Posted by Jan B on 12/08/06 18:34

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:35:59 GMT, "Stuart Miller"
<stuart_miller@shaw.ca> wrote:

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>"Jan B" <nospam@nospam.se> wrote in message
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>> I don't use DVD+R in the recorder. I burn permanent discs (mostly +R)
>> on the PC after adding menus, correcting 16:9 flag etc.
>> Or I just copy a +RW I edited on the recorder on to a +R if I want a
>> disc to keep.
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>I am still learning dvdr - what edit program do you use?

>I have tried a few that I have here - Roxio7 and Power Producer, not
>particularly pleased with them.
>I have Pinnacle Studio9, but have not used it in about a year - not even
>installed on this machine.

I use all of the following programs (for different things):
From http://www.pegasys-inc.com/
* TDA v1.6: TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6
This version works well in extracting from the +RW discs and creates
..mpg files that can be imported by TDE.
This might not be available, see note on v2.0 below.

* TDE TMPGEnc MPEG Editor v2
Can cut with frame precision and provides an easy way to correct the
16:9 flag within the .mpg file. It also has some sound processing.

* TMPGEnc Xpress
Can mask, crop and apply image processing.

* TDA v2 TMPGEnc DVD Author 2.0
This handles dual sound tracks and dual layer authoring. It also
includes the frame cutting feature from TDE. Unfortunately I get sound
drop outs when extracting with this version of TDA and also TDE. TDA
v1.6 works. I was in contact with Pegays about it but never heard of
any fix. The .mpg files that TDA 1.6 extracted can be imported without
problems, though.

To the above, also the AC-3 sound plug-in is needed.

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>> So I use +RW in the Philips recorder with the main features:
>> + Records right away (without no extra formatting command).
>> + Plays (and extracts) right away on a PC or standard DVD-Player.
>> + Philips recorders replicates the 16:9 aspect flag in SCART connector
>> as it was changing during the recording, when played back on the
>> recorder.
>> + Post edits (split/hide and new chapter marks) can be made compatible
>> with DVD-players.
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>> There is one negative point.
>> - Time jumps are disabled when played on a DVD-player.
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>Sorry - what do you mean by that?

The DVD-player command to jump the playback to a certain h:mm:ss
within the title is disabled by my Philips recorder. There is a list
in the IFO files that can inhibit various things (such as to prevent
you to skip or scan passed the copy right notice).

It is possible to enable the function with the freeware program
IFOEdit and burn to another disc, and I haven't noticed any side
effects. IFOEdit can also correct the 16:9 flag in the .ifo files if
the menu and cuts are OK as it is.
/Jan

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