adding date/time to home video (DV)

[esojmc]

I finally figured out how to add date/time stamp to my home video DV avi file. I use a AviSynth script and a filter called DVTimeStamp.dll and that displays the time stamp beautifully on VirtualDub. Now my question is what options do I have. I have been File->Save As and saving the AVI file. I tried Video->Direct Stream Copy and the output AVI was too big and I ran out of HD space. I see other options such as Fast, Normal and Full processing modes. Which should I choose? Also which codec should I choose under compression? I'm assuming it's either Huffyuv v2.1.1 or Panasonic DV CODEC. Is there a loss in quality when I do this? Anyway not to loose quality?

My goal is to generate a AVI file with the timestamp and use Tmpgeng to convert into Mpeg2 and durn into DVD. What is my best option?

Thanks for your time.

[stephanV]

why dont you open the AVS-script in tmpgenc?

[esojmc]

StephenV,
Great! I didn't know I can do that. I'm running it now and it seems to be working - thanks.

For my own understanding, can someone explain or point me to some documentation that explains fast/normal recompress and full processing mode?

Thanks.