[G4] Best program for DVD burning

[GDB-MDD-X.4.5]

On Mar 23, 2006, at 4:14 PM, James Asherman wrote:

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> On Mar 23, 2006, at 4:02 PM, GDB-MDD-X.4.5 wrote:
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>> On Mar 23, 2006, at 3:18 PM, James Asherman wrote:
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>>> On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:42 PM, GDB-MDD-X.4.5 wrote:
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>>>>  The video compression is set to MPEG-4 with 50% Codec quality  
>>>> at a 320x240 resolution.
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> Always looks bad on a TV.
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>>>> (Note: I have thought about trying the 640x320 resolution, but  
>>>> from what I've read the VHS quality is not enhanced that much
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>>> You have a lot of good ideas. The foregoing is not one of them.
>>> Jim
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>> I'm here to learn as much as anyone else Jim, please explain.
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> Mpeg4 at 50% quality at 320x240 just has to be significantly worse  
> resolution than your VHS tapes.
>  It's less pixels than were there to begin with and 50% quality of  
> a highly compressed codec.
> Watching those DVD's on a big TV should be a pretty murky experience.
> While I would use a .dv codec,what is more importat is that I think  
> shrinking your res and limiting quality are parameters that would  
> IMHO make it
> a waste to commit such material to DVD.
> Jim

Well okay, now we're getting somewhere!  I'll give that a shot and  
report back.  Will be awhile though as I'm still waiting on the movie  
that is still processing.  Thanks Jim.

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