Resolution on VRO files?

[stevedore]

I recently recorded a music concert on CMT (Country Music Television) on my DVD recorder. I extracted the VRO file using ISOBuster, and was able to load it in TMPGEnc DVD Author to make a DVD.

Then I recorded a show (Pompeii) on the Discovery Channel, did the same thing, but TMPGEnc DVD Author complains "544 x 480 resolution can not be used for standard DVD"

TMPGEnc DVD Author says the first file is 720 x 480. Why is the second one 544 x 480? Same DVD recorder, same digital cable box.

Thanks for any answers! I'm sure I'm missing something simple....

[ckwok1]

I'm sure I'm missing something simple....

You have used different recording modes. Longer time recording mode uses lower resolution.

[seb]

Make sure you initialise your disc/record in DVD-VIDEO mode rather than DVD-VR to ensure a compliant resolution whatever your recording length.

[stevedore]

Thanks for the replies. I hadn't thought about resolution with the different recording modes, and assumed only the bitrate varied. I need to learn some more about this stuff.

I'll do some tests in the different modes & see what I get.

Thanks again!

[KavMan]

I recently recorded a music concert on CMT (Country Music Television) on my DVD recorder. I extracted the VRO file using ISOBuster, and was able to load it in TMPGEnc DVD Author to make a DVD.

Then I recorded a show (Pompeii) on the Discovery Channel, did the same thing, but TMPGEnc DVD Author complains "544 x 480 resolution can not be used for standard DVD"

TMPGEnc DVD Author says the first file is 720 x 480. Why is the second one 544 x 480? Same DVD recorder, same digital cable box.

Thanks for any answers! I'm sure I'm missing something simple....

You don't need to use isobuster to extract the vro, just use the add dvd video on TDA and point it to the folder where the vro file is

It will then show you all the titles you have and then it will extract the mpgs to a folder you've specified

Then do your editing etc....

[seb]

If you're using ISOBUSTER because you can't see the contents of a DVD-VR disk in Windows Explorer (or TDA), and you've got a Pioneer drive in your PC, check out http://www.softarch.com/pioneer/readdvd.html (it's free for Pioneer drive owners - solved the problems I was having reading DVD-VR disks recorded on my 420H)