What kind of setting i should pick for making DVD

[us_matrix]

Hi,

I export my Home DVD video as MEPG2 files and here is the MEPG 2 Source setting.

MPEG 2 format
352 x 480
29.97fps
4000 Kbps
256 kbps


I will use DVD Workshop for video cutting and motion video. But here is my quesiton.
At the end when i click make disc to DVD. There are many setting i can choose like
- High quality 8000kbps 60 mins DVD
- Fair quality 6000kbps 90 mins DVD
- Low quality 4000 kbps 120 mins DVD
- Half D1 2400kbps 352 x 480 4hr per DVD etc....

Which one i should choose for best quality. (I understood my MEPG 2 souce above is in low quality but just hope to maintain the same quality or hope tweak better if possible)
The MEPG 2 files is about 3.8GB and is about 2 hours and 40 minutes long. Someone told me that it may be even worst if your Source is low quality but you burn it in High quality. Is that true?

[bugster]

Those settings are for the built-in encoder. Your source is (or at least appears to be) already DVD compliant, so you should not have to re-encode.
DVD workshop has a tick box (can't rememebr exactly where) labelled something like 'do not convert compliant video'. Find it and tick it. No re-encoding should take place and it should use your source mpeg 'as is'.

[us_matrix]

Hi,

You mean which setting i should choose from below? or i should use customize to match exactly what i had from my SOURCE setting.

- High quality 8000kbps 60 mins DVD
- Fair quality 6000kbps 90 mins DVD
- Low quality 4000 kbps 120 mins DVD
- Half D1 2400kbps 352 x 480 4hr per DVD etc....