iMovie, FCE, FCP quality

[sb]

DVD SP2 uses Compressor, which is better than the encoder on the current
iDVD, you open up Compressor to set the bit rate.

The new iDVD4 is supposed to have "pro encoding" which should mean 2
pass/vbr, which would make it equal in quality to what you get with DVDSP
2/Compressor.

 sb

On 1/10/04 9:17 AM, "Mark M. Florida" <markf at squareblue.com> wrote:

> Alright now...  The question wasn't whether TV standards were "high
> quality" enough some one's one *personal* standards...  It's whether
> there's any *difference* in quality between using the Apple "pro" apps
> vs. the "consumer" apps...
> 
> As far as I've been able to tell, the quality from iDVD is every bit as
> good what's produceable with DVD Studio Pro.  The one main difference
> is that iDVD uses uncompressed stereo audio, which uses bandwidth that
> *could* be used for slightly higher video quality (higher video
> bitrate), and DVD Studio Pro can use compressed AC3 audio using 2
> channels for stereo or even 6 for 5.1 surround encoding (now that's
> some tricky stuff).
> 
> Most normal people (non-videophile types) will hardly notice the
> difference between the source DV material from the camera and the DVD
> produced by iDVD (or DVDSP) when played on a TV.
> 
> 2 cents.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> On Jan 10, 2004, at 8:43 AM, ShirleyK wrote:
> 
>> No, both produce video according to TV standards, which is not high
>> quality.
>> 
>> Shirley
>> 
>> On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 12:21  AM, Colin Boettcher wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there any difference in basic video or audio quality of a DVD
>>> produced by iMovie and iDVD and one made using FCE/FCP and DVD Studio
>>> Pro (different encoders, renderers etc) ?