AVI, mpeg2 or mpeg4?

[maxamillion]

Hello, I"m using Xilisoft dvd ripper platinum 5 to take some sports footage and edit it with Correl VideoStudio X2. My question is since the final product will be dvd should I just "convert" the footage to mpeg4 which is basically vob files anyway rather then converting it to AVI or mpeg2? Or should I convert it to AVI which is supposed to be more editing friendly and then convert everything to DVD?

Thanks

[Baldrick]

Can't VideoStudio X2 import directly from DVD-Video? I'm pretty sure it can.

If it's commercial dvd then rip it to hdd using the free dvdfab decrypter first.

[maxamillion]

Video studio can but I like to use Biolsoft video splitter first to cut out the highlights and then add and edit them in video studio. What format does videostudio import the dvd into?

[JohnnyMalaria]

DVD uses MPEG2, not MPEG4.

[maxamillion]

dvd equals vob files
vob equals mpeg4

am I wrong?

[manono]

Yes, you're wrong.

[Marvingj]

What is MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4 (or MP4 )?
MPEG An ISO/ITU standard for compressing video offering lossy compression technique (some data of the original image is lost during the compression).
MPEG also called: MJPEG, Moving Pictures Experts Group, Moving JPEG, Motion Pictures Experts Group, and Motion JPEG MPEG (pronounced M-peg), which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, is the name of family of standards used for coding audio-visual information (e.g., movies, video, music) in a digital compressed format. The major advantage of MPEG compared to other video and audio coding formats is that MPEG files are much smaller for the same quality. This is because MPEG uses very sophisticated compression techniques.
MPEG also refers to the family of digital video compression standards and file formats developed by the group. MPEG generally produces better-quality video than competing formats, such as Video for Windows, Indeo and QuickTime.
MPEG Files can be decoded by special hardware or by software. MPEG achieves high compression rate by storing only the changes from one frame to another, instead of each entire frame. The video information is then encoded using a technique called DCT.
MPEG Files MPEG uses a type of lossy compression, since some data is removed. But the diminishment of data is generally imperceptible to the human eye.
What is MPEG-1? - An ISO/IEC (International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission) standard for medium quality and medium bitrate video and audio compression. It allows video to be compressed by the ratios in the range of 50:1 to 100:1, depending on image sequence type and desired quality. The encoded data rate is targeted at 1.5Mb/s - this was a reasonable transfer rate of a double-speed CD-ROM player (including audio and video). VHS-quality playback is expected from this level of compression. The Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) also established the MPEG-2 standard for high-quality video playback at a higher data rates. MPEG-1 is used in encoding video for VCD.
What is MPEG2? - A video standard developed by MPEG group, is often used in digital TVs, DVD movies and in SVCDs. An encoding standard designed as an extension of the MPEG-1 international standard for digital compression of audio and video signals. MPEG-1 was designed to code progressively scanned video at bit rates up to about 1.5 Mbit/s for applications such as CD-i. MPEG2 is directed at broadcast formats at higher data rates; it provides increased support for efficiently coding interlaced video, supports a wide range of bit rates and provides for multichannel surround sound coding such as PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio.
What is MPEG4 ( or MP4 )? - An ISO/IEC standard 14496 developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), the committee that also developed MPEG-1 and MPEG2. These standards made interactive video on CD-ROM, DVD and Digital Television possible. MPEG4 is the result of another international effort involving hundreds of researchers and engineers from all over the world. MPEG4 ( or MP4 ) was finalized in October 1998 and became an International Standard in 1999. MPEG4 ( or MP4 ) used for both streaming and downloadable web content, and is also the video format employed by a growing number of portable video recorders. One of the best-known MPEG4 ( or MP4 ) encoders is DivX which since version 5 has been fully standard-compliant MPEG4 ( or MP4 ) encoder. read more about how to Convert MP4 to Mpeg Mpeg2 or Convert Mpeg to Mpeg4 Mpeg2.
What is MPEG3? - A proposed variant of the MPEG video and audio compression algorithm and file format. MPEG3 was intended as an extension of MPEG2 to cater for HDTV but was eventually merged into MPEG2. MPEG3 should not be confused with MP3 which is MPEG-1 layer 3 popularly used for audio encoding.
What is MPEG7? - is an ISO/IEC standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. MPEG7, formally named ¡°Multimedia Content Description Interface¡±, is a standard for describing the multimedia content data that supports some degree of interpretation of the information¡¯s meaning, Unlike previous MPEG standards aimed at encoding, MPEG-7 is not aimed at any one application in particular; rather, the elements that MPEG-7 standardizes support as broad a range of applications as possible.
What is MPEG Audio? MPEG Audio is a family of generic standards for low bit-rate coding: MPEG Layer I - low complexity, good for consumer recording; MPEG Layer II - high efficiency with medium complexity, good for professional recording and for broadcast; MPEG Layer III - high complexity and high efficiency, suitable for very low bit-rates application.
MPEG files format Summary - There are three major MPEG standards: MPEG-1, MPEG2 and MPEG4. The most common implementations of the MPEG-1 standard provide a video resolution of 352-by-240 at 30 frames per second (fps). This produces video quality slightly below the quality of conventional VCR videos. MPEG2 offers resolutions of 720x480 and 1280x720 at 60 fps, with full CD-quality audio. This is sufficient for all the major TV standards, including NTSC, and even HDTV. MPEG2 is used by DVD-ROMs. MPEG2 can compress a 2 hour video into a few gigabytes. While decompressing an MPEG2 data stream requires only modest computing power, encoding video in MPEG2 format requires significantly more processing power. MPEG4 is a graphics and video compression algorithm standard that is based on MPEG-1 and MPEG2 and Apple QuickTime technology. Wavelet-based MPEG4 files are smaller than JPEG or QuickTime files, so they are designed to transmit video and images over a narrower bandwidth and can mix video with text, graphics and 2-D and 3-D animation layers. MPEG4 was standardized in October 1998!