On computer seems fine, but VCD turns into terrible quality?

[Techie333]

A movie that I have on my computer in .avi format looks and works fine when I do fullscreen on my computer. So I decide to make it a VCD via NERO. I take it to my friend's house to watch it on his projector, and the quality is blurry and it starts to skip and stuff towards the end. I had to come back and watch it on fullscreen on my computer, where it is sharp and DVD-quality. What gives?? Also looks like it takes up less space on VCD than on my computer?

 

[Zim Hosein]

<-- Waits for NIK to make a post! 😛

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

do you have regular DVD player (not on your computer) that you can try it on?

 

[Techie333]

Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems. Nero takes a while to encode the movie before it burns it.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems.

you just answered your own question.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Techie333
A movie that I have on my computer in .avi format looks and works fine when I do fullscreen on my computer. So I decide to make it a VCD via NERO. I take it to my friend's house to watch it on his projector, and the quality is blurry and it starts to skip and stuff towards the end. I had to come back and watch it on fullscreen on my computer, where it is sharp and DVD-quality. What gives?? Also looks like it takes up less space on VCD than on my computer?

For it to be the same quality as the .avi, you are not going to be able to use VCDs. At the bare minimum you are going to need a full DVD depending on the size and length of the avi.

Nero is re-encoding and highly degrading the file to fit on that small arse cd.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems.

you just answered your own question.

Um no, you are wrong. Read his op where he says his VCD is smaller then the actual AVI. That means there is a HUGE amount of compression and degradation of quality is going on to fit it onto a VCD. For anyone who has ever converted a DIVX movie to DVD MPEG-2, they would know this.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems.

you just answered your own question.

*bzzt* WRONG!

VCDs are MPEG1 compression fixed at (IIRC) 1150kb/s for video (352x240). That amounts to "Looks like ass."

VCDs are for sh!tty bootleg Anime discs, not real movies.

- M4H

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems. Nero takes a while to encode the movie before it burns it.

my reason for asking this is to rule out his DVD player (if its bad quality on your dvd player as well)

you said its good quality on your computer. are you talking about when you play the VCD on your computer its good quality?

 

[Techie333]

BTW, when I select the VCD option in NERO, the file is around 480mb. When I select the miniDVD option, the file is 700mb. Will miniDVD play in regular DVD players w/ CD-R VCD capability and be better quality?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems. Nero takes a while to encode the movie before it burns it.

my reason for asking this is to rule out his DVD player (if its bad quality on your dvd player as well)

you said its good quality on your computer. are you talking about when you play the VCD on your computer its good quality?

He actually has whats probably a DIVX or Xvid encoded file on his computer. He's converting it to MPEG-1, which is highly degrading and compressing his nice, clear video file.

 

[Techie333]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Techie333
Huh? I did play it on regular DVD player @ my friend's house. He has it hooked up to a projector, that's where it gets problems. Nero takes a while to encode the movie before it burns it.

my reason for asking this is to rule out his DVD player (if its bad quality on your dvd player as well)

you said its good quality on your computer. are you talking about when you play the VCD on your computer its good quality?

oh, naw, when I play the original avi file on my computer

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Techie333
BTW, when I select the VCD option in NERO, the file is around 480mb. When I select the miniDVD option, the file is 700mb. Will miniDVD play in regular DVD players w/ CD-R VCD capability and be better quality?

Either way it is going to look like ass. Why not spend $40 on the DVD burner so you can properly watch bootlegged movies?

 

[Techie333]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Techie333
BTW, when I select the VCD option in NERO, the file is around 480mb. When I select the miniDVD option, the file is 700mb. Will miniDVD play in regular DVD players w/ CD-R VCD capability and be better quality?

Either way it is going to look like ass. Why not spend $40 on the DVD burner so you can properly watch bootlegged movies?

good call.....I think I'll have to do this