Hi
I am transfering video using usb to my computer using windows
movie maker. I have watched recorded video it is crystal clear. But
after that i have burn the CD using sonic. But the CD quality is not
good. That video has some dazzling. The original video which i have
recorded on desktop it is fine. But when i tries to encode it to mpeg
using any software the quality is not good. What could be the reason?
original video which i have captured is a NTSC. I have encoded it to
PAL for VCD. even if i dont change the video system also the mpeg is
not clear. is there any settings i have to make while converting it to
mpeg? Help me....

Thanks
Nurul

On Mar 8, 10:03 pm, nurul.am...@gmail.com wrote:
1) You don't say how long the clip is.
2) A CD holds 700 meg or 0.7 gig. Before compressing, you avi file is
13.8 gig/hour. So without compression, a CD holds only 3 minutes.
All compression techniques lose quality. While a 4.7 gig DVD can hold
1.5 hours at a reasonable quality level, a CD just can't hold much,
and VCD is a compression scheme that loses a lot of quality.
3) Change to DVD instead of CD.
4) Use another software. Movie Maker is free, and worth every penny.
It does work OK if you know how to tweak it, but it just doesn't allow
intricate user settings. Use something else.
5) Just for fun, go to ulead.com and download a free trial of their
new Movie Factory 6. Load your avi file and let that program convert
to mpg or even VCD. It's free to try for 30 days and cheap to buy.
It is very easy to use. It probably works better than most programs
for converting NTSC to PAL. I've heard there are better programs, but
I don't know which have free trials, and I don't have any experience
with them.
6) Check all settings if you want to continue with WMM. The settings
are hard to understand for some people.
7) If you are going to insist on using VCD, live with the poor
quality.

Jim McGauhey
Washington State