Re: NTSC-->DV-->MPEG ?


"Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert Morein" wrote ...
> >I convert from VHS to DVD by the use of a hardware transcoder to DV, and
a
> >software mpeg compressor.
> > This puts one superflous codec, DV, in the mddle.
> > Has anyone noticed any degradation from this approach?
>
> Unlikely (but remotely possible).
> Reason: DV is significantly higher quality than either DV or MPEG.
>
You mean, than either VHS or MPEG.
What if the source were High-8 or SVHS ?
Has anyone critically examined this?


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