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Holy Cow .. I'm 62 yrs young and this is beginning to confuse the h_ll out of
me, but I want to thank all you good folfs for trying to answer what seems to
be a not so simple question. Why can't all manufacturers of hardware get
together with all software writers and get their _____ together to make our
lives more simple!
"smframe" wrote:
> It is in-correct to say that BOTH Blank media TYPES work "well" on Home
> DVD-Players..The Correct answer is that some Home DVD-Players are actually
> DVD-recorders in their own Chassis..So..what you have is Playback useing the
> PLUS-media Blank..only it Plays-Back on the DVD-recorder that Produced
> it..So..if you wish to be a Video Photographer..useing BOTH Still Digital
> Shots and Digital Video Capture from the Palm-Corder..you will want the PC to
> be your System..NOT a DVD-recorder..the purchase of Editing&Authoring
> Software is about half the price of a DVD-recorder..Your OPTICAL Drives come
> in two choices..DASH----and-----PLUS....and now a Dual layer(which is a
> PLUS-system)....Go with your PC....IEEE1394....DASH-media for the Home
> Player..PLUS-media for your PC-files.....your JPG-files will increase in
> quality if you store them on a PLUS-DVD-blank....audio playback is very
> good..I am a bit cautious on the VR-mode of the software packages....I'm
> sticking to regular Large FILE--->Compression---->mpeg-2.
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
> > This is not all really true. + or - dvds will both play on home dvd players.
> > There are some they won't play on, but this goes for both.
> > You can check out www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to see what each player will
> > play, they are pretty accurate.
> >
> > --
> > Graham Hughes
> > MVP Digital Media
> > www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > www.simplydv.com
> >
> >
> > "smframe" <smframe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EB5D2F60-C47B-4E89-AFC7-FC0C45DBD079@microsoft.com...
> > > WMV is a video file for the WINDOWS Media Player..maybe even some other
> > > Player installed onto your PC..to view a Video on your TV-set..you need to
> > > have Editing/Authoring Software..that offers MPEG-2 Compression..for Blank
> > > Media Disks..also..ONLY DASH-blank Media will play in your Home
> > > DVD-player..the PLUS-blank Media is basically for PC-files..purchase a
> > > DASH-Burner for DVD-video..also mpeg-2 compression creates the Audio
> > > section
> > > of your Movie(LPCM)for Digital Stereo..NERO creates Dolby-Digital Audio
> > > for
> > > Playback..I use a DV-video File(from the Palm-Corder)..and with some
> > > preliminary editing-SAVE in DV-avi(format)..I maintain that file type
> > > until
> > > ready to BURN(which creates the mpeg-2)Compression will change your
> > > FILE-size..the DV-file is a Max of 10-GB(for mpeg-2).the mpeg-2 file is
> > > about
> > > 3.5 GB's(on the blank media)..WMV-will convert to mpeg-2..use a wma-file
> > > for
> > > your sound track or mp3..keep your Finished movie below 1-hour..6minutes
> > > for
> > > easier worktime.
> > >
> > > "GrannyGoodWitch" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Help I have burned this little 15 MB movie I created w/PS3 and I have no
> > >> problems playing it on any PC w/WMP Ver 10, but when I burn a copy onto a
> > >> CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-, or DVD+ and try to play it in my new Sony DVD/VCR
> > >> multi-format player, it won't play. The Sony supports regular CD's, DVD+
> > >> RW/+R, DVD- RW/-R, JEPG, MP3, etc, it's brand new. So who do you call
> > >> ...
> > >> Microsoft who created the PS3 software, Toshiba (new laptop w/awsome
> > >> mulit-dvd burner drive), Record Now (software that does the burning) or
> > >> Sony
> > >> who manufactured the DVD/VCR unit (new).
> > >>
> > >> Each tech seems to want to brush me off on the other. Can anyone here
> > >> help.
> > >> Like, is there some simple switch or something I'm not doing that makes
> > >> a
> > >> big difference when I want this movie to burn to a disk to be played back
> > >> on
> > >> a TV?
> >
> >
> >
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