Hello all, I am looking for a way to output dvd's without having to move data (sneaker-net style) to a mac every time I want to make one.
I have used mpeg2enc and it seems serviceable as does dvd-author. The questions: 1. Is anyone else using this for work that one would call professional, and is it working out? We are doing animation work, largely computer generated 3d stuff, so the encoding is critical. My experience says that animations always seem to suffer more than video during encoding. And my encoding experience to date under linux has been great for web work and quicky customer demos, but less than perfect for dvd generation. Not horrible, just not great and usually not up to apples compressor. As a note I have been using mencoder for my dvd tests up till now. 2. I have already noticed that mpeg2enc does not appear to perform 2 pass encoding. Is this really a detriment? 3. I currently am working on a project where about 16 seconds of video ends up looking like 17MB of data encoded with good visual qualities (8500 Kbps). Not that I currently need it, but won't this eventually lead to a serious time limitation if a project goes the distance? Realistically that is looking like an hour of video on a single layer disc, is that about right? 4. Obviously compatibility with hardware players is a clear concern, and I have read the dv-to-dvd.txt, so those tips are in my head. Are there any other pitfalls a person should be aware of when mastering a dvd with these tools? I will be aquiring the dvd books suggested by Mr. Schultz asap. With blue ray and the rest, I suspect we will be changing technologies again pretty quickly. But until then... Thanks very much, Matt ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
