I've recently been using CloneDVD 2 and there is a scanning part where it shows what I assume to be the quality of the DVD soon to be burned. This quality is at about 50%.
Why is this so? Is this scanner the quality of the soon to be burned DVD?
How can I increase the quality to as close to 100% as possible, since 100% probably cannot be reached?
Does DVD X Copy Xpress give out 100% quality copies?
Sorry for all the questions, but I appreciate your help.
Comercial dvds are pressed not burnt and are not renowned for high quality however if the data can be read by the dvd reader which it normally can you can expect a quality of movie very close to the original just remeber to use good quality media keep your burn speed down and keep compression down to a minimum
Could you elaborate upon what you mean between pressed and burnt DVDs? Do you mean that "pressed DVDs" are not renowned for high quality? Or are the "burnt DVDs" not renowned for high quality?
When you say compression, are you referring to the meter at the bottom of CloneDVD 2?
If so, what is a good range of quality for burnt DVDs?
Pressed dvds that the original movie came on are basicly manufactured by stamping the data on to them and can varry greatly in quality
the quality of the dvds that you burn depend on the media that you use I would only recommend taiyos or verbatim and your burn speed as for compression my personal opinion is dont go below 80% I dont use clone so I'm not sure what that meter indicates you can use less compression by reauthoring your dvd ie. removing subtitles, extra language tracks etc
Quote:Comercial dvds are pressed not burnt and are not renowned for high quality
I really don't get that one. DVDs are much more superior than the VHS tapes that movies used to come on. In fact the big copyright protection fight is due to DVDs being digital images that can be copied over and over without degrading. Video rentals that are all scratched up may be poor quality sometimes, but most of the ones produced by the major studios are high quality when first delivered. Poor handling is what degrades them.
Pressed is the term for describing how factory DVDs are made. It's sort of like just stamping them out. Recordable media used for recording by consumers is recorded by burning the disc with an optical laser. As mentioned, there's some questionable media on the market, so buy known good products. Just because a disc is a brand name doesn't always make it good either, i.e. Memorex.
As for the numbers one usually sees on software, it is usually the compression ratio. When you see 80%, that means the software has to compress the files 20% to get them to fit to the target media. Some do give quality figures, so one has to pay attention. ;) When transcoder software such as CloneDVD2 start having to compress more than 20% (less than 80% compression ratio), compression errors start showing up. Depending on the software used, some show the problems more than others.
If you want high quality under higher compression use an encoder. Rebuilder is an app that supports different encoders. Check it out here on AD and you can get all you need at http://www.dvd-rb.com/ , including the free HC encoder. CCE is is my choice, but is retail. It's referred to as RB/CCE.
Excuse me if I misunderstood. If I mistook the statement, then I suspect others might as well. Still even with the physical condition and quality, I have no faults with the "name" manufacturers that release factory DVDs. All the factory DVDs I have are good quality and those I've rented, and we're looking at a lot of DVDs between the 2 sources.
As I may have mentioned, most of the problems I've encountered have been from poor handling and out of several hundred DVDs, I've only encountered a couple of flawed discs. Those would do what they were supposed to do, play. They just wouldn't record due to read errors that stopped the recording software due to repetitive read errors. Had I used recovery software and spent time, I could have done those, but it was easier and better quality to just get another disc.
