Pc dvd recorder

[cheuk5]

Ok any body can explain the diffrent between Pc dvd recorder and the tabletop recorder I mean the software they use?
Because the tabletop dvd record can recording use diffrent speed something like 1 hours. 2 hours..........6 hours( mean they can compress 6 hours porject in to one disc ).
Ok , I wand to know can we have any porgram to do the the samething in pc..................

[Nick]

Hi. The forum you originally posted this in is specifically related to a piece of software called DVD2SVCD...which does not do what you're looking for.

It appears you need to do a bit of background reading about DVD video and MPEG2 compression, so I'm moving this to the Newbies forum, where you may be better directed for entry-level reading.

To give you a bit of background, DVD uses a video compression system called MPEG2. This is a lossy compression format. For example, take a Word document or whatever and compress it to a zip file. The zip file will be smaller than the original document. email the zip file to someone and they can restore the original data - this is lossless. Lossy means the original data can never be restored following decompression.

A DVD disc carries a finite amount of data. So if one full DVD contains 2 hours of video, and another contains 6 hours, the one containing two hours must store more data per second of video than the one containing six hours. Thus, since more data is stored per unit time in the shorter video, less quality is lost on decompression.

This is known as BITRATE - low bitrate compression = low data volume per unit time = low quality playback bur high timelength of video stored per disc. High bitrate obviously vice versa.

I think that very basic grounding would prepare you for an entry level guide to DVD Video.

As far as software is concerned I do not know any freeware softwares to make your PC act like a set-top DVD Recorder. I think a commercial program called "InterVideo WinDVD Recorder" does something similar. You might want to try a search if you get no other suggestions.