Posted by Signal on 11/12/05 02:30

"Peter Pratten" emitted :

>>I am recording a weekly radio show in XP mode for the best audio
>>quality LPCM. I have noticed when re-encoding these recordings using
>>FR mode the audio mode stays in LPCM. What I'm wondering is whether
>>the audio is likewise unaffected if I compress the recording down to
>>the longest play mode available. The reason I ask is because I'm not
>>at all interested in the picture quality and this would save a great
>>deal of space. A further question - if I store these compressed
>>recordings on DVD-RAM and bring them back to the recorder, will it be
>>a bitwise copy? Any help gratefully received...
>>
>>The model is DMR-E85H.
>>
>I've a different model of Panasonic and can't comment on the audio
>question but as far as copying is concerned the High Speed copy is a
>bitwise copy. This is the only mode for copying from the DVD-RAM back
>to the HDD.

So is it true to say that bouncing material from HD to RAM and back is
bit perfect?

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