorBladeSlide]

seratip

I see what you mean,it makes perfect sense

[jmet]

Just curious, how fast are you burning?

[RazorBladeSlide]

jmet

Well for this movie I have in mind it took about hour or so to encode.And this is unusual ,but it burned rather fast around 20 minutes maybe less.Ussually it takes alot more time for a movie to burn for me.I have the setting on Maximum burn speed

[jmet]

What I meant was at what X are you burning the movie at. 4X? 8X? 12X? Other?

[RazorBladeSlide]

Maximum burn speed

[jmet]

Try slowing it down to 4X and see if it still shows that "pixelation".

[RazorBladeSlide]

Great, I will give it a shot.thanks

[RazorBladeSlide]

Slowing the burn speed down to 4x did give it less pixalation, but if I just pick the default (sharp) setting it comes out better.I also tried the smoothness settings out and that seems to work with movies that have alot of bright lighting in it.Thats just my experience anyway. If anyone has different experiences with these visual settings let me know,and I will give it a try.I will do anything to improve the visual quality of my films.Anyway thaks for your help thus far.

[cynthia]

How much compression did you apply?