On 17 Apr 2009, at 20:43, Joseph wrote:
... I have new camera that records HD (1920x1080) mpeg4 movies, most files are below 3GB;
Assuming videos of your dog / cat / children you're probably best storing the original video files on hard-disk, burning as a DVD at standard definitions (720x480 or 720x576) and enjoying the movies like that for the meantime. I would revisit hi-def video disks in 5 years time, when more tools are available, when you have a living-room player that will cope with 1920x1080 and when hi-def disks are cheap. You _may_ be able to record blu-ray format onto DVD, but since you couldn't playback such a disk yourself, why bother? Many viewers are unable to distinguish between DVD & blu-ray.
Watch out for framerate issues - you should probably be capturing at the correct framerate for your output format, as conversion between framerates is problematic ("lossy").
Stroller.
