Output to DVD vs minidv - loss quality ?'s

ihatedv

ihatedv

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Will there be a loss of quality when footage is output to a DVD vs a minidv. I know there are many types of compression that will determine quality, but in a general sense.
 
outputting to miniDV you usually do it from your NLE= minimal quality loss

compressing to DVD you loose more quality

shawn
 
Ok gotcha. Is it possible to have my editor output to a DVD with no compression to preserve quality? If so I'm assuming it won't be the MPEG2 format?
 
If you want to create a video DVD playable on a DVD set top, there isn't way to avoid compression and encoding that results in a loss in quality.

You have to encode to m2v/mpeg2.
 
It is not for playing on a Dvd player. I am sending it to a VOD house for them to encode and add it to their website to make available for download.

I just want to get it to them it a format that will give the best quality. They accept minidv and DVD, but from experience making a copy of a minidv can be a hassle
 
the one way to work around the compression is to increase the video bitrate and increase the videos aspect ratio (picture size) and that would work
 
Oh, your not burning?

Yeah, you can burn a quicktime file to the DVD.
If you export out of FCP with current settings (DV), your loss will be very minimal.

Only downside is the 4.7GB limit on the DVD unless you went with a dual-sided.

shawn
 
@jumpthewire I'm personally not burning anything. I'm just getting my editor to give me the format that I request. Quicktime is not an acceptable format for the VOD company.
 
There's no such thing as uncompressed DV as DV is inherently compressed and not everyone has the same codecs installed on their machines so it's not 'universally accepted' either. For example, if you export using the Apple DV codec and the person you are giving the file to doesn't have QT installed they won't be able to playback the file.

OP, if the place you are sending the footage to only accepts MiniDV or DVD (as in a DVD playable in a set top player) then your options are limited to just one or the other. If they accept files on DVD then you should ask them what specifications they require for file based.

-A
 
ihatedv said:
In a general sense, is the mpeg2 format more compressed than files on a DVD?
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Although there are different codecs based on MPEG2, typically when people talk about MPEG2 they are referring to the kind used to make video DVDs, so w/what being said, the answer to your Q is that the quality would be the same since MPEG2 is what's used to make video DVDs.


-A
 
Right, as a practical example, DVD's have a maximum of about 9 Mbps data rate in Mpeg2. My Sony EX1 records a 35 Mbps Mpeg2 data rate. The new Convergent XDR recorder, records a 100 Mbps Mpeg2 data rate. And all three look quite different from each other... :)
 
IF YOU USE uncompressed DV YOU'LL HAVE A HUGE FILL... SO LIKE 1MIN WOULD BE CLOSE TO 15 GIGS/ you have the opsition to change lets just say 720x 480x to 1440x 960x
 
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