richmondfloyd
Active member
Hi,
Converted some files across to my hard drive using Elgato Video Capture.
I asked for the file in H.264 not MP4 (although end file is .mp4?).
Was using toast to convert the file to MPEG-2 for DVD use, but wasn't greatly impressed with the results.
So I am using compressor instead. A couple of questions though.
1. Compressor only has a setting up to 150 minutes. Do I use this?
2. How does Compressor understand the estimated minutes in the encoder section? i.e. when you change the bit-rate, the estimate at the bottom of the screen changes. I am a little confused as I know a dual layer disk will allow up to 8.5GB. But at 2.7 Mbps it comes in at 147 minutes, but only 4.27 GB. Surely this means I can up the bit-rate significantly getting better quality as I am going to burn to dual layer?
3. What does it mean when it says 'allows 145 minutes/layers of video on "DVD-S" - I'm burning to a DVD+R...
4. They are all shot 4:3 and Elgato has transferred the file to a 640x480 aspect ratio. But compressors standard setting is 720x576 - do I need to change this to match the file? i.e. 640x480?
Thanks
Converted some files across to my hard drive using Elgato Video Capture.
I asked for the file in H.264 not MP4 (although end file is .mp4?).
Was using toast to convert the file to MPEG-2 for DVD use, but wasn't greatly impressed with the results.
So I am using compressor instead. A couple of questions though.
1. Compressor only has a setting up to 150 minutes. Do I use this?
2. How does Compressor understand the estimated minutes in the encoder section? i.e. when you change the bit-rate, the estimate at the bottom of the screen changes. I am a little confused as I know a dual layer disk will allow up to 8.5GB. But at 2.7 Mbps it comes in at 147 minutes, but only 4.27 GB. Surely this means I can up the bit-rate significantly getting better quality as I am going to burn to dual layer?
3. What does it mean when it says 'allows 145 minutes/layers of video on "DVD-S" - I'm burning to a DVD+R...
4. They are all shot 4:3 and Elgato has transferred the file to a 640x480 aspect ratio. But compressors standard setting is 720x576 - do I need to change this to match the file? i.e. 640x480?
Thanks