I am Encoding my DV AVI files which I have previously streamed to my windows 7 computer using firewire andScenalyzer (although WinDV seems to be comparable).
My new plan is to save the DV AVI files for Archive, encode an MPEG-2 version for general use / DVD and an H264 (deinterlaced) version for when the video must go on the internet.
I figured out that before importing them into an editor (at least with Womble Video Wizard DVD) I must encode and deinterlace them. If I import DV AVI into WOMBLE first then I forced to use Womble’s encoder to export the edited video.
I want these video’s to be the best quality so I have found an encoder with VBR, 2 pass. apparently more vigorous encoder settings.
Below are some screen grabs of the encoder settings on Adobe Media Encoder CS6 that I am using for H264. I am not really trying to make a guide on how to do it but looking for feedback whether I am on track with my methodology. In other words caveat emptor!
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At export settings window I made up the name NTSC DV Standard Def 4 by 3 Aspect which probably is misleading should say “to make H264 from DV use this”
Chose Frame Aspect Ratio 720 and 480 same as the source video.
Where is says field order I have selected Progressive-thinking that this will deinterlace the video as It encodes it to H264. The other two choices were lower first and upper first? Am I wrong in thinking that here is where I can deinterlace and I suppose interlace?
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I had to use 2 screen captures to show all the settings on the video preset. The second capture shows “VBR, 2 pass, render at maximum depth and Use Maximum Render Quality” selected.
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A decision to be made about source scaling choices and audio presets . In the drop down menu top left of the window are scale to fit which is default, scale to fill and stretch to fill. I left it scale to fit thinking that was best chance of not messing up the deinterlacing. Not sure here maybe these settings don’t matter in this case. I set the audio for good quality although mono. Stereo may be just as good or better but my thinking is to keep it simple for compatibility.
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Here is the Gspot info on complete clip scene0004.mp4 at a trim 215MB down from 1.9GB as complete clip scene0004.avi
Maria Christina Falls encoded after edit.mp4
This test video is the easy way importing DV interlaced into the editor and letting it do the work.
To my layman’s eye I don’t see a lot of quality difference between the two methods
Maria Christina Falls encoded before edit.mp4
This is how the same mini DV video came out going through the extra steps of using a dedicated encoder
I see color quality problem with the object in the video that is bleeding red .
Thanks in advance for critique