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Originally Posted by technical
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that for a “DVD standard” the audio must be at least either Dolby Digital or LPCM. Is it really true?
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At least Dolby DTS can be used as well. You should re-read the specification if you are really interested in this kind of stuff. Actually this information is mainly for hardware/sofware vendors.
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I am wondering about the video quality of my original videos on VHS-C tapes recorded using “LP” mode on my video camera. Any guidance here?
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I've never used the LP mode. Preferred the SP to it. And actually I can't suggest to use such a camera if you need editing. One can buy a nice MiniDV camera for about $300-500 and it will allow you to edit your videos easily. Of course many people have old cassettes that need to be converted to digital format.
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Originally Posted by technical
If my original videos are not as good as “DVD quality”, what’s the point in making DVDs out of the tapes?
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Actually I saw 4 pirate movies on a single DVD-5 disc. I suppose they were still of DVD quality.
I suppose that DVD Videos are great when you use sophisticated menus, chapters, several audio tracks, subtitles. All of them can be handled with a remote control.
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Originally Posted by technical
Instead, I am thinking I could make DivX videos after capturing and burn the DivX files on CDs and or DVDs. I am thinking DivX videos would not come out any worse than DVDs made from the original VHS-C tapes. Would this be true?
I have heard that DivX format video would take about 650MB for a 60-90 min video. Is it true?
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It really depends on the settings you use when encoding your videos. I have lots of MPEG-4 movies that don't really look great. If you use 2-pass encoding, use about 700 Mb for 50-60 min video, do not use fast encoding method, the result should be great. And if you don't need any menus and chapters then you can convert your old tapes to DivX (unless you are going to give these videos to people that don't have DivX support in their standalone players).
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Originally Posted by technical
My Philips DVD Player has a DivX logo on it. So, the DivX video files on a CD or DVD should play fine, right?
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Actually DivX certification has some restrictions, so only if use the proper DivX profile you will be able to play such videos.
doom9.org is a very good web-site if you wanna learn more.