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  • DVD compression for computer monitor use?

    Posted by Gonzalo Zumalacarregui on June 13, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    I’m working on a proyect which will have DVD as final delivery. The only thing is that the DVD will only be seen in computer monitors. Whatever kind of compression within DV formats and compressions don’t look really good if you play the DVD on any DVD player in any PC or Mac. I can achieve the results that I want exporting my proyect to a Quicktime file (working with TGA and no fields) but that’s no solution cause it has to be in DVD. Most users won’t have Quicktime so it needs to be a playable DVD. Does anybody know which is the best way to compress a proyect which is only intended for computer monitor use? I’ve tried many different ways but I don

    Chris Borjis replied 19 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Chris Borjis

    June 14, 2007 at 5:01 am

    dvd video uses rectangular pixels, computer monitors use square, that is what softens the picture (all dvds do this)

    If you want it sharper your going to have to do it without dvd video.

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