On May 18, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Nick Scalise wrote: > Please explain to me how MiniDV is compressed more than DVD. One can find some words on the subject of DV and other tape formats at http://www.transferwest.com/dv.htm What should be noted is that DVD's as far as I know have no 'native' format; the extent of the compression (and the information lost) depends on the input to the burner: MPEG-2 vs MPEG-4 vs... Frank Isackson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20050518/44cf3689/attachment.html