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John_Cline wrote on 12/11/2008, 4:39 PM
Are you delivering an authored DVD or an MPEG2 stream on a data DVD? What are they going to do with it? Play it off a server? If so, perhaps you should ask them what is their desired format and data rate.
musicvid10 wrote on 12/11/2008, 4:48 PM
If its DVD Video format, the specification is 9.8Mbs maximum, MPEG-2.

In practical situations, many players choke when they get too much above 8Mbs.
I would say your 8.5 CBR is at the high end for reliabile playback.

Remember, most commercial movies are in the 6Mbs range.
I don't go above 8Mbs VBR even on DL if it's going on someone's machine besides my own . . .

As John said, if it's just a file on a dvd, it can be whatever format / bitrate they want.
jrazz wrote on 12/11/2008, 4:49 PM
I'm not sure what they are doing with it. I got a phone call about 20 minutes ago saying they need a 30 second spot for a commercial from previous footage first thing in the morning. I don't have a direct contact at the station to ask.

The last one I did was encoded at 8,500,000 and it looked fine on tv, (it was made as a video DVD). I was just curious if I could go higher with the bitrate.
musicvid10 wrote on 12/11/2008, 4:55 PM
**I was just curious if I could go higher with the bitrate. **

I really don't think it would really gain you anything on broadcast TV, even viewed on a 1080 screen. Remember, OTA, cable, and satellite broadcasts apply their own signal compression.
jrazz wrote on 12/11/2008, 4:56 PM
Thanks.

j razz
fldave wrote on 12/11/2008, 6:55 PM
The last commercial I submitted, they wanted it on standard DVD. I also threw a second data DVD in with an uncompressed MOV.

I think the tech guys used the uncompressed.
Chienworks wrote on 12/11/2008, 8:05 PM
Go with Dave's suggestion, and maybe add uncompressed AVI and DV as well. DVD-R is cheap and It's better to give them a plethora of choices than to have them not get what they want.