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Old 02-18-2005, 10:50 PM
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Default Quality of MPEG2 after converting from AVI ???

My AVI files look great on my computer....(320x240 - 25 frames - 24bit)
but when I convert them to MPEG 1 or 2, the picture looks milky and
washed out.....Does anyone have any ideas???
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Soubds like the bitrate you're specifying for the MPEG output is too low. What program are you running, and why are you outputting them as MPEG? For web? DVD?
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I'm using MegaPEG LE on Adobe Premiere...
My AVI's pixel depth is 24 bits, no compression, Audio 16 bit.
MegaPEG automatically sets at Video 4000 bits and Audio 256 bits.
If I set it manually to Video 24bit, then the picture looks much worse.

PS - Its for burning DVD's...I use NeroExpress6, which automatically
converts AVI's to MPEG's, but it still comes out looking milky.
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I found a great program: TMPGEnc. Converts almost anything into DVD format (mpeg-2) or SVCD. Very bare bones, non-commercial software with no frills. Quality is always excellent. Free trial and many other programs at pegasys-inc.

http://www.tmpgenc.net

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http://www.pegasys-inc.com
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