MSP Compreesion setting Q

[JonH]

With service pack 2 for MSP 7, you have the option of checking a DVD-VR compliant box under the compression tab. Do I want this when creating an MPEG2 file for DVD? I have 120 minutes of video and am using 2-pass VBR at 7000 kbps. The help files that define the settings aren't updated as of yet.
Thanks in advance.
Jon

[Dr Mordrid]

No. DVD-VR is for discs created for playback on DVD recorders using their special features. DVD-VR's difference in part is the use of a DVD_RTAV folder instead of conventional DVD's VIDEO_TS folder.

If recording 120 minutes on a standard 4.7g (nominal) DVD I'd go with about 4500 kbps with 2 pass and a high setting on the Quality slider.

Dr. Mordrid

[Brian Ellis]

Re: MSP Compreesion setting Q

Originally posted by JonH
I have 120 minutes of video and am using 2-pass VBR at 7000 kbps.

Are you kidding us? 7000 kbit/s on a 2-hour 4.7 Gb DVD? Doesn't figure. In any case, at that bitrate, there's a fairish chance that many DVD players wouldn't work well.

[Kris1]

... well, I've done a 6000K/sec VBR ("0" low limit) and did 3+hours with a Canopus Procoder 2.0 codec not too long ago. The results were very good indeed, and it played on all players I tested without so much as a hitch.

[JonH]

Thanks all. Actually I have an hour and 20 minutes of video, not 120 minutes, my mistake. I'm still going to have to reduce the kbit/s some to make it fit along with a menu. Plan on leaving the quality slider in the default position unless there is a good reason to move it.
The only other issue is that I captured hi-8 video from an old tape, so higher quality settings and kbit/s rates aren't going to give me any better quality in this case.