2 Pioneers for maximizing quality

[iluvJLO]

i was wondering something about maximizing the space on a DVD-R. as you may know, the people who have read my posts know that i'm a boxing fan who would like to get the best quality per DVD. Like I've said before, fights can end early, or late, and I want to be able to fill up the DVD to the max for whatever footage, be it 1HR, or 1HR 23Mins. Too many times I play the guessing game and end up with a program thats 1HR 23mins, and I end up using MN for 1HR 40mins, wasting valuable space.

So, I was thinking, has anyone tried getting 2 recorders? 1 520 HDD model, and a regular 220 model. Record the program to the 520 at XP, and then in real time connect the 520 to the 220 and record on the 220 at whatever MN is required to get the full amount of DVD space. Would this make a 1:1 copy if the program recorded to the HDD is at XP and I'm recording it to a 220 at XP as well?

[Frobozz]

Sure that would work but you already can do it all on the 520 without going through the digital-to-analog-and-back conversion that would be required with two recorders.

Just record in the highest quality to the hard drive and then copy to the DVD in real time at the best setting that fits the disc. Although this requires re-encoding the video, it is only a second generation and will still be at a high bit rate - I doubt you'll notice much if any difference from the original.

[lordsmurf]

If so worried about disc space, record raw AVI on a computer hard drive using a capture card, then encode final results down to the last kilobyte.

What you suggest is damaging to the quality.

[iluvJLO]

Just record in the highest quality to the hard drive and then copy to the DVD in real time at the best setting that fits the disc. Although this requires re-encoding the video, it is only a second generation and will still be at a high bit rate - I doubt you'll notice much if any difference from the original.

can anyone confirm this? not noticing difference?

[raffie]

Recompressing will leave you with quality that is worst than having a first generation copy that maybe doesn't completely fill the disc.