What is the codec for AVI DVD production

kiwpeter wrote on 12/20/2009, 12:26 AM

Hi

I am using DVD Architect as a stand-alone product. I have a large number of AVI files which I broke up in Moviemaker and am then burning to DVD using DVD Architect. I have been very pleased by the results. However I was wondering what codec is being used to do this? Everyone says it is very important to have a good codec, but I haven't any idea what DVD Architect is using. It would be interesting to know what it is doing.

Also, I have one other question. Is it possible to run DVD architect in a batch mode; i.e. have it process one RAR file after another? That way you could set it running overnight and it could prepare a series of DVD files.

This use of DVD Architect to build DVDs from AVI files seems relatively uncommon, but I have found DVD Architect very good for this and much better than Roxio which I was using before.

Peter

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musicvid10 wrote on 12/20/2009, 5:43 AM

DVDs contain MPEG-2 video.
DVDA uses the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder.
There are not batch processing capabilities as far as I know.

kiwpeter wrote on 12/20/2009, 11:26 PM

Thank you! That makes DVDA a real bargain - not only do you get functionality, but you get MainConcept as well. I thought it was a good rendering, now I know why. It's a shame that Sony don't mention it in their feature list, unless they are concerned about cannabilising Vegas

Thanks again. Pity about the batch processing, it would make a really nice enhancement