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[ivanslater]

Hi,

when I record a DVD from a codec video (like divx, xvid and others), the software automatically records the movie on media uncoded? I meam, I will can watch it on a simple DVD player in my TV? or I'll always need the computer with the codecs?

And about VCDs??

How does it work???


Thanks!!

[Beerman]

ivanslater, on Feb 14 2006, 06:31 AM, said:

Hi,

when I record a DVD from a codec video (like divx, xvid and others), the software automatically records the movie on media uncoded? I meam, I will can watch it on a simple DVD player in my TV? or I'll always need the computer with the codecs?

And about VCDs??

How does it work???
Thanks!!

If the file plays fine on your computer and you can make a dvd with it, it should play fine in all your players.  If you simply copy a divx or xvid file to a dvd and try to play it on a standard player, you're out of luck unless your player can play divx files.  Some can even play Windows Media files.  I know of none that will play xvid files.

[ggrussell]

ivanslater, on Feb 14 2006, 07:31 AM, said:

And about VCDs??

VCD is lower resolution than DVD and much lower bitrates so the quality is more like recording in 6hr VHS mode. It also uses MPEG 1 encoding and SVCD uses MPEG 2. VCD gets about 64min on a CD and SVCD gets about 30min on a CD.

[ivanslater]

ok, but there is one way to increase the bitrate of ripped DVD videos (about 700MB) when I record it on DVD again?

[ggrussell]

Sounds like a DivX or Xvid file which uses much higher compression.  If you want a standard video DVD, that file will be uncompressed and recompressed using MPEG2 which a standard DVD uses.  There is no way to keep the same quality because MPEG 2 is so much larger.

If you have a DVD player accepts DivX files,  I understand all you need is a data DVD.  I don't know anyone that has one so I'm not sure how it works.

Edited by ggrussell, 14 February 2006 - 12:37 PM.