Best Compressions for DVD Studio Pro

The usual rule of thumb is to encode for DVD to the usual MPEG2 format at 8mbps VBR.

The recipe I get most success with (and it just happens to be that used by my main client) is;

Compression; Mpeg2 4:2:0
GOP IBBPBBPBBI
Resolution (SD) 720x520 interlaced, 16:9, upper field first. (oh, thats for PAL)

The audio for disc v client is different, as the client only accepts it at 48Khz, two channel, at 192Kbps/channel while the DVD standard is 44.1Khz.

The vision quality is pretty stunning on a 42 inch plasma, considering its SD, and there are naff all compression artifacts on moving objects.

Ben
 
Hey TimG... just wondering if you tried the Cinema Craft Encoder yet and if there was a major difference in quality.
 
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