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Posted by Steve on 09/28/78 11:48
On Thu, 25 May 2006 01:51:21 -0400, "scooby" <scooby@nospam.com>
wrote:
>Thanks everyone for replying.
>
>I do have the DVP642, and it does play the .mpg files recorded by the
>Hauppauge PVR-150.
>But it takes a rather long time for a .mpg video to load before the DVP642
>can play it.
>
>On the other hand, if I convert the same .mpg file to .vob format (using the
>Ulead program that came with the Hauppauge card), - the .vob format DVD
>loads and plays virtually instantly in the DVP642.
>But I think the video quality is not as good as with the original / raw .mpg
>file.
>
>Does everyone else have the same experience?
It takes about 20 minutes to make a DVD from mpeg2. No reencoding is
involved therefore there is no loss of qulaity. The Hauppage program
DOES reencode unnecessarily that's why the loss in quality.
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... steve ..
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>"Nonymous" <nospam@bucket.of.bits.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns97CE38FB3AEAnonymous666@216.196.97.131...
>> "unclejr" <watsona@kenyon.edu> wrote in
>> news:1148524867.552006.56880@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> scooby wrote:
>>>> To create a DVD (for play in a set-top DVD player) - is it best to
>>>> simply burn the .mpg file as a data DVD;
>>>
>>> Not usually. There are a few DVD players that will play raw MPEG-2
>>> files, but not many.
>>>
>>>> or is it preferable to author the .mpg file to .vob format (using the
>>>> supplied ULEAD software)?
>>>
>>> Yes, if you want most DVD players to play the data.
>>
>> If they're for personal use only, I'd just spend the $65 and get a DVD
>> player that's mpeg-2 compliant. You'd then also have the original mpg
>> files on the DVDs in case you change your mind later and want to
>> re-encode.
>>
>> I've got two DVP642 players that I picked up at Target for something like
>> $68 a piece; one for the living room, other later on for the bedroom.
>>
>> They'll play just about anything you can through at them... mpeg2, xvid,
>> divx, svcd, dvd +r, -r, rw, duel layer, etc. I bought one because I was
>> tired of encoding xvid and divx to DVD which was taking up both my time
>> and
>> especially my computer's time. Ended up liking it so much that I bought a
>> second for the bedroom.
>>
>> Like the OP, I also have a PVR-150 card and use the DVD players to
>> playback
>> its recordings... record shows with the card, then copy to a DVD
>> rewriteable for viewing on the TV. Then I can recylcle the DVD for
>> future
>> recordings.
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