Posted by Biz on 05/16/06 15:38

"link-pan" <link-pan@panolink.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97C4A381C722Alinkpanpanolinkcom@207.115.17.102...
> I must admit my ignorace as to terminology. I fought obtaining a DVD-
> burner for years as I felt my CD-burner would do the trick for me. The
> sneaky folks at DELL however included a DVD-burner with my last computer
> purchase, so I bought a DVD player for the TV. DVD is a standard - but
> within that you have resolutions which are accepted for that standard -
> as I am in the US - 352x240, 352x480, 720x480 - depending on the software
> - some also accept 320x240 as a standard as well as 640x480.

IF you deviate from the allowable audio and video standards, you risk making
DVD's that will not play on many DVD players. Just because you have or
think you have a player that will play anything today, what happens to all
those DVDs tomorrow when you need a new player?

Taken from the DVD FAQ @ http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.4

Allowable picture resolutions are:

MPEG-2, 525/60 (NTSC): 720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 352x240
MPEG-2, 625/50 (PAL): 720x576, 704x576, 352x576, 352x288
MPEG-1, 525/60 (NTSC): 352x240
MPEG-1, 625/50 (PAL): 352x288

and allowed audio

http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.6.2

I highly recommend not deviating from the above ever....

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