CaptyDVD-Select Low, Medium or High Quality Rendering

[Surfmaster]

Hi,

I am currently using CaptyDVD 1 to author a DVD after I captured and sliced the MPEG2 files using PixeDV. I captured the video using the 4.5 bit rate setting. When I launched CaptyDVD, I selected "high quality" since I want a better quality and I do not mind waiting to create a final Video_TS folder since I can just let my Mac do the work overnight.

However, I notice the CaptyDVD manual states that you should use "low quality" when capturing in 4 megabits and that you should use "normal quality" when capturing 6 megabits or more. Since my video was captured in 4.5 megabits, and I selected "high quality," which will render the DVD in 8 megabits, will it cause problems with the render other than taking a long time to do the actual rendering? Is there a way to lower the quality to "normal" from "high" in the CaptyDVD file or do I need to start over and create an entirely new file from scratch? Thanks in advance.

[Frobozz]

The low, medium and high settings in CaptyDVD are only for video content that is not already MPEG encoded. The setting is ignored with MPEG video files. What isn't ignored is if you choose PCM rather than MPEG audio. MPEG audio is compress and PCM is uncompressed. If you choose PCM you may find that your video won't fit on the DVD.

[Surfmaster]

Hi Frobozz,

Thanks for your fast reply. I'm glad the setting does not apply to MPEG-encoded files. I have selected MPEG audio since it compresses the sound and I'm just copying TV shows. Appreciate the help as always.