Posted by Bob on 01/19/06 18:32

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:45:00 GMT, bv@wjv.com (Bill Vermillion) wrote:

>>If you want to play it on a DVD player it will have to be
>>encoded but if you just want to transfer it to disc to play on
>>the computer latter then just burn as Data 720 x 352 is a sort
>>of wide screen not exactly standard

>Actually the 720x352 [I thought it was 356] is the way standalone
>DVDR encode when you go to such things as the long-play mode.

>It's not wide screen - it would really be more like narrow-screen -
>if the system did not expand it.

>It the format is size much like the screen-saves, etc., in the MS
>products - but are stretched sideways two times to restore them to
>their original dimensions.

DVD recorders have several different resolutions:

Mode Hour BitRate Encode NTSC
HQ 1 9.5Mbps MPEG2 720X480
SP 2 5.1Mbps MPEG2 720X480
LP 3 3.3Mbps MPEG2 352X480
EP 4 2.5Mbps MPEG2 352X480
SLP 6 1.7Mpbs MPEG1 352X240


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