Thanks everybody for your responses I just have one more question
What is the best encoding to use when i record( for the purpose of burning to DVD ) Is it best to use mpeg-ts, mpeg-ps or the DVD option ? what is the ideal bitrate ? 5 with 6mbit peak ? Thanks Markus On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:19:42 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DVD-R works in about 93% of players tested, according to > > VideoHelp.com. That is the largest % of all formats tested. I have had > > DVD-Rs work in about 98% of the players I have used. Be careful of the > > media itself you purchase (lesser quality doesn't always work in all > > players, but, then again, neither does expensive). Recently, I've been > > using Memorex, Sony, and TDK discs, and all seem to work in my DVD > > players at home (a Sony 5-disc changer, a Go-Video VCR/DVD Recorder, a > > Go-Video player, and an APEX (cheap!) player) > > > My experience has been that if it doesn't fail outright from being > so cheap, the Apex player will play most media. I've really only used > DVD- media, but lots of different, good/cheap brands of R and RW. I don't > support DVD+ since they aren't part of the official standard. My first > burner didn't support it, and they don't provide any benefit substantial > enough to justify inventing their own standard. Take a look at: > http://www.digitalfaq.com/othervideo/dvdformats.htm > > In particular: > "Although fans of the DVD+R format hate to hear this, the DVD+R format is > a rogue format, invented by greedy companies that were unwilling to pay > royalties to the DVD Forum in order to use and develop the DVD-R format > and/or use the DVD logo. The DVD+R format does not carry the DVD logo > because it is not an official DVD format. Does this make it a bad format? > No." > > -Cory > > ************************************************************************* > * Cory Papenfuss * > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > ************************************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
