mpeg - another question...

ushere wrote on 6/16/2004, 3:33 PM

thanks for your replies to my last post regarding built in mpeg encoder vs tmgenc. i will use the latter for mpg1, and for the slight difference, the convieience of built in for mpg2.

however, i also have a philips 80 stand alone dvd recorder on which i regularly recorded my long form programs - the results look very good.

does anyone know where in the scheme of things this would rate as an mpg encoder? it has a number of settings; the first gives me 1hr on a disk (called high quality), the second 2 hours (called commercial dvd quality), etc., to be honest, i can't see any significant difference between the dvd quality from it, and that i get from either v4 or tmpgenc...

i just want to supply my clients with the best possible out come - which should i use?

leslie

ps. should point out that the manual, and philips website is very vague regarding any technical specs...

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BillyBoy wrote on 6/16/2004, 4:02 PM

Vegas has one of the better encoders. You of course have to be the final judge as to quality. It really boils down to format, If you're sticking with MPEG-2 and use the default settings Vegas will get you roughly one hour and twenty minutes per single sided DVD allowing for a decent menu system, chapter points etc., if you're adding that.

Using ultra high settings to get higher bitrates rarely is that noticeable unless your content has a lot of fast action. The downside is many DVD players will stumble if the bitrate is set too high. Going to a lower bitrate to get more on a DVD is OK, if you don't push it too much.

Tmpgenc seems to encode MPEG-1 better than Vegas. So that may be a better choice for making CD's when you're not making DVD's.

ushere wrote on 6/16/2004, 11:09 PM

many thanks....

makes sense - but to confirm, you're talking about v4 where the mpeg encoder has no options?

many thanks

leslie