Hi folks,
I have been recording and burning to DVD, from my beloved Pioneer DVR-550-H-K, years of classic tv episodes from C-band (satellite) television, and burn about 9 episodes to one DVD5 disc (avg 22 mins / episode) in MN13 rec. speed (a good compromise I found, without losing much detail.). The source is impeccable, as it is the uplink from the NOC (Network Operation Center). Now the problem.
I have boxes of 100 disc cake boxes of these glorious shows and have been trying to compress them to I can burn say one season onto one DVD9 as one of my favourite posters on Usenet has done (fixed size of 175MB). Now I have done so with AutoGk but when I watch them on the stand alone DVD player (ESS mode), many models in fact, during a fast movement there is an annoying blurring/jitter. No matter what setting I choose and which codec (Although Divx seems better) I get this annoying stream, or jumpy smear. I haven't touched the advanced settings, but IIRC I have experimented with those as well. Of course on the pc with VLC all's fine.
I haven't had any success contacting the author I mentioned for tips on how he captured and converted his recordings. I did look at his codec info and he uses Divx not Xvid, which almost did the trick, but also is problematic. This is very frustrating , having spent years painstakingly recording , editing, and burning to DVD these classics, only to have them sitting in cake boxes. I thought that one day I will buy a Blu-Ray burner and put tons on one disc - don't even know if this is possible. The point is I want to preserve the good quality and not settle for crappy compression artifacts. Each VOB , episode is just under 500 MB, and would like to get that down to half, or 250 MB, even 175MB, but without significant loss of detail. The other issue is AutoGK audio is too loud (clips) when selecting mp3, so I stick with original audio AC3 ( I have to use mp3gain to boost the low volume of the AC-3 decoder, Technics SH-AC300).
At this point I will continue to back up the DVR to DVD's, and will always do this. I have no interest in using Videoredo, although I have a licensed copy, because I love being able to do all this from the comfort of my couch. I don't know what else to add. Maybe I can upload a clip somewhere if that helps. But I have the feeling this is a common complaint from perusing the video forums.
I will be quiet now and listen anxiously for your responses if any.
Thanks
I have been recording and burning to DVD, from my beloved Pioneer DVR-550-H-K, years of classic tv episodes from C-band (satellite) television, and burn about 9 episodes to one DVD5 disc (avg 22 mins / episode) in MN13 rec. speed (a good compromise I found, without losing much detail.). The source is impeccable, as it is the uplink from the NOC (Network Operation Center). Now the problem.
I have boxes of 100 disc cake boxes of these glorious shows and have been trying to compress them to I can burn say one season onto one DVD9 as one of my favourite posters on Usenet has done (fixed size of 175MB). Now I have done so with AutoGk but when I watch them on the stand alone DVD player (ESS mode), many models in fact, during a fast movement there is an annoying blurring/jitter. No matter what setting I choose and which codec (Although Divx seems better) I get this annoying stream, or jumpy smear. I haven't touched the advanced settings, but IIRC I have experimented with those as well. Of course on the pc with VLC all's fine.
I haven't had any success contacting the author I mentioned for tips on how he captured and converted his recordings. I did look at his codec info and he uses Divx not Xvid, which almost did the trick, but also is problematic. This is very frustrating , having spent years painstakingly recording , editing, and burning to DVD these classics, only to have them sitting in cake boxes. I thought that one day I will buy a Blu-Ray burner and put tons on one disc - don't even know if this is possible. The point is I want to preserve the good quality and not settle for crappy compression artifacts. Each VOB , episode is just under 500 MB, and would like to get that down to half, or 250 MB, even 175MB, but without significant loss of detail. The other issue is AutoGK audio is too loud (clips) when selecting mp3, so I stick with original audio AC3 ( I have to use mp3gain to boost the low volume of the AC-3 decoder, Technics SH-AC300).
At this point I will continue to back up the DVR to DVD's, and will always do this. I have no interest in using Videoredo, although I have a licensed copy, because I love being able to do all this from the comfort of my couch. I don't know what else to add. Maybe I can upload a clip somewhere if that helps. But I have the feeling this is a common complaint from perusing the video forums.
I will be quiet now and listen anxiously for your responses if any.
Thanks