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06-11-2004, 10:15 AM
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Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
Newbie question!
I'm 2 days into my evaluation of BTV3. I'm very happy with what I see so far. I'm using it with a Hauppauge 350 card. My main use for BTV3 is to capture TV programs and record them to DVD for watching later or archiving. I use Ulead Movie Factory 2 or NeroVision Express for processing and burning. The problem is that it is taking almost 2 hours to process and burn a 1 hour MPEG2 file. When I used the WinTV2000 application that came with the Hauppauge card, I could burn a 2 hour program from the resulting MPEG2 files in about a half hour from start to finish. I also completed an evaluation of SageTV 2.0 and the resulting files behaved the same way. Is there something different about the BTV3 generated MPEG2 files that causes the processing to take so long? Is there a way around this. Thanks for your help. Ray
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06-11-2004, 10:26 AM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
try setting your mpeg qualities to something like
720x480 @ 29.97fps 2B 4 P Bit rate < 9100000 bps (constant or vbr) audio as 224Kbps 48khz And see if that helps.
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06-11-2004, 10:32 AM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
It sounds like Ulead and Nero are interpreting your mpeg2's as non-compliant and is therefore re-rendering them. Merry Pig's suggestion might make these applications "happy".
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06-11-2004, 12:12 PM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
What quality are you recording at? As the others mentioned the files are probably being re-encoded.
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PVS setup: BTV:4.9.3[6535] | Processor:Intel 2.4 Ghz Quad Core | MB: Asus P5N-D| RAM: 4GB DDR2 | Tuner: HD-PVR driver 1.7.1.30059 and both tuners of my HDHomerun using OTA | Graphics card: ASUS GeForce 210 GT - Nvidia Force ware 260.99| Sound: From HDMI on video card| Display: Sony 60" BRAVIA HDTV | OS: Windows XP Home SP3 | BTC 9019URF wireless keyboard| Remote: Harmony 700 with Firefly mini receiver | Tuning: USB-UIRT on Dish VIP222 STB
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06-11-2004, 12:37 PM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
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480x480 @ 29.97fps 2B 4P Bitrate 5000000 constant Audio 224Kbps 48kHz My recordings are in line with your suggestion. I think that the observations are correct that Ulead and Nero are re-rendering a "non-compliant" file. What would cause this non-compliance? Is there a DVD authoring program that is more forgiving and will not need to re-render a BTV3 MPEG2 file?
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06-11-2004, 12:53 PM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
Your quality setting above isn't a DVD compliant quality. You need to set them to what merrypig suggested.
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06-11-2004, 12:54 PM
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Re: Time to record BTV3 MPEG2 file to DVD
You need to record in the DVD quality listed by Merrypig and then you should not have this problem.
[edit]I see mcowger beat me to this one[edit]
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PVS setup: BTV:4.9.3[6535] | Processor:Intel 2.4 Ghz Quad Core | MB: Asus P5N-D| RAM: 4GB DDR2 | Tuner: HD-PVR driver 1.7.1.30059 and both tuners of my HDHomerun using OTA | Graphics card: ASUS GeForce 210 GT - Nvidia Force ware 260.99| Sound: From HDMI on video card| Display: Sony 60" BRAVIA HDTV | OS: Windows XP Home SP3 | BTC 9019URF wireless keyboard| Remote: Harmony 700 with Firefly mini receiver | Tuning: USB-UIRT on Dish VIP222 STB Last edited by Terminal; 06-11-2004 at 12:57 PM.
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