Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-05 Thread Robert Kesterson
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Selva Nair wrote: > > Oh, no I am not going to move my tapes onto optical media -- atleast not > until those high-density optical disks like DVR's become available at an > affordable price. DVD-R blanks are about 39 cents each in 100 packs. Considering that's the equivalent of

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-05 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > > from selected clips, it's already been encoded. The re-encoding will look > > pretty terrible, won't it? If you have a good source it might look accaptable. > If you want to fit 60 mins into a DVD you have little choice but to use an > mpeg-like compression. If you want to keep the DV q

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-05 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Robert Kesterson wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Selva Nair wrote: > > > > I too have often wondered about moving all my dvd tapes into DVD-R in > > dv format. For archiving, which medium is more reliable? DVD or > > tape? > > You're kidding, right? :) Oh, no I am not going to

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-05 Thread Robert Kesterson
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Selva Nair wrote: > > I too have often wondered about moving all my dvd tapes into DVD-R in > dv format. For archiving, which medium is more reliable? DVD or > tape? You're kidding, right? -- Robert Kesterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-05 Thread Selva Nair
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Derek Fountain wrote: > > > I want to > > > capture and archive onto DVD+R the tapes I have - quite a few. In order > > > to fit one 60 minute tape onto one DVD, I need to get the recording to > > > about 1MB/sec > > > > Why do you don't want to create a video DVD ? > > You can

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-04 Thread Derek Fountain
> > I have an oldish DV video camera, one of the first JVC ones to come out > > which used "DV Format (SD Mode)" (according to the 'spec). No firewire > > port or anything, so the video is going in via my DC10+. I want to > > capture and archive onto DVD+R the tapes I have - quite a few. In order >

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-04 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > I have an oldish DV video camera, one of the first JVC ones to come out which > used "DV Format (SD Mode)" (according to the 'spec). No firewire port or > anything, so the video is going in via my DC10+. I want to capture and > archive onto DVD+R the tapes I have - quite a few. In order to

[Mjpeg-users] Quality from my old video camera and the -d setting

2003-02-04 Thread Derek Fountain
I have an oldish DV video camera, one of the first JVC ones to come out which used "DV Format (SD Mode)" (according to the 'spec). No firewire port or anything, so the video is going in via my DC10+. I want to capture and archive onto DVD+R the tapes I have - quite a few. In order to fit one 60