Best Setting for DVD quality Recording

[noodleNT]

I got myself a nice new DVD burner and was wondering what is the best setting to save a movie into true DVD formate?

[subq]

I took NTSC DVD Ready Hi-Res, changed the video bitrate to 7000000 and saved it as a custom. That is what I record everything in.

Then if I want to just save to HD I will recompress it. If I want to archive to DVD or SVCD I will use that MPEG as the source.

I am new to SS though and I haven't actually burned any DVD or SVCDs yet so you may want to get some other feedback here on the forum.

I posted this same question though already:

http://discuss2.snapstream.com/vb/sh...&threadid=9285

[Terminal]

I use the DVD High Res also but my bit rate is set at 4 MB. At that bit rate you can put about 2 hours of video on a DVD. They look pretty good to me. I set up a VBR quality the other day with a min of 3 MB and a Max of 8 MB, The resulting file was smaller, the 2 hour movie I recorded was about 2.5 Gig. It does not look quite as good as the constant 4 MB, but it didn't look all that bad.

[subq]

Yeah, I may have to play with the bit rate a bit. I'm still trying to learn my way around the system.

I need to figure out how to make certain shows record at different bitrates into different folders, things like that.

[jfourman]

The only way to currently get recordings to go into different folders and override the bitrates is:

1) Setup the recording
2) Go to Recordings on the Web Admin
3) Edit the Scheduled Recording (right click on the title)
4) Edit the "Advanced Information"

I hope this override capability gets added to the scheduler.

[subq]

Yeah, I was talking about for repeated showings.

I can setup an individual folder and record setting for them if needed.