Pierre-luc Pare
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Well, for old/slow PCs, I’ll go with WM7, but most of the time, they have decent computers so it an play very well WM9. WMV Studio allow frame control ? I think it’s just the PRO version. For a good deinterlacing, depending on the source file, I use FCP with De-interlace filter, or Cleaner, to tweak settings. Not yet upgraded to DVDSP4, but in time, I’ll try Compressor 2. Compression Master 3 seems to be very good, even better than Sorenson Squeeze 4 ? Well, after thinking about all that, I’ve made a good choice for the budget.
Thanks!
Pete -
Well, that is great information you provided guys. After a more thorough analysis of our needs, I suspect that Popwire WM9 would good enough, since our workflow is mainly based on Mac, we use WMVs for those companies not familiar with audio/video (ex. Government, museum, small business, etc.) so we have to provide them a format they can view on their “Oh my god so old” computers, you know. But sometimes, we need to get a high-quality shot (ex. from a DVD) to put on CDs so they can view it on their desktop or for a show. Well, I made many tests yesterday with a file with motion, text, high contrast, and I noticed that WMV Studio automatic De-interlace is not so great when high resolution needed. For apps that I use, especially QT Pro, FCP and Compressor. But I’m not sure WMV Studio will worth my money for what I need…
Well, I know I can do alot of things with it!
Thanks
Pete -
The absolute maximum for digital audio (Not only DVD-Video) is 0dB, BUT, you’ll never see a stream maintain this level. There’s not a fixed standard level for digital audio, but generally it varies between -14dB and -6dB. All depends of your audio content, you must keep an headroom for peaks and high level sequences. If this is a hardcore action movie with many peaks, you’ll keep your level lower, such as -14dB, and if all is about music (Your case), you can keep it at -8dB or -6dB, since peaks are not too high and more much smooth (Well, depends of kind of music!).
Pete
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What is you authoring program and your software player ?
Pete
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Many DVD authoring program let you make slideshow. You can choose to have your slideshow to play continuously or, as you wish, pause each slide and let the user go back/forward. If your don’t have transitions or any effects into your Powerpoint, slideshow is your best alternative. DVD Studio Pro do that very well and has many other options. A less price range program, but not less powerful, is DVDlab-pro.
Pete
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Right. Program stream –> VOB –> Muxed file.
Pete
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To get a VOB file you must use a software that can do that, as ProCoder(Canopus). This VOB file is a “program stream”, and your single mpeg file is an “elementary stream”. ProCoder let you configure the output. So I’m not sure, but I think it could work well with it, then just rename to VTS_…VOB.
Let me know
Pete
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lol, thanks Hewitt. Think I forgot my finger on the 0!
Pete
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The 4.7GB you always see supposed that 1GB=1000000MB, but the true capacity is measured in binary format. So get the 4.7GB
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Did you captured/edited as Anamorphic video ? Seems to be. If you tell ProCoder your video is 16/9 (as it is by default), the encoded file will fill the 16/9 monitor but will look squeezed on a 4/3 monitor (or letterboxed if you choose so). If you choose 4/3, the encoded file will be letterboxed, or maybe you can choose in the target pan.
720×480 is the DV 3:2 format, 856X480 is the real size of your 16/9 video.
Pete