BEST DVD BITRATE?
I have problems with Mac and stand-alone DVD players 'pixellating', stopping, starting etc when playing discs showing max bitrate (9000+ kbps), especially if autolooping for a while. Nevertheless, some experts claim higher is better.
Using Toast 8 from, say, an iMovie project often produces an average DVD bitrate of only 6500 - 7000 kbps but the discs play OK. Can someone clarify the pros and cons of preferred bitrates (difficult to find anything on the web)?
Though one site says:
"...it's often best to use a low bitrate and generally-speaking, when recording to DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW you should keep the video bitrate below 7Mbps.... Some experts on DVD production even suggest keeping the maximum MPEG-2 bitrate at 6Mbps..."
Using Toast 8 from, say, an iMovie project often produces an average DVD bitrate of only 6500 - 7000 kbps but the discs play OK. Can someone clarify the pros and cons of preferred bitrates (difficult to find anything on the web)?
Though one site says:
"...it's often best to use a low bitrate and generally-speaking, when recording to DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW you should keep the video bitrate below 7Mbps.... Some experts on DVD production even suggest keeping the maximum MPEG-2 bitrate at 6Mbps..."
Intel iMac 24" 2.16Ghz 2GB, Mac OS X (10.4.10), G4 OS9
