[mythtv-users] DVD

[Tdes]

Anyone have any comments on this ?

Thanks
Markus


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:58:33 -0500, Tdes <tdes64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > *************************************************************************
> > * Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
> > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
> > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
> > *************************************************************************
> >
> >
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