mpeg-1 vs mpeg-2

Doyle wrote on 10/14/2004, 8:50 AM

Can mpeg-1 be used to burn to a DVD? I am currently using mpeg-2 and it works fine but if I were to use mpeg-1 (smaller resulting file) does the quality go down a bunch from mpeg-2? I use avi when the movie is small enough to fit on a DVD and have had to use mpeg-2 on long movies but had to trim them quite a bit to fit on a regular DVD (4.7 gig) and i see that an mpeg-1 is about half the size of a mpeg-2 file but does it really loose quality on the DVD viewing on a large television?

I am using Sony Screenblast 2.0+DVD and I see that they now have a new product called Movie Studio out for a $29 upgrade. Is it a lot different, better, and worth it?

Thanks for your help.

Comments

bkthiess wrote on 10/14/2004, 9:05 AM

Sorry, DVD only works with MPEG2. You can use an mpg1 file, but any authoring program will reencode to Mpg2.

It's worth the $29 upgrade for the included DVD Architect Studio alone. An awesome product!

ADinelt wrote on 10/14/2004, 2:27 PM

Well, if you really, really want to use mpeg1, you could always create a VCD, but the quality would be much lower than DVD. I think of VCD quality as being comparable to VHS tape.

Al

IanG wrote on 10/14/2004, 2:46 PM

Are you asking if you can put MPEG-1 files on a DVD? If so, the answer's yes, but I'm not sure if you'll be able to play it on anything other than a computer.

Ian G.