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    VHS to DVD quality

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) >Note that high-quality avi-to-mpeg transcoding in tmpgenc is very slow. >On my 3 GHz 512 meg P4 system, it can take up to 24 hours to transcode 2 >hours of dv-codec avi. However, the results are spectacular and produce >DVDs that...
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    Dolby audio in dvd's

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) AC-3 is a dvd compliant audio encoding that is more highly compressed that PCM. AC-3 has a lower bit rate and takes less space on the disk than PCM encoded audio) So if you use AC-3 Audio, you can either fit more video on your dvd, or use...
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    WMV HD encoded to DVD looks good!

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) IMHO - there's something wrong with your mini-dv -> DVD encoding - using the highest bitrate for encoding this should look as good as a commercial dvd. When I was looking at dvd authoring solutions, I tried the ulead dvd MF demo, the first...
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    Sonic MyDVD 4.0 Invalid Media Error

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop,rec.video.production (More info?) Double checked my version number it's 4.0.4. Did you purchase your 4.0 retail or was it packaged with a writer? (My copy was included with a hardware purchase). I did get a ton of email from sonic after I registered, but...
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    First steps in transferring analog videos to DVD

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) If you want to do this fast & easy w/o editing them, why not buy one of the VCR/DVR combo machines that is availble now - I think there are in the ~$300 range now. Just put VHS in one side and a DVD blank in the other. Richard Otter wrote...
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    Sonic MyDVD 4.0 Invalid Media Error

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop,rec.video.production (More info?) Last November I purchased a HI-Val (I think it's relabaled iomega) 4x DVD+/- writer that came with Nero & Sonic MyDVD. The drive uses default windows drivers, no drivers to install or update. I installed it in on my...