A few more questions/comments:As far as stipping material, if you are converting down to a single layer DVD (DVD-5), absolutely strip extras, languages, and subtitles that are of no interest to you. I personally would probably just use the Movie Only Mode (since you probably don't care if your extras are anamorphic).
The more space you free up that way, the higher the encoding quality will be on the movie. This is true regardless of compression (transcoding) or re-encoding.
I want to keep the menus, though, so will I still get those? And if so, will they remain anamorphic since I heard that they are? If not, is it really that big of a deal that they won't remain anamorphic? If it won't be, then it won't be to me either, as I am more concerned about the actual movie than the menus. I want them if I can have them, sure, but they aren't a big deal to me really.
RE: "Movie Only Mode", I fished through the program but it doesn't appear that my free version (0.97) has that. I did a search and the only thing that came up was DVD Rebuilder PRO. Maybe I won't be able to do this then?
DVD-9s are pretty expensive I see, so I will probably be using a DVD-5. Since this will be my first attempt at something like this, it seems silly to waste the extra money. Right? Or will the quality difference be worth the extra $?
This is one reason some of us can't wait to play with HD content. They allows for true 24 frames. There is no NTSC and no PAL. Hopefully interlacing and telecining will soon be a thing of the past.
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs don't even allow for 4x3 content, meaning non-anamorphic discs can't exist.
The more space you free up that way, the higher the encoding quality will be on the movie. This is true regardless of compression (transcoding) or re-encoding.
I want to keep the menus, though, so will I still get those? And if so, will they remain anamorphic since I heard that they are? If not, is it really that big of a deal that they won't remain anamorphic? If it won't be, then it won't be to me either, as I am more concerned about the actual movie than the menus. I want them if I can have them, sure, but they aren't a big deal to me really.
RE: "Movie Only Mode", I fished through the program but it doesn't appear that my free version (0.97) has that. I did a search and the only thing that came up was DVD Rebuilder PRO. Maybe I won't be able to do this then?
DVD-9s are pretty expensive I see, so I will probably be using a DVD-5. Since this will be my first attempt at something like this, it seems silly to waste the extra money. Right? Or will the quality difference be worth the extra $?
This is one reason some of us can't wait to play with HD content. They allows for true 24 frames. There is no NTSC and no PAL. Hopefully interlacing and telecining will soon be a thing of the past.
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs don't even allow for 4x3 content, meaning non-anamorphic discs can't exist.
Wow, I had no idea! Now I am pretty sure we will see the OUT on the next format, and I'm sure Lucas didn't want to spend a dime because of what you just said; they are putting all their time and $ into the next format. Still no excuse, though.
And in your opinion, which format will be the one that takes off?