Posted by Brian W on 01/03/07 19:44

"musicman" <stradlinizzy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Brian W wrote:
>> "musicman" <stradlinizzy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> > Gary wrote:
>> >> There is no real need to change the audio spec for the different
>> >> length
>> >> as
>> >> in the scheme of things the audio is such a small part of the data on
>> >> a
>> >> Video DVD
>> >>
>> >> just a thought.
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >
>> >
>> > there is a difference, because I can record much more music on a DVD if
>> > I reduce the resolution settings on the record specs menu- i.e. if I
>> > extend the quality setting from "best" to "normal", I can fit more
>> > music on the disk.
>>
>> Not necessarily, as the DVD recorder is still recording a video stream,
>> even
>> if it's blank. So using the longer-length record setting, the audio
>> qualityprobably isn't being affected.
>> In other words, recording 4 hours of just music will use exactly the same
>> amount of disc space as recording 4 hours of video and audio.
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> that's not how this machine works- changing the time resolution settngs
> allows you to put more or less music on one DVD+R disk
>
> so the faster settings also improve quality
>
> do you have a DVDR ? If you did, you'd see what I mean

Yes, I have a Panasonic DVD recorder. It records all audio at 256kbps in
Dolby Digital whatever quality setting I use. Four hour setting allows four
hours of music (with or without video), two hour setting allows two hours of
music (with or without video). But the audio quality does not change.




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