Posted by Ray S on 09/01/06 15:04

Doc wrote:
> "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:jsKdnQ5R4p4ipGXZnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Doc wrote:
>
>>> If there's no advantage of capturing DV as mpeg2, when or why would you
> use
>>> mpeg2 capture?
>> It plays directly on a video server. It is also pretty compact. And you
>> should be able to convert it to .VOB files for DVD.
>
> Since the DVD software will transform any file type that it recognizes into
> DVD content, what's special about mpeg2 for DVD creation purposes?
>
>

Less time spent transcoding, smaller source files.

[Back to original message]