<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C28FD6.20129FE0"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Hey all,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I was wondering if there was a good resource that I can look into for setting up all the TMPGEnc values when converting my Best Quality Tivo stream to a DVD-burnable format.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have a Phillips SA 312 with 3.0x.  I am running TyTools to extract the m2v, m2a from my Tivo.  Running the m2v through DVD2AVI, VFAPI, VirtualDub and TMPGEnc to output a 720x480, 3000 CBR, 48Khz mpg stream that I am burning to some DVD-RWs.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Viewing the TMPGEnc output stream on my computer seems perfect, but it is only when I am viewing it on my set top that the video gets jerky when things are moving around.  (I am archiving some World Series games on DVD, and since it is a live sporting event, things are moving pretty quickly).  It seems like, in some cases, the video as it is progressing, sometimes is rendering some frames out of sequence.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Let’s say a guy is running from left to right.  Sometimes, I’ll see the guy go to the right in one frame, right again, jump back left, and jump forward two steps back to the right in four consecutive frames (sorry, I don’t know how best to describe what I am seeing).  It hurts my head to watch this happen, and with the camera panning so often and so quickly, the picture is almost unwatchable at times.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Anyways, I wonder if in encoding the picture, that I could tweak the GOP frames a bit so the motion rendering is more realistic.  But, I really don’t know where to start looking.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Has anyone had any experience burning live sporting events filmed at (what I assume to be) 29.97 frames/sec to DVD?  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I tried encoding under these settings:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Tried the following with these three settings:<o:p></o:p> <ul style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>2 pass – Max 9Mbps, Min 3Mbps, Avg 6Mbps<o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>CBR – 6 Mbs<o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>CBR – 3 Mbs<o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <o:p> </o:p> 720x480 NTSC<o:p></o:p> 4:3 Display<o:p></o:p> VBV Buffer: 112<o:p></o:p> Interlace<o:p></o:p> DC Component precision: 1 bits<o:p></o:p> Motion search precision: highest quality<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Bottom Field first (field B)<o:p></o:p> Video Arrange method: Full Screen<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> GOP:<o:p></o:p> I frames: 1<o:p></o:p> P frames: 5<o:p></o:p> B frames: 2<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Haven’t changed quantize matrix (not sure how to)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’ve burnt an image using SpruceUp and burned the image to disc using Prassi Primo DVD.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Roger Ly<o:p></o:p> Homestead Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p> 650.549.3126<o:p></o:p> <a href="mailto:rly@homestead-inc.com">rly@homestead-inc.com</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>  <o:p></o:p> <st1:City><st1:place>Homestead</st1:place></st1:City>: Your Web Site Company<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>