Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD Fathernator 6/4/2007 10:23:00 PM I've downloaded some mini-DV footage via firewire onto my PC - no problems until I burned it onto DVD using DVD Maker (using the snazzy 'Performance' template). It seems DVD Maker has introduced slight 'motion blur', ie. the picture is nowhere near as sharp as the original mini-DV footage - can this be improved within DVD Maker? Can I use a different codec? Which should I use? Where can I obtain them? How do I install them? My system is Vista Home Premium, Core2Duo E6600 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, Geforce 8800GTX, 500gb samsung HD, Asus P5B-E mobo. Worth noting that my broadband connection isn't set up yet (just moved house) so haven't been able to get any Windows updates yet. Any help would be great, thanks

Re: Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 6/5/2007 1:15:34 AM Fathernator wrote: [Quoted Text] > I've downloaded some mini-DV footage via firewire onto my PC - no > problems until I burned it onto DVD using DVD Maker (using the snazzy > 'Performance' template). > > It seems DVD Maker has introduced slight 'motion blur', ie. the > picture is nowhere near as sharp as the original mini-DV footage - > can this be improved within DVD Maker? Can I use a different codec? > Which should I use? Where can I obtain them? How do I install them? > > My system is Vista Home Premium, Core2Duo E6600 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, > Geforce 8800GTX, 500gb samsung HD, Asus P5B-E mobo. > > Worth noting that my broadband connection isn't set up yet (just moved > house) so haven't been able to get any Windows updates yet. > > Any help would be great, thanks ===================================== Maybe using a custom profile would be your answer. The following links should get you started. Movie Maker in Vista - Publishing / Quality Profiles http://tinyurl.com/325yvz Windows Vista Create custom movie settings for Windows Movie Maker http://tinyurl.com/yt3z7q Movie Maker 2 - Saving Movies - Custom WMV Profiles http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 6/5/2007 3:07:03 AM On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:23:00 -0700, Fathernator <Fathernator[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I've downloaded some mini-DV footage via firewire onto my PC - no problems >until I burned it onto DVD using DVD Maker (using the snazzy 'Performance' >template). > >It seems DVD Maker has introduced slight 'motion blur', ie. the picture is >nowhere near as sharp as the original mini-DV footage - can this be improved >within DVD Maker? Can I use a different codec? Which should I use? Where >can I obtain them? How do I install them? > >My system is Vista Home Premium, Core2Duo E6600 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, Geforce >8800GTX, 500gb samsung HD, Asus P5B-E mobo. > >Worth noting that my broadband connection isn't set up yet (just moved >house) so haven't been able to get any Windows updates yet. > >Any help would be great, thanks If you're serious about making a DVD or editing/creating video stop using the included Microsoft toys. As to the problem, you can't un ring a bell. Once you let toys mess up the file it's ruined for good. You still have the original source file untouched? Since the cheapshakes at Microsoft didn't include DVD Maker with their business version I don't have DVD Maker. What is the "performance" template and what is it suppose to do?

Re: Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD Fathernator 6/5/2007 10:42:00 PM Thanks John, I'll give those links a try.. "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Maybe using a custom profile > would be your answer. The > following links should get you > started. > > Movie Maker in Vista - > Publishing / Quality Profiles > http://tinyurl.com/325yvz > > Windows Vista > Create custom movie settings > for Windows Movie Maker > http://tinyurl.com/yt3z7q > > Movie Maker 2 - Saving > Movies - Custom WMV Profiles > http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu > > > -- > > John Inzer > MS Picture It! - > Digital Image MVP > > Digital Image > Highlights and FAQs > http://tinyurl.com/aczzp > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > > >

Re: Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD Fathernator 6/5/2007 10:49:01 PM Thanks for your comments Adam. Yeh, I still have the original source file as downloaded from the camera via firewire. The 'Performance' template is just a pretty Hollywood-looking DVD menu put on the disc with DVD maker. I've ordered Pinnacle Studio v11 (although it's out of stock!) and will probably move over to that when it arrives. Thing is, you may call Movie Maker a 'Microsoft toy' but I find it amazingly intuitive - it only took me a few minutes to knock 20 minutes of footage into shape. It's a shame Microsoft are so hung up on Windows Media as a codec - if they offered some more serious alternatives people like me might not look elsewhere! "Adam Albright" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > If you're serious about making a DVD or editing/creating video stop > using the included Microsoft toys. As to the problem, you can't un > ring a bell. Once you let toys mess up the file it's ruined for good. > You still have the original source file untouched? > > Since the cheapshakes at Microsoft didn't include DVD Maker with their > business version I don't have DVD Maker. What is the "performance" > template and what is it suppose to do? > > >

Re: Vista DVD Maker - Motion Blur on finished DVD "Graham Hughes" <graham.hughes[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> 6/7/2007 11:29:06 AM Always work with dv-avi, this is a lossless format. When you make your dvd then the dv-avi file will be encoded to mpeg2 and then converted to VOB which dvd players read. This encoding will most likely be the reason for the problem. What settings did you choose? -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.com "Fathernator" <Fathernator[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EF2FBD6D-2396-4E6C-82B1-8AE9EC5AD047[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for your comments Adam. > > Yeh, I still have the original source file as downloaded from the camera > via firewire. The 'Performance' template is just a pretty > Hollywood-looking > DVD menu put on the disc with DVD maker. I've ordered Pinnacle Studio v11 > (although it's out of stock!) and will probably move over to that when it > arrives. Thing is, you may call Movie Maker a 'Microsoft toy' but I find > it > amazingly intuitive - it only took me a few minutes to knock 20 minutes of > footage into shape. > > It's a shame Microsoft are so hung up on Windows Media as a codec - if > they > offered some more serious alternatives people like me might not look > elsewhere! > > > "Adam Albright" wrote: > >> >> If you're serious about making a DVD or editing/creating video stop >> using the included Microsoft toys. As to the problem, you can't un >> ring a bell. Once you let toys mess up the file it's ruined for good. >> You still have the original source file untouched? >> >> Since the cheapshakes at Microsoft didn't include DVD Maker with their >> business version I don't have DVD Maker. What is the "performance" >> template and what is it suppose to do? >> >> >>