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Automatic Transcoding=8mps is this a good idea?
With some of my interviews being at most between 3mins-5 mins .. I have used automatic transcoding to let Encore do the work..the end results were getting around 8mps on the final. I have read on most duplication sites that its suggested that I get it down to 5-6mps if you planning to mass produce the master. I have tested the disc on my oldest dvd player which is about 6 years old and my newest which is 3 years old..both play fine. I have also read that its best to keep it low mps so the data isn’t written towards the outer edges of the disc since thats not the best area to write data to.
Is this a good idea or do I risk having a lot of compatibity issues with other people’s drives?
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Bryan,
For most applications, 8mbs should work great – and of course is well within the specification. In the real world, however, you may want to reduce it just slightly. Some older DVD players – Toshiba’s come immediately to mind – had trouble playing higher bit rates, and they had trouble with DVD-Rs in general. You say you are planning to mass produce it, so that should take care of the DVD-R issue. Laptop computers are still a bit of a problem, however. I’ve found it best to keep the bit rates below 7mbs to increase the chances that laptops will be able to play back the material without stuttering, anomolies, etc. Of course you want to have your audio encoded as AC-3 (dolby digital). That will also help the playback issues.
Have fun!
Rob
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Hey thanks for your response since I will be transcoding tonight 🙂 I forget the models but the two I have used to test my dvd is a 1999 pioneer DVD player and a 2002 5 disc Toshiba Player. Both of them have played everything back with no problems on DVD-R discs. Playback on computers make it look bad, but I will have a disclamer on there saying ment to be played on desktop home units compatible with DVD-R Media. As for the audio, the only thing I am using is pretty much the original audio recorded during the interviews and some royality free music. Thanks for the advice.
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