Re: [gentoo-user] burning HD mpeg4 to dvd

[Stroller]

On 17 Apr 2009, at 20:43, Joseph wrote:
> ... I have new camera that records HD (1920x1080) mpeg4 movies, most
> files are below 3GB;

Assuming videos of your dog / cat / children you're probably best  
storing the original video files on hard-disk, burning as a DVD at  
standard definitions (720x480 or 720x576) and enjoying the movies like  
that for the meantime. I would revisit hi-def video disks in 5 years  
time, when more tools are available, when you have a living-room  
player that will cope with 1920x1080 and when hi-def disks are cheap.  
You _may_ be able to record blu-ray format onto DVD, but since you  
couldn't playback such a disk yourself, why bother? Many viewers are  
unable to distinguish between DVD & blu-ray.

Watch out for framerate issues - you should probably be capturing at  
the correct framerate for your output format, as conversion between  
framerates is problematic ("lossy").

Stroller.