Please help ! DVD quality ?

[gorannil]

Please help !
I am totally new to Video (but not to photography).

I am planning to get me a videocam.
But I have no exprience whatsoever.
Maybe a Sony DCR-HC96 or a Panasonic NV-GS500.

I wonder how good (or maybe how bad)
these cams compare to SD DVD's.
(I mean those DVD's You buy.)

So I found some Canon HV10 video samples (to experiment with)
(http://usa.canon.com/app/html/See_Th...ce/index.shtml)

This canon HV10 is a HD camera. But it can also film in miniDV
so i am looking at the 720*480-file (actuallY 854x480x24 why ???)
: "HV10_480P_H.264.mov"
(http://downloads.canon.com/seethedif...480P_H.264.mov)

---- Question: -------------------
I Import this file ("HV10_480P_H.264.mov") into Vegas 7 then export to Mpeg-2
then import in DVDarchitect and burn to DVD.
The DVD has not as good quality as the beginning file "HV10_480P_H.264.mov".
(I allso tried SVCD-burning in Nero 7 = very bad indeed.)
Am I doing something wrong ?
Why is the DVD not as good ???
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/Goran Sweden

[Chewy]

Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
Format/Family : MPEG-4
File size : 55.6 MiB
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 2019 Kbps
StreamSize : 69.5 KiB
Movie name : Canon HV10 Footage Sample 480P
Movie name/More : Canon HV10 Footage Sample 480P
Performer : Encoded by noisybrain. Productions, LLC. Tel: 617.938.3523 Url: www.noisybrain.com
Encoded date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12
Tagged date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12
Copyright : ©Copyright 2006 Canon USA, Inc. All rights reserved.

Video #0
Codec : H.264
Codec/Info : H.264 (3GPP)
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 1892 Kbps
Width : 854 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.151
StreamSize : 52.1 MiB
Encoded date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12
Tagged date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12

Audio #0
Codec : AAC
Codec/Family : AAC
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 125 Kbps
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 3.43 MiB
Encoded date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12
Tagged date : UTC 2006-11-13 01:40:12

[Chewy]

Format : MPEG-2 Program
Format/Family : MPEG-2
File size : 270 MiB
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 9800 Kbps

Video #0
Codec : MPEG-2 Video
Codec profile : Main@Main
Codec settings/Matri : Standard
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 9500 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.917

Audio #0
Codec : AC3
PlayTime : 3mn 50s
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
ChannelPositions : L R

[Chewy]

a different screenshot

[gorannil]

Chewy,

Thank You.
But what is the answer ?

/Goran Sweden

[Chewy]

pardon me that was with dvdflick
I am testing with nero vision next to see if it hoses the aspect ratio also

I am trying to learn this same kind of stuff

attach some screenshots from your programs, no need to burn to disk just save to hard drive

I do know going from cam video(non standard dvd compliant) is a royal pain in the arse

[Chewy]

my last test with convertx2dvd

it has an option to deinterleave(best for dv source?)