Blank DVD question.... + - 4.7 or 9.4 ?

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PimpDaddyDA

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HI all...

Does it really matter what type of dvd I record on?

My flic is too long for a 4.7 GB dvd, so I'm pickin up some 9.4's...

Do all the dvd players treat them just the same?

and whats up with the + and - ??? does that matter??

Thanks!

by the way: 2 hour 10 mins flic / I'd like to record it VBR 2 pass / 7 bit max.

Is that about right?
 
I assume you have a dual layer DVD burner? If not you can only burn to 4.7gb dvd.
 
Many DVD players can't play the dual layer DVD's. In fact, some of the really old players can't even play VBR. But if your show is that long, then you'd have to go dual layer. Just check out your DVD on a few different players first.

"-" came out before "+", so the theory is that more players are compatible with -. But they've both been well supported for a long time now.
 
Sumfun said:
Many DVD players can't play the dual layer DVD's. In fact, some of the really old players can't even play VBR. But if your show is that long, then you'd have to go dual layer. Just check out your DVD on a few different players first.
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This is incorrect. I was involved in some of the early specification committies (on the audio side) and I can assure you that all compliant DVD-V players since the very beginning of consumer release (1997) support both VBR and dual layer disc's. What wasn't supported by all players is recordable format disc's (-R, +R, -R/W, +R/W) but this limitation is based upon the optical properties of the disc and not a limitation in the player
 
I've been burning Double-Layer (they don't call the recordable ones Dual-Layer... I don't know why) for a few 2-hour projects and I've been absolutely impressed with the results. I've tried the disc on a number of new and old DVD player and have not encountered any playback problems.

Justin
www.beyondtimemedia.com
 
Check out the forums over at www.cdfreaks.com. Great info for burning DVDs. You shouldn't have any more problem with the double-layer than with a regular burned DVD. If you can bitset to DVD-ROM with your burner, your compatibility should be really good. You can learn more about bitsetting over at cdfreaks.

J.D.
 
Greeeeat responses...thanks so much. I've got a dual burner...I'm going to pick up some 8.5 GB dvd's and try it out. I'm assuming PPRO1.5 will do auto compression while burning? I've made some 40 min dvd's with no stress and they look good.

12 days left to Sundance late deadline!
 
You might want to try a different DVD burning workflow.

Out put to mpg first) then author to DVD separately.

PremPro takes forever to burn and compress simultaneously. (So long that you could miss your deadline at the festival)

Compressing and authoring seapartely also can save a heap of time if you have a glitch in one of the processes.
 
khmuse said:
This is incorrect. I was involved in some of the early specification committies (on the audio side) and I can assure you that all compliant DVD-V players since the very beginning of consumer release (1997) support both VBR and dual layer disc's. What wasn't supported by all players is recordable format disc's (-R, +R, -R/W, +R/W) but this limitation is based upon the optical properties of the disc and not a limitation in the player
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This is interesting, because I've burned some VBR discs that didn't work on several players. But when I converted them to CBR, they all worked. Do you think it was just a matter of using the "wrong" brand of discs?
 
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