• DVD Authoring

  Making an uncompressed DVD

  Posted by Nicola Di pietro on September 30, 2008 at 5:47 pm

  Hello!

  Could you give me an advice?

  I have two Final Cut Studio projects, shooted using Mini HDV tapes of a JVC HD100E camcorder. Shooted at 720p.

  I use DVD Studio Pro.

  Once finished the editing, I need to burn a DVD for each video, downscaling to SD.

  Each video lenght is <5 min.

  So, I think that if a DVD can store two hours of SD video, and a video of mine is a 4 minutes video, I could make an "uncompressed" DVD!
  This because I need the maximum quality, and since the project is already compressed once (the HDV minitape), if I make a DVD I compress it twice!

  Even if a very low compression ratio, it loses quality a lot!

  DVD Studio Pro hasn't any option like an "uncompressed DVD", or to reduce the compression to zero (like the Win Zip "zero compression - store" option...).

  Could you give me any advice? Is there a software? a plug-in? Freeware or trial is better...

  Thank you!

  Nicola Di pietro replied 17 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Sacci

  September 30, 2008 at 6:09 pm

  There is no such thing as an Uncompressed DVD. all DVDs use mpeg2 video. So if you want to be able to play the DVD in a set top player or DVD software nothing you can do differently.
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  Nicola Di pietro

  September 30, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  OK Michael,

  thank you very much!

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