I currently use Womble Mpeg Video Wizard to do editing and fixing of files.
I am trialling VRD and have a couple of questions
This is what I have tested at the moment.
1. I recorded a TV programme on a standalone DVD recorder in VR mode - the reason for this is so I don't have to keep finalizing and unfinalizing the disk when I want to re-use it
2. I copied the .VRO file onto the hard-drive of the PC
3. I ran the file though QSF to create a clean mpg file
4. I used VideoReDo to create a 5 minute segment as mpg and VOB
5. I used Womble Video Wizard to edit the .VRO file and save the same 5 minute segment as a .VRO file and as mpg (Womble took longer to convert the 5 minutes to mpg than VRD took to QSF the whole file !!?? - interesting)
6. I then used NeroVisionExpress 4 to create a DVD from all the different versions.
There was no noticeable difference between any of the versions and I think not much difference to the original DVD from the DVD recorder. All the mpg files were roughly the same size.
From this I conclude that Womble and VideoReDo are producing roughly the same quality files and so either will do the job I want.
My question is this - What is the advantage or the point of saving as a VOB file when you can't write this directly to a DVD and it has to be re-encoded by Nero when adding to a project? It did the same thing it would do if I import a DVD-RAM format disk directly.
Are there other DVD authoring programs which would take the VOB file directly without re-encoding?
I think I have read elsewhere that Nero re-encodes stuff when it doesn't need to?
Any advice greatly appreciated
PS - I am probably going to buy VideoReDo anyway, I like the interface much better than Womble and you can configure everything you want.
I am trialling VRD and have a couple of questions
This is what I have tested at the moment.
1. I recorded a TV programme on a standalone DVD recorder in VR mode - the reason for this is so I don't have to keep finalizing and unfinalizing the disk when I want to re-use it
2. I copied the .VRO file onto the hard-drive of the PC
3. I ran the file though QSF to create a clean mpg file
4. I used VideoReDo to create a 5 minute segment as mpg and VOB
5. I used Womble Video Wizard to edit the .VRO file and save the same 5 minute segment as a .VRO file and as mpg (Womble took longer to convert the 5 minutes to mpg than VRD took to QSF the whole file !!?? - interesting)
6. I then used NeroVisionExpress 4 to create a DVD from all the different versions.
There was no noticeable difference between any of the versions and I think not much difference to the original DVD from the DVD recorder. All the mpg files were roughly the same size.
From this I conclude that Womble and VideoReDo are producing roughly the same quality files and so either will do the job I want.
My question is this - What is the advantage or the point of saving as a VOB file when you can't write this directly to a DVD and it has to be re-encoded by Nero when adding to a project? It did the same thing it would do if I import a DVD-RAM format disk directly.
Are there other DVD authoring programs which would take the VOB file directly without re-encoding?
I think I have read elsewhere that Nero re-encodes stuff when it doesn't need to?
Any advice greatly appreciated
PS - I am probably going to buy VideoReDo anyway, I like the interface much better than Womble and you can configure everything you want.