Ben Blout wrote: > [If two versions of this make it to the list, my apologies. I made a > mistake with the from: address of the previous copy, and it appears to > have been not sent out to the mailing list. Of course, having re-sent > this (slightly edited) version, they will now both appear.] > > Hello all, > > I have tried to help myself, and failed... > > This gave me the desired results: > > transcode -c :0:00.0-:0:05.0 -i video.m2v --export_prof dvd-ntsc --import_asr > 3 --export_asr 2 -o test -Z fast > > But my understanding is that the "fast" option does not give ideal > quality output video. But I can't get any of the other -Z options to > work, for example this fails: > > transcode -c :0:00.0-:0:05.0 -i video.m2v --export_prof dvd-ntsc --import_asr > 3 --export_asr 2 -o test -Z 720x480 > > with this the only apparent problem: > **ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size is greater than permitted in specified > Level > > Question 1: Do I lose video quality with the fast flag to -Z? > Question 1a: If yes, how can I use the -Z option?
I have found that under certain circumstances, specifically when the input geometry (x and y values, i.e. 720x480) and the output geometry are identical, certain letterboxing/zooming options fail inexplicably. In some cases I have bitten the bullet and re-encoded the source to something slightly different (like 704x400 for 16:9 content) and then transcoded to dvd from that. Does that sound like the same issue?
