Re: Burning HD Content

From: Stephen Neal (stephen.neal_at_nospam.please.as-directed.com)
Date: 11/28/04


Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:57:46 -0000

Nigel Barker wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:13:02 -0800, KJN
> <KJN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone aware of or using some sort of "re-authoring" software in
>> order to shorten the recording to fit on a single disc or split a
>> recording to multiple discs?
>
> All of the various video editing/DVD authoring packages will
> re-encode to fit onto one DVD. Take a look at Cyberlink Power
> Director, Nero Vision Express, Sonic MyDVD, Arcsoft Showbiz. They all
> have time limited trials so try them all & see which you prefer.

Won't using a DVD authoring application reduce the picture quality to
standard definition (after all there is no HD DVD standard as yet)? I think
the OP is asking how to split the files so he can burn the HD content, as
HDTV with no re-sampling or re-scaling or re-compression, to a couple of
4.7Gb DVD-/+R single layer discs.

The job is more one of splitting a recorded TV file in two to fit onto a
DVD-R, rather than creating a DVD that will play as a DVD (with all the
inherent quality drop that scaling from 1920x1080 or 1280x720 to 720x480
would entail)

TMPGEnc now supports MS-DVR files - so it might be that it can allow them to
be edited to create smaller files - without triggering a re-encode?

Steve



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