capture DV as mpeg2

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How many of you capture your DV as mpeg2 and edit it as mpeg2 in order to
make a quick burn to DVD?
A friend with a vaio does this and says he has no problems editing this way.

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Newbie question: Which formats can be used for DVD, and what are the pros
and cons for them?

I am going to make dvd's of Hi-8 tapes (PAL) and wonder which format I
should try to convert them to.

Borge

"RS" <idontthinkso@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Depends. If your just going for easy cuts, no effects, ect, then you have
no
> problem working with this compressed format.
>
> If your going to be doing lots of work to it, you will appreciate having
all
> the frames.
>
>
> "ThomasDefender" <thomasdefender@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20041102221600.15889.00000041@mb-m07.aol.com...
> > How many of you capture your DV as mpeg2 and edit it as mpeg2 in
order
> to
> > make a quick burn to DVD?
> > A friend with a vaio does this and says he has no problems editing
this
> way.
>
>

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Thank you for a very helpful reply!

Borge

"WEBPA" <webpa@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041104225126.08096.00000103@mb-m07.aol.com...
> >Newbie question: Which formats can be used for DVD, and what are the pros
> >and cons for them?
> >
> >I am going to make dvd's of Hi-8 tapes (PAL) and wonder which format I
> >should try to convert them to.
> >
> >Borge
> >
>
> You don't have a choice: If the end product is to be a DVD "movie", then
the
> last stage before "authoring" the disk ***MUST*** be a DVD-compliant MPEG2
> video file and a DVD-compliant MP2 or MP3 audio file (usually 48 kHz, 16
bit,
> stereo). The authoring software creates the mandatory *.vob, *.ifo,
*.bup, etc
> files and places them in the mandatory directories. Your DVD burning
software
> (Nero, Roxio, etc.) places these files in mandatory physical location on
the
> disk as it burns them.
>
> Since most recent DVD players can handle VCD, SVCD, and perhaps MPEG4,
MPEG1,
> JPG numpic, etc., etc., formats, you might consider using them. Don't know
why,
> since they are generally inferior in quality to DVD movie-format
MPEG2....even
> if you can squeeze more video on a disk with MPEG4 at reduced quality.
With
> blank DVD-R disks going for US$0.40 or less, this makes no sense to me.
> webpa
>