[mythtv-users] DVD

[Tdes]

Thanks everybody for your responses

I just have one more question

What is the best encoding to use when i record( for the purpose of
burning to DVD )
Is it best to use mpeg-ts, mpeg-ps or the DVD option ? what is the
ideal bitrate ?
5 with 6mbit peak ?

Thanks
Markus


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:19:42 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss
<papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> wrote:
> > DVD-R works in about 93% of players tested, according to
> > VideoHelp.com. That is the largest % of all formats tested. I have had
> > DVD-Rs work in about 98% of the players I have used. Be careful of the
> > media itself you purchase (lesser quality doesn't always work in all
> > players, but, then again, neither does expensive). Recently, I've been
> > using Memorex, Sony, and TDK discs, and all seem to work in my DVD
> > players at home (a Sony 5-disc changer, a Go-Video VCR/DVD Recorder, a
> > Go-Video player, and an APEX (cheap!) player)
> >
>        My experience has been that if it doesn't fail outright from being
> so cheap, the Apex player will play most media.  I've really only used
> DVD- media, but lots of different, good/cheap brands of R and RW.  I don't
> support DVD+ since they aren't part of the official standard.  My first
> burner didn't support it, and they don't provide any benefit substantial
> enough to justify inventing their own standard.  Take a look at:
> http://www.digitalfaq.com/othervideo/dvdformats.htm
> 
> In particular:
> "Although fans of the DVD+R format hate to hear this, the DVD+R format is
> a rogue format, invented by greedy companies that were unwilling to pay
> royalties to the DVD Forum in order to use and develop the DVD-R format
> and/or use the DVD logo. The DVD+R format does not carry the DVD logo
> because it is not an official DVD format. Does this make it a bad format?
> No."
> 
> -Cory
> 
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> * Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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