Hi
There is another possibility for your pixellated output from VP. It's just a thought....
Once you have edited your film, save the project and then create a copy on your PC by clicking the "Save Movie" tab on the tool bar.
Now click the Computer/Data tab, followed by selecting the Preset choice "HD 720". (This is the size of my movies in this case)
Now click the "Encoder Options" bar followed by the "Video compression" button.
Slide the "Quality (Ratefactor) to the left to show the value 1.0. followed by OK and OK.
Create your film onto the desktop. (Or wherever you like) This will take quite a while to render depending on its size..perhaps several hours.
Sliding the tab to the left will decrease the compression in the output film. Sliding it to the right will produce a film that is nothing but mush. :-) (Interesting to try this)
Using this procedure, the output is an avi H264 native file (quite large)and the result should play OK in Media player or Irfanview. From this you should see if it is any better than what you have been getting.
Now...Although the VP output to DVD is excellent, there are no menus on the disc which I find a drawback. In the past I have suggested that your DVD might be created with the Microsoft DVD maker which has menus but after using this for some time I think the output is not always that good.
However recently I tried another DVD maker (freeware with the option to upgrade) called "Sothink Movie DVD Maker"
This has a number of nice menu BGs that are easy to set up and the output IMHO seems better than the Microsoft program. It may be worth having a look at it. (It puts up a short duration info screen between your films but this is no great drawback.
Nat
