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NickKohn · May 21, 2002, 02:15 AM

I want to make a DVD of 3hours worth (actually 3hours,5mins) of material. Is this possible with either iDVD or DVD Studio Pro? Thanks for any help

hmurchison2001 · May 21, 2002, 11:01 AM

iDVD I doubt it as it has limited compression options. DVD SP could do it with heavy compression...you will see artifacts however.

Theodour · May 21, 2002, 11:22 AM

With DVDSP, you can use VCD style MPEG-1 (352x240). It doesn't look as crisp as DVD MPEG-2 (720x480), but if you use the right compression, it beats videotape quality, which has an even lower resolution.
Use 2000 Kb/sec as a reference rate. (VCD is around 1100 Kb/sec, and DVD is usually 6000-9000 Kb/sec)