digigami MegaPEG.X

[Jrmcgee]

Greetings,

Just wondering about “MPEG 2 HD”, and what one means by that. Is it just a way of saying HD Video that’s been compressed using MPEG 2 codec? Also, is there a difference between the following two MPEG 2 streams:
(1) 1920×1080 MPEG 2 Stream compressed using Compressor 1’s “MPEG-2 6min High Quality Encode Widescreen Preset”
(2) 1920×1080 MPEG 2 Stream compressed using a similar, but “HD supportive as advertised” MPEG-2 encoder?

Is there a difference in the resulting MPEG-2 stream as far as structure goes? Or will there JUST be some slight quality difference, per say?
By the way, MPEG-2 streams that come out of Final Cut Pro: are they program streams or transport streams?
Thanks!
v/r
JMcGee, Physics and Astronomy Undergrad,LSU
Visualizations Research