Nero Vision Question

Hi, when I burn my AVI files to a DVD using Nero Vision, I always choose to compress it to a regular DVD-R and then burn. Usually it does all of the settings automatically, but one I'm not sure about is:

"High Quality (2-Pass VBR)"

Should I be using that one or the default one? Will it change the output size or will it just result in better quality? What exactly does it mean/do?

I leave all of the other settings their default after NeroVision notifies me that "The project will require a DVD9 disc unless it is compressed. Would you like to automatically compress the DVD to fit standard DVD-R?". After saying Yes to that, I keep it's settings, but I was just wondering about the 2-Pass VBR thing

Thanks!

 

alkohol recommends these settings, it takes a little longer to transcode though, according to him it gives a better quality result. I have used it a couple of times and personally couldnt see the difference, I am NOT saying there isn't an improvement in quality, just that I couldn't see it.

 

Alright, for an average 700MB AVI file, how MUCH longer would you say this option will take?

 

Its a long time since I used these settings but I would say add another 50% to normal time

 

how long does it take normally for you.if its an hour for a simple conversion from avi to mpeg2 then for the 2 pass encoding for quality etc, you would probably look at coming back in maybe 3 hours or so depending on the resources of your pc.The better the resources the quicker it will seem to be