[vdr] Re: vdr-burn for DVB streams less than 720 wide

[Stefan Taferner <taferner@kde.org>]

On Monday 31 January 2005 19:28, Lars Bläser wrote:
> Mark Watson wrote:
> > Is there any way to get the burn plugin to scale to one of these legal
> > resolutions? Or do most DVD players work with "strange" resolutions
> > anyway? If they do then it is obviously better not to scale since it will
> > reduce quality.
> >
> > What I'd really like to find out:
> > i) Are there any patches to burn to make it scale to a legal resolution?
>
> no there ist no ordinary "scale", what you are talking about is called
> transcoding, decode every frame, resize, encode again - needs loooads of
> cpu power
>
> > ii) Or will buying a new DVD player likely fix it?
>
> may be, depends on the player, most do
>
> > iii) Should I investigate using VDRconvert instead?
>
> yes, vdrconvert can do that

But be warned, according to my tests the resized movie has less quality.
Probaby caused by the quality of the free encoders.

--Stefan