Posted by <nospam on 02/18/07 10:33

"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message news:53qcdeF1sqq4vU1@mid.individual.net...
> "Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
> news:W7qBh.36$EP6.44076@news.sisna.com...
> > Looks like plugging a camcorder into a
> > DVR is a MUCH faster, and from what I have seen, gives as good as, if not
> > better
> > quality than DVD-Rs generated from a PC program.
>
> Then I'm sure you'll be happy doing it that way. First of all, you're
> wrong -- a DVR will not produce as good a DVD as _properly_ transcoded and
> authored DVD produced on a computer.

That's more than a bit overstated. It depends on the quality
of your source material, and of the codec used on the capture
device. E.g. I've done side-by-side comparisons of DVD
and broadcast cable TV material captured direct to MPEG
with a stock Hauppauge PVR-150, and capturing to AVI
(via Dscaler) then transcoding to MPEG. I've rarely been
able to duplicate the quality of direct captures. So what's
the point of spending hours and days transcoding? It's
not a matter of "good enough"; the direct captures have
been AS GOOD AS manual transcoding in every case.

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