I have been using DVD2DVDR version 1.3.2 for a while now. It seems to do everything great, but I have one question. I have been reading over the last month or so, SEVERAL posts which pertain to the correct settings in DVD2DVDR. I ONLY do NTSC films, most of which are progressive, and some of which are a hybrid. Anyway, I know there are guides in "getting the most out of CCE," and that type of thing, but being that I have never had any problems before, I just continue to do what I am doing. Apparently those guides for CCE tell you to use linear quantizer scale. I have NEVER checked that option, and again, never had a single problem, so it looks like I am getting the most out of CCE with that option unchecked. But if I am missing something or doing something wrong, I would appreciate it if someone would let me know. The only options I check are Upper Field First, Progressive Frames, and zigzag scanning order. As I said, I never check linear quantizer scale. I also check "force film" since I only have NTSC films.

My question though is whether it is really necessary to use bitrateviewer for NTSC films? I mean what I did from the very beginning was hit the "help" tab within DVD2DVDR and if you scroll down you can see where Chatwalker tells what options should be set to "TRUE" or "FALSE" depending on the movie type, like progressive or Interlaced. For progressive movies, it tells you to select all the options which I mentioned I select above, but NOT linear quantizer scale. That doesn't correspond to what those CCE guides tell you regarding Linear Quantizer scale, so I am just curious which is the actual correct method of encoding? I have always used those settings and not had a problem, even for hybrids of both interlaced and progressive. I know that those settings are good for 95% of all DVD's, but another question is what will happen if I get one of the 5% that is isn't good for? What type of errors or pixelation will I get? If anyone can help me on this, I would greatly appreciate it. It seems like everything is working fine, but if I am doing something where I would notice a difference in quality somehow, I would like to correct it. Thanks