Well, should I be bothering to make it an avi at all then? I can just go in premiere to file -> export timeline -> mpeg or is that the wrong way to do this? I've never done this before so all this is new to me.
--- In [email protected], David Hurdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know DVDit from experience but many people including myself have > best results converting AVI to MPEG2 with tools like Procoder Express or > the Main Concept codec within Premiere (6.5 in my case). It used to be that > the last place you wanted to convert to MPEG2 was in the authoring > software. I'm sure there's been some improvement, perhaps in the creative > suite approach most NLEs have adopted in the past couple of years, but if > you're using a non-integrated solution (I still use MyDVD, which isn't > exactly leading edge) you are probably best to create your compression > somewhere else and import that into DVDit. Settings are key to a good > result. If you have choices in quality of output, choose the best available > for something that short. If you can choose a data rate, don't go over > about 7000 kbps for a burned disc. > > David Hurdon > > At 10:03 PM 4/17/2006 +0000, you wrote: > > I made a film in premiere, it's almost 6 minutes long, I exported it > as an avi. Then, in Sonic dvdit, I burned it to a dvd complete with > menu screen. Now, when I watch it on my tv, the quality looks bad and > even some of the audio is bad. Should I not be exporting it as an > avi? Or is there some specific settings I should be paying attention > to when exporting from premiere? Thanks. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
