Posted by Bob on 10/06/61 11:44

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:47:17 +0300, "Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi>
wrote:

>Unlike the previous poster seems to imply, I am not aware that anything
>in the DVD standard would _force_ you to use MPEG-1 if the contents
>exceed a certain runtime.

I looked up the DVD specs and this is what I got from various sources:

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DVD RECORDING QUALITY

Mode Hour BitRate Encode NTSC
HQ 1 9.5Mbps MPEG2 720X480
SP 2 5.1Mbps MPEG2 720X480
2.5 4.0Mbps 352x480
LP 3 3.3Mbps MPEG2 352X480
EP 4 2.5Mbps MPEG2 352X480
SLP 6 1.7Mpbs MPEG1 352X240
EP+ 7
SEP 8

MPEG-2, 525/60 (NTSC): 720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 352x240
MPEG-1, 525/60 (NTSC): 352x240


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