Image Size... some considerations

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Metallo

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19. September 2005 @ 13:18

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Hi all,

In the past, I used to make photo VCDs using VCDEasy, therefore the conversion of the stills was in MPEG1.
I was able to put around 1800 MPEG1 stills whose original resolution was 1600 x 1200 pixels.

Nowdays, I cannot succeed with more than 1000 stills on DVD-R.
Of course, conversion is now to MPEG2.

Therefore, I was wondering, what's the advantage of using a DVD-R if the quantity of stills I can burn on it is less?
OK, there are many other things you can do using a DVD-R, I know, but if you only want to put stills on it?
Therefore the question: Do I need such a high resolution of the picture to be watched on TV?
I mean, if I resize the picture to, say, 640 x 480 and then convert to MPEG2 and put it on DVD, I guess the quality I see is the same as if the picture was 1600 x 1200.
Would I save space and be able to add more stills this way?
I guess the resolution is important for printing only.

Am I right or wrong?

BTW, my TV is not a hi-tech one, it's a 16 years old Philips, but image is still perfect.

Thanks for clarifing.

Cheers
Alex

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