[MacDV] iDVD encoding questions

[Thubten Kunga]

I am not an expert. But the iDVD 2 menu says 60 minutes until you go 
over that time when it will switch to saying 90 minutes. My guess is 
that it has two fixed compression rates. One for up to 60 minutes a 
higher rate for beyond 60 and up to 90. But I'm only guessing. Anyone 
know for sure?

k

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 03:52  PM, L.Cornelio wrote:

> i am wodering if someone can speak to the encoding / compression  
> options
> on iDVD -
>
> I havent tried it, I assume there is only a single quality mpeg2 
> encode.
>
>
> I am told that windows Pinnacle Studio Version 8.3 will automaticcaly
> adjust compression based on the length of the movie to fit / take up  a
> single DVD, so for example a 60 min film gets less compression than 90
> min to fit on same space.
>
>
> So that makes me wonder if the 'default' for iDVD is for 90 min worth 
> of
> compression no matter what length film you choose. Does this make 
> sense?
> Does it matter? Am I wrong about compression variables? What MAC 
> product
> allows variables in the encode esp. amount of compression. What if i
> wanted to burn a 100 min DVD - cant use iDVD so what is recommended?
> Sorry fpr the newbie questions, looking forward to new emac in my
> classroom. And I had to fight for it - the school is 90% windows!