I just want to update about play back on some DVD players. Some DVD player the colors are not set right. On my SONY DVD player there is "STANDARD" and DYNAMIC" CINEMA" none of these setting are very good but you can make your own setting in "MEMORY"

Its sony DVD player I found out that they set there colors different then other companies. Pioneer APEX JVC color setting are the same. Sony are set different so the color looks more like film. I have alway found Sony DVD player to have less pop on there colors. Thats why you have to set the color your self on SONY DVD players. It has nothing to do with my set. Its the DVD play. DVD look bad on Sony. If you like nice color pop you have to set it your self.

"DanielB" Thank you for your support.

1- I use SP recording mode to capture Star Wars I did not use FR mode. When making copies your better off just pick a recording mode then FR. Most people think if they record in XP mode and dub down it give a better picture not true it's like hooking up two DVD players and making another copy or two VCRs.

2-Bitrate taken from "BITRATE VIEWER" CURRENT 4390, PEAK 7861, AVERAGE 4024

I edit them out with MPEG2VCR. I copy to the hard drive first side one or both side some times and then burn to DVD-RAM then take it to the PC to be editted.

I take all three MPEG2 files and edit it back to one file.

"Rikter" They way you record Closed Caption subtitles. Is with a DVD recorder or VCR. So far there is no PC capture card that can record them with the MPEG 2. ATI AIW can capture them to a text file but not in the MPEG 2. Closed Caption is in the picture not the audio. One reason I think PC capture cards are not that good is that they do not line up the picture just right. I have found this when playing back my files with PowerDVD.

As for the audio its 256 kbps DD 2.0

I also want to update that when join two MPEG 2 files with MPEG2VCR there is a lock up on old DVD players. Very old DVD player. I have one of the first Sony DVD players. it has also had problems with Lord Of the Rings the real copy not the back up. I have test my back up of Star Wars on APEX Panasonic Playstation 2 and Pioneer no problems. I did a test on another sony player a newer one about a year or two old after the second break you see some green blocks. Seems funny that Sonys Playstation 2 did a better job then a stand alone sony DVD player. So the only problem that really big is my old six or seven year old sony DVD player.

Also I did make a back up set with my Panasonic E80 using FR mode this set was made about a year ago this set has no problems with play back on my Sony DVD player.

I will rate my SP copies If laser Disc copies are a 10 then my SP copy would be a 9.5 my FR mode copies would be 9.3

Yes the Sp copies are little better but after watching them again and taken a second look FR copy is very close second. But if you are going to make a FR copy and dub down do it in the one hour mode XP.

I fixed the lock up problem from the edit parts of the movie where the LDs get flipped. Before I was editting with MPEG2VCR and join the files back to make one big file. This was a problem with old DVD players about six or so years. This is how I fixed the problem with my Panasonic E80. I first recorder to the hard drive. I can record to DVD-RAM but have read that at the end of the disc the bitrate may drop to keep with the time settings. So i record to the hard drive first. Then dubbed to DVD-RAM there is no recoding going from hard drive to DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM or if you have a recorder that uses DVD-RW they use a VRO file. Ever thing is in one file system. I then went to the DVD-RAM and editted out the laserDisc flips. It deletes that part of the file you do not want. Then took it back to the PC and use MPEF2VCR and "DeMultiplexer" the file. Reason for doing this you can not play back the file right after delete after you do any thing to the VRO file. You also have to do this if you record in FR mode if you have two or more rcordings in the VRO file. Then I "Multipexer" the file to together. "DeMultiplexer" what it does it split the Video and audio into two files and "Multipexer" put the two files back together. There is a small light pause in the flips. But this copy will play in any DVD player that can play DVD-R.