Burned DVD's not as clear as the original

[mrm]

hi,  nakadownload ako ng mga DVD movies at nag burn ako nang mga ilan.
ang napansin ko lang ay nabawasan yung quality niya nung na burn ko na.
Pag play ko sa computer yung original ay malinaw. at pag play ko yung burned
dvd ko sa computer din ay di kasing linaw kahit sa computer pineplay.
Na set ko naman sa high quality yung setting ko nung niburn ko. Mayroon
pa ba dapat ina-adjust para luminaw pag nagbuburn. thanks

[Miguel^]

first what did you download (divx or a whole DVDR (vob files)) and did you reencode it to DVD (mpeg2)?

burning and encoding are two different things.

[mrm]

first what did you download (divx or a whole DVDR (vob files)) and did you reencode it to DVD (mpeg2)?

burning and encoding are two different things.

hi, tnx for the reply. I downloaded it and the files are in WINDOWS MEDIA FORMAT (*.wmv). Do I need
to convert them to mpeg2 before burning them. What software do you use to reencode it to DVD?
Thanks again.

[Miguel^]

I'm not familiar with WMV to DVD conversions as I found WMVs to be of poor quality compared to divx, but that's just me.

you can check out videohelp.com it has anything and everything you need to know about DVDs, conversion, etc.

here is a place to start. A lot of guides to convert WMV to DVD
http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?formatconversionselect=WMV%20to%20DVD

a guide using ConvertXToDVD
http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/158/59/

good luck!

[luranski]

nangyayari din ito sakin, pag download ko ng .avi file na video tapos pag burn ko sa dvd using nero 7... medyo nababawasan quality... bakit kaya? salamat!

[thesaint]

Kasi yung WMV and DivX (avi) ay compressed file na! Kaya pag binalik mo ulit iyon sa DVD format ay pangit na. Kaya yung mga download nyo na DivX or WMV ay maganda lang panoorin sa PC. Pero kung
yung DVDplayer nyo ay may DivX capable ay mas maganda.

[Jett]

just to add to what thesaint mentioned ...

WMV, DivX is already compressed. When you burn it to a DVD, software transcodes it to MPEG2 (yung format ng DVD) in effect recompressing an already compressed video. Compression "degrades" the video resulting in what you see.

[ralfy]

Also, some DVDs (in VOB, etc., format) are shrunk using programs like DVD Shrink. Sometimes, the uploader will mention it in the page where you can download the DVDs.