Posted by Richard Crowley on 09/01/06 16:25

"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?

DVD players are hard-wired to play only MPEG2.
(Yes, some wil play other file types, but MPEG2 is
the only kind *all* DVD players will read.)

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