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Image Size... some considerations

Discussion in 'Digital photography' started by Metallo, Sep 19, 2005.

  1. Metallo

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    Hi all,

    In the past, I used to make photo VCDs using VCDEasy, therefore the conversion of the stills was in MPEG1.
    I was able to put around 1800 MPEG1 stills whose original resolution was 1600 x 1200 pixels.

    Nowdays, I cannot succeed with more than 1000 stills on DVD-R.
    Of course, conversion is now to MPEG2.

    Therefore, I was wondering, what's the advantage of using a DVD-R if the quantity of stills I can burn on it is less?
    OK, there are many other things you can do using a DVD-R, I know, but if you only want to put stills on it?
    Therefore the question: Do I need such a high resolution of the picture to be watched on TV?
    I mean, if I resize the picture to, say, 640 x 480 and then convert to MPEG2 and put it on DVD, I guess the quality I see is the same as if the picture was 1600 x 1200.
    Would I save space and be able to add more stills this way?
    I guess the resolution is important for printing only.

    Am I right or wrong?

    BTW, my TV is not a hi-tech one, it's a 16 years old Philips, but image is still perfect.

    Thanks for clarifing.

    Cheers
    Alex
     
  2. Metallo

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    Hi,

    Anyone who wants to comment??

    Thanks
    Alex
     

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