Poor Quality DVD

[ErnestP]

Hi,

I have started a new thread as my questions are a little different to what I have read on the subject.

I have created a DVD to play in DVD players and have two problems:

1. The DVD does not play on either of my DVD players. The one is a Marantz and the other a cheaper Samsung player that can play most formats. I previously created a DVD in version 7.5 that played in both players. The quality was however very poor.

2. I can only open the DVD that I have now created in version 8.0.4 Deluxe on the PC, but the quality is terrible, and it does not fill the entire (wide) screen.

My shows have the following:

Aspect ratio: 16 : 10. I chose this and not 16 : 9 so that the image fills the entire PC monitor and the TV screen when attached to a laptop.

Image size: resolution 100 pixels/inch, height 1200 pixels. width 1920 pixels. Some images are larger to cater for pans, zooms, etc.

Project Options: Screen - Mode: Full screen, Virtual size of slide: 1280 : 800, Fixed size of pixels box is not ticked.

When publishing a show for DVD I have chosen Pal which is my TV, a menu aspect ration of 16 : 9, auto TV aspect ratio, 7000 bit rate, auto video type, anti flicker ticked, MPEG audio format, 256 bit rate, add chapters ticked at 1 min.

Any suggestions to solve the two problems will be appreciated.

Ernest

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi,

I have started a new thread as my questions are a little different to what I have read on the subject.

I have created a DVD to play in DVD players and have two problems:

1. The DVD does not play on either of my DVD players. The one is a Marantz and the other a cheaper Samsung player that can play most formats. I previously created a DVD in version 7.5 that played in both players. The quality was however very poor.

2. I can only open the DVD that I have now created in version 8.0.4 Deluxe on the PC, but the quality is terrible, and it does not fill the entire (wide) screen.

My shows have the following:

Aspect ratio: 16 : 10. I chose this and not 16 : 9 so that the image fills the entire PC monitor and the TV screen when attached to a laptop.

Image size: resolution 100 pixels/inch, height 1200 pixels. width 1920 pixels. Some images are larger to cater for pans, zooms, etc.

Project Options: Screen - Mode: Full screen, Virtual size of slide: 1280 : 800, Fixed size of pixels box is not ticked.

When publishing a show for DVD I have chosen Pal which is my TV, a menu aspect ration of 16 : 9, auto TV aspect ratio, 7000 bit rate, auto video type, anti flicker ticked, MPEG audio format, 256 bit rate, add chapters ticked at 1 min.

Any suggestions to solve the two problems will be appreciated.

Ernest

Hi Ernest

The aspect ratio of your initial show needs to be 16-9 not 16-10 to fill your TV screen. & the slide sizes a minimum of 1920 x 1080 pixels, with fixed slide size ticked.

Yachtsman1.

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Also if you are using PTE's video builder I wouldn't change any settings.

Yachtsman1.

[ErnestP]

Thanks yachtsman1.

Should I also change the size of the slide in Screen Object Options - Virtual size of slide from 1024 x 768 to 1920 x 1080?

Ernest

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Ernest

You need to get rid of all traces of 1024x768 which is the old 4-3 aspect ratio. However when burning a DVD, the last time I used PTE to do do this I didn't have "Fix Size" ticked & it came out OK for my 32inch flat screen TV. When I show old shows made at 1024x768 with fix size ticked there is a black border. The screen shot shows my settings, with fix size ticked, which is how I publish an Exe, so if someone shows it on a screen with a larger aspect ratio it doesn't stretch the image & reduce the quality. Hope that isn't confusing.

Yachtsman1.

[ErnestP]

I see that i obviously must.

[ErnestP]

Hi Yachtsman,

Sorry about the above message, I sent it before downloading your last message.

I will do some more tests.

Ernest

[ErnestP]

I have done a number of tests using slides having a 19:9 aspect ratio and the show also 16:9.

The slides are sized 1920 x 1080 pixels with a resolution of 100 pixels/inch. Also did some tests with the slide side increased to 2129 x 1200 pixels.

After publishing the show for DVD the resolution is very poor and the images not sharp. I am able to view the DVD on the PC but not using a DVD player. When I previously published a show using version 7.5 I could view the show uing the DVD player, but the results were also poor.

I also get poor results when using PTE's video builder and and Nero to burn the DVD. The DVD can be viewed on both the PC and using a DVD player.

Any advise will be appreciated.

[davegee]

Erno,

Firstly the resolution of your images is iirelevant to some degree because they are reduced to 768x576 to make the DVD.

Depending on the quality of your DVD Player etc a DVD can be quite good when played through a DVD - but not as good as an EXE File played on a computer.

I use a BluRay DVD Player to play my standard DVDs through my TV connected via a good quality HDMI cable and the results are good, but not in the same league as the EXE approach.

Another alternative is to make a 1920x1080 MP4 and play that on your TV's Media Player (if available).

DG